f11444	Orange Free State v Western Province
	Currie Cup 1925/26
Venue	Ramblers Cricket Club Ground, Bloemfontein on 31st December 1925, 1st, 2nd January 1926 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Orange Free State won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Orange Free State won by 46 runs
Points	Orange Free State 5; Western Province 0
Close of play day 1	Western Province (1) 89/5 (Steyn 19*, de Klerk 0*)
Close of play day 2	Orange Free State (2) 212/9 (Tuckett 51*, Caulfield 38*)

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Orange Free State first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JMM Commaille	c de Klerk b Veal	1
AEC Hewitt-Fox	b Veal	2
CC Marran	b Stephen	29
LG Cusworth	b Goulden	33
*+TE Holmes	c Steyn b Morkel	18
WJC Reid	b Veal	37
BV Susskind	b Stephen	7
F Caulfield	c van der Bijl b Morkel	1
AGC Reid	lbw b Veal	29
LR Tuckett	not out	30
LG Fuller	lbw b de Klerk	84
Extras	(16 b, 8 lb, 8 nb)	32
Total	(all out, 80.5 overs)	303
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-9, 3-63, 4-81, 5-129, 6-138, 7-139, 8-185, 9-188, 10-303 (80.5 ov)

Western Province bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Veal	25	6	68	4	-	-
Morkel	28	5	93	2	-	-
Stephen	13	3	32	2	-	-
Goulden	9	2	41	1	-	-
de Klerk	3.5	0	19	1	-	-
Blanckenberg	2	0	18	0	-	-

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Western Province first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PGV van der Bijl	b WJC Reid	2
FA Godfrey	lbw b Susskind	0
DPB Morkel	c Holmes b AGC Reid	43
AW Palm	run out	14
SSL Steyn	lbw b Tuckett	19
N Blanckenberg	lbw b Tuckett	8
VG Veal	b Tuckett	0
TR de Klerk	hit wkt b Hewitt-Fox	79
IF Goulden	c Holmes b Susskind	60
*WM Stephen	lbw b Tuckett	12
+S Steensma	not out	8
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb, 7 nb, 2 w)	14
Total	(all out, 75.2 overs)	259
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-10, 3-61, 4-62, 5-81, 6-91, 7-91, 8-226, 9-247, 10-259 (75.2 ov)

Orange Free State bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Susskind	20	4	43	2	-	-
WJC Reid	12	1	42	1	-	-
Tuckett	24.2	4	99	4	-	-
AGC Reid	10	3	32	1	-	-
Cusworth	2	1	6	0	-	-
Hewitt-Fox	1	0	1	1	-	-
Caulfield	6	0	22	0	-	-

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Orange Free State second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JMM Commaille	lbw b Stephen	10
AEC Hewitt-Fox	b Morkel	60
CC Marran	c Steyn b Veal	14
LG Cusworth	lbw b Veal	0
*+TE Holmes	c Morkel b Goulden	7
WJC Reid	c de Klerk b Morkel	3
BV Susskind	c Blanckenberg b Goulden	0
AGC Reid	run out	0
LR Tuckett	lbw b Stephen	70
LG Fuller	b Goulden	0
F Caulfield	not out	56
Extras	(9 b, 8 lb, 9 nb, 4 w)	30
Total	(all out, 74.4 overs)	250
Fall of wickets:
1-38, 2-81, 3-84, 4-104, 5-107, 6-108, 7-108, 8-120, 9-121, 10-250 (74.4 ov)

Western Province bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Veal	19	0	76	2	-	-
Morkel	21	4	51	2	-	-
Stephen	8.4	0	17	2	-	-
Goulden	19	5	58	3	-	-
de Klerk	7	1	18	0	-	-

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Western Province second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PGV van der Bijl	b Caulfield	24
FA Godfrey	lbw b Caulfield	3
DPB Morkel	lbw b Caulfield	39
SSL Steyn	c Holmes b Tuckett	6
N Blanckenberg	b WJC Reid	18
TR de Klerk	c Holmes b Fuller	13
AW Palm	lbw b Fuller	75
IF Goulden	c and b Susskind	7
VG Veal	c Cusworth b WJC Reid	33
*WM Stephen	lbw b Susskind	11
+S Steensma	not out	11
Extras	(4 b, 4 nb)	8
Total	(all out, 75 overs)	248
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-34, 3-85, 4-107, 5-139, 6-170, 7-191, 8-195, 9-212, 10-248 (75 ov)

Orange Free State bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Susskind	11	0	37	2	-	-
WJC Reid	6	1	15	2	-	-
Tuckett	19	2	61	1	-	-
AGC Reid	6	2	18	0	-	-
Cusworth	5	1	9	0	-	-
Hewitt-Fox	6	0	26	0	-	-
Caulfield	17	2	63	3	-	-
Fuller	5	0	11	2	-	-

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Notes
--> CC Marran made his debut in First-Class matches
--> F Caulfield made his debut in First-Class matches
--> AGC Reid made his debut in First-Class matches
--> TR de Klerk made his debut in First-Class matches
--> WJC Reid (1) passed his previous highest score of 35 in First-Class matches
--> LG Fuller (1) passed his previous highest score of 37 in First-Class matches
--> DPB Morkel (1) passed his previous highest score of 28 in First-Class matches
--> IF Goulden (1) passed his previous highest score of 21 in First-Class matches
--> AEC Hewitt-Fox (2) passed his previous highest score of 55 in First-Class matches
--> AEC Hewitt-Fox (2) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 5
--> LR Tuckett (2) passed his previous highest score of 63 in First-Class matches
--> IF Goulden achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Orange Free State second innings (previous best was 1-41)

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The report says Hewitt-Fox retired for a few minutes having been struck by Goulden but then says he was bowled in the next over, so it is not clear if he actually did retire hurt and return

 

 

 

 

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