f16748	Eastern Province v Griqualand West
	First-Class matches in South Africa 1939/40
Venue	St George's Park, Port Elizabeth on 23rd, 26th December 1939 (3-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Griqualand West won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Eastern Province won by 9 wickets
Umpires	E Coulridge, HV Dorrington
Close of play day 1	Eastern Province (1) 178/4 (Dimbleby 74, Leibbrandt 55)

Griqualand West first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*TH Boggan	b Leibbrandt	27
S Nicholls	c Leibbrandt b Lynch	0
APC Steyn	b Lynch	10
LE McNamara	b Assheton-Smith	2
SS Smith	c Lynch b Leibbrandt	0
FF Flanagan	c Thwaits b Hartman	37
+AH Schulze	lbw b Hartman	34
J Pickup	not out	33
JE Waddington	b Thwaits	10
SJ Evert	c Hartman b Thwaits	16
A Waddington	c Marais b Hartman	0
Extras	(23 b, 6 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	31
Total	(all out, 69.5 overs)	200
Fall of wickets:
1-2 (Nicholls), 2-22 (Steyn), 3-25 (McNamara), 4-41, 5-41, 6-123, 7-124, 8-164, 9-200, 10-200 (69.5 ov)

Eastern Province bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Assheton-Smith	13	0	40	1	-	-
Lynch	19	3	39	2	-	-
Leibbrandt	17	3	45	2	-	-
Thwaits	12	1	32	2	-	-
Hartman	8.5	4	13	3	-	-

Eastern Province first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+W Marais	run out	15
G Hartman	c Schulze b Flanagan	1
IE Drimmie	b JE Waddington	12
FWR Southey	b McNamara	17
DE Dimbleby	st Schulze b A Waddington	90
JM Leibbrandt	c Steyn b A Waddington	63
WC Hoskin	b A Waddington	32
*CS Smith	c Steyn b A Waddington	54
BC Lynch	st Schulze b McNamara	15
SA Thwaits	b McNamara	2
B Assheton-Smith	not out	10
Extras	(9 b, 5 lb)	14
Total	(all out, 102.6 overs)	325
Fall of wickets:
1-4 (Hartman), 2-27, 3-32, 4-72, 5-205, 6-209, 7-253, 8-290, 9-304, 10-325 (102.6 ov)

Griqualand West bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
A Waddington	32.6	7	98	4	-	-
Flanagan	4	1	10	1	-	-
JE Waddington	38	6	103	1	-	-
McNamara	18	0	74	3	-	-
Evert	2	0	10	0	-	-
Pickup	8	1	16	0	-	-

Griqualand West second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*TH Boggan	b Thwaits	40
S Nicholls	b Assheton-Smith	5
APC Steyn	b Hoskin	62
+AH Schulze	b Thwaits	4
FF Flanagan	c Assheton-Smith b Hoskin	1
SS Smith	c and b Hoskin	4
LE McNamara	st Marais b Hoskin	0
J Pickup	not out	16
A Waddington	st Marais b Southey	6
JE Waddington	b Southey	1
SJ Evert	c Marais b Southey	10
Extras	(3 b, 1 lb)	4
Total	(all out, 52.1 overs)	153
Fall of wickets:
1-5 (Nicholls), 2-92, 3-100, 4-105, 5-113, 6-113, 7-122, 8-123, 9-141, 10-153 (52.1 ov)

Eastern Province bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Assheton-Smith	8	2	21	1	-	-
Lynch	14	5	33	0	-	-
Leibbrandt	6	1	16	0	-	-
Hartman	4	0	8	0	-	-
Thwaits	8	1	29	2	-	-
Hoskin	8	1	30	4	-	-
Southey	4.1	1	12	3	-	-

Eastern Province second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+W Marais	c McNamara b A Waddington	0
G Hartman	not out	9
IE Drimmie	not out	20
FWR Southey	did not bat
DE Dimbleby	did not bat
JM Leibbrandt	did not bat
WC Hoskin	did not bat
*CS Smith	did not bat
BC Lynch	did not bat
SA Thwaits	did not bat
B Assheton-Smith	did not bat
Extras	(1 w)	1
Total	(1 wicket, 8 overs)	30
Fall of wickets:
1-0 (Marais)

Griqualand West bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
A Waddington	4	2	5	1	-	-
Flanagan	2	0	14	0	-	-
JE Waddington	2	0	10	0	-	-

Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> SJ Evert made his debut in First-Class matches
--> G Hartman made his debut in First-Class matches
--> IE Drimmie made his debut in First-Class matches
--> JM Leibbrandt made his debut in First-Class matches
--> SA Thwaits made his debut in First-Class matches
--> B Assheton-Smith made his debut in First-Class matches
--> SS Smith made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> J Pickup made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> SJ Evert made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> J Pickup (1) passed his previous highest score of 22 in First-Class matches
--> DE Dimbleby (1) passed his previous highest score of 57 in First-Class matches
--> A Waddington achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Eastern Province first innings (previous best was 2-52)
--> LE McNamara achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Eastern Province first innings (previous best was 2-20)
--> WC Hoskin achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Griqualand West second innings
--> FWR Southey achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Griqualand West second innings