f4618	Eastern Province v Western Province
	Currie Cup 1896/97
Venue	Old Wanderers, Johannesburg on 13th, 15th March 1897 (3-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Western Province won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Western Province won by an innings and 7 runs
Points	Eastern Province 0; Western Province 1
Umpires	[unknown], W Heugh
Close of play day 1	Eastern Province (1) 89/4 (Daly 6*, Calder 12*)

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Western Province first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+CFH Prince	c Britton b Mangold	55
GA Lohmann	b Smith	14
AI Paine	b Britton	5
*TE Etlinger	c Dower b Calder	85
A Reid	b Tonks	23
F Kuys	b Tonks	1
M Bisset	c Mangold b Tonks	2
EL Challenor	b Calder	76
E Hughes	c Gleeson b Calder	1
JH Anderson	st Daly b Parkin	38
GA Rowe	not out	5
Extras	(6 b, 3 lb, 1 nb)	10
Total	(all out, 89 overs)	315
Fall of wickets:
1-24, 2-41, 3-83, 4-108, 5-174, 6-192, 7-192, 8-195, 9-286, 10-315 (89 ov)

Eastern Province bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Britton	18	5	41	1	-	-
Smith	18	3	83	1	-	-
Mangold	7	0	40	1	-	-
Parkin	12	0	48	1	-	-
Tonks	17	7	46	3	-	-
Calder	14	3	28	3	-	-
Dower	3	0	19	0	-	-

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Eastern Province first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RA Gleeson	run out	27
DC Parkin	c Challenor b Rowe	25
RR Dower	c Lohmann b Kuys	17
+DJ Daly	b Rowe	11
AH Britton	b Kuys	0
*H Calder	b Lohmann	16
FJ Cook	b Lohmann	0
LP Ashburnham	not out	19
H Smith	b Lohmann	0
CA Mangold	b Lohmann	8
FE Tonks	b Rowe	9
Extras	(1 b, 2 nb)	3
Total	(all out, 58.2 overs)	135
Fall of wickets:
1-31, 2-63, 3-73, 4-73, 5-94, 6-98, 7-102, 8-102, 9-120, 10-135 (58.2 ov)

Western Province bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Rowe	27.2	6	71	3	-	-
Lohmann	20	5	49	4	-	-
Kuys	11	4	12	2	-	-

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Eastern Province second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RA Gleeson	lbw b Bisset	26
DC Parkin	b Rowe	0
RR Dower	b Rowe	0
+DJ Daly	c Anderson b Bisset	45
AH Britton	c and b Lohmann	23
*H Calder	c Paine b Lohmann	14
LP Ashburnham	c Anderson b Lohmann	19
FJ Cook	not out	29
H Smith	c Challenor b Lohmann	0
CA Mangold	b Kuys	6
FE Tonks	run out	0
Extras	(9 b, 1 lb, 1 w)	11
Total	(all out, 63.2 overs)	173
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-1, 3-66, 4-84, 5-104, 6-114, 7-151, 8-156, 9-171, 10-173 (63.2 ov)

Western Province bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Rowe	22	8	50	2	-	-
Lohmann	19.2	6	55	4	-	-
Kuys	12	2	35	1	-	-
Bisset	10	2	22	2	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> AI Paine made his debut in First-Class matches
--> A Reid made his debut in First-Class matches
--> F Kuys made his debut in First-Class matches
--> E Hughes made his debut in First-Class matches
--> RR Dower made his debut in First-Class matches
--> DJ Daly made his debut in First-Class matches
--> LP Ashburnham made his debut in First-Class matches
--> H Smith made his debut in First-Class matches
--> CA Mangold made his debut in First-Class matches
--> FE Tonks made his debut in First-Class matches
--> H Smith made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> CA Mangold made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> CFH Prince (1) passed his previous highest score of 22 in First-Class matches
--> EL Challenor (1) passed his previous highest score of 30 in First-Class matches
--> H Calder made his debut for Eastern Province in First-Class matches

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