f17055	North Eastern Transvaal v Western Province
	First-Class matches in South Africa 1945/46
Venue	Hosking Park, Brakpan on 20th, 21st March 1946 (2-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	North Eastern Transvaal won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Close of play day 1	North Eastern Transvaal (1) 89/1 (Gibson 51*, Woolley 26*)

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North Eastern Transvaal first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*+JD Lindsay	b Plimsoll	2
KR Gibson	c Kiel b Middleton	60
TH Woolley	c Lofthouse b Plimsoll	32
LO Waller	lbw b Middleton	0
RS Martin	not out	54
BAL Wiles	lbw b Plimsoll	2
HE Patterson	c Keen b Plimsoll	0
PD Holton	b Plimsoll	0
FA Seyfried	c Keen b Plimsoll	4
WH Douglas	b Plimsoll	0
SC Lightening	not out	12
Extras		14
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 76 overs)	180
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-104, 3-104, 4-105, 5-127, 6-127, 7-127, 8-145, 9-155

Western Province bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Plimsoll	30	10	42	7	-	-
Middleton	28	5	76	2	-	-
Carew	5	1	16	0	-	-
Keen	6	0	17	0	-	-
Eckard	7	1	15	0	-	-

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Western Province first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
S Kiel	c Gibson b Douglas	7
KG Dimbleby	c and b Douglas	56
JE Cheetham	c Patterson b Seyfried	84
G Georgeu	c Gibson b Douglas	6
+S O'Linn	run out	9
*AD Keen	not out	12
R Lofthouse	not out	2
LS Eckard	did not bat
JB Plimsoll	did not bat
AS Carew	did not bat
ER Middleton	did not bat
Extras		4
Total	(5 wickets, 56 overs)	180
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-120, 3-141, 4-162, 5-171

North Eastern Transvaal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Seyfried	13	3	35	1	-	-
Lightening	4	0	15	0	-	-
Wiles	16	3	43	0	-	-
Douglas	18	3	55	3	-	-
Patterson	2	0	12	0	-	-
Martin	3	0	16	0	-	-

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Notes
--> KR Gibson made his debut in First-Class matches
--> HE Patterson made his debut in First-Class matches
--> PD Holton made his debut in First-Class matches
--> SC Lightening made his debut in First-Class matches
--> S O'Linn made his debut in First-Class matches
--> KR Gibson made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> PD Holton made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> SC Lightening made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> ER Middleton made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> JB Plimsoll achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the North Eastern Transvaal first innings (previous best was 6-101)
--> WH Douglas achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Western Province first innings (previous best was 2-13)

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Lightening (who was originally 12th man) was allowed to bat and bowl in place of Nel who was called away to duty on the mine in the early hours of the second morning.