| f20732 | |
| Venue | St George's Park, Port Elizabeth on 1st, 3rd, 4th January 1955 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 8 |
| Toss | Griqualand West won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Eastern Province won by 9 wickets |
| Points | Eastern Province 6; Griqualand West 0 |
| Umpires | P Brodie, CE Miller |
| Close of play day 1 | Eastern Province (1) 103/0 (Birrell 60*, Dakin 40*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Griqualand West (2) 90/3 (RG Draper 49*, Helfrich 2*) |
| Griqualand West first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RG Draper | c Bradfield b Murray | 25 | 70 | 1 | - | ||
| +AH Schulze | b Murray | 17 | 53 | 1 | - | ||
| DH Buckley | lbw b Blenkinsop | 9 | 22 | 1 | - | ||
| EJ Draper | b Birrell | 86 | 198 | 11 | - | ||
| CD Helfrich | c Bradfield b Murray | 6 | 50 | - | - | ||
| BA Goble | lbw b Murray | 4 | 43 | - | - | ||
| M McMillan | run out | 8 | 33 | 2 | - | ||
| LH Drury | lbw b Birrell | 2 | 41 | - | - | ||
| D Lee | c Fernley b Murray | 25 | 52 | 4 | - | ||
| *JE Waddington | c Long b Murray | 8 | 10 | 1 | - | ||
| CR English | not out | 1 | 20 | - | - | ||
| Extras | (12 b, 4 lb, 2 nb, 1 w) | 19 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 83.7 overs) | 210 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-40, 2-51, 3-57, 4-102, 5-117, 6-140, 7-168, 8-183, 9-192, 10-210 (83.7 ov) | |||||||
| Eastern Province bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Blenkinsop | 7 | 0 | 29 | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Dakin | 18 | 5 | 44 | 0 | - | - | |
| Murray | 29.7 | 19 | 46 | 6 | - | 1 | |
| McKinnon | 17 | 6 | 34 | 0 | - | - | |
| du Toit | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | - | |
| Birrell | 10 | 1 | 25 | 2 | - | - | |
| Eastern Province first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| HB Birrell | c Schulze b Waddington | 77 | 173 | 6 | - | ||
| GF Dakin | b Waddington | 40 | 130 | 3 | - | ||
| EB Norton | lbw b Waddington | 30 | 84 | 1 | - | ||
| ARA Murray | c Drury b Waddington | 32 | 52 | 1 | - | ||
| HG Emslie | c Schulze b Helfrich | 29 | 75 | 1 | - | ||
| DL Fernley | b Waddington | 42 | 125 | 1 | - | ||
| HI Long | c Buckley b Waddington | 13 | 25 | 2 | - | ||
| *SD du Toit | not out | 35 | 58 | 2 | - | ||
| AH McKinnon | b Waddington | 0 | 11 | - | - | ||
| +BB Bradfield | c Drury b Waddington | 0 | 5 | - | - | ||
| AG Blenkinsop | b Waddington | 10 | 7 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Extras | (5 b, 8 lb, 2 nb, 1 w) | 16 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 105.5 overs) | 324 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-106, 2-137, 3-173, 4-190, 5-237, 6-265, 7-303, 8-303, 9-303, 10-324 (105.5 ov) | |||||||
| Griqualand West bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Helfrich | 17 | 3 | 47 | 1 | - | - | |
| English | 16 | 2 | 65 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Waddington | 41.5 | 9 | 105 | 9 | - | - | |
| Drury | 21 | 4 | 57 | 0 | - | 1 | |
| Lee | 10 | 1 | 34 | 0 | - | - | |
| Griqualand West second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RG Draper | c Murray b Long | 72 | 215 | 4 | - | ||
| +AH Schulze | b Murray | 0 | 4 | 5 | - | - | |
| DH Buckley | lbw b Murray | 29 | 121 | 3 | - | ||
| EJ Draper | b McKinnon | 3 | 8 | - | - | ||
| CD Helfrich | run out | 8 | 27 | 1 | - | ||
| BA Goble | b Murray | 44 | 103 | 5 | - | ||
| M McMillan | c Norton b Long | 1 | 20 | - | - | ||
| D Lee | c and b Long | 2 | 8 | - | - | ||
| LH Drury | c Norton b Long | 4 | 12 | 1 | - | ||
| *JE Waddington | b Long | 0 | 6 | 5 | - | - | |
| CR English | not out | 1 | 3 | - | - | ||
| Extras | (12 b, 6 lb, 1 nb) | 19 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 81.2 overs) | 183 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-0, 2-83, 3-88, 4-97, 5-139, 6-151, 7-163, 8-173, 9-173, 10-183 (81.2 ov) | |||||||
| Eastern Province bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Dakin | 10 | 4 | 31 | 0 | - | - | |
| Murray | 23.2 | 13 | 34 | 3 | - | - | |
| McKinnon | 25 | 12 | 40 | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Birrell | 12 | 2 | 22 | 0 | - | - | |
| Long | 11 | 3 | 37 | 5 | - | - | |
| Eastern Province second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| HB Birrell | not out | 36 | 3 | - | |||
| GF Dakin | c and b RG Draper | 15 | 43 | 1 | - | ||
| EB Norton | not out | 16 | 1 | - | |||
| ARA Murray | did not bat | ||||||
| HG Emslie | did not bat | ||||||
| DL Fernley | did not bat | ||||||
| HI Long | did not bat | ||||||
| *SD du Toit | did not bat | ||||||
| AH McKinnon | did not bat | ||||||
| +BB Bradfield | did not bat | ||||||
| AG Blenkinsop | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 b, 2 lb) | 3 | |||||
| Total | (1 wicket, 16.6 overs) | 70 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-37 (Dakin) | |||||||
| Griqualand West bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| English | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | - | - | |
| Helfrich | 5 | 1 | 15 | 0 | - | - | |
| Waddington | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | - | - | |
| RG Draper | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | - | - | |
| EJ Draper | 3 | 0 | 14 | 0 | - | - | |
| Goble | 1.6 | 0 | 10 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> EJ Draper (1) 50 in 130 minutes with 7 fours
--> HB Birrell (1) 50 in 90 minutes with 6 fours
--> RG Draper (2) 50 in 163 minutes with 1 four
--> JE Waddington achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Eastern Province first innings (previous best was 8-50)
--> JE Waddington reached 300 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 6th wicket in the Eastern Province first innings
--> HI Long achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Griqualand West second innings (previous best was 1-1)
--> HI Long achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the Griqualand West second innings
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