misc31885	Rhodesia v Natal
	Other matches in South Africa 1955/56
Venue	Salisbury Sports Club, Salisbury on 5th, 6th November 1955 (2-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Rhodesia won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	H Fox, F Stanley
Close of play day 1

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Rhodesia first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JMS Baldwin	run out	11
JH Ward	c Watkins b Markham	4
CAR Duckworth	c McGlew b Smith	80
*DJ Lewis	c McLean b Smith	60
PNF Mansell	b Watkins	56
MW Davies	st Randles b Tayfield	37
CB Kemp	b Smith	24
RW Coventry	c McGlew b Smith	71
+DB Arnott	not out	40
JT Partridge	c Markham b Smith	3
GB Lawrence	st Randles b Smith	8
Extras		11
Total	(all out, 111.7 overs)	405
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-38, 3-160, 4-163, 5-241, 6-271, 7-326, 8-366, 9-371, 10-405 (111.7 ov)

Natal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Markham	18	6	40	1	-	-
Watkins	22	7	75	1	-	-
Smith	29.7	8	103	6	-	-
Tayfield	36	6	148	1	-	-
Upton	6	0	28	0	-	-

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Natal first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*DJ McGlew	c Baldwin b Partridge	141
JC Watkins	run out	148
LB Koch	b Ward	88
CGD Burger	c Arnott b Coventry	30
RA McLean	c Coventry b Lewis	146
M Speed	c Lawrence b Partridge	4
AL Upton	c Partridge b Coventry	89
NE Markham	c Lawrence b Mansell	39
HJ Tayfield	c Lawrence b Mansell	3
+PJL Randles	not out	5
VI Smith	not out	8
Extras		13
Total	(9 wickets, 92 overs)	714
Fall of wickets:
1-259, 2-304, 3-356, 4-553, 5-558, 6-598, 7-685, 8-698, 9-704

Rhodesia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Partridge	25	0	211	2	-	-
Lawrence	24	2	142	0	-	-
Coventry	18	0	111	2	-	-
Mansell	10	0	79	2	-	-
Kemp	5	0	44	0	-	-
Lewis	6	1	53	1	-	-
Ward	4	0	61	1	-	-

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14,000 spectators attended the match and saw 1199 runs scored and three brilliant centuries Natal put Rhodesia bowlers 'to the sword' and scored at the rate of 2 runs a minute

 

 

 

 

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