f19905	Natal v Orange Free State
	Currie Cup 1952/53 (Section A)
Venue	City Oval, Pietermaritzburg on 6th, 7th February 1953 (3-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Natal won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Natal won by an innings and 131 runs
Points	Natal 6; Orange Free State 0
Umpires	DT Drew, P van Rensburg
Close of play day 1	Natal (1) 477 all out

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Natal first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
I de Gersigny	b Wright	12
CAR Duckworth	lbw b Wright	128		270
TL Goddard	c Koch b Wright	18
DF Dowling	c Koch b Wright	0
DJ Napier	c Koch b Liddle	48
*AD Nourse	c Hanson b Liddle	106		150
AL Upton	c Liddle b Wright	46
+PJL Randles	c Forbes b Wright	67
AR King	c Hanson b Liddle	5
CG Halse	c Gibbs b Wright	22
VI Smith	not out	16
Extras	(2 b, 7 lb)	9
Total	(all out, 115 overs)	477
Fall of wickets:
1-26, 2-56, 3-64, 4-143, 5-321, 6-321, 7-406, 8-434, 9-439, 10-477 (115 ov)

Orange Free State bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gibbs	20	1	82	0	-	-
Tuckett	15	2	47	0	-	-
Wright	36	9	154	7	-	-
Liddle	35	8	150	3	-	-
Hoffman	2	0	7	0	-	-
Hansen	6	0	22	0	-	-
le Sueur	1	0	6	0	-	-

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Orange Free State first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SL Hanson	c Dowling b Goddard	21
EB Hoffman	c and b Dowling	34
LB Koch	c Goddard b Smith	9
RC le Sueur	b Halse	1
JHV Forbes	c Upton b Smith	1
+EL Johnstone	c Randles b King	2
ETE Hansen	c and b Dowling	12
HF Wright	st Randles b Smith	4
*LTD Tuckett	c de Gersigny b Dowling	0
JR Liddle	c Duckworth b Dowling	0
KL Gibbs	not out	0
Extras	(8 b, 2 lb, 3 nb, 4 w)	17
Total	(all out, 31.7 overs)	101
Fall of wickets:
1-45, 2-58, 3-62, 4-67, 5-76, 6-96, 7-99, 8-99, 9-99, 10-101 (31.7 ov)

Natal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Halse	6	1	21	1	-	-
King	6	0	20	1	-	-
Goddard	6	1	12	1	-	-
Smith	11.7	3	27	3	-	-
Dowling	2	0	4	4	-	-

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Orange Free State second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
EB Hoffman	b Halse	2
SL Hanson	c Duckworth b King	6
LB Koch	st Randles b Smith	28
RC le Sueur	c King b Dowling	38
+EL Johnstone	b King	22
JHV Forbes	c King b Dowling	38
ETE Hansen	c Randles b Smith	30
HF Wright	c Upton b Dowling	38
*LTD Tuckett	st Randles b Dowling	3
JR Liddle	c Nourse b Dowling	15
KL Gibbs	not out	16
Extras	(4 b, 5 lb)	9
Total	(all out, 70.3 overs)	245
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-16, 3-75, 4-76, 5-129, 6-149, 7-179, 8-186, 9-217, 10-245 (70.3 ov)

Natal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Halse	7	1	25	1	-	-
King	8	1	19	2	-	-
Goddard	10	2	27	0	-	-
Smith	19	3	45	2	-	-
Dowling	19.3	0	82	5	-	-
Upton	5	0	29	0	-	-
de Gersigny	2	0	9	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> DJ Napier made his debut in First-Class matches
--> AR King made his debut in First-Class matches
--> EB Hoffman made his debut in First-Class matches
--> AD Nourse made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> CAR Duckworth (1) passed his previous highest score of 16 in First-Class matches
--> CAR Duckworth (1) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> PJL Randles (1) passed his previous highest score of 54 in First-Class matches
--> HF Wright (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 3
--> HF Wright achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Natal first innings (previous best was 6-23)
--> JR Liddle reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Natal first innings

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