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| Venue | St George's Park, Port Elizabeth on 26th, 27th, 28th December 1979 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Eastern Province won the toss and decided to field |
| Result | Eastern Province won by 1 wicket |
| Points | Eastern Province 14 (Batting 2, Bowling 2); Natal 9 (Batting 5, Bowling 4) |
| Umpires | PR Hurwitz, D Lee |
| Close of play day 1 | Eastern Province (1) 8/0 (Cook 2*, Armitage 2*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Natal (2) 65/5 (Smith 14*, Williams 5*) |
| Natal first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| BJ Whitfield | c Foulkes b Brickett | 5 | 46 | - | - | ||
| CP Wilkins | c Armitage b Brickett | 132 | 329 | 13 | 3 | ||
| BS Groves | c Richardson b Brickett | 0 | 5 | - | - | ||
| D Bestall | b Foulkes | 7 | 32 | 1 | - | ||
| MJ Procter | c Gradwell b Brickett | 110 | 188 | 12 | 4 | ||
| +AJS Smith | b Watson | 18 | 47 | 1 | - | ||
| PH Williams | not out | 39 | 57 | 7 | - | ||
| KD Verdoorn | lbw b Brickett | 9 | 32 | 1 | - | ||
| *VAP van der Bijl | c Cook b Brickett | 2 | 8 | - | - | ||
| KR Cooper | not out | 15 | 7 | 8 | 3 | - | |
| JS Muil | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 b, 8 lb, 4 nb) | 13 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets, declared, 380 minutes, 98 overs) | 350 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-17 (Whitfield), 2-17 (Groves), 3-37 (Bestall), 4-232 (Procter), 5-283 (Smith), 6-285 (Wilkins), 7-317 (Verdoorn), 8-325 (van der Bijl) | |||||||
| Eastern Province bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Watson | 24 | 3 | 94 | 1 | - | - | |
| Brickett | 27 | 8 | 71 | 6 | - | 5 | |
| Ogilvie | 21 | 4 | 64 | 0 | - | 1 | |
| Foulkes | 14 | 2 | 64 | 1 | - | - | |
| Armitage | 12 | 1 | 44 | 0 | - | - | |
| Eastern Province first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| G Cook | c Williams b Cooper | 33 | 125 | 4 | - | ||
| RLS Armitage | b Cooper | 75 | 248 | 9 | 1 | ||
| KW Gradwell | c Smith b van der Bijl | 0 | 21 | - | - | ||
| I Foulkes | b Cooper | 45 | 90 | 6 | - | ||
| DJ Brickett | lbw b Muil | 2 | 7 | - | - | ||
| KP Reid | c Williams b Procter | 28 | 62 | 3 | 1 | ||
| *AL Wilmot | c Procter b van der Bijl | 13 | 41 | 2 | - | ||
| RG Fensham | lbw b van der Bijl | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
| +DJ Richardson | not out | 26 | 47 | 4 | - | ||
| WK Watson | lbw b van der Bijl | 0 | 13 | - | - | ||
| JD Ogilvie | c Cooper b van der Bijl | 8 | 16 | 1 | - | ||
| Extras | (8 nb) | 8 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 340 minutes, 90.3 overs) | 238 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-57 (Cook), 2-67 (Gradwell), 3-160 (Foulkes), 4-163 (Brickett), 5-163 (Armitage), 6-195 (Wilmot), 7-195 (Fensham), 8-204 (Reid), 9-214 (Watson), 10-238 (Ogilvie, 90.3 ov) | |||||||
| Natal bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Procter | 22 | 7 | 79 | 1 | - | - | |
| van der Bijl | 24.3 | 7 | 37 | 5 | - | 5 | |
| Cooper | 14 | 3 | 29 | 3 | - | 4 | |
| Muil | 30 | 7 | 85 | 1 | - | - | |
| Natal second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| BJ Whitfield | c Richardson b Brickett | 2 | 19 | - | - | ||
| CP Wilkins | run out | 21 | 33 | 3 | 1 | ||
| BS Groves | c Gradwell b Brickett | 11 | 51 | 1 | - | ||
| D Bestall | c Richardson b Brickett | 0 | 9 | - | - | ||
| MJ Procter | b Watson | 6 | 15 | 1 | - | ||
| +AJS Smith | lbw b Brickett | 14 | 52 | 2 | - | ||
| PH Williams | b Foulkes | 27 | 93 | 4 | - | ||
| KD Verdoorn | lbw b Watson | 14 | 79 | 1 | - | ||
| *VAP van der Bijl | c Watson b Foulkes | 15 | 40 | 1 | - | ||
| KR Cooper | c Wilmot b Foulkes | 11 | 15 | 1 | 1 | ||
| JS Muil | not out | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | - | |
| Extras | (6 lb, 1 nb) | 7 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 208 minutes, 52.5 overs) | 128 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-20 (Whitfield), 2-32 (Wilkins), 3-32 (Bestall), 4-43 (Procter), 5-53 (Groves), 6-66 (Smith), 7-100 (Williams), 8-116 (Verdoorn), 9-128 (van der Bijl), 10-128 (Cooper, 52.5 ov) | |||||||
| Eastern Province bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Watson | 15 | 3 | 48 | 2 | - | 1 | |
| Brickett | 15 | 5 | 32 | 4 | - | - | |
| Armitage | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | - | - | |
| Ogilvie | 10 | 6 | 11 | 0 | - | - | |
| Foulkes | 9.5 | 0 | 28 | 3 | - | - | |
| Eastern Province second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| G Cook | c Smith b van der Bijl | 39 | 117 | 4 | - | ||
| RLS Armitage | b Procter | 21 | 142 | 3 | - | ||
| KW Gradwell | lbw b van der Bijl | 0 | 4 | - | - | ||
| I Foulkes | c van der Bijl b Cooper | 20 | 54 | 2 | - | ||
| KP Reid | lbw b Procter | 0 | 29 | - | - | ||
| *AL Wilmot | lbw b Procter | 37 | 88 | 2 | - | ||
| RG Fensham | c Williams b Procter | 51 | 134 | 3 | 1 | ||
| DJ Brickett | c and b van der Bijl | 33 | 59 | 4 | - | ||
| WK Watson | not out | 22 | 36 | 2 | - | ||
| +DJ Richardson | c Williams b van der Bijl | 7 | 19 | - | - | ||
| JD Ogilvie | not out | 4 | 6 | - | - | ||
| Extras | (3 lb, 4 nb) | 7 | |||||
| Total | (9 wickets, 349 minutes, 79.1 overs) | 241 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-59 (Cook), 2-59 (Gradwell), 3-69 (Armitage), 4-80 (Reid), 5-83 (Foulkes), 6-146 (Wilmot), 7-202 (Fensham), 8-209 (Brickett), 9-233 (Richardson) | |||||||
| Natal bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Procter | 22.1 | 7 | 44 | 4 | - | - | |
| van der Bijl | 22 | 6 | 60 | 4 | - | 3 | |
| Cooper | 19 | 4 | 66 | 1 | - | 3 | |
| Muil | 16 | 2 | 64 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> BS Groves made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> CP Wilkins (1) 50 in 162 minutes with 6 fours and 1 six
--> CP Wilkins (1) 100 in 285 minutes with 11 fours and 2 sixes
--> CP Wilkins (1) passed 9500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 62
--> MJ Procter (1) 50 in 57 minutes with 4 fours and 2 sixes
--> MJ Procter (1) 100 in 174 minutes with 11 fours and 4 sixes
--> MJ Procter (1) passed 19500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 63
--> G Cook (1) passed 9000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 12
--> RLS Armitage (1) 50 in 196 minutes with 4 fours and 1 six
--> RLS Armitage (1) passed his previous highest score of 63 in First-Class matches
--> RG Fensham (2) 50 in 130 minutes with 3 fours and 1 six
--> DJ Brickett reached 150 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed AJS Smith, his 4th wicket in the Natal second innings
--> MJ Procter reached 1250 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed AL Wilmot, his 3rd wicket in the Eastern Province second innings
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