f17770	Transvaal v Western Province
	Currie Cup 1947/48
Venue	Ellis Park, Johannesburg on 13th, 15th, 16th December 1947 (3-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Match drawn
Points	Transvaal 3; Western Province 1
Umpires	RGA Ashman, LG Stacey
Close of play day 1	Transvaal (1) 168/2 (Mitchell 68*, Begbie 16*)
Close of play day 2	Western Province (2) 55/3 (Wynne 21*, Georgeu 19*)

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Western Province first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
OE Wynne	run out	11
KG Dimbleby	lbw b AMB Rowan	55
+DM Ovenstone	c Barraclough b Chubb	0
G Georgeu	c Melville b Ironside	3
*JE Cheetham	c Harris b AMB Rowan	7
DE Dimbleby	c Barraclough b Mitchell	8
WBH Foley	lbw b Heaney	16
JB Plimsoll	b Heaney	1
EV Witte	lbw b Heaney	1
MA Hanley	not out	0
LLH Impey	b Heaney	0
Extras		13
Total	(all out, 51 overs)	115
Fall of wickets:
1-17, 2-18, 3-25, 4-45, 5-78, 6-99, 7-112, 8-114, 9-115, 10-115 (51 ov)

Transvaal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Chubb	9	2	22	1	-	-
Ironside	5	1	16	1	-	-
AMB Rowan	19	5	34	2	-	-
Heaney	12	5	9	4	-	-
Begbie	3	1	7	0	-	-
Mitchell	3	0	14	1	-	-

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Transvaal first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
EAB Rowan	c Georgeu b Impey	68
*A Melville	c Ovenstone b Impey	12
B Mitchell	c Wynne b Plimsoll	122
DW Begbie	c Ovenstone b Plimsoll	55
KG Viljoen	c Plimsoll b Witte	97
TA Harris	c Ovenstone b Hanley	36
AMB Rowan	not out	30
GWA Chubb	did not bat
+AD Barraclough	did not bat
JL Heaney	did not bat
DEJ Ironside	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 3 lb, 1 nb)	8
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 117.5 overs)	428
Fall of wickets:
1-22, 2-138, 3-233, 4-299, 5-349, 6-428

Western Province bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Plimsoll	25	6	98	2	-	-
Impey	24	1	110	2	-	-
Hanley	41	4	158	1	-	-
Witte	27.5	8	54	1	-	-

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Western Province second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
OE Wynne	c Mitchell b Chubb	88
KG Dimbleby	b Chubb	6
+DM Ovenstone	b Chubb	3
G Georgeu	run out	76
WBH Foley	st Barraclough b Mitchell	3
DE Dimbleby	b Heaney	2
*JE Cheetham	not out	55
JB Plimsoll	not out	27
EV Witte	did not bat
MA Hanley	did not bat
LLH Impey	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 15 lb, 7 nb)	27
Total	(6 wickets, 115 overs)	287
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-17, 3-158, 4-167, 5-174, 6-213

Transvaal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Chubb	22	5	48	3	-	-
Ironside	16	3	30	0	-	-
AMB Rowan	24	5	56	0	-	-
Heaney	25	12	39	1	-	-
Begbie	13	4	31	0	-	-
Mitchell	13	0	50	1	-	-
EAB Rowan	2	0	6	0	-	-

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Notes
--> AD Barraclough made his debut in First-Class matches
--> DEJ Ironside made his debut in First-Class matches
--> WBH Foley made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> B Mitchell (1) passed 10500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 100
--> KG Viljoen (1) passed 7500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 97
--> JB Plimsoll (2) passed his previous highest score of 19 in First-Class matches

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