f31891	Eastern Province v Transvaal
	Castle Currie Cup 1977/78
Venue	St George's Park, Port Elizabeth on 6th, 7th, 9th January 1978 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Eastern Province won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Points	Eastern Province 8 (Batting 4, Bowling 4); Transvaal 9 (Batting 7, Bowling 2)
Umpires	LN Hornby, PR Hurwitz
Close of play day 1	Eastern Province (1) 45/1 (Wilkins 29*, Gradwell 1*)
Close of play day 2	Transvaal (2) 34/0 (Dyer 14*, van der Linden 13*)

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Transvaal first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*DD Dyer	c Galpin b Watson	19
WJ van der Linden	c Gradwell b Watson	4
LJ Barnard	b Armitage	25
CEB Rice	c Pollock b Macaulay	84		140
KA McKenzie	lbw b Armitage	122		209	14	1
PD de Vaal	c Gradwell b Wilkins	3
NG Featherstone	run out	52
+NT Day	c Wilkins b Armitage	6
RC Ontong	lbw b Watson	8
DR Neilson	not out	8
RW Hanley	lbw b Watson	0
Extras	(2 b, 4 lb, 7 nb)	13
Total	(all out, 89 overs)	344
Fall of wickets:
1-17, 2-24, 3-110, 4-170, 5-184, 6-297, 7-317, 8-330, 9-344, 10-344 (89 ov)

Eastern Province bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Watson	20	3	64	4	-	-
Macaulay	34	5	109	1	-	-
Wilkins	16	3	69	1	-	-
Brickett	3	0	19	0	-	-
Armitage	16	0	70	3	-	-

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Eastern Province first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SJ Bezuidenhout	b Hanley	15
CP Wilkins	c McKenzie b Featherstone	82
KW Gradwell	c Dyer b Ontong	39
*KS McEwan	c de Vaal b Featherstone	113		236
RG Pollock	b Neilson	77
GS Cowley	b Neilson	8
RLS Armitage	not out	24
DJ Brickett	not out	19
+AC Galpin	did not bat
WK Watson	did not bat
MJ Macaulay	did not bat
Extras	(15 lb, 5 nb)	20
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 127 overs)	397
Fall of wickets:
1-39 (Bezuidenhout), 2-131 (Gradwell), 3-155 (Wilkins), 4-289 (Pollock), 5-299 (Cowley), 6-365 (McEwan)

Transvaal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Neilson	26	6	69	2	-	-
Hanley	19	4	79	1	-	-
de Vaal	22	7	63	0	-	-
Featherstone	23	9	50	2	-	-
Rice	23	6	73	0	-	-
Ontong	11	1	33	1	-	-
Barnard	3	0	10	0	-	-

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Transvaal second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*DD Dyer	lbw b Watson	80
WJ van der Linden	b Macaulay	98		305
LJ Barnard	b Macaulay	19
CEB Rice	b Armitage	0
KA McKenzie	c McEwan b Macaulay	44
+NT Day	lbw b Armitage	11
RC Ontong	st Galpin b Armitage	0
PD de Vaal	not out	13
NG Featherstone	c Bezuidenhout b Armitage	8
DR Neilson	c sub (GAD Hicks) b Macaulay	1
RW Hanley	c Bezuidenhout b Macaulay	11
Extras	(8 b, 2 lb, 4 nb)	14
Total	(all out, 133 overs)	299
Fall of wickets:
1-144 (Dyer), 2-194, 3-197, 4-217, 5-262, 6-262, 7-267, 8-281, 9-282, 10-299 (133 ov)

Eastern Province bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Watson	16	6	31	1	-	-
Macaulay	54	17	94	5	-	-
Wilkins	11	1	36	0	-	-
Brickett	3	0	10	0	-	-
Armitage	49	10	114	4	-	-

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Notes
--> KA McKenzie (1) passed 3000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 21
--> NG Featherstone (1) passed 10500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 22
--> KS McEwan (1) 100 in 208 minutes
--> RG Pollock (1) 50 in 94 minutes

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