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| Venue | Newlands, Cape Town on 21st, 22nd, 24th February 1958 (4-day match) |
| Balls per over | 8 |
| Toss | Australians won the toss and decided to field |
| Result | Australians won by an innings and 50 runs |
| Umpires | JPC Heyneman, J Malone |
| Close of play day 1 | Australians (1) 92/3 (Benaud 10*, Mackay 24*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Western Province (2) 16/0 (AJ Pithey 11*, Innes 5*) |
| Western Province first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| AJ Pithey | lbw b Meckiff | 1 | |||||
| GAS Innes | c Davidson b Benaud | 27 | |||||
| JD Nel | b Meckiff | 0 | |||||
| RJ Westcott | c Meckiff b Benaud | 51 | 90 | ||||
| *CB van Ryneveld | c Simpson b Meckiff | 11 | |||||
| +JH Ferrandi | b Meckiff | 2 | |||||
| DL Fernley | b Benaud | 0 | |||||
| DB Pithey | not out | 8 | |||||
| ERH Fuller | run out | 0 | |||||
| GE Steyn | b Benaud | 0 | |||||
| JM Lee | b Benaud | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (2 b, 2 nb) | 4 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 39.3 overs) | 104 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-2, 2-2, 3-74, 4-89, 5-93, 6-94, 7-100, 8-100, 9-104, 10-104 (39.3 ov) | |||||||
| Australians bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Meckiff | 12 | 5 | 21 | 4 | - | - | |
| Gaunt | 7 | 1 | 21 | 0 | - | - | |
| Davidson | 8 | 4 | 11 | 0 | - | - | |
| Benaud | 11.3 | 3 | 41 | 5 | - | - | |
| Harvey | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | - | - | |
| Australians first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| LE Favell | b Steyn | 40 | |||||
| CC McDonald | b Fuller | 3 | |||||
| RN Harvey | c Westcott b van Ryneveld | 11 | |||||
| R Benaud | run out | 24 | |||||
| KD Mackay | c Fernley b DB Pithey | 52 | |||||
| *ID Craig | run out | 33 | |||||
| RB Simpson | lbw b Lee | 33 | |||||
| AK Davidson | c Westcott b Steyn | 129 | |||||
| +BN Jarman | c Ferrandi b Lee | 16 | |||||
| I Meckiff | c Innes b DB Pithey | 48 | |||||
| RA Gaunt | not out | 8 | |||||
| Extras | (4 b, 12 lb, 2 nb) | 18 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 102.5 overs) | 415 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-21, 2-57, 3-57, 4-122, 5-147, 6-192, 7-222, 8-267, 9-392, 10-415 (102.5 ov) | |||||||
| Western Province bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Lee | 14 | 1 | 80 | 2 | - | - | |
| Fuller | 28 | 3 | 90 | 1 | - | - | |
| Steyn | 21.5 | 7 | 86 | 2 | - | - | |
| van Ryneveld | 15 | 0 | 87 | 1 | - | - | |
| DB Pithey | 24 | 5 | 54 | 2 | - | - | |
| Western Province second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| AJ Pithey | lbw b Davidson | 47 | |||||
| GAS Innes | b Gaunt | 60 | |||||
| JD Nel | c Davidson b Benaud | 14 | |||||
| RJ Westcott | b Mackay | 12 | |||||
| *CB van Ryneveld | c Simpson b Davidson | 68 | |||||
| +JH Ferrandi | lbw b Davidson | 8 | |||||
| DB Pithey | lbw b Davidson | 0 | |||||
| DL Fernley | b Davidson | 0 | |||||
| ERH Fuller | run out | 26 | |||||
| GE Steyn | st Jarman b Benaud | 5 | |||||
| JM Lee | not out | 2 | |||||
| Extras | (5 b, 11 lb, 3 nb) | 19 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 84 overs) | 261 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-75, 2-97, 3-120, 4-178, 5-213, 6-217, 7-217, 8-238, 9-243, 10-261 (84 ov) | |||||||
| Australians bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Meckiff | 12 | 1 | 38 | 0 | - | - | |
| Gaunt | 21 | 2 | 59 | 1 | - | - | |
| Davidson | 12 | 1 | 38 | 5 | - | - | |
| Benaud | 31 | 6 | 91 | 2 | - | - | |
| Mackay | 8 | 2 | 16 | 1 | - | - | |
Notes
--> The match was scheduled for four days but completed in three.
--> AK Davidson (1) 100 in 115 minutes with 10 fours
--> AK Davidson (1) passed his previous highest score of 121 in First-Class matches
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