f16040	Transvaal v Orange Free State
	Currie Cup 1937/38
Venue	Old Wanderers, Johannesburg on 21st, 22nd, 24th January 1938 (3-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Transvaal won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Transvaal won by 237 runs
Points	Transvaal 5; Orange Free State 0
Close of play day 1	Transvaal (1) 475/8 (Begbie 207*, Inchbold 2*)
Close of play day 2	Orange Free State (1) 297/8 (HA Sparks 6*, Fraser 9*)

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Transvaal first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Mitchell	b HA Sparks	40
EAB Rowan	b Fraser	12
KG Viljoen	run out	0
*A Melville	c Pollock b Francis	3
AW Briscoe	b Hayward	175
DW Begbie	not out	207
TA Harris	b HA Sparks	4
XC Balaskas	b HA Sparks	0
CM Barker	lbw b Hayward	13
+SJ Inchbold	not out	2
N Gordon	did not bat
Extras		19
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 98 overs)	475
Fall of wickets:
1-44, 2-44, 3-49, 4-90, 5-390, 6-397, 7-401, 8-460

Orange Free State bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
DA Sparks	15	1	87	0	-	-
HA Sparks	18	0	77	3	-	-
Fraser	25	4	101	1	-	-
Francis	14	2	81	1	-	-
Hayward	13	2	34	2	-	-
Dick	13	1	76	0	-	-

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Orange Free State first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*EW Warner	b Mitchell	28
JC Newton	b Viljoen	112
S Brown	st Inchbold b Mitchell	0
MG Francis	c Barker b Gordon	99
RTS Dick	b Mitchell	3
K Hayward	b Gordon	24
EL Liddle	lbw b Barker	1
+AM Pollock	lbw b Barker	0
HA Sparks	b Gordon	18
TW Fraser	b Gordon	20
DA Sparks	not out	14
Extras		15
Total	(all out, 86.3 overs)	334
Fall of wickets:
1-83, 2-85, 3-226, 4-229, 5-275, 6-280, 7-282, 8-282, 9-313, 10-334 (86.3 ov)

Transvaal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gordon	29.3	7	98	4	-	-
Barker	23	0	83	2	-	-
Mitchell	18	2	69	3	-	-
Balaskas	9	1	27	0	-	-
Begbie	2	0	19	0	-	-
Viljoen	5	1	23	1	-	-

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Transvaal second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Mitchell	not out	103
EAB Rowan	c Hayward b DA Sparks	7
DW Begbie	b Francis	47
TA Harris	b Francis	27
KG Viljoen	did not bat
*A Melville	did not bat
AW Briscoe	did not bat
XC Balaskas	did not bat
CM Barker	did not bat
+SJ Inchbold	did not bat
N Gordon	did not bat
Extras		3
Total	(3 wickets, declared, 26.7 overs)	187
Fall of wickets:
1-17, 2-137, 3-187 (26.7 ov)

Orange Free State bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
DA Sparks	6	0	39	1	-	-
HA Sparks	6	0	22	0	-	-
Fraser	5	0	34	0	-	-
Francis	4.7	0	34	2	-	-
Hayward	5	0	55	0	-	-

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Orange Free State second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*EW Warner	st Inchbold b Mitchell	11
JC Newton	b Gordon	0
S Brown	c Mitchell b Gordon	26
MG Francis	c Inchbold b Gordon	13
RTS Dick	st Inchbold b Mitchell	12
K Hayward	b Gordon	1
+AM Pollock	c Inchbold b Mitchell	12
HA Sparks	c Balaskas b Mitchell	1
TW Fraser	not out	5
DA Sparks	b Gordon	7
EL Liddle	absent hurt
Extras		3
Total	(all out, 32.1 overs)	91
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-19, 3-36, 4-53, 5-55, 6-67, 7-73, 8-78, 9-91 (32.1 ov)

Transvaal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gordon	16.1	5	32	5	-	-
Barker	3	1	4	0	-	-
Mitchell	13	1	52	4	-	-

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Notes
--> CM Barker made his debut in First-Class matches
--> CM Barker made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> DW Begbie (1) passed his previous highest score of 172 in First-Class matches
--> DW Begbie (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 128
--> JC Newton (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 104
--> MG Francis (1) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 35
--> N Gordon achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Orange Free State second innings (previous best was 4-78)
--> N Gordon achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the Orange Free State second innings

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