misc31421	Eastern Province v Orange Free State
	Other matches in South Africa 1948/49
Venue	Botanical Cricket Ground, Graaff-Reinet on 31st December 1948, 1st January 1949 (2-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Eastern Province won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Eastern Province won by an innings and 142 runs
Close of play day 1

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Eastern Province first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RG Draper	b Jackson	29
+JHB Waite	b Jackson	77
HB Birrell	c Wright b Symonds	5
ARA Murray	b Cowan	168		210	21	2
AG McNaughton	c Wright b Walker	6
SD du Toit	b Wright	2
GD Jordaan	c le Sueur b Cowan	70
*SF Hird	b Symonds	8
JO Young	c Wright b Symonds	1
JR Liddle	st Kirby b Symonds	16
JP van der Merwe	not out	1
Extras		21
Total	(all out, 81.6 overs)	404
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-404 (81.6 ov)

Orange Free State bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
de Jager	8	0	44	0	-	-
Wright	15	2	55	1	-	-
Walker	16	2	54	1	-	-
Cowan	14	0	75	2	-	-
Jackson	14	0	85	2	-	-
Symonds	11.6	1	51	4	-	-
le Sueur	1	0	12	0	-	-
Newton	2	0	7	0	-	-

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Orange Free State first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
EW Warner	c van der Merwe b Hird	42
LB Koch	c Jordaan b Hird	35
IEF Kirby	c van der Merwe b Hird	7
RC le Sueur	lbw b Hird	4
HF Wright	b Liddle	1
JC Newton	c Draper b Hird	24
GFK Jackson	b Hird	4
CV de Jager	run out	16
NK Cowan	b Hird	4
Symonds	not out	7
KA Walker	b Hird	1
Extras		16
Total	(all out, 48 overs)	161
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-161 (48 ov)

Eastern Province bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
van der Merwe	4	0	26	0	-	-
du Toit	2	0	9	0	-	-
Hird	22	6	49	8	-	-
Liddle	13	3	44	1	-	-
Young	7	2	17	0	-	-

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Orange Free State second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
EW Warner	b Hird	35
LB Koch	c van der Merwe b du Toit	11
IEF Kirby	lbw b Hird	8
RC le Sueur	b Hird	1
HF Wright	c and b Hird	0
JC Newton	b Hird	7
GFK Jackson	lbw b Hird	10
CV de Jager	b McNaughton	15
NK Cowan	c Waite b Hird	3
Symonds	not out	1
KA Walker	b Hird	0
Extras		10
Total	(all out, 41 overs)	101
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-101 (41 ov)

Eastern Province bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
van der Merwe	5	0	22	0	-	-
du Toit	5	1	9	1	-	-
Hird	14	4	22	8	-	-
Young	10	2	16	0	-	-
Birrell	2	0	4	0	-	-
McNaughton	5	0	18	1	-	-

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According to Baker's Annual the first match ever played here

 

 

 

 

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