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| Venue | Jan Smuts Ground, East London on 19th, 21st, 22nd October 1956 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 8 |
| Toss | Border won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Border won by 82 runs |
| Umpires | AB Kidson, JE Roach |
| Close of play day 1 | Eastern Province (1) 47/0 (Dakin 22*, Jamieson 25*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Border (2) 67/3 (Kirton 23*, Dawson 12*) |
| Border first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RI Geach | c Dakin b Anderson | 4 | 6 | 1 | - | ||
| TJRS Geach | b Anderson | 5 | - | - | |||
| BH Crews | b Anderson | 0 | - | - | |||
| *KN Kirton | c Birrell b McKinnon | 146 | 260 | 20 | - | ||
| OC Dawson | c Bradfield b Anderson | 51 | 7 | - | |||
| D Fenner | c Bradfield b Ferrant | 5 | - | - | |||
| RK Thorne | b Ferrant | 77 | 11 | - | |||
| EF Schreiber | c and b McKinnon | 11 | - | - | |||
| IA Lloyd | not out | 14 | 2 | - | |||
| +JMG Price | b Ferrant | 0 | 1 | - | - | ||
| WR Chalmers | c Dakin b Ferrant | 10 | 1 | - | |||
| Extras | (1 b, 9 nb) | 10 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 86 overs) | 333 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-4 (RI Geach, 0.6 ov), 2-8 (Crews), 3-13 (TJRS Geach), 4-140 (Dawson), 5-151 (Fenner), 6-275 (Kirton), 7-309 (Schreiber), 8-309 (Thorne), 9-309 (Price), 10-333 (Chalmers, 86 ov) | |||||||
| Eastern Province bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Anderson | 19 | 4 | 67 | 4 | - | 6 | |
| Ferrant | 23 | 3 | 87 | 4 | - | 2 | |
| Dakin | 12 | 1 | 54 | 0 | - | - | |
| Hicks | 10 | 1 | 42 | 0 | - | 1 | |
| McKinnon | 20 | 4 | 65 | 2 | - | - | |
| Birrell | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | - | - | |
| Eastern Province first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| GF Dakin | c and b Schreiber | 30 | 2 | - | |||
| P Jamieson | b Chalmers | 91 | 6 | - | |||
| DBL Dold | c Lloyd b Schreiber | 3 | - | - | |||
| HG Emslie | c Dawson b Chalmers | 22 | 2 | - | |||
| *HB Birrell | b Schreiber | 5 | 1 | - | |||
| PH Copeland | b Fenner | 30 | 2 | - | |||
| AW Hicks | lbw b Thorne | 52 | 1 | - | |||
| JG Ferrant | b Fenner | 0 | 4 | - | - | ||
| AH McKinnon | c Schreiber b Thorne | 22 | 2 | 1 | |||
| IF Anderson | c Price b Thorne | 0 | - | - | |||
| +BB Bradfield | not out | 13 | 1 | - | |||
| Extras | (1 lb) | 1 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 110.3 overs) | 269 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-78 (Dakin), 2-88 (Dold), 3-125 (Emslie), 4-134 (Birrell), 5-172 (Jamieson), 6-206 (Copeland), 7-206 (Ferrant), 8-241 (McKinnon), 9-243 (Anderson), 10-269 (Hicks, 110.3 ov) | |||||||
| Border bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Lloyd | 9 | 2 | 26 | 0 | - | - | |
| Thorne | 23.3 | 8 | 41 | 3 | - | - | |
| Chalmers | 33 | 6 | 90 | 2 | - | - | |
| Dawson | 10 | 6 | 8 | 0 | - | - | |
| Schreiber | 29 | 4 | 76 | 3 | - | - | |
| Crews | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | - | - | |
| Fenner | 5 | 0 | 19 | 2 | - | - | |
| Border second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RI Geach | c Jamieson b Anderson | 5 | 1 | - | |||
| TJRS Geach | c Dold b Ferrant | 26 | 3 | - | |||
| BH Crews | b Anderson | 1 | - | - | |||
| *KN Kirton | st Bradfield b McKinnon | 56 | 6 | - | |||
| OC Dawson | not out | 137 | 14 | 4 | |||
| D Fenner | not out | 24 | 3 | - | |||
| RK Thorne | did not bat | ||||||
| EF Schreiber | did not bat | ||||||
| IA Lloyd | did not bat | ||||||
| +JMG Price | did not bat | ||||||
| WR Chalmers | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 lb) | 1 | |||||
| Total | (4 wickets, declared, 58.5 overs) | 250 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-8 (RI Geach), 2-14 (Crews), 3-43 (TJRS Geach), 4-140 (Kirton) | |||||||
| Eastern Province bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Anderson | 11.5 | 4 | 43 | 2 | - | - | |
| Ferrant | 13 | 3 | 35 | 1 | - | - | |
| McKinnon | 22 | 3 | 81 | 1 | - | - | |
| Birrell | 6 | 1 | 31 | 0 | - | - | |
| Hicks | 3 | 0 | 24 | 0 | - | - | |
| Dakin | 3 | 0 | 35 | 0 | - | - | |
| Eastern Province second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| GF Dakin | b Chalmers | 15 | 2 | - | |||
| P Jamieson | lbw b Thorne | 44 | 3 | - | |||
| DBL Dold | c Price b Thorne | 56 | 4 | 2 | |||
| *HB Birrell | b Thorne | 37 | 2 | - | |||
| HG Emslie | b Thorne | 0 | 4 | - | - | ||
| PH Copeland | c Price b Thorne | 3 | - | - | |||
| AW Hicks | c Price b Thorne | 3 | - | - | |||
| AH McKinnon | b Dawson | 35 | 3 | - | |||
| IF Anderson | c RI Geach b Dawson | 28 | 1 | - | |||
| JG Ferrant | c Price b Thorne | 0 | - | - | |||
| +BB Bradfield | not out | 0 | - | - | |||
| Extras | (10 b, 1 lb) | 11 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 74.4 overs) | 232 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-28, 2-100, 3-135, 4-135, 5-145, 6-161, 7-168, 8-229, 9-232, 10-232 (74.4 ov) | |||||||
| Border bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Lloyd | 7 | 0 | 30 | 0 | - | - | |
| Thorne | 31 | 8 | 79 | 7 | - | - | |
| Chalmers | 17 | 3 | 42 | 1 | - | - | |
| Schreiber | 16 | 0 | 59 | 0 | - | - | |
| Fenner | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | - | - | |
| Dawson | 1.4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | - | - | |
Notes
--> IA Lloyd made his debut in First-Class matches
--> DBL Dold made his debut in First-Class matches
--> PH Copeland made his debut in First-Class matches
--> JG Ferrant made his debut in First-Class matches
--> IA Lloyd made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> RK Thorne (1) passed his previous highest score of 57 in First-Class matches
--> OC Dawson (2) passed 3500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 41
--> RK Thorne achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Eastern Province second innings (previous best was 5-52)
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