First-Class Cricket Matches 1947

EASTERN PROVINCE v ORANGE FREE STATE Played at St George’s Park, Port Elizabeth, December 26, 27, 28, 1946. Eastern Province won by an innings and 160 runs. (Points: Eastern Province 5, Orange Free State 0) EASTERN PROVINCE 1 R.G.Draper lbw b Beaumont 24 2 G.R.Connell b Beaumont 63 3 J.O.Young c Wright b Walker 46 4 H.V.Feltham c Warner b Snyman 93 5 G.D.Pringle c Warner b le Sueur 2 6 S.A.Thwaits c Newton b Walker 147 7 *S.F.Hird c Newton b Snyman 31 8 J.M.Leibbrandt b Wright 37 9 J.W.Wells not out 16 10 †D.G.Riemer not out 6 11 N.B.F.Mann Extras b 44, lb 15, nb 5 64 —— (8 wickets, declared) 529 FoW (1): 1-71, 2-150, 3-162, 4-185, 5-387, 6-431, 7-499, 8-517 ORANGE FREE STATE 1 *E.W.Warner c sub b Mann 46 c Leibbrandt b Mann 62 2 V.M.Moore b Mann 30 lbw b Hird 21 3 J.G.Espinasse b Mann 4 c sub b Mann 1 4 R.C.le Sueur c Feltham b Thwaits 14 st Riemer b Mann 17 5 H.F.Wright not out 34 c Riemer b Thwaits 5 6 J.C.Newton c Riemer b Leibbrandt 6 c Wells b Mann 13 7 S.Brown b Leibbrandt 0 c Young b Leibbrandt 39 8 †D.A.H.Dewberry b Leibbrandt 0 lbw b Hird 13 9 H.D.Beaumont c Riemer b Leibbrandt 3 not out 5 10 W.Snyman b Leibbrandt 0 c Thwaits b Mann 4 11 K.A.Walker b Leibbrandt 0 b Mann 13 Extras b 18, lb 7, nb 6 31 lb 5, nb 3 8 —— —— 168 201 FoW (1): 1-62, 2-78, 3-98, 4-112, 5-140, 6-140, 7-158, 8-166, 9-166, 10-168 FoW (2): 1-69, 2-74, 3-104, 4-109, 5-118, 6-126, 7-179, 8-179, 9-183, 10-201 Orange Free State Bowling O M R W Snyman 25 3 95 2 Wright 36 4 136 1 Beaumont 24 5 63 2 Walker 35 3 123 2 le Sueur 4 0 19 1 Brown 3 0 15 0 Warner 1 0 14 0 Eastern Province Bowling O M R W O M R W Young 2 0 3 0 Leibbrandt 19.1 4 45 6 (1) 28 15 49 1 Thwaits 18 3 45 1 (2) 15 5 24 1 Mann 28 12 41 3 (3) 43 17 86 6 Wells 1 0 3 0 (4) 6 3 10 0 Hird (5) 9 4 24 2 Umpires: Toss: Eastern Province Close of Play: 1st day: Eastern Province (1) 529-8 (Wells 16*, Riemer 6*); 2nd day: Orange Free State (2) 116-4 (Wright 4*, Newton 7*). 49