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| Venue | St George's Park, Port Elizabeth on 26th, 27th December 1978 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Eastern Province won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Western Province won by an innings and 10 runs |
| Points | Eastern Province 6 (Batting 2, Bowling 4); Western Province 19 (Batting 4, Bowling 5) |
| Umpires | IS Forrest, BC van Gend |
| Close of play day 1 | Western Province (1) 80/2 (Kirsten 19*, Lamb 1*) |
| Eastern Province first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| SJ Bezuidenhout | lbw b Swart | 30 | |||||
| G Cook | c Hobson b Swart | 19 | |||||
| RLS Armitage | run out | 2 | |||||
| RJD Whyte | c Bruce b Hobson | 33 | |||||
| DJ Brickett | c Kuiper b Hobson | 14 | |||||
| *AL Wilmot | c Drummond b Hobson | 0 | |||||
| KW Gradwell | c Ackerman b Kuiper | 26 | |||||
| RA Seymour | c Morris b Hobson | 0 | |||||
| +DJ Richardson | c Ackerman b Kuiper | 24 | |||||
| WK Watson | b Hobson | 23 | |||||
| W Els | not out | 17 | |||||
| Extras | (2 b, 4 lb, 5 nb, 1 w) | 12 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 83.1 overs) | 200 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-45, 2-47, 3-58, 4-103, 5-103, 6-105, 7-107, 8-160, 9-161, 10-200 (83.1 ov) | |||||||
| Western Province bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Gordon | 12 | 2 | 31 | 0 | - | - | |
| Nieuwoudt | 11 | 2 | 26 | 0 | - | - | |
| Swart | 15 | 3 | 35 | 2 | - | - | |
| Kuiper | 14 | 2 | 39 | 2 | - | - | |
| Hobson | 17.1 | 7 | 35 | 5 | - | - | |
| Morris | 14 | 5 | 22 | 0 | - | - | |
| Western Province first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *HM Ackerman | c Cook b Brickett | 32 | |||||
| +RA Drummond | lbw b Brickett | 25 | |||||
| PN Kirsten | c Richardson b Brickett | 28 | |||||
| AJ Lamb | c Richardson b Brickett | 8 | |||||
| PD Swart | c Watson b Seymour | 87 | |||||
| SD Bruce | c Wilmot b Seymour | 5 | |||||
| AP Kuiper | c Gradwell b Els | 29 | |||||
| RET Morris | c Seymour b Brickett | 39 | |||||
| DL Hobson | c Richardson b Els | 10 | |||||
| ES Gordon | not out | 4 | |||||
| AB Nieuwoudt | lbw b Els | 3 | |||||
| Extras | (1 b, 6 lb, 7 nb) | 14 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 95.4 overs) | 284 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-54, 2-77, 3-90, 4-104, 5-111, 6-166, 7-241, 8-265, 9-281, 10-284 (95.4 ov) | |||||||
| Eastern Province bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Watson | 21 | 7 | 58 | 0 | - | - | |
| Els | 18.4 | 1 | 57 | 3 | - | - | |
| Seymour | 20 | 4 | 64 | 2 | - | - | |
| Brickett | 30 | 7 | 71 | 5 | - | - | |
| Armitage | 6 | 1 | 20 | 0 | - | - | |
| Eastern Province second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| SJ Bezuidenhout | c Drummond b Gordon | 15 | |||||
| G Cook | c Ackerman b Nieuwoudt | 7 | |||||
| RLS Armitage | c Drummond b Nieuwoudt | 8 | |||||
| RJD Whyte | c Morris b Nieuwoudt | 1 | |||||
| *AL Wilmot | c Drummond b Gordon | 1 | |||||
| KW Gradwell | c Drummond b Nieuwoudt | 0 | |||||
| DJ Brickett | c Morris b Kuiper | 11 | |||||
| RA Seymour | c Drummond b Nieuwoudt | 10 | |||||
| +DJ Richardson | not out | 5 | |||||
| WK Watson | lbw b Nieuwoudt | 0 | |||||
| W Els | c Drummond b Kuiper | 16 | 4 | - | |||
| Extras | 0 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 26.3 overs) | 74 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-22, 2-22, 3-23, 4-23, 5-24, 6-42, 7-44, 8-55, 9-55, 10-74 (26.3 ov) | |||||||
| Western Province bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Gordon | 8 | 0 | 17 | 2 | - | - | |
| Nieuwoudt | 13 | 4 | 25 | 6 | - | - | |
| Kuiper | 5.3 | 0 | 32 | 2 | - | - | |
Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> AB Nieuwoudt achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Eastern Province second innings (previous best was 6-45)
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