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| Venue | Newlands, Cape Town on 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th November 1997 (4-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Western Province won the toss and decided to field |
| Result | Free State won by 6 wickets |
| Points | Western Province 3 (Batting 1, Bowling 2); Free State 17 (Batting 3, Bowling 4) |
| Umpires | SB Lambson, DL Orchard |
| Close of play day 1 | Free State (1) 284/5 (Venter 51*, Boje 20*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Western Province (1) 181/6 (Dawson 10*, Player 5*) |
| Close of play day 3 | No play |
| Player of the Match | JF Venter |
| Free State first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| AK Volsteedt | c Kirsten b Matthews | 22 | 75 | 103 | - | - | |
| *GFJ Liebenberg | b Dawson | 72 | 208 | 246 | 11 | - | |
| HH Dippenaar | lbw b Matthews | 11 | 31 | 33 | 2 | - | |
| LJ Wilkinson | run out (Dawson) | 81 | 130 | 179 | 12 | 1 | |
| MN van Wyk | c Kirsten b Dawson | 8 | 27 | 27 | - | - | |
| JF Venter | c Gibbs b Player | 86 | 202 | 233 | 14 | - | |
| N Boje | c Player b Adams | 76 | 158 | 231 | 9 | - | |
| HC Bakkes | not out | 6 | 36 | 50 | 1 | - | |
| +PJL Radley | lbw b Matthews | 0 | 1 | 2 | - | - | |
| CJ Vorster | c McMillan b Adams | 1 | 2 | 6 | - | - | |
| SA Cilliers | b Matthews | 1 | 7 | 4 | - | - | |
| Extras | (2 b, 6 lb, 13 nb, 2 w) | 23 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 144.2 overs) | 387 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-57 (Volsteedt), 2-77 (Dippenaar), 3-161 (Liebenberg), 4-183 (van Wyk), 5-221 (Wilkinson), 6-372 (Venter), 7-385 (Boje), 8-385 (Radley), 9-386 (Vorster), 10-387 (Cilliers) | |||||||
| Western Province bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| McMillan | 24 | 5 | 63 | 0 | - | 2 | |
| Player | 19 | 2 | 58 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Matthews | 33.2 | 4 | 71 | 4 | 1 | 4 | |
| Adams | 34 | 7 | 103 | 2 | - | - | |
| Dawson | 34 | 9 | 84 | 2 | - | 4 | |
| Western Province first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| LD Ferreira | lbw b Boje | 13 | 69 | 112 | 1 | - | |
| HH Gibbs | b Vorster | 8 | 28 | 30 | 1 | - | |
| JH Kallis | lbw b Cilliers | 52 | 69 | 65 | 8 | - | |
| HD Ackerman | b Cilliers | 0 | 3 | 3 | - | - | |
| JB Commins | c Volsteedt b Venter | 44 | 94 | 100 | 3 | 2 | |
| BM McMillan | c Vorster b Venter | 37 | 68 | 84 | 5 | - | |
| AC Dawson | c Wilkinson b Bakkes | 11 | 37 | 38 | 1 | - | |
| BT Player | c Radley b Vorster | 12 | 23 | 32 | - | - | |
| +P Kirsten | c Volsteedt b Bakkes | 0 | 3 | 7 | - | - | |
| *CR Matthews | c Radley b Vorster | 2 | 8 | 9 | - | - | |
| PR Adams | not out | 2 | 4 | 5 | - | - | |
| Extras | (3 lb, 9 nb) | 12 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 65.5 overs) | 193 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-10 (Gibbs), 2-77 (Kallis), 3-77 (Ackerman), 4-80 (Ferreira), 5-156 (McMillan), 6-169 (Commins), 7-187 (Dawson), 8-189 (Player), 9-191 (Kirsten), 10-193 (Matthews) | |||||||
| Free State bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Bakkes | 13 | 4 | 30 | 2 | - | 1 | |
| Vorster | 13.5 | 1 | 49 | 3 | - | 3 | |
| Boje | 17 | 3 | 37 | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Cilliers | 11 | 1 | 44 | 2 | - | 6 | |
| Venter | 11 | 4 | 30 | 2 | - | - | |
| Western Province second innings (following on) | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| LD Ferreira | c Radley b Cilliers | 7 | 33 | 43 | - | - | |
| HH Gibbs | run out (Dippenaar) | 3 | 39 | 51 | - | - | |
| JH Kallis | b Boje | 6 | 17 | 29 | 1 | - | |
| HD Ackerman | lbw b Bakkes | 82 | 237 | 260 | 14 | - | |
| JB Commins | lbw b Bakkes | 30 | 65 | 80 | 2 | 1 | |
| BM McMillan | st Radley b Venter | 5 | 11 | 12 | 1 | - | |
| AC Dawson | c Radley b Cilliers | 2 | 14 | 18 | - | - | |
| BT Player | run out (Radley) | 30 | 40 | 63 | 2 | 1 | |
| +P Kirsten | c Boje b Vorster | 31 | 46 | 53 | 4 | - | |
| *CR Matthews | c Wilkinson b Cilliers | 14 | 15 | 34 | 1 | - | |
| PR Adams | not out | 15 | 22 | 26 | - | - | |
| Extras | (8 b, 16 lb, 4 nb) | 28 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 88.5 overs) | 253 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-18 (Ferreira), 2-18 (Kallis), 3-26 (Gibbs), 4-87 (Commins), 5-98 (McMillan), 6-106 (Dawson), 7-163 (Player), 8-221 (Kirsten), 9-222 (Ackerman), 10-253 (Matthews) | |||||||
| Free State bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Vorster | 15 | 5 | 40 | 1 | - | - | |
| Bakkes | 17 | 3 | 46 | 2 | - | 1 | |
| Cilliers | 17.5 | 2 | 54 | 3 | - | 4 | |
| Venter | 23 | 5 | 61 | 1 | - | - | |
| Boje | 15 | 6 | 20 | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Volsteedt | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | - | - | |
| Free State second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| AK Volsteedt | c Ackerman b Matthews | 0 | 5 | 3 | - | - | |
| *GFJ Liebenberg | c Commins b Matthews | 12 | 10 | 21 | - | 1 | |
| HH Dippenaar | c Kirsten b Dawson | 2 | 6 | 5 | - | - | |
| LJ Wilkinson | not out | 27 | 28 | 45 | 3 | - | |
| MN van Wyk | run out (Matthews) | 1 | 5 | 8 | - | - | |
| JF Venter | not out | 15 | 15 | 24 | 1 | 1 | |
| N Boje | did not bat | ||||||
| HC Bakkes | did not bat | ||||||
| +PJL Radley | did not bat | ||||||
| CJ Vorster | did not bat | ||||||
| SA Cilliers | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 lb, 2 nb, 1 w) | 4 | |||||
| Total | (4 wickets, 10.4 overs) | 61 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-0 (Volsteedt), 2-3 (Dippenaar), 3-23 (Liebenberg), 4-28 (van Wyk) | |||||||
| Western Province bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Matthews | 5.4 | 0 | 32 | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Dawson | 3 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| McMillan | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | - | - | |