f29936	Natal v Eastern Province
	SAB Currie Cup 1973/74 (Section A)
Venue	Kingsmead, Durban on 31st December 1973, 1st, 2nd January 1974 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Eastern Province won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Natal won by an innings and 65 runs
Points	Natal 22 (Batting 7, Bowling 5); Eastern Province 3 (Bowling 3)
Umpires	DH Bezuidenhout, KS Craig
Close of play day 1	Natal (1) 177/2 (Richards 92*, Woolmer 24*)
Close of play day 2	Eastern Province (2) 54/1 (Bezuidenhout ?*, Wilkins ?*)

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Eastern Province first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SJ Bezuidenhout	b van der Bijl	8		24	1	-
AL Biggs	c Smith b Woolmer	15		69	2	-
CP Wilkins	c Fotheringham b Lilley	1		3	-	-
*RG Pollock	c Woolmer b van der Bijl	42		119	6	-
AL Wilmot	c Fotheringham b Henwood	2		22	-	-
+KS McEwan	c Smith b Woolmer	0		10	-	-
RJ Summerton	b Woolmer	2		6	-	-
DJ Brickett	c Woolmer b Lilley	36		113	3	-
KP Reid	lbw b van der Bijl	5		29	-	-
E Schmidt	c Fotheringham b Henwood	9		13	1	-
RW Hanley	not out	4		32	-	-
Extras	(4 b, 6 lb, 2 nb)	12
Total	(all out, 224 minutes, 61.4 overs)	136
Fall of wickets:
1-22 (Bezuidenhout), 2-23 (Wilkins), 3-46 (Biggs), 4-54 (Wilmot), 5-62 (McEwan), 6-64 (Summerton), 7-81 (Pollock), 8-95 (Reid), 9-109 (Schmidt), 10-136 (Brickett, 61.4 ov)

Natal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
van der Bijl	16	5	25	3	-	-
Lilley	11.4	3	29	2	-	-
Woolmer	15	4	29	3	-	2
Henwood	19	4	41	2	-	-

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Natal first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*BA Richards	c Schmidt b Biggs	152		295	19	1
DD Dyer	c McEwan b Hanley	29		55	4	-
BS Groves	c McEwan b Wilkins	25		52	3	-
RA Woolmer	run out	24		75	2	-
HR Fotheringham	run out	31		68	6	-
GA Katz	c Pollock b Biggs	29		91	3	-
+AJS Smith	not out	80		137	9	-
MJ Smithyman	not out	29		87	3	-
PP Henwood	did not bat
AR Lilley	did not bat
VAP van der Bijl	did not bat
Extras	(15 lb, 7 nb)	22
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 433 minutes, 105 overs)	421
Fall of wickets:
1-43 (Dyer), 2-94 (Groves), 3-177 (Woolmer), 4-239 (Fotheringham), 5-292 (Richards), 6-329 (Katz)

Eastern Province bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hanley	26	3	90	1	-	1
Schmidt	24	3	103	0	-	6
Brickett	9	1	30	0	-	-
Wilkins	15	3	61	1	-	1
Reid	17	0	71	0	-	-
Biggs	14	3	44	2	-	-

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Eastern Province second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SJ Bezuidenhout	c Dyer b Woolmer	23		88	2	-
AL Biggs	lbw b van der Bijl	4		11	1	-
CP Wilkins	c Smith b Lilley	32		79	3	-
*RG Pollock	c Smith b van der Bijl	2		10	-	-
AL Wilmot	lbw b Henwood	34		140	5	-
+KS McEwan	c Smith b van der Bijl	73		247	9	-
RJ Summerton	c and b Henwood	26		64	3	-
DJ Brickett	c Dyer b Richards	13		88	1	-
KP Reid	not out	7		47	1	-
E Schmidt	c Richards b Henwood	1		7	-	-
RW Hanley	c Smithyman b Henwood	0	1	1	-	-
Extras	(3 b, 2 lb)	5
Total	(all out, 395 minutes, 111.3 overs)	220
Fall of wickets:
1-5 (Biggs), 2-61 (Bezuidenhout), 3-61 (Wilkins), 4-63 (Pollock), 5-122 (Wilmot), 6-176 (Summerton), 7-205 (McEwan), 8-219 (Brickett), 9-220 (Schmidt), 10-220 (Hanley, 111.3 ov)

Natal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
van der Bijl	28	9	50	3	-	-
Lilley	9	4	11	1	-	-
Woolmer	16	5	52	1	-	-
Henwood	34.3	12	53	4	-	-
Smithyman	13	4	29	0	-	-
Fotheringham	1	0	2	0	-	-
Richards	10	3	18	1	-	-

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Notes
--> DJ Brickett (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 19
--> BA Richards (1) 50 in 139 minutes with 6 fours
--> BA Richards (1) 100 in 222 minutes with 12 fours
--> BA Richards (1) 150 in 292 minutes with 19 fours and 1 six
--> AJS Smith (1) 50 in 100 minutes with 6 fours
--> KS McEwan (2) 50 in 190 minutes with 5 fours
--> VAP van der Bijl reached 200 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed KS McEwan, his 3rd wicket in the Eastern Province second innings

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