First-Class Cricket Matches 1948

RHODESIA v WESTERN PROVINCE Played at Salisbury Sports Club, March 5, 6, 7, 1948. Western Province won by three wickets. (Points: Rhodesia 0, Western Province 5) RHODESIA 1 H.Downey lbw b Witte 5 (2) c Witte b Bolus 25 2 H.J.Tayfield c Valentine b Witte 5 (9) run out 5 3 *A.P.Singleton c Hanley b Treadaway 7 (1) b Hanley 36 4 F.McDonald c van der Bijl b Witte 0 b Hanley 16 5 S.H.Martin c van der Bijl b Hanley 15 (3) c Crews b Hanley 27 6 C.J.Pretorius c van der Bijl b Witte 72 c Wiley b Witte 3 7 K.P.Curran not out 52 not out 35 8 D.O’Connell-Jones lbw b Hanley 1 c van der Bijl b Treadaway 10 9 E.S.Newson c Hanley b Witte 6 (5) b Hanley 1 10 J.M.Leibbrandt c Witte b Hanley 2 c Luck b Witte 1 11 †R.W.J.Ashburner b Hanley 0 c van der Bijl b Witte 15 Extras 8 13 —— —— 173 187 FoW (1): 1-5, 2-11, 3-11, 4-26, 5-42, 6-146, 7-151, 8-164, 9-171, 10-173 FoW (2): 1-54, 2-72, 3-104, 4-105, 5-114, 6-114, 7-138, 8-144, 9-154, 10-187 WESTERN PROVINCE 1 *O.E.Wynne run out 8 c Tayfield b Leibbrandt 29 2 I.A.Burmeister b Singleton 13 c Singleton b Leibbrandt 27 3 J.W.E.Wiley st Ashburner b Leibbrandt 70 (6) not out 29 4 B.H.Crews b Tayfield 30 (3) c Newson b Leibbrandt 33 5 R.C.Valentine c Ashburner b Leibbrandt 27 (8) b Leibbrandt 2 6 A.A.Luck c Curran b Martin 1 (4) b Newson 34 7 G.R.M.Bolus b Martin 0 c McDonald b Newson 3 8 L.G.Treadaway lbw b Leibbrandt 0 9 E.V.Witte not out 5 not out 1 10 †V.van der Bijl c Pretorius b Leibbrandt 0 11 M.A.Hanley b Leibbrandt 5 (5) c Ashburner b Newson 29 Extras 6 11 —— —— 165 (7 wickets) 198 FoW (1): 1-21, 2-31, 3-86, 4-149, 5-154, 6-154, 7-154, 8-156, 9-159, 10-165 FoW (2): 1-50, 2-74, 3-124, 4-150, 5-169, 6-183, 7-193 Western Province Bowling O M R W O M R W Witte 25 5 70 5 19.1 5 54 3 Bolus 7 4 9 0 18 4 40 1 Hanley 23.2 4 45 4 26 11 58 4 Treadaway 7 0 27 1 12 2 22 1 Crews 2 0 14 0 Rhodesia Bowling O M R W O M R W Newson 14 3 26 0 9 1 46 3 Martin 23 11 30 2 10 1 38 0 Leibbrandt 22.3 6 54 5 16.7 1 78 4 Singleton 11 3 28 1 1 0 2 0 Tayfield 14 5 21 1 5 1 23 0 Umpires: W.B.Bland and L.Roberts. Toss: Western Province Close of Play: 1st day: Western Province (1) 63-2 (Wiley 20*, Crews 21*); 2nd day: Rhodesia (2) 16-0 (Singleton 7*, Downey 9*). 101