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| Venue | Newlands, Cape Town on 24th, 25th, 27th November 1978 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Eastern Province won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Western Province won by 7 wickets |
| Points | Western Province 19 (Batting 6, Bowling 3); Eastern Province 5 (Batting 1, Bowling 4) |
| Umpires | D Lee, AT Maasch |
| Close of play day 1 | Western Province (1) 17/1 (Drummond 8*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Eastern Province (2) 20/0 (Bezuidenhout 9*, Cook 8*) |
| Eastern Province first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| SJ Bezuidenhout | b Nieuwoudt | 37 | |||||
| G Cook | c Hobson b Morris | 73 | |||||
| RLS Armitage | run out | 22 | |||||
| RJD Whyte | lbw b Hobson | 16 | |||||
| DJ Brickett | run out | 3 | |||||
| *AL Wilmot | c Drummond b Nieuwoudt | 20 | |||||
| RA Seymour | c Ackerman b Nieuwoudt | 42 | |||||
| +DJ Richardson | c Drummond b Nieuwoudt | 0 | |||||
| WK Watson | b Hobson | 19 | |||||
| W Els | c Morris b Hobson | 12 | |||||
| MJ Macaulay | not out | 8 | |||||
| Extras | (2 b, 11 lb, 2 nb) | 15 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 113.5 overs) | 267 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-62, 2-133, 3-152, 4-158, 5-159, 6-204, 7-206, 8-231, 9-246, 10-267 (113.5 ov) | |||||||
| Western Province bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Jefferies | 22 | 9 | 35 | 0 | - | - | |
| Nieuwoudt | 27 | 7 | 69 | 4 | - | - | |
| Swart | 16 | 6 | 33 | 0 | - | - | |
| Morris | 24 | 7 | 53 | 1 | - | - | |
| Hobson | 24.5 | 8 | 62 | 3 | - | - | |
| Western Province first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| L Seeff | lbw b Watson | 6 | |||||
| +RA Drummond | b Els | 16 | |||||
| PN Kirsten | c Richardson b Watson | 12 | |||||
| *HM Ackerman | c Richardson b Els | 5 | |||||
| AJ Lamb | c Els b Brickett | 17 | |||||
| PD Swart | c Els b Seymour | 44 | |||||
| JD du Toit | c Macaulay b Seymour | 97 | |||||
| RET Morris | not out | 116 | |||||
| DL Hobson | not out | 5 | |||||
| ST Jefferies | did not bat | ||||||
| AB Nieuwoudt | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (2 b, 6 lb, 6 nb) | 14 | |||||
| Total | (7 wickets, declared, 88 overs) | 332 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-17, 2-32, 3-42, 4-44, 5-73, 6-114, 7-297 | |||||||
| Eastern Province bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Watson | 20 | 4 | 55 | 2 | - | - | |
| Els | 15 | 1 | 69 | 2 | - | - | |
| Macaulay | 14 | 2 | 51 | 0 | - | - | |
| Brickett | 20 | 2 | 70 | 1 | - | - | |
| Seymour | 15 | 2 | 57 | 2 | - | - | |
| Armitage | 4 | 0 | 16 | 0 | - | - | |
| Eastern Province second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| SJ Bezuidenhout | st Drummond b Hobson | 60 | |||||
| G Cook | c Drummond b Hobson | 36 | |||||
| RLS Armitage | b Hobson | 0 | |||||
| RJD Whyte | c Ackerman b Hobson | 14 | |||||
| DJ Brickett | lbw b Hobson | 77 | |||||
| *AL Wilmot | b Hobson | 0 | |||||
| RA Seymour | b Hobson | 3 | |||||
| +DJ Richardson | c Drummond b Hobson | 0 | |||||
| WK Watson | b Morris | 2 | |||||
| W Els | not out | 18 | 81 | ||||
| MJ Macaulay | b Hobson | 1 | |||||
| Extras | (5 b, 3 lb) | 8 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 125.3 overs) | 219 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-94, 2-94, 3-99, 4-130, 5-132, 6-150, 7-152, 8-159, 9-217, 10-219 (125.3 ov) | |||||||
| Western Province bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Jefferies | 12 | 4 | 19 | 0 | - | - | |
| Nieuwoudt | 15 | 2 | 37 | 0 | - | - | |
| Swart | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | - | - | |
| Morris | 32 | 13 | 62 | 1 | - | - | |
| Hobson | 49.3 | 21 | 64 | 9 | - | - | |
| du Toit | 6 | 1 | 12 | 0 | - | - | |
| Kirsten | 7 | 2 | 12 | 0 | - | - | |
| Western Province second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| L Seeff | run out | 38 | |||||
| +RA Drummond | c Els b Macaulay | 58 | |||||
| PN Kirsten | c Cook b Brickett | 40 | |||||
| AJ Lamb | not out | 18 | |||||
| *HM Ackerman | not out | 0 | |||||
| PD Swart | did not bat | ||||||
| JD du Toit | did not bat | ||||||
| RET Morris | did not bat | ||||||
| DL Hobson | did not bat | ||||||
| ST Jefferies | did not bat | ||||||
| AB Nieuwoudt | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (2 lb) | 2 | |||||
| Total | (3 wickets, 23.5 overs) | 156 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-80, 2-135, 3-152 | |||||||
| Eastern Province bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Watson | 9 | 0 | 56 | 0 | - | - | |
| Els | 5 | 0 | 31 | 0 | - | - | |
| Macaulay | 5 | 0 | 41 | 1 | - | - | |
| Brickett | 1.5 | 0 | 8 | 1 | - | - | |
| Seymour | 3 | 1 | 18 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> ST Jefferies made his debut in First-Class matches
--> DJ Brickett (2) passed his previous highest score of 70 in First-Class matches
--> DJ Brickett (2) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 51
--> L Seeff (2) passed his previous highest score of 15 in First-Class matches
--> G Cook made his debut in South Africa in First-Class matches
--> DL Hobson achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Eastern Province second innings (previous best was 7-52)
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