f11812	Natal v Border
	Currie Cup 1926/27
Venue	Kingsmead, Durban on 16th, 17th December 1926 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Natal won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Natal won by an innings and 122 runs
Points	Natal 5; Border 0
Close of play day 1	Border (1) 90/2 (Cheshire 16*, Shearman 63*)

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Natal first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
IJ Siedle	c Promnitz b Muir	114		198	12	-
JFW Nicolson	lbw b Promnitz	76		135
*RH Catterall	b Promnitz	1
LTH Trotter	lbw b Muir	25
VC Robbins	b Bowen	9
ME Pennington	c Muir b McAlister	42
AF Borland	c Hartigan b Promnitz	25
+HA Mackrory	b Promnitz	5
HR Fawcett	not out	1
KA Logan	b Promnitz	0
L Lewin	b Muir	0
Extras	(20 b, 3 lb, 1 nb)	24
Total	(all out, 92.3 overs)	322
Fall of wickets:
1-157, 2-170, 3-227, 4-240, 5-242, 6-314, 7-320, 8-321, 9-321, 10-322 (92.3 ov)

Border bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Shearman	7	2	10	0	-	-
Francois	5	1	12	0	-	-
Cheshire	1	0	4	0	-	-
Muir	16.3	5	33	3	-	-
Promnitz	31	2	80	5	-	-
Bowen	12	0	60	1	-	-
Davidson	10	0	48	0	-	-
Closenberg	5	0	18	0	-	-
McAlister	5	0	33	1	-	-

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Border first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*EM Hartigan	b Lewin	0
CM McAlister	b Pennington	6
RGA Bowen	c and b Lewin	7
RS Cheshire	b Pennington	40
CEB Shearman	b Logan	70		70	7	4
TM Davidson	b Logan	0
HA Francois	b Borland	4
+ON Flemmer	not out	2
HLE Promnitz	c Mackrory b Pennington	0
JA Muir	b Pennington	3
C Closenberg	c Mackrory b Borland	3
Extras	(3 b, 1 lb, 2 nb)	6
Total	(all out, 70.5 overs)	141
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-12, 3-102, 4-102, 5-122, 6-133, 7-133, 8-134, 9-138, 10-141 (70.5 ov)

Natal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Fawcett	9	2	23	0	-	-
Lewin	17	8	31	2	-	-
Logan	19	10	24	2	-	-
Borland	14.5	2	41	2	-	-
Catterall	3	1	2	0	-	-
Pennington	8	2	14	4	-	-

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Border second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+ON Flemmer	b Logan	18
RGA Bowen	b Lewin	0
HA Francois	b Logan	0
RS Cheshire	c sub b Borland	23
CEB Shearman	b Logan	0
TM Davidson	b Borland	0
*EM Hartigan	b Logan	7
CM McAlister	b Logan	3
HLE Promnitz	c and b Logan	3
C Closenberg	b Borland	0
JA Muir	not out	4
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(all out, 83 minutes, 28.3 overs)	59
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-7, 3-40, 4-40, 5-41, 6-48, 7-50, 8-54, 9-55, 10-59 (28.3 ov)

Natal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lewin	5	0	10	1	-	-
Logan	13.3	3	28	6	-	-
Borland	7	2	12	3	-	-
Pennington	2	1	3	0	-	-
Robbins	1	0	5	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> LTH Trotter made his debut in First-Class matches
--> ME Pennington made his debut in First-Class matches
--> EM Hartigan made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> CM McAlister made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> JA Muir made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> IJ Siedle (1) passed his previous highest score of 56 in First-Class matches
--> IJ Siedle (1) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> JA Muir achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Natal first innings (previous best was 3-53)
--> KA Logan achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Border second innings (previous best was 5-27)
--> CM McAlister retired hurt in the Border first innings (team score 3/1) - he returned when the score was 102/4

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This was the first first-class match played on turf in South Africa.

 

 

 

 

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