f20701	Transvaal v Western Province
	Currie Cup 1954/55 (Section A)
Venue	Ellis Park, Johannesburg on 3rd, 4th December 1954 (3-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Transvaal won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Transvaal won by an innings and 306 runs
Points	Transvaal 6; Western Province 0
Umpires	A Birkett, HWH McClurg
Close of play day 1	Transvaal (1) 511/8 (Kerby 3*; 118.4 overs)

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Transvaal first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AI Taylor	st Baguley b Thwaits	180
+JHB Waite	run out	62
*KJ Funston	c Innes b Thwaits	3
C Tayfield	c Pfaff b Wightman	34
WR Endean	b Pothecary	127
PL Winslow	c Thwaits b Pothecary	78
LR Harris	c Baguley b Pothecary	3
A Tayfield	c Marshall b Wightman	6
JC Kerby	not out	3
DEJ Ironside	did not bat
NAT Adcock	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 5 lb, 5 w)	15
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 118.4 overs)	511
Fall of wickets:
1-127, 2-132, 3-197, 4-353, 5-476, 6-483, 7-494, 8-511 (118.4 ov)

Western Province bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Pothecary	26.4	2	106	3	-	-
Wightman	24	5	120	2	-	-
Thwaits	44	10	146	2	-	-
Marshall	17	1	90	0	-	-
Pfaff	4	0	13	0	-	-
Innes	3	0	21	0	-	-

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Western Province first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RJ Westcott	b Adcock	5
KT Commins	c Waite b Adcock	0
JD Nel	c Waite b Ironside	4
GAS Innes	c Harris b Adcock	1
*JE Cheetham	b Adcock	42
AW Marshall	retired hurt	20
RW Wightman	c Waite b C Tayfield	16
JE Pothecary	c Funston b Ironside	11
SA Thwaits	c Waite b C Tayfield	3
+N Baguley	not out	1
BD Pfaff	absent hurt
Extras	(7 b, 3 lb, 2 nb)	12
Total	(all out, 44.7 overs)	115
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-7, 3-9, 4-10, 5-90, 6-103, 7-112, 8-115 (44.7 ov)

Transvaal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Adcock	11.7	2	29	4	-	-
Ironside	17	4	43	2	-	-
Kerby	5	0	9	0	-	-
C Tayfield	11	3	22	2	-	-

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Western Province second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
KT Commins	retired hurt	0
RJ Westcott	c sub (AD Pinkerton) b C Tayfield	12
JD Nel	c A Tayfield b Adcock	0
GAS Innes	b Kerby	19
*JE Cheetham	b Kerby	17
RW Wightman	c A Tayfield b Kerby	6
JE Pothecary	c Waite b Adcock	25
SA Thwaits	c sub b Adcock	0
+N Baguley	not out	3
AW Marshall	absent hurt
BD Pfaff	absent hurt
Extras	(5 b, 2 lb, 1 nb)	8
Total	(all out, 28.6 overs)	90
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-26, 3-49, 4-59, 5-64, 6-67, 7-90 (28.6 ov)

Transvaal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Adcock	7.6	2	23	3	-	-
Ironside	8	1	17	0	-	-
Kerby	6	2	19	3	-	-
C Tayfield	5	2	16	1	-	-
A Tayfield	2	1	7	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> JC Kerby made his debut in First-Class matches
--> RW Wightman made his debut in First-Class matches
--> RW Wightman made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> AI Taylor (1) passed his previous highest score of 164 in First-Class matches
--> AI Taylor (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 76
--> C Tayfield (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 2
--> WR Endean (1) passed 3500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 117
--> PL Winslow (1) passed his previous highest score of 73 in First-Class matches
--> AW Marshall retired hurt in the Western Province first innings having scored 20 (team had lost 4 wickets)
--> KT Commins retired hurt in the Western Province second innings having scored 0 (team score 0/0)

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