First-Class Cricket Matches 1947

WESTERN PROVINCE v TRANSVAAL Played at Newlands, Cape Town, January 1, 2, 3, 1947. Western Province won by six wickets. (Points: Western Province 5, Transvaal 0) WESTERN PROVINCE 1 S.Kiel c Mitchell b A.M.B.Rowan 87 b A.M.B.Rowan 54 2 †D.M.Ovenstone c Ralph b Mitchell 52 c Mitchell b Begbie 27 3 *J.E.Cheetham b Begbie 28 (5) not out 26 4 G.Georgeu c Gordon b Ralph 55 c Endean b Gordon 41 5 W.B.H.Foley b Gordon 87 (6) not out 6 6 C.B.van Ryneveld b A.M.B.Rowan 5 (3) b A.M.B.Rowan 10 7 A.D.Keen lbw b Begbie 10 8 T.M.H.van der Spuy lbw b Begbie 14 9 E.V.Witte c Endean b Gordon 5 10 J.B.Plimsoll b Gordon 8 11 M.A.Hanley not out 0 Extras b 6, lb 4 10 b 4, nb 1 5 —— —— 361 (4 wickets) 169 FoW (1): 1-87, 2-111, 3-206, 4-261, 5-277, 6-306, 7-341, 8-347, 9-361, 10-361 FoW (2): 1-36, 2-82, 3-130, 4-150 TRANSVAAL 1 E.A.B.Rowan c Keen b Hanley 38 c Ovenstone b Plimsoll 0 2 O.E.Wynne c Keen b Plimsoll 8 c van Ryneveld b Witte 19 3 K.G.Viljoen lbw b Plimsoll 36 b Witte 53 4 B.Mitchell b Hanley 8 c Ovenstone b Plimsoll 39 5 T.A.Harris b Witte 31 (6) b Plimsoll 20 6 D.W.Begbie not out 46 (7) not out 110 7 *A.Melville b Witte 3 (8) c Ovenstone b Witte 5 8 A.M.B.Rowan b Witte 7 (9) not out 52 9 †W.R.Endean b Hanley 12 (5) c Ovenstone b Plimsoll 15 10 N.Gordon b Hanley 4 11 W.W.Ralph run out 0 Extras b 6, lb 3 9 b 3, lb 8, nb 2 13 —— —— 202 (7 wickets, declared) 326 FoW (1): 1-19, 2-79, 3-97, 4-97, 5-144, 6-148, 7-158, 8-196, 9-200, 10-202 FoW (2): 1-0, 2-39, 3-87, 4-134, 5-143, 6-162, 7-181 Transvaal Bowling O M R W O M R W Gordon 19.3 2 56 3 11 1 37 1 Ralph 5 0 33 1 3 0 19 0 A.M.B.Rowan 40 8 84 2 11 0 51 2 Begbie 21 1 77 3 7 0 30 1 Mitchell 18 1 101 1 4 0 23 0 Melville (6) 0.1 0 4 0 Western Province Bowling O M R W O M R W Plimsoll 36 11 79 2 35 9 81 4 Witte 23 12 24 3 30 13 76 3 Hanley 24 6 59 4 28 2 110 0 van Ryneveld 4 1 20 0 Keen 10 4 11 0 (4) 22 6 46 0 Umpires: S.Collins and G.L.Sickler. Toss: Close of Play: 1st day: ; 2nd day: Transvaal (2) 103-3 (Mitchell 23*, Endean 4*). 63