f19882	Eastern Province v Natal
	Currie Cup 1952/53 (Section A)
Venue	St George's Park, Port Elizabeth on 9th, 10th, 12th January 1953 (3-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Eastern Province won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Eastern Province won by 41 runs
Points	Eastern Province 6; Natal 0
Umpires	J Lewin, EW Prynn
Close of play day 1	Natal (1) 77/4 (Dowling 21*, Upton 2*)
Close of play day 2	Natal (2) 3/2 (Smith 0*; 4.5 overs)

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Eastern Province first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
KG Dimbleby	c Randles b Copland	26		91	2	-
GF Dakin	st Randles b Smith	20		75	2	-
DES Millard	c Randles b Smith	13		62	-	-
R Gathorne	c Randles b Copland	3		23	-	-
GR Connell	b Dowling	121		188	14	-
RJ Wise	c King b Dowling	38		95	5	-
WB Hitzeroth	b Smith	18		55	1	-
*JO Young	c Randles b Smith	4		23	1	-
+BB Bradfield	b Dowling	8		26	-	-
RK Harvey	not out	5		7	1	-
RL Forword	c Nourse b Dowling	0	1	1	-	-
Extras	(1 b, 4 lb, 1 nb)	6
Total	(all out, 305 minutes, 93.4 overs)	262
Fall of wickets:
1-47 (Dakin), 2-54 (Dimbleby), 3-60 (Gathorne), 4-72 (Millard), 5-137 (Wise), 6-198 (Hitzeroth), 7-226 (Young), 8-255 (Bradfield), 9-262 (Connell, 93.3 ov), 10-262 (Forword, 93.4 ov)

Natal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Roach	9	1	35	0	-	-
Goddard	11	1	30	0	-	-
Smith	38	11	69	4	-	-
Copland	25	6	79	2	-	1
Dowling	6.4	1	26	4	-	-
Upton	4	1	17	0	-	-

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Natal first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JL Lamb	c Bradfield b Hitzeroth	20		41	1	-
H Knowles	lbw b Harvey	2		7	-	-
DBG King	c Bradfield b Hitzeroth	29		55	4	-
DF Dowling	c and b Gathorne	25		77	2	-
*AD Nourse	lbw b Forword	3		21	-	-
AL Upton	c Dakin b Hitzeroth	52		195	5	-
TL Goddard	c Dakin b Hitzeroth	8		35	-	-
+PJL Randles	c Hitzeroth b Harvey	16		47	-	-
RMC Copland	b Forword	3		24	-	-
FA Roach	c Wise b Young	41		67	4	-
VI Smith	not out	2		17	-	-
Extras	(3 b, 2 lb, 1 nb)	6
Total	(all out, 298 minutes, 89.7 overs)	207
Fall of wickets:
1-6 (Knowles), 2-44 (Lamb), 3-64 (King), 4-71 (Nourse), 5-94 (Dowling), 6-105 (Goddard), 7-133 (Randles), 8-144 (Copland), 9-179 (Upton), 10-207 (Roach, 89.7 ov)

Eastern Province bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Forword	16	3	50	2	-	1
Harvey	14	4	23	2	-	-
Hitzeroth	33	12	63	4	-	-
Young	17.7	5	28	1	-	-
Gathorne	9	0	37	1	-	-

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Eastern Province second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
KG Dimbleby	b Goddard	16		36	1	-
GF Dakin	b Smith	36		77	2	-
DES Millard	lbw b Goddard	0	2	1	-	-
R Gathorne	b Smith	20		71	-	-
GR Connell	c Roach b Smith	0	2	1	-	-
RJ Wise	c Goddard b Smith	49		56	6	-
WB Hitzeroth	st Randles b Smith	18		37	2	-
RK Harvey	c King b Smith	0		6	-	-
*JO Young	b Copland	9		19	2	-
+BB Bradfield	c King b Smith	7		30	1	-
RL Forword	not out	40	21	15	3	3
Extras	(1 b)	1
Total	(all out, 180 minutes, 51.7 overs)	196
Fall of wickets:
1-30 (Dimbleby), 2-30 (Millard), 3-62 (Dakin), 4-62 (Connell), 5-101 (Gathorne), 6-132 (Wise), 7-132 (Harvey), 8-140 (Hitzeroth), 9-150 (Young), 10-196 (Bradfield, 51.7 ov)

Natal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Roach	5	2	15	0	-	-
Goddard	9	1	21	2	-	-
Smith	22.7	2	94	7	-	-
Copland	15	3	65	1	-	-

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Natal second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JL Lamb	b Harvey	3		10	-	-
H Knowles	c Young b Hitzeroth	0		14	-	-
VI Smith	b Millard	37		83	1	-
DBG King	c Bradfield b Millard	46		112	2	-
DF Dowling	lbw b Millard	1		6	-	-
*AD Nourse	c Dimbleby b Millard	22		52	3	-
AL Upton	c Young b Millard	44		107	6	-
TL Goddard	c Gathorne b Millard	17		91	1	-
+PJL Randles	c Bradfield b Forword	17		44	-	-
FA Roach	b Harvey	14		34	1	-
RMC Copland	not out	0	2	2	-	-
Extras	(1 b, 7 lb, 1 nb)	9
Total	(all out, 282 minutes, 77.2 overs)	210
Fall of wickets:
1-3 (Lamb), 2-3 (Knowles, 4.5 ov), 3-66 (Smith), 4-88 (Dowling), 5-97 (King), 6-138 (Nourse), 7-173 (Upton), 8-180 (Goddard), 9-210 (Randles), 10-210 (Roach, 77.2 ov)

Eastern Province bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Forword	14	3	27	1	-	1
Harvey	7.2	1	13	2	-	-
Hitzeroth	20	2	71	1	-	-
Young	10	1	22	0	-	-
Millard	26	4	68	6	-	-

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Notes
--> WB Hitzeroth made his debut in First-Class matches
--> FA Roach made his debut in First-Class matches
--> KG Dimbleby made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> GR Connell (1) 50 in 100 minutes with 5 fours
--> GR Connell (1) 100 in 161 minutes with 11 fours
--> GR Connell (1) passed his previous highest score of 113 in First-Class matches
--> AL Upton (1) 50 in 180 minutes with 5 fours
--> RL Forword (2) passed his previous highest score of 19 in First-Class matches
--> VI Smith (2) passed his previous highest score of 31 in First-Class matches
--> DF Dowling reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed BB Bradfield, his 2nd wicket in the Eastern Province first innings
--> DES Millard achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches when he dismissed AD Nourse in the Natal second innings (previous best was 3-48)
--> DES Millard achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the Natal second innings

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