f20724	Western Province v Orange Free State
	Currie Cup 1954/55 (Section A)
Venue	Newlands, Cape Town on 27th, 28th, 29th December 1954 (3-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Western Province won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Western Province won by 70 runs
Points	Western Province 6; Orange Free State 0
Umpires	DV Collins, GH Eckard
Close of play day 1	Western Province (1) 365 all out
Close of play day 2	Western Province (2) 36/2 (Westcott 20, Marshall 0)

Western Province first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RJ Westcott	c Heine b Liddle	98
KT Commins	lbw b Hansen	22
GAS Innes	c Johnstone b Liddle	59
BD Pfaff	b Heine	4
CB van Ryneveld	b Liddle	59
*JE Cheetham	not out	85
ERH Fuller	b Liddle	15
AW Marshall	c Johnstone b Hansen	5
EV Witte	st Johnstone b Hansen	3
SA Thwaits	lbw b Liddle	1
+N Baguley	b Liddle	5
Extras	(3 b, 6 lb)	9
Total	(all out, 113.1 overs)	365
Fall of wickets:
1-62, 2-171, 3-180, 4-194, 5-273, 6-299, 7-314, 8-322, 9-323, 10-365 (113.1 ov)

Orange Free State bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Heine	33	5	110	1	-	-
Hanson	12	3	36	0	-	-
Hansen	26	5	86	3	-	-
Liddle	40.1	5	114	6	-	-
le Sueur	2	0	10	0	-	-

Orange Free State first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LB Koch	b van Ryneveld	95
*SL Hanson	b Fuller	15
+EL Johnstone	lbw b Fuller	7
RC le Sueur	c Westcott b Thwaits	91
EB Hoffman	lbw b Thwaits	0
JHV Forbes	c Commins b Marshall	80
C Richardson	b Marshall	36
DJ Schonegevel	b Marshall	5
ETE Hansen	b Marshall	2
PS Heine	c Fuller b Marshall	2
JR Liddle	not out	0
Extras	(11 b, 4 lb, 1 nb)	16
Total	(all out, 113.4 overs)	349
Fall of wickets:
1-30, 2-48, 3-217, 4-217, 5-219, 6-322, 7-345, 8-347, 9-349, 10-349 (113.4 ov)

Western Province bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Fuller	21	3	66	2	-	-
Witte	16	4	42	0	-	-
van Ryneveld	31	0	125	1	-	-
Thwaits	28	6	64	2	-	-
Marshall	17.4	6	36	5	-	-

Western Province second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
KT Commins	b Liddle	16
RJ Westcott	lbw b Heine	68
GAS Innes	c Johnstone b Liddle	0
AW Marshall	b Hansen	0
*JE Cheetham	c Heine b Hansen	6
CB van Ryneveld	c Hansen b Liddle	15
ERH Fuller	run out	45
BD Pfaff	c Koch b Heine	78
EV Witte	c Hoffman b Liddle	1
SA Thwaits	not out	18
+N Baguley	b Liddle	0
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb, 1 nb)	6
Total	(all out, 79 overs)	253
Fall of wickets:
1-36, 2-36, 3-39, 4-53, 5-82, 6-152, 7-160, 8-173, 9-246, 10-253 (79 ov)

Orange Free State bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Heine	16	0	73	2	-	-
Hanson	5	0	21	0	-	-
Hansen	23	6	57	2	-	-
Liddle	35	9	96	5	-	-

Orange Free State second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LB Koch	c Marshall b van Ryneveld	66
*SL Hanson	c Witte b Thwaits	33
+EL Johnstone	c and b van Ryneveld	6
RC le Sueur	c Pfaff b van Ryneveld	28
JHV Forbes	c Innes b Thwaits	14
EB Hoffman	c Innes b van Ryneveld	0
C Richardson	c Marshall b van Ryneveld	13
PS Heine	c Baguley b van Ryneveld	4
DJ Schonegevel	c Baguley b van Ryneveld	0
ETE Hansen	not out	18
JR Liddle	b van Ryneveld	8
Extras	(6 b, 3 lb)	9
Total	(all out, 48.2 overs)	199
Fall of wickets:
1-79, 2-95, 3-130, 4-141, 5-141, 6-163, 7-172, 8-172, 9-179, 10-199 (48.2 ov)

Western Province bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Fuller	4	0	27	0	-	-
Witte	6	0	27	0	-	-
van Ryneveld	15.2	0	48	8	-	-
Thwaits	11	5	38	2	-	-
Marshall	12	1	50	0	-	-

Notes
--> EV Witte made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> N Baguley made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> JHV Forbes (1) passed his previous highest score of 59 in First-Class matches
--> RJ Westcott (2) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 22
--> BD Pfaff (2) passed his previous highest score of 76 in First-Class matches
--> ERH Fuller (2) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 42
--> ETE Hansen achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Western Province first innings (previous best was 1-7)
--> AW Marshall achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Orange Free State first innings (previous best was 4-34)
--> AW Marshall achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the Orange Free State first innings
--> CB van Ryneveld achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Orange Free State second innings (previous best was 7-57)