 Transvaal began their reply strongly ; their openers , Monty Bowden and John Hickson put on 69 runs for the first wicket , the majority being scored by Bowden . Once they lost their first wicket , the team continued to lose wickets at regular intervals ; the second @-@ highest partnership of the innings was the 17 runs made for the tenth , or last , wicket . George Glover was the best of the bowlers , collecting six wickets . Glover and Albert Rose @-@ Innes bowled the majority of the overs , and took nine of the wickets between them . Bowden 's score of 63 was substantially the best by any batsman in the innings , only John Piton , Spranger Harrison and Hickson scored more than 10 runs , and none managed as many as 20 . 
