| f32385 | |
| Venue | Newlands, Cape Town on 30th December 1978, 1st, 2nd January 1979 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Western Province won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Points | Western Province 5 (Batting 3, Bowling 2); Transvaal 6 (Batting 4, Bowling 2) |
| Umpires | IS Forrest, HR Martin |
| Close of play day 1 | Western Province (1) 323/6 (Kuiper 12*, Morris 2*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Transvaal (1) 316/4 (Pollock 187*, Kourie 12*) |
| Western Province first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *HM Ackerman | c Dyer b Lilley | 65 | |||||
| +RA Drummond | c Jennings b Neilson | 58 | |||||
| PN Kirsten | b Hanley | 105 | 206 | 14 | 1 | ||
| AJ Lamb | c Dyer b Hanley | 27 | |||||
| PD Swart | lbw b Neilson | 20 | |||||
| SD Bruce | c Neilson b de Vaal | 27 | |||||
| AP Kuiper | b Neilson | 22 | |||||
| RET Morris | b Neilson | 15 | |||||
| DL Hobson | lbw b Neilson | 4 | |||||
| ES Gordon | not out | 3 | |||||
| AB Nieuwoudt | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (11 lb) | 11 | |||||
| Total | (9 wickets, declared, 117.1 overs) | 357 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-121, 2-131, 3-177, 4-235, 5-296, 6-315, 7-343, 8-352, 9-357 (117.1 ov) | |||||||
| Transvaal bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Hanley | 32 | 6 | 107 | 2 | - | - | |
| Neilson | 32.1 | 6 | 84 | 5 | - | - | |
| de Vaal | 27 | 6 | 72 | 1 | - | - | |
| Lilley | 23 | 7 | 77 | 1 | - | - | |
| Barnard | 3 | 2 | 6 | 0 | - | - | |
| Transvaal first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *DD Dyer | b Gordon | 14 | |||||
| SJ Cook | c Kuiper b Gordon | 3 | |||||
| HR Fotheringham | b Swart | 26 | |||||
| RG Pollock | c sub (SA Jones) b Morris | 233 | 377 | 444 | 25 | 1 | |
| LJ Barnard | c Bruce b Kuiper | 55 | |||||
| AJ Kourie | c Drummond b Swart | 42 | |||||
| +RV Jennings | c Hobson b Swart | 10 | |||||
| PD de Vaal | st Drummond b Hobson | 32 | |||||
| DR Neilson | not out | 32 | |||||
| AR Lilley | did not bat | ||||||
| RW Hanley | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (4 b, 13 lb, 2 w) | 19 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets, declared, 153.2 overs) | 466 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-11, 2-22, 3-71, 4-214, 5-379, 6-397, 7-404, 8-466 (153.2 ov) | |||||||
| Western Province bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Gordon | 33 | 7 | 100 | 2 | - | - | |
| Nieuwoudt | 6 | 2 | 16 | 0 | - | - | |
| Swart | 29 | 3 | 77 | 3 | - | - | |
| Kuiper | 30 | 9 | 78 | 1 | - | - | |
| Hobson | 29.2 | 5 | 96 | 1 | - | - | |
| Morris | 26 | 1 | 80 | 1 | - | - | |
| Western Province second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RET Morris | lbw b Kourie | 5 | |||||
| +RA Drummond | retired hurt | 10 | |||||
| PN Kirsten | c Neilson b Kourie | 28 | |||||
| AJ Lamb | not out | 56 | |||||
| PD Swart | st Jennings b Kourie | 22 | |||||
| SD Bruce | not out | 5 | |||||
| *HM Ackerman | did not bat | ||||||
| AP Kuiper | did not bat | ||||||
| DL Hobson | did not bat | ||||||
| ES Gordon | did not bat | ||||||
| AB Nieuwoudt | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (2 lb) | 2 | |||||
| Total | (3 wickets, 51 overs) | 128 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-28 (Morris), 2-74 (Kirsten), 3-112 (Swart) | |||||||
| Transvaal bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Hanley | 6 | 2 | 7 | 0 | - | - | |
| Neilson | 4 | 2 | 9 | 0 | - | - | |
| de Vaal | 11 | 3 | 25 | 0 | - | - | |
| Lilley | 3 | 1 | 8 | 0 | - | - | |
| Kourie | 22 | 9 | 46 | 3 | - | - | |
| Fotheringham | 5 | 1 | 31 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> SD Bruce (1) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 4
--> RG Pollock (1) 200 in 322 balls, 359 minutes
--> RG Pollock (1) passed 15000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 89
--> RA Drummond retired hurt in the Western Province second innings having scored 10 (team score 10/0)
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