| f20710 | |
| Venue | Jan Smuts Ground, East London on 17th, 18th, 20th December 1954 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 8 |
| Toss | Border won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Eastern Province won by 5 wickets |
| Points | Border 0; Eastern Province 6 |
| Umpires | AB Kidson, RH Smith |
| Close of play day 1 | Eastern Province (1) 83/4 (Emslie 23*, Fernley 13*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Border (2) 134/7 (Hayes 14*, Hay 4*) |
| Border first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RI Geach | c du Toit b Murray | 33 | 3 | - | |||
| HS Lacey | b Dakin | 1 | - | - | |||
| OC Dawson | b McKinnon | 38 | 7 | - | |||
| *KN Kirton | c Birrell b McKinnon | 163 | 255 | 22 | - | ||
| D Fenner | c Emslie b Hicks | 54 | 4 | - | |||
| PC Cornell | c Dakin b Hicks | 0 | - | - | |||
| S Knott | b Birrell | 15 | 3 | - | |||
| +AV Hayes | b Murray | 9 | 1 | - | |||
| KI Hay | c Bradfield b Murray | 12 | 1 | - | |||
| WR Chalmers | run out | 3 | - | - | |||
| M Wild | not out | 0 | - | - | |||
| Extras | (6 b, 1 lb) | 7 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 88.7 overs) | 335 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-13, 2-58, 3-83, 4-235, 5-235, 6-283, 7-292, 8-322, 9-322, 10-335 (88.7 ov) | |||||||
| Eastern Province bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Dakin | 17 | 3 | 87 | 1 | - | - | |
| Hicks | 11 | 1 | 37 | 2 | - | - | |
| du Toit | 7 | 1 | 28 | 0 | - | - | |
| Murray | 25.7 | 7 | 91 | 3 | - | - | |
| McKinnon | 16 | 5 | 38 | 2 | - | - | |
| Birrell | 12 | 1 | 47 | 1 | - | - | |
| Eastern Province first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| HB Birrell | b Knott | 0 | - | - | |||
| GF Dakin | lbw b Chalmers | 20 | 1 | - | |||
| AW Hicks | b Knott | 0 | - | - | |||
| EB Norton | st Hayes b Hay | 23 | 2 | - | |||
| HG Emslie | lbw b Dawson | 127 | 240 | 14 | - | ||
| DL Fernley | c Lacey b Hay | 13 | 1 | - | |||
| *SD du Toit | b Knott | 4 | - | - | |||
| ARA Murray | lbw b Knott | 19 | 2 | - | |||
| HI Long | st Hayes b Chalmers | 108 | 180 | 17 | - | ||
| AH McKinnon | c Lacey b Hay | 17 | 2 | - | |||
| +BB Bradfield | not out | 10 | 1 | - | |||
| Extras | (2 b, 6 lb, 2 nb, 1 w) | 11 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 96.5 overs) | 352 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-1, 2-1, 3-38, 4-50, 5-83, 6-99, 7-149, 8-273, 9-302, 10-352 (96.5 ov) | |||||||
| Border bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Knott | 23 | 3 | 85 | 4 | - | - | |
| Wild | 10 | 1 | 51 | 0 | - | - | |
| Chalmers | 18.5 | 4 | 63 | 2 | - | - | |
| Hay | 30 | 11 | 92 | 3 | - | - | |
| Dawson | 15 | 1 | 50 | 1 | - | - | |
| Border second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RI Geach | st Bradfield b McKinnon | 31 | 4 | - | |||
| HS Lacey | lbw b McKinnon | 26 | 3 | - | |||
| OC Dawson | lbw b Murray | 13 | 3 | - | |||
| *KN Kirton | c Bradfield b Murray | 0 | - | - | |||
| D Fenner | b Hicks | 32 | 3 | - | |||
| PC Cornell | b Murray | 0 | - | - | |||
| S Knott | b Birrell | 5 | - | - | |||
| +AV Hayes | c Murray b McKinnon | 27 | 4 | - | |||
| KI Hay | b du Toit | 15 | 2 | - | |||
| WR Chalmers | not out | 0 | - | - | |||
| M Wild | lbw b du Toit | 0 | - | - | |||
| Extras | (10 b, 7 lb) | 17 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 55.2 overs) | 166 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-59, 2-74, 3-74, 4-74, 5-77, 6-100, 7-116, 8-166, 9-166, 10-166 (55.2 ov) | |||||||
| Eastern Province bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Dakin | 4 | 1 | 27 | 0 | - | - | |
| Hicks | 6 | 2 | 21 | 1 | - | - | |
| Murray | 18 | 7 | 39 | 3 | - | - | |
| McKinnon | 18 | 8 | 30 | 3 | - | - | |
| Birrell | 6 | 1 | 26 | 1 | - | - | |
| du Toit | 3.2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | - | - | |
| Eastern Province second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| HB Birrell | lbw b Hay | 10 | 1 | - | |||
| GF Dakin | lbw b Chalmers | 75 | 9 | - | |||
| AW Hicks | c Cornell b Knott | 11 | - | - | |||
| EB Norton | run out | 0 | - | - | |||
| HG Emslie | c Lacey b Chalmers | 8 | 1 | - | |||
| DL Fernley | not out | 29 | 2 | - | |||
| *SD du Toit | not out | 11 | 1 | - | |||
| ARA Murray | did not bat | ||||||
| HI Long | did not bat | ||||||
| AH McKinnon | did not bat | ||||||
| +BB Bradfield | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (6 b, 1 lb) | 7 | |||||
| Total | (5 wickets, 54 overs) | 151 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-24 (Birrell), 2-60 (Hicks), 3-60 (Norton), 4-84 (Emslie), 5-133 (Dakin) | |||||||
| Border bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Knott | 17 | 0 | 59 | 1 | - | - | |
| Wild | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | - | - | |
| Hay | 5 | 2 | 14 | 1 | - | - | |
| Dawson | 8 | 1 | 27 | 0 | - | - | |
| Chalmers | 21 | 11 | 37 | 2 | - | - | |
| Kirton | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> M Wild made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> KN Kirton (1) passed his previous highest score of 122 in First-Class matches
--> HG Emslie (1) passed his previous highest score of 84 in First-Class matches
--> HG Emslie (1) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> HI Long (1) passed his previous highest score of 77 in First-Class matches
--> HI Long (1) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> GF Dakin (2) passed his previous highest score of 47 in First-Class matches
--> OC Dawson reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Eastern Province first innings
--> WR Chalmers reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed HG Emslie, his 1st wicket in the Eastern Province second innings
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