f20734	Western Province v Transvaal
	Currie Cup 1954/55 (Section A)
Venue	Newlands, Cape Town on 1st, 3rd, 4th January 1955 (3-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Western Province won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Western Province 3; Transvaal 1
Umpires	DV Collins, S Collins
Close of play day 1	Western Province (1) 316/7 (Millard ?*, Fox ?*)
Close of play day 2	Transvaal (1) 222/6 (Funston 99*, A Tayfield 38*)

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Western Province first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RJ Westcott	c Endean b Taylor	93
KT Commins	c Endean b Ironside	11
GAS Innes	c and b Mitchell	24
*CB van Ryneveld	b Taylor	44
BD Pfaff	run out	34
AW Marshall	c sub b C Tayfield	32
ERH Fuller	b C Tayfield	1
DES Millard	c Winslow b Taylor	62
JSM Fox	b Ironside	31
+JH Ferrandi	b Taylor	11
SA Thwaits	not out	6
Extras	(23 b, 5 lb)	28
Total	(all out, 132.2 overs)	377
Fall of wickets:
1-32, 2-79, 3-165, 4-186, 5-249, 6-254, 7-254, 8-325, 9-352, 10-377 (132.2 ov)

Transvaal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Adcock	7	1	20	0	-	-
Ironside	42	14	81	2	-	-
C Tayfield	24	2	79	2	-	-
Mitchell	13	0	65	1	-	-
A Tayfield	21	8	47	0	-	-
Taylor	24.2	4	52	4	-	-
Ritchie	1	0	5	0	-	-

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Transvaal first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AI Taylor	c Fox b Fuller	5
WR Endean	run out	11
+JHB Waite	c Ferrandi b Marshall	12
*KJ Funston	not out	136
PL Winslow	b van Ryneveld	20
C Tayfield	b van Ryneveld	4
GG Ritchie	c Innes b van Ryneveld	28
A Tayfield	c Ferrandi b Fox	38
DH Mitchell	c Commins b van Ryneveld	10
DEJ Ironside	st Ferrandi b van Ryneveld	5
NAT Adcock	c Innes b van Ryneveld	5
Extras	(2 b, 3 lb, 1 nb)	6
Total	(all out, 139.2 overs)	280
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-17, 3-71, 4-79, 5-89, 6-136, 7-229, 8-260, 9-266, 10-280 (139.2 ov)

Western Province bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Fuller	35	9	69	1	-	-
Fox	11	4	15	1	-	-
Marshall	43	15	78	1	-	-
van Ryneveld	37.2	9	105	6	-	-
Thwaits	9	6	5	0	-	-
Millard	4	2	2	0	-	-

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Western Province second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RJ Westcott	c Waite b Adcock	0
KT Commins	run out	16
GAS Innes	c and b Taylor	40
*CB van Ryneveld	c Mitchell b C Tayfield	73
BD Pfaff	not out	15
DES Millard	not out	6
AW Marshall	did not bat
ERH Fuller	did not bat
JSM Fox	did not bat
+JH Ferrandi	did not bat
SA Thwaits	did not bat
Extras	(2 lb, 1 nb)	3
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 41.7 overs)	153
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-28, 3-114, 4-145

Transvaal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Adcock	11	3	30	1	-	-
Ironside	12.7	1	43	0	-	-
C Tayfield	6	1	22	1	-	-
Mitchell	6	0	26	0	-	-
A Tayfield	4	0	21	0	-	-
Taylor	2	0	8	1	-	-

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Transvaal second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WR Endean	c Innes b Fuller	6
PL Winslow	lbw b Fuller	26
AI Taylor	not out	28
C Tayfield	c Westcott b van Ryneveld	4
GG Ritchie	b van Ryneveld	8
A Tayfield	not out	40
+JHB Waite	did not bat
*KJ Funston	did not bat
DH Mitchell	did not bat
DEJ Ironside	did not bat
NAT Adcock	did not bat
Extras	(2 lb)	2
Total	(4 wickets, 34 overs)	114
Fall of wickets:
1-32, 2-35, 3-41, 4-61

Western Province bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Fuller	5	1	22	2	-	-
Fox	4	0	13	0	-	-
Marshall	6	1	16	0	-	-
van Ryneveld	7	1	35	2	-	-
Thwaits	9	5	19	0	-	-
Millard	2	1	1	0	-	-
Westcott	1	0	6	0	-	-

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Notes
--> JSM Fox made his debut in First-Class matches
--> KJ Funston (1) passed 2500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 88
--> A Tayfield (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 14
--> AI Taylor achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Western Province first innings (previous best was 4-81)

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