First-Class Cricket Matches 1948

WESTERN PROVINCE v BORDER Played at Newlands, Cape Town, December 5, 6, 1947. Western Province won by an innings and 71 runs. (Points: Western Province 5, Border 0) WESTERN PROVINCE 1 K.G.Dimbleby b Beesly 18 2 J.D.Nel c and b Treadaway 0 3 O.E.Wynne c Phillips b Whitfield 134 4 *J.E.Cheetham c Farrer b Treadaway 0 5 †D.M.Ovenstone lbw b Preston 37 6 D.E.Dimbleby c Whitfield b Preston 114 7 A.D.Keen not out 28 8 J.B.Plimsoll run out 2 9 E.V.Witte not out 12 10 L.L.H.Impey 11 M.A.Hanley Extras b 4, lb 5, w 2, nb 1 12 —— (7 wickets, declared) 357 FoW (1): 1-13, 2-19, 3-23, 4-95, 5-312, 6-316, 7-322 BORDER 1 *S.E.P.Farrer b Impey 3 (3) run out 0 2 C.D.White c K.G.Dimbleby b Impey 10 (1) lbw b Impey 6 3 D.B.H.Hollard c Cheetham b Hanley 13 (2) lbw b Witte 32 4 R.R.Phillips c Cheetham b Hanley 28 c Wynne b Hanley 123 5 G.V.Wienand c K.G.Dimbleby b Hanley 1 (6) b Witte 0 6 H.V.L.Whitfield c Hanley b Impey 17 (5) c and b Hanley 0 7 J.B.Preston b Plimsoll 1 b Hanley 4 8 †D.V.Taylor c Wynne b Hanley 6 (9) not out 11 9 D.A.C.Woods run out 0 (10) b Hanley 1 10 R.Beesly not out 0 (11) b Hanley 0 11 W.B.Treadaway absent hurt 0 (8) c Impey b Hanley 12 Extras 1 17 —— —— 80 206 FoW (1): 1-7, 2-17, 3-52, 4-56, 5-56, 6-59, 7-80, 8-80, 9-80 FoW (2): 1-15, 2-15, 3-76, 4-81, 5-82, 6-103, 7-145, 8-196, 9-202, 10-206 Border Bowling O M R W Beesly 22 9 53 1 Treadaway 11 3 32 2 Woods 20 2 80 0 Preston 19 3 80 2 Whitfield 10 0 60 1 Hollard 2 0 15 0 Phillips 2 0 25 0 Western Province Bowling O M R W O M R W Plimsoll 12 2 25 1 11 3 22 0 Impey 7 0 31 3 18 6 62 1 Hanley 6.2 1 23 4 15.5 0 72 6 Witte (4) 9 2 33 2 Umpires: J.S.W.Moore and J.C.Niddrie. Toss: Border Close of Play: 1st day: Western Province (1) 357-7 (Keen 28*, Witte 12*). The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two. 25