First-Class Cricket Matches 1948

EASTERN PROVINCE v BORDER Played at St George’s Park, Port Elizabeth, January 1, 2, 3, 1948. Eastern Province won by an innings and 149 runs. (Points: Eastern Province 5, Border 0) EASTERN PROVINCE 1 R.G.Draper c Kirton b Lownds 106 2 E.B.Norton st Wakeford b Lownds 32 3 H.V.Feltham c Wakeford b Niland 25 4 *S.F.Hird c Treadaway b Lownds 111 5 A.R.A.Murray b Preston 65 6 G.D.Pringle c White b Lownds 7 7 H.B.Birrell lbw b Kirton 30 8 B.C.Lynch c Preston b Lownds 14 9 †D.G.Riemer b Treadaway 38 10 N.B.F.Mann lbw b Lownds 28 11 A.H.Coy not out 3 Extras b 8, lb 6 14 —— 473 FoW (1): 1-125, 2-148, 3-191, 4-350, 5-351, 6-361, 7-390, 8-418, 9-469, 10-473 BORDER 1 A.J.Lipke b Lynch 0 (5) b Mann 13 2 C.D.White c Riemer b Coy 5 (1) c Riemer b Coy 17 3 W.B.Treadaway b Birrell 26 (2) c and b Coy 52 4 R.R.Phillips c Murray b Mann 8 b Lynch 37 5 *J.B.Preston c Riemer b Mann 7 (3) c Riemer b Coy 5 6 K.N.Kirton b Coy 43 b Lynch 12 7 S.C.Reid b Birrell 6 lbw b Coy 5 8 †B.R.Wakeford lbw b Birrell 0 c Lynch b Coy 14 9 D.W.Niland lbw b Coy 9 (10) b Coy 7 10 C.D.Lownds c and b Coy 10 (9) b Mann 17 11 T.L.Collins not out 3 not out 3 Extras b 10, lb 1, nb 2 13 b 10, lb 1, nb 1 12 —— —— 130 194 FoW (1): 1-6, 2-15, 3-25, 4-36, 5-78, 6-91, 7-97, 8-116, 9-124, 10-130 FoW (2): 1-31, 2-39, 3-97, 4-134, 5-134, 6-149, 7-157, 8-174, 9-190, 10-194 Border Bowling O M R W Collins 18 2 117 0 Niland 12 1 73 1 Lownds 30.5 4 135 6 Treadaway 11 1 48 1 Preston 21 0 69 1 Kirton 3 0 17 1 Eastern Province Bowling O M R W O M R W Lynch 15 5 21 1 16 1 42 2 Murray 4 2 2 0 13 0 41 0 Mann 20 11 34 2 12.4 5 15 2 Coy 18.4 6 36 4 28 11 58 6 Birrell 9 1 24 3 6 0 24 0 Hird (6) 3 1 2 0 Umpires: Toss: Eastern Province Close of Play: 1st day: ; 2nd day: Border (2) 127-3 (Treadaway 48*, Lipke 10*). 50