f27029	Eastern Province v Natal
	Currie Cup 1967/68 (Section A)
Venue	St George's Park, Port Elizabeth on 24th, 25th, 27th November 1967 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Natal won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Eastern Province 2; Natal 0
Umpires	CMP Coetzee, RH Stead
Close of play day 1	Natal (1) 245/7 (Corbett 53*, Henwood 12*)
Close of play day 2	Eastern Province (1) 294/5 (van der Merwe 83*, PM Pollock 0*)

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Natal first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BA Richards	run out	78		202	12	-
+D Gamsy	lbw b Den	13		64	1	-
BC Carr	lbw b PM Pollock	0		15	-	-
*BJ Versfeld	b PM Pollock	0		6	-	-
BL Irvine	c Wilmot b Burton	20		73	3	-
MJ Procter	c Wilmot b Hector	54		89	9	1
PL Corbett	b PM Pollock	81		189	7	-
MJ Smithyman	b Wilmot	2		31	-	-
PP Henwood	lbw b PM Pollock	12		54	-	-
MG Parsons	c Colling b Den	5		11	1	-
PHJ Trimborn	not out	1		41	-	-
Extras	(5 b, 9 nb)	14
Total	(all out, 392 minutes, 114.1 overs)	280
Fall of wickets:
1-33 (Gamsy), 2-38 (Carr), 3-47 (Versfeld), 4-97 (Irvine), 5-151 (Richards), 6-182 (Procter), 7-209 (Smithyman), 8-250 (Henwood), 9-263 (Parsons), 10-280 (Corbett, 114.1 ov)

Eastern Province bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
PM Pollock	31.1	11	50	4	-	5
Hector	26	10	55	1	-	-
Den	28	10	65	2	-	5
Burton	11	2	40	1	-	-
RG Pollock	4	1	10	0	-	-
Biggs	12	2	43	0	-	-
Wilmot	2	1	3	1	-	-

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Eastern Province first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AM Short	c Trimborn b Smithyman	44		133	5	-
AL Biggs	c Smithyman b Henwood	43		100	6	-
P Fenix	lbw b Parsons	47		123	6	-
RG Pollock	c Gamsy b Trimborn	72		188	7	-
*PL van der Merwe	c Gamsy b Smithyman	84		176	13	-
AL Wilmot	lbw b Trimborn	4		12	1	-
PM Pollock	c Corbett b Trimborn	10		26	1	-
AR Hector	c Procter b Smithyman	17		55	2	-
MSW Burton	b Smithyman	28		53	4	-
+RK Colling	c Carr b Parsons	34		60	2	1
GM Den	not out	10		15	1	-
Extras	(2 b, 6 lb, 17 nb)	25
Total	(all out, 472 minutes, 119.3 overs)	418
Fall of wickets:
1-82 (Biggs), 2-111 (Short), 3-177 (Fenix), 4-265 (RG Pollock), 5-281 (Wilmot), 6-301 (PM Pollock), 7-340 (van der Merwe), 8-343 (Hector), 9-389 (Burton), 10-418 (Colling, 119.3 ov)

Natal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Procter	37	10	128	0	-	9
Smithyman	21	3	81	4	-	3
Parsons	14.3	1	45	2	-	-
Trimborn	32	6	95	3	-	10
Henwood	14	4	37	1	-	-
Corbett	1	0	7	0	-	-

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Natal second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BA Richards	c Biggs b RG Pollock	135		233	15	2
+D Gamsy	c Hector b PM Pollock	1		22	-	-
BC Carr	lbw b PM Pollock	6		14	1	-
*BJ Versfeld	c Colling b Den	0		35	-	-
BL Irvine	lbw b Wilmot	47		98	8	-
MJ Procter	run out	12		14	2	-
PL Corbett	c Wilmot b RG Pollock	16		60	2	-
MJ Smithyman	c RG Pollock b Biggs	15		34	1	-
PP Henwood	not out	17			2	-
MG Parsons	not out	1			-	-
PHJ Trimborn	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 1 nb)	6
Total	(8 wickets, 271 minutes, 89 overs)	256
Fall of wickets:
1-12 (Gamsy), 2-28 (Carr), 3-56 (Versfeld), 4-151 (Irvine), 5-167 (Procter), 6-215 (Richards), 7-220 (Corbett), 8-244 (Smithyman)

Eastern Province bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
PM Pollock	13	3	36	2	-	1
Hector	14	3	34	0	-	-
Den	9	1	26	1	-	1
Wilmot	13	4	36	1	-	-
Burton	16	2	62	0	-	-
RG Pollock	12	5	19	2	-	-
Biggs	12	3	37	1	-	-

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Notes
--> BC Carr made his debut in First-Class matches
--> BA Richards (1) 50 in 141 minutes with 9 fours
--> MJ Procter (1) 50 in 86 minutes with 9 fours and 1 six
--> PL Corbett (1) 50 in 117 minutes with 3 fours
--> PL Corbett (1) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 26
--> RG Pollock (1) 50 in 130 minutes with 6 fours
--> PL van der Merwe (1) 50 in 106 minutes with 9 fours
--> BA Richards (2) 50 in 77 minutes with 6 fours and 1 six
--> BA Richards (2) 100 in 191 minutes with 13 fours and 1 six
--> BA Richards (2) passed his previous highest score of 107 in First-Class matches
--> BL Irvine (2) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 27

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