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| Venue | Jan Smuts Ground, East London on 26th, 27th, 28th December 1972 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Northern Transvaal won the toss and decided to field |
| Result | Northern Transvaal won by 5 wickets |
| Points | Border 6 (Batting 1, Bowling 5); Northern Transvaal 14 (Batting 1, Bowling 3) |
| Umpires | IH Gower, DD Schoof |
| Close of play day 1 | Northern Transvaal (1) 54/4 (Verdoorn 9*, Falkson 1*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Northern Transvaal (2) 32/2 (Jordaan 0*, Lindsay 0*) |
| Border first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| IH McClenaghan | c Quirk b Steytler | 61 | |||||
| ID Harty | c Lindsay b Heyns | 24 | |||||
| BL Long | c Quirk b Falkson | 28 | |||||
| *NO Knight | b Sparks | 45 | |||||
| +CWS Pope | run out | 9 | |||||
| KG Willows | c Nel b Falkson | 9 | |||||
| ML Harper | c Lindsay b Sparks | 13 | |||||
| RV Taylor | c Quirk b Steytler | 8 | |||||
| CJE Davies | not out | 7 | |||||
| RS Herman | c Quirk b Sparks | 0 | |||||
| MA Coetzee | c Quirk b Sparks | 9 | |||||
| Extras | (4 b, 5 lb, 1 nb) | 10 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 97.3 overs) | 223 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-37, 2-82, 3-157, 4-165, 5-174, 6-182, 7-195, 8-213, 9-213, 10-223 (97.3 ov) | |||||||
| Northern Transvaal bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Jones | 19 | 6 | 34 | 0 | - | - | |
| Sparks | 22.3 | 6 | 51 | 4 | - | - | |
| Heyns | 15 | 5 | 26 | 1 | - | - | |
| Falkson | 16 | 8 | 27 | 2 | - | - | |
| Steytler | 23 | 6 | 74 | 2 | - | - | |
| Verdoorn | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | - | |
| Northern Transvaal first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| K Burrow | c Harper b Herman | 8 | |||||
| VS Nel | c Pope b Taylor | 0 | |||||
| AH Jordaan | c Pope b Herman | 10 | |||||
| DT Lindsay | c Harty b Harper | 25 | |||||
| KD Verdoorn | c Harty b Herman | 15 | |||||
| *RJ Falkson | c Harty b Harper | 49 | |||||
| +T Quirk | lbw b Coetzee | 6 | |||||
| WG Heyns | c Pope b Herman | 35 | |||||
| WB Steytler | b Taylor | 12 | |||||
| AA Jones | not out | 13 | |||||
| JD Sparks | c Pope b Herman | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (3 nb, 1 w) | 4 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 74 overs) | 177 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-1, 2-15, 3-30, 4-49, 5-71, 6-110, 7-127, 8-144, 9-177, 10-177 (74 ov) | |||||||
| Border bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Taylor | 25 | 9 | 56 | 2 | - | - | |
| Herman | 24 | 9 | 63 | 5 | - | - | |
| Harper | 13 | 4 | 22 | 2 | - | - | |
| Davies | 6 | 3 | 15 | 0 | - | - | |
| Coetzee | 6 | 2 | 17 | 1 | - | - | |
| Border second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| IH McClenaghan | c Jordaan b Falkson | 19 | |||||
| ID Harty | b Jones | 0 | |||||
| BL Long | b Jones | 0 | |||||
| *NO Knight | c Jordaan b Jones | 2 | |||||
| +CWS Pope | c Jordaan b Heyns | 21 | |||||
| KG Willows | c Jordaan b Jones | 16 | |||||
| ML Harper | c Quirk b Steytler | 17 | |||||
| RV Taylor | lbw b Falkson | 25 | |||||
| CJE Davies | not out | 4 | |||||
| RS Herman | c Lindsay b Falkson | 4 | |||||
| MA Coetzee | c Jordaan b Steytler | 5 | |||||
| Extras | (4 b, 5 lb, 4 nb) | 13 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 61.5 overs) | 126 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-1, 2-1, 3-16, 4-50, 5-52, 6-75, 7-112, 8-116, 9-120, 10-126 (61.5 ov) | |||||||
| Northern Transvaal bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Jones | 14 | 4 | 17 | 4 | - | - | |
| Sparks | 12 | 6 | 17 | 0 | - | - | |
| Heyns | 6 | 1 | 20 | 1 | - | - | |
| Falkson | 15 | 3 | 40 | 3 | - | - | |
| Steytler | 14.5 | 9 | 19 | 2 | - | - | |
| Northern Transvaal second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| K Burrow | b Harper | 3 | |||||
| VS Nel | b Herman | 27 | |||||
| AH Jordaan | not out | 56 | |||||
| DT Lindsay | c Pope b Herman | 10 | |||||
| KD Verdoorn | lbw b Herman | 10 | |||||
| *RJ Falkson | c Pope b Herman | 6 | |||||
| +T Quirk | not out | 46 | |||||
| WG Heyns | did not bat | ||||||
| WB Steytler | did not bat | ||||||
| AA Jones | did not bat | ||||||
| JD Sparks | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (4 b, 4 lb, 6 nb, 2 w) | 16 | |||||
| Total | (5 wickets, 63 overs) | 174 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-32, 2-32, 3-48, 4-67, 5-81 | |||||||
| Border bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Taylor | 17 | 1 | 56 | 0 | - | - | |
| Herman | 24 | 8 | 53 | 4 | - | - | |
| Harper | 13 | 6 | 20 | 1 | - | - | |
| Davies | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | - | - | |
| Coetzee | 6 | 0 | 15 | 0 | - | - | |
| Knight | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> AH Jordaan made his debut in First-Class matches
--> KD Verdoorn made his debut in First-Class matches
--> CWS Pope (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 3
--> KG Willows (2) equalled his previous highest score of 16 in First-Class matches
--> JD Sparks achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Border first innings (previous best was 2-17)
--> ML Harper reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Northern Transvaal first innings
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