f16756	Eastern Province v Orange Free State
	First-Class matches in South Africa 1939/40
Venue	St George's Park, Port Elizabeth on 30th December 1939, 1st, 2nd January 1940 (3-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Orange Free State won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Orange Free State won by 226 runs
Umpires	E Coulridge, HL Fielding
Close of play day 1	Eastern Province (1) 136/6 (Hoskin 4*, Lynch 6*)
Close of play day 2	Orange Free State (2) 302/6 (Tuckett 26*, Hayward 23*)

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Orange Free State first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*EW Warner	c Lynch b Thwaits	16
CJ Kaplan	b Thwaits	77
JC Newton	run out	49
HF Wright	c Leibbrandt b Thwaits	5
L Mendelsohn	c Assheton-Smith b Hartman	5
W Wilkinson	b Thwaits	3
LTD Tuckett	c and b Thwaits	11
K Hayward	c Robson b Thwaits	0
+F Griffiths	c Lynch b Thwaits	2
TW Fraser	not out	9
CFB Papenfus	b Thwaits	1
Extras	(11 b, 6 lb, 1 nb)	18
Total	(all out, 63.6 overs)	196
Fall of wickets:
1-60 (Warner), 2-151 (Kaplan), 3-156, 4-161, 5-173, 6-174, 7-174, 8-176, 9-194, 10-196 (63.6 ov)

Eastern Province bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Assheton-Smith	10	1	29	0	-	-
Lynch	19	4	38	0	-	-
Leibbrandt	5	0	25	0	-	-
Thwaits	14.6	0	43	8	-	-
Hartman	12	3	27	1	-	-
Hoskin	3	1	16	0	-	-

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Eastern Province first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Hartman	lbw b Papenfus	1
+W Marais	b Wright	69
IE Drimmie	b Papenfus	8
RW Robson	b Tuckett	16
DE Dimbleby	lbw b Tuckett	2
JM Leibbrandt	b Tuckett	4
WC Hoskin	b Tuckett	44
BC Lynch	b Tuckett	14
*CS Smith	lbw b Tuckett	15
SA Thwaits	c Papenfus b Tuckett	12
B Assheton-Smith	not out	5
Extras	(4 b, 9 lb, 1 w)	14
Total	(all out, 62.1 overs)	204
Fall of wickets:
1-1 (Hartman), 2-21 (Drimmie), 3-70 (Robson), 4-78 (Dimbleby), 5-98, 6-129, 7-151, 8-182, 9-191, 10-204 (62.1 ov)

Orange Free State bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Papenfus	9	3	30	2	-	-
Tuckett	25.1	2	74	7	-	-
Fraser	10	1	39	0	-	-
Hayward	16	5	44	0	-	-
Wright	2	1	3	1	-	-

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Orange Free State second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*EW Warner	lbw b Lynch	40
CJ Kaplan	b Lynch	48
JC Newton	b Lynch	71
HF Wright	b Assheton-Smith	42
L Mendelsohn	b Hartman	27
W Wilkinson	c Marais b Hartman	9
LTD Tuckett	not out	55
K Hayward	b Leibbrandt	41
TW Fraser	b Lynch	11
+F Griffiths	did not bat
CFB Papenfus	did not bat
Extras	(10 b, 10 lb, 1 w)	21
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 111.5 overs)	365
Fall of wickets:
1-99, 2-102, 3-207, 4-215, 5-237, 6-268, 7-347, 8-365 (111.5 ov)

Eastern Province bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lynch	23.5	4	63	4	-	-
Assheton-Smith	20	3	67	1	-	-
Hartman	13	2	43	2	-	-
Leibbrandt	20	5	47	1	-	-
Thwaits	23	3	65	0	-	-
Hoskin	9	0	42	0	-	-
Dimbleby	2	0	10	0	-	-
Smith	1	0	7	0	-	-

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Eastern Province second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*CS Smith	b Fraser	15
+W Marais	c Kaplan b Fraser	34
RW Robson	b Papenfus	2
DE Dimbleby	c Warner b Fraser	35
JM Leibbrandt	c Wright b Tuckett	0
WC Hoskin	b Fraser	13
G Hartman	c Papenfus b Fraser	8
IE Drimmie	c Tuckett b Fraser	1
BC Lynch	c Warner b Fraser	8
SA Thwaits	c Tuckett b Fraser	3
B Assheton-Smith	not out	7
Extras	(3 b, 1 lb, 1 nb)	5
Total	(all out, 51 overs)	131
Fall of wickets:
1-23, 2-45, 3-68, 4-68, 5-69, 6-97, 7-110, 8-120, 9-120, 10-131 (51 ov)

Orange Free State bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Papenfus	17	6	21	1	-	-
Tuckett	11	0	29	1	-	-
Fraser	21	3	71	8	-	-
Wright	2	1	5	0	-	-

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Notes
--> W Wilkinson made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> K Hayward made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> F Griffiths made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> CJ Kaplan (1) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 33
--> W Marais (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 63
--> HF Wright (2) passed his previous highest score of 12 in First-Class matches
--> L Mendelsohn (2) passed his previous highest score of 22 in First-Class matches
--> LTD Tuckett (2) passed his previous highest score of 49 in First-Class matches
--> SA Thwaits achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Orange Free State first innings (previous best was 2-29)
--> SA Thwaits achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the Orange Free State first innings
--> LTD Tuckett achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Eastern Province first innings (previous best was 6-23)
--> TW Fraser achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Eastern Province second innings (previous best was 5-26)
--> TW Fraser reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Eastern Province second innings

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