f21627	Natal v Marylebone Cricket Club
	Marylebone Cricket Club in South Africa 1956/57
Venue	City Oval, Pietermaritzburg on 18th, 19th, 21st, 22nd January 1957 (4-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Marylebone Cricket Club won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	DT Drew, AN McCabe
Close of play day 1	Marylebone Cricket Club (1) 137/3 (Compton 61*, Cowdrey 54*)
Close of play day 2	Natal (1) 3/0 (Goddard 1*, Watkins 2*; 1 over)
Close of play day 3	Marylebone Cricket Club (2) 30/0 (Bailey 14*, Oakman 16*)

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Marylebone Cricket Club first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TE Bailey	c Pearce b Markham	0	4	4	-	-
ASM Oakman	b Goddard	4		20	1	-
+B Taylor	c Burger b Watkins	15		45	2	-
DCS Compton	c Eaglestone b Goddard	101		285	9	-
MC Cowdrey	lbw b Smith	76		186	14	-
*DJ Insole	b Goddard	6		23	-	-
JH Wardle	c Koch b Markham	37		82	4	-
FH Tyson	c Pearce b Goddard	35		50	5	1
GAR Lock	lbw b Goddard	10			1	-
JC Laker	not out	2			-	-
PJ Loader	c Keith b Markham	0	9	5	-	-
Extras	(2 lb, 5 nb)	7
Total	(all out, 84.4 overs)	293
Fall of wickets:
1-0 (Bailey, 0.4 ov), 2-9 (Oakman), 3-31 (Taylor), 4-178 (Cowdrey), 5-199 (Insole), 6-219 (Compton), 7-275 (Tyson), 8-281 (Wardle), 9-292 (Lock), 10-293 (Loader, 84.4 ov)

Natal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Markham	21.4	2	94	3	-	8
Goddard	24	6	65	5	-	-
Watkins	6	2	31	1	-	-
Smith	20	3	61	1	-	2
Dodds	13	3	35	0	-	-

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Natal first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TL Goddard	c Compton b Lock	39		133	5	-
*JC Watkins	b Lock	22		104	1	-
HJ Keith	c Oakman b Laker	19		117	3	-
CGD Burger	c Wardle b Loader	0		28	-	-
RA McLean	c Taylor b Loader	10		19	2	-
E Eaglestone	c Compton b Wardle	10		33	1	-
LB Koch	run out (Tyson)	24		31	3	-
+RA Pearce	c Compton b Wardle	21		32	1	-
NE Markham	c and b Wardle	4		19	-	-
VI Smith	c Insole b Lock	2		18	-	-
PM Dodds	not out	3		3	-	-
Extras	(7 lb, 2 nb)	9
Total	(all out, 54.2 overs)	163
Fall of wickets:
1-61 (Watkins), 2-73 (Goddard), 3-86 (Burger), 4-96 (McLean), 5-107 (Eaglestone), 6-113 (Keith), 7-146 (Koch), 8-154 (Pearce), 9-159 (Markham), 10-163 (Smith, 54.2 ov)

Marylebone Cricket Club bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Tyson	11	2	30	0	-	1
Loader	9	0	30	2	-	3
Bailey	5	1	9	0	-	-
Lock	14.2	5	29	3	-	-
Laker	7	1	11	1	-	-
Wardle	8	1	45	3	-	-

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Marylebone Cricket Club second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TE Bailey	c McLean b Goddard	20		89	2	-
ASM Oakman	c Smith b Goddard	29		99	4	-
+B Taylor	c Markham b Goddard	2		13	-	-
DCS Compton	c and b Markham	6		13	1	-
*DJ Insole	b Dodds	6		53	-	-
FH Tyson	c Markham b Smith	19		66	2	-
JH Wardle	not out	11		32	1	-
GAR Lock	not out	21		15	4	-
MC Cowdrey	did not bat
JC Laker	did not bat
PJ Loader	did not bat
Extras	(8 b)	8
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 43 overs)	122
Fall of wickets:
1-49 (Bailey), 2-50 (Oakman), 3-57 (Taylor), 4-57 (Compton), 5-77 (Insole), 6-89 (Tyson)

Natal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Markham	11	3	23	1	-	-
Goddard	16	5	33	3	-	-
Smith	11	3	35	1	-	-
Dodds	5	1	23	1	-	-

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Natal second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TL Goddard	lbw b Laker	41		74	5	-
*JC Watkins	b Lock	27		46	4	-
HJ Keith	lbw b Laker	8		47	1	-
RA McLean	b Tyson	45		63	6	1
CGD Burger	st Taylor b Wardle	14		59	2	-
E Eaglestone	not out	20			2	-
LB Koch	not out	22			3	-
+RA Pearce	did not bat
NE Markham	did not bat
VI Smith	did not bat
PM Dodds	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 3 lb)	8
Total	(5 wickets, 40 overs)	185
Fall of wickets:
1-56 (Watkins), 2-76 (Goddard), 3-89 (Keith), 4-128 (McLean), 5-142 (Burger)

Marylebone Cricket Club bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Tyson	7	2	32	1	-	-
Loader	5	1	16	0	-	-
Lock	11	0	42	1	-	-
Laker	8	3	33	2	-	-
Wardle	6	0	36	1	-	-
Compton	3	0	18	0	-	-

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Notes
--> E Eaglestone made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> NE Markham made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> TL Goddard (2) passed 3000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 23
--> LB Koch (2) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 9
--> VI Smith reached 350 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed MC Cowdrey, his 1st wicket in the Marylebone Cricket Club first innings
--> TL Goddard reached 150 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed DCS Compton, his 3rd wicket in the Marylebone Cricket Club first innings

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