| f22036 | |
| Venue | Newlands, Cape Town on 12th, 13th, 14th, 17th December 1957 (4-day match) |
| Balls per over | 8 |
| Toss | Western Province won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Australians won by 10 wickets |
| Umpires | DV Collins, VJ Costello |
| Close of play day 1 | Western Province (1) 170/4 (van Ryneveld 21*, Ferrandi 10*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Australians (1) 196/3 (Craig 19*, Burge 12*) |
| Close of play day 3 | Western Province (2) 58/0 (Pithey 26*, Nel 21*) |
| Western Province first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| AJ Pithey | c Jarman b Meckiff | 52 | |||||
| RJ Westcott | c Jarman b Davidson | 2 | |||||
| JD Nel | c Benaud b Davidson | 30 | |||||
| GAS Innes | c Jarman b Meckiff | 49 | |||||
| *CB van Ryneveld | c Burge b Benaud | 25 | |||||
| +JH Ferrandi | b Meckiff | 32 | |||||
| BD Pfaff | lbw b Kline | 5 | |||||
| GE Steyn | b Benaud | 6 | |||||
| JE Pothecary | c Jarman b Mackay | 11 | |||||
| ERH Fuller | not out | 8 | |||||
| HD Bromfield | lbw b Meckiff | 14 | |||||
| Extras | (1 b, 7 lb, 2 w) | 10 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 94.5 overs) | 244 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-7, 2-51, 3-125, 4-146, 5-174, 6-179, 7-186, 8-222, 9-224, 10-244 (94.5 ov) | |||||||
| Australians bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Davidson | 14 | 3 | 43 | 2 | - | - | |
| Meckiff | 16.5 | 4 | 52 | 4 | - | - | |
| Mackay | 8 | 2 | 17 | 1 | - | - | |
| Benaud | 30 | 6 | 68 | 2 | - | - | |
| Kline | 20 | 8 | 44 | 1 | - | - | |
| Burke | 6 | 2 | 10 | 0 | - | - | |
| Australians first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| CC McDonald | c Nel b Westcott | 20 | |||||
| JW Burke | lbw b van Ryneveld | 72 | |||||
| RN Harvey | c Fuller b Bromfield | 63 | |||||
| *ID Craig | c Pothecary b Steyn | 45 | |||||
| PJP Burge | c van Ryneveld b Westcott | 41 | |||||
| KD Mackay | c Bromfield b Fuller | 12 | |||||
| R Benaud | c Pfaff b Steyn | 38 | |||||
| AK Davidson | c Pfaff b Bromfield | 76 | |||||
| +BN Jarman | c Pothecary b Bromfield | 9 | |||||
| I Meckiff | not out | 15 | |||||
| LF Kline | b Bromfield | 3 | |||||
| Extras | (7 b, 20 lb) | 27 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 130.1 overs) | 421 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-43, 2-154, 3-167, 4-252, 5-252, 6-279, 7-349, 8-378, 9-399, 10-421 (130.1 ov) | |||||||
| Western Province bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Fuller | 36 | 2 | 98 | 1 | - | - | |
| Pothecary | 13 | 1 | 49 | 0 | - | - | |
| Westcott | 12 | 4 | 21 | 2 | - | - | |
| Steyn | 33 | 9 | 92 | 2 | - | - | |
| Bromfield | 25.1 | 3 | 68 | 4 | - | - | |
| van Ryneveld | 11 | 0 | 66 | 1 | - | - | |
| Western Province second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| AJ Pithey | b Benaud | 40 | |||||
| RJ Westcott | lbw b Kline | 60 | |||||
| JD Nel | lbw b Mackay | 33 | |||||
| GAS Innes | c Burge b Kline | 11 | |||||
| *CB van Ryneveld | c Burke b Benaud | 53 | |||||
| +JH Ferrandi | b Kline | 3 | |||||
| BD Pfaff | c Jarman b Kline | 9 | |||||
| ERH Fuller | c Mackay b Benaud | 0 | |||||
| JE Pothecary | not out | 10 | |||||
| GE Steyn | b Kline | 4 | |||||
| HD Bromfield | c Harvey b Kline | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (5 b, 1 lb, 2 nb) | 8 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 102 overs) | 231 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-84, 2-84, 3-117, 4-199, 5-207, 6-217, 7-217, 8-218, 9-231, 10-231 (102 ov) | |||||||
| Australians bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Davidson | 4 | 2 | 9 | 0 | - | - | |
| Meckiff | 18 | 4 | 35 | 0 | - | - | |
| Mackay | 12 | 6 | 16 | 1 | - | - | |
| Benaud | 30 | 12 | 68 | 3 | - | - | |
| Kline | 22 | 8 | 65 | 6 | - | - | |
| Burke | 8 | 0 | 22 | 0 | - | - | |
| Harvey | 8 | 4 | 8 | 0 | - | - | |
| Australians second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| R Benaud | not out | 32 | |||||
| CC McDonald | not out | 23 | |||||
| JW Burke | did not bat | ||||||
| RN Harvey | did not bat | ||||||
| *ID Craig | did not bat | ||||||
| PJP Burge | did not bat | ||||||
| KD Mackay | did not bat | ||||||
| AK Davidson | did not bat | ||||||
| +BN Jarman | did not bat | ||||||
| I Meckiff | did not bat | ||||||
| LF Kline | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | 0 | ||||||
| Total | (no wicket, 4.2 overs) | 55 | |||||
| Western Province bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Fuller | 2.2 | 0 | 32 | 0 | - | - | |
| Pothecary | 2 | 0 | 23 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> CC McDonald (1) passed 7500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 9
--> PJP Burge (1) passed 4000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 7
--> R Benaud (1) passed 6500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 32
--> R Benaud reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Western Province first innings
--> R Benaud reached 450 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Western Province first innings
--> HD Bromfield achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Australians first innings (previous best was 3-57)
--> RJ Westcott retired hurt in the Western Province second innings having scored 9 (team score 17/0) - he returned when the score was 84/1
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