f4850	Western Province v Transvaal
	Currie Cup 1897/98 (Final)
Venue	Newlands, Cape Town on 9th, 10th, 12th April 1898 (3-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Transvaal won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Western Province won by 8 wickets
Umpires	LB Smuts, A Soames
Close of play day 1	Transvaal (2) 81/4 (Halliwell 20*, Shepstone 16*)
Close of play day 2	Western Province (2) 60/1 (Bisset 23*, Francis 20*)

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Transvaal first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JH Sinclair	b Middleton	0
LJ Tancred	b Rowe	5
VM Tancred	b Middleton	3
+EA Halliwell	c Graham b Middleton	8
G Allsop	b Rowe	20
GH Shepstone	c Graham b Rowe	7
DG Cope	b Rowe	4
*G Beves	c Twentyman-Jones b Middleton	6
JJ Slatem	b Rowe	11
AWP Walshe	b Middleton	0
JP McCarthy	not out	1
Extras	(2 b, 1 nb)	3
Total	(all out, 34 overs)	68
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-8, 3-8, 4-22, 5-41, 6-42, 7-55, 8-56, 9-58, 10-68 (34 ov)

Western Province bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Rowe	17	4	29	5	-	-
Middleton	17	6	36	5	-	-

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Western Province first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
A Reid	b Sinclair	1
F Hearne	c Walshe b Sinclair	2
HH Francis	st Halliwell b Shepstone	7
F Kuys	b Sinclair	0
R Graham	b Sinclair	4
*M Bisset	lbw b Shepstone	5
JH Anderson	c Slatem b Sinclair	24
PS Twentyman-Jones	b Sinclair	31
+RJ Hughes	b Sinclair	3
J Middleton	lbw b Sinclair	0
GA Rowe	not out	2
Extras	(2 b, 1 nb, 1 w)	4
Total	(all out, 48.2 overs)	83
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-10, 3-10, 4-10, 5-17, 6-24, 7-58, 8-72, 9-72, 10-83 (48.2 ov)

Transvaal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sinclair	24.2	12	40	8	-	-
Shepstone	24	11	39	2	-	-

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Transvaal second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LJ Tancred	c Kuys b Middleton	18
VM Tancred	lbw b Rowe	1
G Allsop	c Hughes b Rowe	6
JH Sinclair	c Anderson b Middleton	17
+EA Halliwell	c Twentyman-Jones b Middleton	24
GH Shepstone	b Middleton	26
*G Beves	c Middleton b Rowe	0
DG Cope	b Middleton	24
JJ Slatem	b Middleton	8
JP McCarthy	not out	3
AWP Walshe	b Middleton	2
Extras	(4 b, 3 lb)	7
Total	(all out, 72.3 overs)	136
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-25, 3-25, 4-53, 5-95, 6-96, 7-96, 8-126, 9-132, 10-136 (72.3 ov)

Western Province bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Rowe	30	11	46	3	-	-
Middleton	34.3	13	64	7	-	-
Graham	5	1	15	0	-	-
Kuys	3	1	4	0	-	-

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Western Province second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*M Bisset	not out	63
F Kuys	st Halliwell b Sinclair	15
HH Francis	b McCarthy	38
F Hearne	not out	0
A Reid	did not bat
R Graham	did not bat
JH Anderson	did not bat
PS Twentyman-Jones	did not bat
+RJ Hughes	did not bat
J Middleton	did not bat
GA Rowe	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 1 nb)	7
Total	(2 wickets, 49 overs)	123
Fall of wickets:
1-31, 2-116

Transvaal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sinclair	23	8	48	1	-	-
Shepstone	20	4	43	0	-	-
Slatem	2	0	14	0	-	-
McCarthy	4	0	11	1	-	-

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Notes
--> R Graham made his debut in First-Class matches
--> PS Twentyman-Jones made his debut in First-Class matches
--> RJ Hughes made his debut in First-Class matches
--> G Allsop made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> DG Cope made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> JP McCarthy made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> RJ Hughes made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> JH Sinclair achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Western Province first innings (previous best was 7-40)
--> J Middleton achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Transvaal second innings (previous best was 7-85)
--> J Middleton reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 6th wicket in the Transvaal second innings

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