f19885	Orange Free State v Natal
	Currie Cup 1952/53 (Section A)
Venue	Ramblers Cricket Club Ground, Bloemfontein on 15th, 16th, 17th January 1953 (3-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Orange Free State won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Orange Free State won by 159 runs
Points	Orange Free State 6; Natal 0
Umpires	EB Parsons, EMJ Schwegman
Close of play day 1	Natal (1) 17/3 (Dowling 5*, Nourse 3*)
Close of play day 2	Orange Free State (2) 198/8 (Liddle 8*, Fairbairn 4*)

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Orange Free State first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CJ Kaplan	c Randles b Roach	5
SL Hanson	c Upton b Dowling	57
LB Koch	not out	216		345
RC le Sueur	c Nourse b Smith	26
+EL Johnstone	lbw b Upton	7
JHV Forbes	c and b Dowling	28
ETE Hansen	c Duckworth b Dowling	5
*HF Wright	b Upton	26
KL Gibbs	c Roach b Smith	6
JR Liddle	b Copland	41
DD Fairbairn	c Nourse b Copland	11
Extras	(9 b, 3 lb)	12
Total	(all out, 114.3 overs)	440
Fall of wickets:
1-7 (Kaplan), 2-113 (Hanson), 3-160 (le Sueur), 4-203 (Johnstone), 5-263 (Forbes), 6-273 (Hansen), 7-317 (Wright), 8-341 (Gibbs), 9-415 (Liddle), 10-440 (Fairbairn, 114.3 ov)

Natal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Roach	4	1	26	1	-	-
Goddard	29	5	64	0	-	-
Smith	34	3	114	2	-	-
Copland	21.3	1	101	2	-	-
Dowling	13	1	68	3	-	-
Upton	13	1	55	2	-	-

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Natal first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JL Lamb	lbw b Gibbs	2
DBG King	c Johnstone b Gibbs	4
DF Dowling	b Liddle	82
CAR Duckworth	c Hansen b Fairbairn	0
*AD Nourse	lbw b Fairbairn	15
AL Upton	lbw b Liddle	33
TL Goddard	c le Sueur b Liddle	35
+PJL Randles	c Johnstone b Wright	8
FA Roach	c Johnstone b Wright	10
RMC Copland	c Koch b Liddle	5
VI Smith	not out	1
Extras	(10 b, 2 lb, 3 nb)	15
Total	(all out, 54.5 overs)	210
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-8, 3-8, 4-49, 5-144, 6-149, 7-169, 8-175, 9-200, 10-210 (54.5 ov)

Orange Free State bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gibbs	14	2	42	2	-	-
Fairbairn	13	1	54	2	-	-
Wright	11	1	45	2	-	-
Liddle	16.5	3	54	4	-	-

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Orange Free State second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SL Hanson	c Lamb b Goddard	8
CJ Kaplan	c Randles b Roach	11
LB Koch	c Goddard b Smith	39
RC le Sueur	b Smith	12
+EL Johnstone	c Lamb b Goddard	9
JHV Forbes	run out	59
ETE Hansen	b Goddard	30
JR Liddle	b Roach	20
*HF Wright	run out	10
DD Fairbairn	b Goddard	5
KL Gibbs	not out	1
Extras	(2 b, 3 lb, 3 nb)	8
Total	(all out, 70.7 overs)	212
Fall of wickets:
1-20, 2-20, 3-45, 4-66, 5-116, 6-166, 7-179, 8-189, 9-206, 10-212 (70.7 ov)

Natal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Roach	15.7	1	70	2	-	-
Goddard	35	13	54	4	-	-
Smith	20	1	80	2	-	-

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Natal second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JL Lamb	lbw b Wright	31
DBG King	b Fairbairn	14
TL Goddard	b Liddle	102
CAR Duckworth	lbw b Liddle	16
DF Dowling	lbw b Wright	21
*AD Nourse	lbw b Gibbs	22
AL Upton	b Gibbs	0
+PJL Randles	c Gibbs b Liddle	54
RMC Copland	c Wright b Liddle	8
FA Roach	lbw b Liddle	0
VI Smith	not out	4
Extras	(7 b, 4 lb)	11
Total	(all out, 86.1 overs)	283
Fall of wickets:
1-34, 2-62, 3-101, 4-142, 5-185, 6-185, 7-245, 8-272, 9-276, 10-283 (86.1 ov)

Orange Free State bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gibbs	23	7	60	2	-	-
Fairbairn	15	0	53	1	-	-
Wright	24	4	52	2	-	-
Liddle	22.1	2	96	5	-	-
Hansen	2	0	11	0	-	-

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Notes
--> JHV Forbes made his debut in First-Class matches
--> DD Fairbairn made his debut in First-Class matches
--> CAR Duckworth made his debut in First-Class matches
--> CJ Kaplan made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> DBG King made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> FA Roach made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> RMC Copland made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> LB Koch (1) passed his previous highest score of 95 in First-Class matches
--> LB Koch (1) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> LB Koch (1) 200 in 340 minutes
--> LB Koch (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 58
--> AL Upton (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 13
--> TL Goddard (2) passed his previous highest score of 100 in First-Class matches
--> TL Goddard (2) 100 in 169 minutes
--> PJL Randles (2) passed his previous highest score of 48 in First-Class matches
--> HF Wright reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Natal first innings
--> TL Goddard achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Orange Free State second innings (previous best was 3-51)

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