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| Venue | St George's Park, Port Elizabeth on 5th, 6th January 1979 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Transvaal won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Transvaal won by an innings and 12 runs |
| Points | Eastern Province 4 (Bowling 4); Transvaal 23 (Batting 8, Bowling 5) |
| Umpires | LN Hornby, PR Hurwitz |
| Close of play day 1 | Eastern Province (1) 52/1 (Cook 22*, Watson 0*) |
| Transvaal first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *DD Dyer | b van Vuuren | 29 | |||||
| SJ Cook | c Richardson b Watson | 17 | |||||
| HR Fotheringham | b Watson | 60 | |||||
| RG Pollock | c Bezuidenhout b van Vuuren | 139 | |||||
| LJ Barnard | c Richardson b Brickett | 10 | |||||
| AJ Kourie | lbw b van Vuuren | 40 | 77 | ||||
| GE McMillan | c Seymour b van Vuuren | 8 | |||||
| DR Neilson | c Wilmot b Watson | 15 | |||||
| JR Argyle | not out | 2 | |||||
| +RV Jennings | not out | 21 | |||||
| RW Hanley | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (6 lb, 7 nb) | 13 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets, declared, 84.5 overs) | 354 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-44, 2-59, 3-148, 4-181, 5-268, 6-282, 7-327, 8-328 | |||||||
| Eastern Province bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Watson | 19 | 1 | 99 | 3 | - | - | |
| van Vuuren | 19.5 | 3 | 82 | 4 | - | - | |
| Brickett | 15 | 2 | 48 | 1 | - | - | |
| Seymour | 9 | 0 | 35 | 0 | - | - | |
| Armitage | 22 | 3 | 77 | 0 | - | - | |
| Eastern Province first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| SJ Bezuidenhout | st Jennings b Kourie | 26 | |||||
| G Cook | c Fotheringham b Kourie | 38 | |||||
| WK Watson | c and b Kourie | 12 | |||||
| RLS Armitage | c and b Kourie | 10 | |||||
| *AL Wilmot | lbw b Kourie | 0 | |||||
| DJ Brickett | c Barnard b Kourie | 29 | |||||
| KW Gradwell | lbw b Argyle | 4 | |||||
| RJD Whyte | lbw b McMillan | 24 | |||||
| RA Seymour | run out | 4 | |||||
| +DJ Richardson | not out | 8 | |||||
| MK van Vuuren | c Pollock b McMillan | 2 | |||||
| Extras | (5 nb, 1 w) | 6 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 63.5 overs) | 163 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-51, 2-78, 3-81, 4-81, 5-115, 6-122, 7-125, 8-129, 9-161, 10-163 (63.5 ov) | |||||||
| Transvaal bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Hanley | 10 | 3 | 30 | 0 | - | - | |
| Neilson | 11 | 3 | 30 | 0 | - | - | |
| McMillan | 5.5 | 0 | 23 | 2 | - | - | |
| Argyle | 15 | 3 | 36 | 1 | - | - | |
| Kourie | 22 | 9 | 38 | 6 | - | - | |
| Eastern Province second innings (following on) | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| SJ Bezuidenhout | c Dyer b Kourie | 26 | |||||
| G Cook | b Hanley | 11 | |||||
| RLS Armitage | c Cook b Hanley | 34 | |||||
| *AL Wilmot | lbw b Kourie | 1 | |||||
| DJ Brickett | b Kourie | 22 | |||||
| KW Gradwell | lbw b Kourie | 5 | |||||
| RJD Whyte | c Fotheringham b Kourie | 13 | |||||
| +DJ Richardson | not out | 14 | |||||
| RA Seymour | c Kourie b Argyle | 23 | |||||
| WK Watson | lbw b Neilson | 7 | |||||
| MK van Vuuren | c Dyer b Kourie | 19 | |||||
| Extras | (2 lb, 2 nb) | 4 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 80 overs) | 179 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-37, 2-37, 3-48, 4-83, 5-92, 6-116, 7-116, 8-150, 9-158, 10-179 (80 ov) | |||||||
| Transvaal bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Hanley | 10 | 3 | 16 | 2 | - | - | |
| Neilson | 15 | 3 | 31 | 1 | - | - | |
| McMillan | 9 | 4 | 17 | 0 | - | - | |
| Argyle | 13 | 3 | 24 | 1 | - | - | |
| Kourie | 30 | 11 | 86 | 6 | - | - | |
| Fotheringham | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> RA Seymour made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> AJ Kourie (1) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 3
--> G Cook (1) passed 7500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 24
--> AJ Kourie reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 5th wicket in the Eastern Province first innings
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