First-Class Cricket Matches 1952

NORTH EASTERN TRANSVAAL v BORDER Played at Caledonian Stadium, Pretoria, January 19, 21, 22, 1952. North Eastern Transvaal won by ten wickets. (Points: North Eastern Transvaal 6, Border 0) BORDER 1 G.C.Fuller retired hurt 5 b Wiles 73 2 C.H.Kirton c Ralphs b Patterson 84 c Davies b Wiles 4 3 W.M.Tainton b Wiles 17 lbw b Stokes-Waller 38 4 K.N.Kirton lbw b Wiles 21 st Ralphs b Stokes-Waller 1 5 D.Fenner lbw b Wiles 38 c Verdoorn b Stokes-Waller 31 6 D.V.Kemp c Pickerill b Blewett 15 c Davies b Stokes-Waller 43 7 P.C.Cornell st Ralphs b Blewett 3 c Pickerill b Patterson 18 8 *†A.V.Hayes st Ralphs b Patterson 16 b Stokes-Waller 42 9 C.F.Kuhn not out 32 st Ralphs b Stokes-Waller 7 10 R.Beesly c Hofmeyr b Stokes-Waller 17 st Ralphs b Stokes-Waller 15 11 W.R.Chalmers lbw b Stokes-Waller 0 not out 0 Extras 6 2 —— —— 254 274 FoW (1): 1-44, 2-84, 3-146, 4-169, 5-175, 6-197, 7-214, 8-254, 9-254 FoW (2): 1-6, 2-66, 3-72, 4-77, 5-99, 6-187, 7-238, 8-254, 9-265, 10-274 NORTH EASTERN TRANSVAAL 1 J.H.M.Pickerill lbw b Beesly 108 not out 43 2 †H.Ralphs c C.H.Kirton b Cornell 19 not out 32 3 P.C.Davies c Hayes b Tainton 15 4 A.Dennis b Tainton 21 5 F.K.Verdoorn c C.H.Kirton b Cornell 56 6 *M.B.Hofmeyr st Hayes b Kuhn 93 7 H.E.Patterson c Hayes b Beesly 0 8 J.W.Blewett not out 110 9 B.A.L.Wiles c Cornell b Tainton 20 10 L.D.Vlok lbw b Chalmers 2 11 F.J.D.Stokes-Waller b Tainton 2 Extras 7 2 —— —— 453 (no wicket) 77 FoW (1): 1-26, 2-81, 3-133, 4-222, 5-222, 6-225, 7-414, 8-445, 9-449, 10-453 North Eastern Transvaal Bowling O M R W O M R W Vlok 14 5 39 0 18 1 61 0 Wiles 29 8 69 3 21 4 72 2 Verdoorn 7 2 15 0 Stokes-Waller 13.4 1 60 2 (3) 19.3 3 90 7 Patterson 9 3 25 2 (4) 7 3 20 1 Blewett 12 1 40 2 (5) 9 1 29 0 Border Bowling O M R W O M R W Beesly 23 7 69 2 5 1 24 0 Cornell 11 2 43 2 4 0 11 0 Chalmers 30 5 94 1 5.1 0 14 0 Kuhn 15 1 62 1 1 0 3 0 Fenner 8 0 64 0 Tainton 21.3 1 114 4 Kemp (5) 3 0 23 0 Umpires: Toss: Close of Play: 1st day: North Eastern Transvaal (1) 80-1 (Pickerill 46*, Davies 15*); 2nd day: Border (2) 99-5 (Kemp 6*). G.C.Fuller retired hurt in the Border first innings having scored 5 (team had lost 0 wickets). 94