f20735	Border v Rhodesia
	Currie Cup 1954/55 (Section B)
Venue	Jan Smuts Ground, East London on 1st, 3rd, 4th January 1955 (3-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Border won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Border won by 8 runs
Points	Border 6; Rhodesia 0
Umpires	AG Jureidin, JE Roach
Close of play day 1	Rhodesia (1) ?/1 (Pithey ?*, Curran ?*)
Close of play day 2	Border (2) 106/3 (Fenner 25*, Dawson 31*)

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Border first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RI Geach	lbw b Coventry	16
TJRS Geach	c Mansell b Partridge	6
OC Dawson	b Partridge	139		221	18	-
*KN Kirton	c Duckworth b Coventry	124		191
D Fenner	b Partridge	18
HS Lacey	c Hitzeroth b Partridge	13
WS Farrer	c Hitzeroth b Partridge	27
S Knott	c Davies b Partridge	1
+AV Hayes	not out	25
EF Schreiber	lbw b Partridge	8
WR Chalmers	c Curran b Partridge	2
Extras	(6 b, 2 lb)	8
Total	(all out, 92 overs)	387
Fall of wickets:
1-19, 2-33, 3-288, 4-290, 5-313, 6-332, 7-338, 8-349, 9-373, 10-387 (92 ov)

Rhodesia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Partridge	34	6	124	8	-	-
Coventry	16	1	86	2	-	-
Mansell	18	3	51	0	-	-
Napier	14	0	75	0	-	-
Hitzeroth	10	0	43	0	-	-

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Rhodesia first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D O'Connell-Jones	lbw b Knott	12
AJ Pithey	c Lacey b Dawson	26
KP Curran	run out	22
*DJ Lewis	c Hayes b Knott	69
PNF Mansell	c RI Geach b Schreiber	131
+CAR Duckworth	run out	0
MW Davies	c Hayes b Schreiber	43
WB Hitzeroth	b Chalmers	8
RW Coventry	c Farrer b Schreiber	4
JT Partridge	st Hayes b Schreiber	0
DC Napier	not out	0
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(all out, 125.1 overs)	316
Fall of wickets:
1-20, 2-60, 3-63, 4-224, 5-226, 6-279, 7-311, 8-315, 9-316, 10-316 (125.1 ov)

Border bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Knott	29	8	72	2	-	-
Dawson	33	12	62	1	-	-
Schreiber	41.1	9	123	4	-	-
Chalmers	18	9	33	1	-	-
Fenner	2	0	16	0	-	-
Farrer	2	1	9	0	-	-

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Border second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RI Geach	c Duckworth b Partridge	8
TJRS Geach	c Hitzeroth b Partridge	28
HS Lacey	c Hitzeroth b Partridge	14
D Fenner	st Duckworth b Mansell	57
OC Dawson	c Coventry b Napier	72
S Knott	c Duckworth b Napier	0
*KN Kirton	not out	56
WS Farrer	not out	27
+AV Hayes	did not bat
EF Schreiber	did not bat
WR Chalmers	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb, 2 nb)	7
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 69 overs)	269
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-30, 3-71, 4-177, 5-180, 6-194

Rhodesia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Partridge	31	5	119	3	-	-
Coventry	16	3	55	0	-	-
Mansell	4	1	11	1	-	-
Napier	10	1	51	2	-	-
Hitzeroth	8	0	26	0	-	-

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Rhodesia second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AJ Pithey	c Hayes b Dawson	112
D O'Connell-Jones	run out	38
+CAR Duckworth	lbw b Dawson	8
RW Coventry	c and b Chalmers	7
PNF Mansell	c Chalmers b Knott	54
MW Davies	b Dawson	45
*DJ Lewis	c sub b Dawson	26
KP Curran	st Hayes b Dawson	4
WB Hitzeroth	c TJRS Geach b Knott	9
JT Partridge	c Lacey b Knott	15
DC Napier	not out	7
Extras	(2 b, 5 lb)	7
Total	(all out, 78 overs)	332
Fall of wickets:
1-83, 2-99, 3-118, 4-214, 5-230, 6-285, 7-301, 8-302, 9-310, 10-332 (78 ov)

Border bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Knott	21	3	92	3	-	-
Dawson	30	7	124	5	-	-
Schreiber	7	0	37	0	-	-
Chalmers	20	1	72	1	-	-

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Notes
--> Day 1 Lunch: Border (1) ?/2 (Dawson 117*, Kirton 105*)
--> AV Hayes made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> PNF Mansell (1) passed his previous highest score of 111 in First-Class matches
--> AJ Pithey (2) passed his previous highest score of 77 in First-Class matches
--> AJ Pithey (2) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> MW Davies (2) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 32
--> JT Partridge achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Border first innings (previous best was 7-85)

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