f16024	Transvaal v Griqualand West
	Currie Cup 1937/38
Venue	Old Wanderers, Johannesburg on 1st, 3rd January 1938 (3-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Griqualand West won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Transvaal won by 5 wickets
Points	Transvaal 5; Griqualand West 0
Umpires	RGA Ashman, FF Williamson
Close of play day 1	Transvaal (1) 211/7 (Begbie 60*, van der Merwe 0*)

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Griqualand West first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*+F Nicholson	c Mitchell b Balaskas	42
A Dunn	b Langton	10
APC Steyn	c Balaskas b Langton	11
TH Boggan	lbw b Langton	0
BA Helfrich	c Phillips b Langton	0
LE McNamara	c Curnow b Balaskas	2
AH Gyngell	st van der Merwe b Mitchell	10
SS Smith	b Mitchell	7
JP McNally	c and b Balaskas	1
SF Viljoen	not out	43
A Waddington	b Phillips	17
Extras		4
Total	(all out, 59.5 overs)	147
Fall of wickets:
1-17, 2-37, 3-37, 4-37, 5-40, 6-68, 7-69, 8-78, 9-121, 10-147 (59.5 ov)

Transvaal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gordon	11	4	15	0	-	-
Langton	22	4	50	4	-	-
Balaskas	14	1	47	3	-	-
Mitchell	12	1	28	2	-	-
Phillips	0.5	0	3	1	-	-

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Transvaal first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SH Curnow	c Viljoen b McNally	98
B Mitchell	b McNally	16
EAB Rowan	lbw b Waddington	2
AW Briscoe	c Helfrich b Viljoen	11
DW Begbie	run out	84
JG Phillips	b Waddington	0
ACB Langton	st Nicholson b Helfrich	15
XC Balaskas	st Nicholson b Helfrich	11
*+EA van der Merwe	c Viljoen b McNally	16
TA Harris	b Helfrich	4
N Gordon	not out	0
Extras		12
Total	(all out, 66.4 overs)	269
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-54, 3-96, 4-156, 5-167, 6-189, 7-195, 8-249, 9-258, 10-269 (66.4 ov)

Griqualand West bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Viljoen	15	3	76	1	-	-
Waddington	20	4	52	2	-	-
Dunn	1	0	2	0	-	-
McNally	22	4	73	3	-	-
Gyngell	3	0	23	0	-	-
Helfrich	5.4	0	31	3	-	-

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Griqualand West second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*+F Nicholson	c and b Balaskas	18
A Dunn	st van der Merwe b Mitchell	14
TH Boggan	b Balaskas	7
BA Helfrich	st van der Merwe b Mitchell	12
APC Steyn	st van der Merwe b Mitchell	8
LE McNamara	b Langton	2
AH Gyngell	b Phillips	12
SF Viljoen	lbw b Phillips	13
SS Smith	c Mitchell b Gordon	7
JP McNally	not out	37
A Waddington	b Gordon	6
Extras		12
Total	(all out, 44.3 overs)	148
Fall of wickets:
1-35, 2-41, 3-46, 4-64, 5-67, 6-71, 7-91, 8-98, 9-134, 10-148 (44.3 ov)

Transvaal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gordon	7.3	2	17	2	-	-
Langton	10	1	16	1	-	-
Balaskas	7	1	28	2	-	-
Mitchell	14	2	42	3	-	-
Phillips	6	0	33	2	-	-

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Transvaal second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
ACB Langton	lbw b Viljoen	0
JG Phillips	c Gyngell b Viljoen	2
N Gordon	lbw b Viljoen	2
TA Harris	b Waddington	0
SH Curnow	not out	5
AW Briscoe	c Gyngell b Viljoen	7
B Mitchell	not out	11
EAB Rowan	did not bat
DW Begbie	did not bat
XC Balaskas	did not bat
*+EA van der Merwe	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(5 wickets, 6.5 overs)	27
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-2, 3-3, 4-4, 5-13

Griqualand West bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Viljoen	3.5	0	15	4	-	-
Waddington	3	0	12	1	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> SS Smith made his debut in First-Class matches
--> A Waddington made his debut in First-Class matches
--> JG Phillips made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> EA van der Merwe made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> SF Viljoen (1) passed his previous highest score of 35 in First-Class matches
--> XC Balaskas (1) passed 2500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 6
--> JP McNally (2) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 37
--> JG Phillips made his debut for Transvaal in First-Class matches
--> BA Helfrich achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Transvaal first innings (previous best was 2-5)
--> SF Viljoen achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Transvaal second innings (previous best was 4-67)

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