f27554	Natal v Eastern Province
	Currie Cup 1968/69 (Section A)
Venue	Jan Smuts Stadium, Pietermaritzburg on 12th, 13th, 14th December 1968 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Eastern Province won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Natal won by 9 wickets
Points	Natal 8; Eastern Province 0
Umpires	JG Draper, NV Howell
Close of play day 1	Natal (1) 120/1 (Goddard 51*, Groves 5*)
Close of play day 2	Eastern Province (2) 66/2 (Biggs 42*, Bezuidenhout 8*)

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Eastern Province first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AM Short	c Gamsy b Procter	5		12	1	-
AL Biggs	c Gamsy b van der Bijl	42		74	4	-
+KJ Bond	c Irvine b van der Bijl	5		27	-	-
*RG Pollock	c Richards b Sullivan	72		147	10	-
P Fenix	c Gamsy b Procter	0		9	-	-
AL Wilmot	c Murdoch b van der Bijl	36		101	6	-
SJ Bezuidenhout	lbw b van der Bijl	5		22	1	-
PM Pollock	lbw b Trimborn	21		58	3	-
SJ Schmidt	lbw b Trimborn	8		25	2	-
GM Den	b Procter	9		34	1	-
SJ McAdam	not out	11		13	1	-
Extras	(5 b, 5 lb, 4 nb)	14
Total	(all out, 272 minutes, 66.2 overs)	228
Fall of wickets:
1-12 (Short), 2-37 (Bond), 3-68 (Biggs), 4-69 (Fenix), 5-170 (RG Pollock), 6-175 (Wilmot), 7-176 (Bezuidenhout), 8-193 (Schmidt), 9-214 (PM Pollock), 10-228 (Den, 66.2 ov)

Natal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Procter	14.2	1	64	3	-	5
Trimborn	16	1	53	2	-	-
van der Bijl	20	8	51	4	-	1
Sullivan	12	3	35	1	-	-
Goddard	4	1	11	0	-	-

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Natal first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BA Richards	c Bond b PM Pollock	57		121	8	-
*TL Goddard	lbw b Biggs	148		411	13	-
BS Groves	c Bond b Den	20		86	1	-
BL Irvine	c and b Biggs	19		60	3	-
GC Heath	b Schmidt	17		42	2	-
DS Murdoch	b PM Pollock	6		43	-	-
+D Gamsy	not out	71		104	8	-
MJ Procter	b PM Pollock	8		10	2	-
VAP van der Bijl	c RG Pollock b PM Pollock	16		14	3	-
PHJ Trimborn	c RG Pollock b McAdam	1		11	-	-
CP Sullivan	b PM Pollock	11		24	1	-
Extras	(4 b, 5 lb, 7 nb)	16
Total	(all out, 458 minutes, 123.2 overs)	390
Fall of wickets:
1-98 (Richards), 2-160 (Groves), 3-204 (Irvine), 4-247 (Heath), 5-275 (Murdoch), 6-285 (Procter), 7-307 (van der Bijl), 8-312 (Trimborn), 9-345 (Sullivan), 10-390 (Goddard, 123.2 ov)

Eastern Province bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
PM Pollock	37	2	112	5	-	3
Den	27	7	73	1	-	5
McAdam	24	3	99	1	-	-
Schmidt	17	4	35	1	-	2
Biggs	18.2	5	55	2	-	-

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Eastern Province second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AM Short	lbw b Procter	9		23	1	-
AL Biggs	c Murdoch b van der Bijl	54		176	10	-
P Fenix	b Trimborn	0		11	-	-
SJ Bezuidenhout	run out	14		62	1	-
*RG Pollock	c Gamsy b Sullivan	68		142	8	-
AL Wilmot	c Gamsy b Sullivan	26		84	4	-
+KJ Bond	run out	6		31	1	-
PM Pollock	c Irvine b Procter	2		16	-	-
SJ Schmidt	not out	8		17	1	-
GM Den	b Procter	0		5	-	-
SJ McAdam	b Procter	2		6	-	-
Extras	(10 b, 4 lb, 8 nb)	22
Total	(all out, 291 minutes, 78.1 overs)	211
Fall of wickets:
1-20 (Short), 2-28 (Fenix), 3-77 (Bezuidenhout), 4-129 (Biggs), 5-188 (RG Pollock), 6-194 (Wilmot), 7-200 (Bond), 8-200 (PM Pollock), 9-204 (Den), 10-211 (McAdam, 78.1 ov)

Natal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Procter	16.1	3	48	4	-	3
Trimborn	20	7	53	1	-	-
van der Bijl	12	4	30	1	-	-
Sullivan	27	9	48	2	-	-
Richards	2	0	8	0	-	-
Heath	1	0	2	0	-	-

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Natal second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BS Groves	c Bond b PM Pollock	11		19	2	-
DS Murdoch	not out	15		62	-	-
BL Irvine	not out	24		42	-	1
BA Richards	did not bat
*TL Goddard	did not bat
GC Heath	did not bat
+D Gamsy	did not bat
MJ Procter	did not bat
VAP van der Bijl	did not bat
PHJ Trimborn	did not bat
CP Sullivan	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb, 1 nb)	3
Total	(1 wicket, 62 minutes, 16.2 overs)	53
Fall of wickets:
1-14 (Groves)

Eastern Province bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
PM Pollock	6	1	15	1	-	2
McAdam	5	0	14	0	-	-
Biggs	3	0	8	0	-	-
RG Pollock	2.2	0	13	0	-	-

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Notes
--> SJ Bezuidenhout made his debut in First-Class matches
--> RG Pollock (1) 50 in 117 minutes with 6 fours
--> BA Richards (1) 50 in 93 minutes with 7 fours
--> BA Richards (1) passed 4500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 44
--> TL Goddard (1) 50 in 144 minutes with 4 fours
--> TL Goddard (1) 100 in 272 minutes with 10 fours
--> D Gamsy (1) 50 in 87 minutes with 4 fours
--> CP Sullivan (1) equalled his previous highest score of 11 in First-Class matches
--> AL Biggs (2) 50 in 117 minutes with 10 fours
--> RG Pollock (2) 50 in 106 minutes with 6 fours
--> DS Murdoch (2) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 8
--> VAP van der Bijl achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Eastern Province first innings (previous best was 4-65)
--> TL Goddard retired hurt in the Natal first innings (team had lost 4 wickets) - he returned when the score was 345/9

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