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| Venue | De Beers Stadium, Kimberley on 20th, 22nd, 23rd December 1947 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 8 |
| Toss | Eastern Province won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Points | Griqualand West 3; Eastern Province 1 |
| Umpires | CB Haberfeld, WEH Vincent |
| Close of play day 1 | Griqualand West (1) 105/0 (Dunn 32*, McNally 61*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Griqualand West (1) 239/1 (Dunn 67*, Searle 11*) |
| Eastern Province first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RG Draper | b Robinson | 122 | |||||
| RB Sutcliffe | lbw b Waddington | 18 | |||||
| HB Birrell | lbw b Waddington | 10 | |||||
| EB Norton | b Robinson | 23 | |||||
| AW Hicks | c McNamara b Waddington | 7 | |||||
| ARA Murray | lbw b Waddington | 39 | |||||
| HG Emslie | st Levick b Waddington | 0 | |||||
| *SF Hird | b McNally | 30 | |||||
| SA Thwaits | lbw b Waddington | 3 | |||||
| +DG Riemer | c Robinson b Waddington | 17 | |||||
| I Preston | not out | 18 | |||||
| Extras | (4 b, 8 lb) | 12 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 83.1 overs) | 299 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-52, 2-89, 3-167, 4-186, 5-194, 6-207, 7-251, 8-259, 9-263, 10-299 (83.1 ov) | |||||||
| Griqualand West bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Robinson | 16 | 1 | 54 | 2 | - | - | |
| Richter | 7 | 1 | 33 | 0 | - | - | |
| Dunn | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 | - | - | |
| Waddington | 33.1 | 6 | 87 | 7 | - | - | |
| Searle | 15 | 1 | 51 | 0 | - | - | |
| McNally | 7 | 0 | 46 | 1 | - | - | |
| McNamara | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | - | - | |
| Griqualand West first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| A Dunn | b Murray | 100 | |||||
| JP McNally | c Norton b Preston | 133 | |||||
| *RW Searle | lbw b Thwaits | 19 | |||||
| NL Cartwright | c Draper b Preston | 2 | |||||
| LE McNamara | c Birrell b Preston | 52 | |||||
| CD Helfrich | c Riemer b Thwaits | 0 | |||||
| S Ledger | run out | 1 | |||||
| JE Waddington | not out | 28 | |||||
| RP Richter | c Thwaits b Murray | 6 | |||||
| +FO Levick | b Murray | 0 | |||||
| JW Robinson | c and b Murray | 11 | |||||
| Extras | (19 b, 16 lb) | 35 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 153.4 overs) | 387 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-221, 2-255, 3-264, 4-339, 5-339, 6-340, 7-344, 8-355, 9-367, 10-387 (153.4 ov) | |||||||
| Eastern Province bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Preston | 39 | 8 | 98 | 3 | - | - | |
| Birrell | 14 | 3 | 27 | 0 | - | - | |
| Murray | 35.4 | 6 | 123 | 4 | - | - | |
| Thwaits | 43 | 18 | 88 | 2 | - | - | |
| Hird | 18 | 11 | 12 | 0 | - | - | |
| Hicks | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | - | - | |
| Emslie | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | |
| Eastern Province second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RG Draper | not out | 63 | |||||
| RB Sutcliffe | b Richter | 13 | |||||
| HB Birrell | not out | 15 | |||||
| EB Norton | did not bat | ||||||
| AW Hicks | did not bat | ||||||
| ARA Murray | did not bat | ||||||
| HG Emslie | did not bat | ||||||
| *SF Hird | did not bat | ||||||
| SA Thwaits | did not bat | ||||||
| +DG Riemer | did not bat | ||||||
| I Preston | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (4 lb) | 4 | |||||
| Total | (1 wicket, 22.2 overs) | 95 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-47 (Sutcliffe) | |||||||
| Griqualand West bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Robinson | 4 | 0 | 20 | 0 | - | - | |
| Richter | 9 | 0 | 22 | 1 | - | - | |
| Waddington | 8 | 0 | 37 | 0 | - | - | |
| Searle | 1.2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | - | - | |