f22031	Eastern Province v Australians
	Australia in South Africa 1957/58
Venue	St George's Park, Port Elizabeth on 6th, 7th, 9th December 1957 (3-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Eastern Province won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Australians won by an innings and 81 runs
Umpires	EJ Howell, EW Prynn
Close of play day 1	Australians (1) 12/0 (Favell 11*, Burke 1*)
Close of play day 2	Australians (1) 371/4 (Simpson 53*, Benaud 30*; 84 overs)

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Eastern Province first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GD Varnals	st Grout b Kline	43		225	5	-
WD Wilson	b Meckiff	2		30	-	-
DBL Dold	c Grout b Drennan	30		122	2	-
*GF Dakin	b Benaud	0		5	-	-
RA Grebe	lbw b Benaud	27		113	4	-
AH McKinnon	c Grout b Meckiff	4		10	1	-
HI Long	c and b Benaud	20		54	3	-
IF Anderson	run out	2		27	-	-
+JP Harty	c Burge b Benaud	0		7	-	-
TW Lane	not out	3		7	-	-
JG Gush	st Grout b Benaud	2		3	-	-
Extras	(6 b, 6 lb, 4 nb)	16
Total	(all out, 73.6 overs)	149
Fall of wickets:
1-15 (Wilson), 2-71 (Dold), 3-72 (Dakin), 4-102 (Varnals), 5-107 (McKinnon), 6-140 (Grebe), 7-141 (Long), 8-143 (Harty), 9-145 (Anderson), 10-149 (Gush, 73.6 ov)

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Meckiff	16	3	37	2	-	4
Drennan	12	4	15	1	-	-
Benaud	23.6	8	45	5	-	-
Kline	11	4	24	1	-	-
Mackay	11	3	12	0	-	-

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Australians first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LE Favell	b Anderson	17		24	3	-
JW Burke	c Grebe b McKinnon	133		275	13	-
KD Mackay	c Wilson b Anderson	113		247	13	-
+ATW Grout	b McKinnon	15		21	2	-
RB Simpson	not out	53			6	-
R Benaud	not out	30			3	-
*ID Craig	did not bat
PJP Burge	did not bat
I Meckiff	did not bat
J Drennan	did not bat
LF Kline	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 4 lb, 1 nb)	10
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 84 overs)	371
Fall of wickets:
1-19 (Favell), 2-272 (Mackay), 3-273 (Burke), 4-295 (Grout)

Eastern Province bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Anderson	15	0	81	2	-	1
Gush	13	1	66	0	-	-
Dakin	10	0	55	0	-	-
Lane	18	1	55	0	-	-
McKinnon	24	3	91	2	-	-
Long	4	0	13	0	-	-

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Eastern Province second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GD Varnals	c Burge b Benaud	18		81	1	-
*GF Dakin	c Mackay b Drennan	36		120	4	-
DBL Dold	b Drennan	14			2	-
WD Wilson	c Grout b Drennan	5			-	-
RA Grebe	lbw b Benaud	3		16	-	-
HI Long	b Benaud	15		23	1	-
AH McKinnon	b Kline	5			-	-
IF Anderson	not out	29			4	-
+JP Harty	st Grout b Benaud	0		17	-	-
TW Lane	c Craig b Kline	3			-	-
JG Gush	c Favell b Benaud	0			-	-
Extras	(4 b, 5 lb, 4 w)	13
Total	(all out, 59.4 overs)	141
Fall of wickets:
1-55 (Varnals), 2-67 (Dakin), 3-81 (Wilson), 4-82 (Dold), 5-86 (Grebe), 6-103 (McKinnon), 7-119 (Long), 8-127 (Harty), 9-136 (Lane), 10-141 (Gush, 59.4 ov)

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Meckiff	11	2	40	0	1	-
Drennan	10.5	4	25	3	-	-
Mackay	7	4	4	0	-	-
Benaud	23.7	9	44	5	-	-
Kline	7	2	15	2	-	-

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Notes
--> JG Gush made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> JW Burke (1) 50 in 136 minutes with 5 fours
--> JW Burke (1) 100 in 234 minutes with 8 fours
--> JW Burke (1) passed 6000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 86
--> KD Mackay (1) 100 in 235 minutes with 10 fours
--> RB Simpson (1) 50 in 63 minutes with 6 fours

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