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f22724 Transvaal v Commonwealth XI

Commonwealth XI in South Africa 1959/60

Venue New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg on 16th, 17th, 19th October 1959 (3-day match)

Balls per over 6

Toss Transvaal won the toss and decided to bat

Result Match drawn

Umpires WP Anderson, JD Forsyth

Close of play day 1 Commonwealth XI (1) 41/1 (Craig 16*, Close 9*)

Close of play day 2 Transvaal (2) 86/3 (Ritchie 1*, Patrick 0*)

Transvaal first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GD Varnals	b Close	25
PH Kinsley	c Compton b Rhodes	30
*AI Taylor	c Marshall b Close	2
+S O'Linn	c Sutcliffe b Simpson	11
GG Ritchie	c Simpson b Close	5
WE Patrick	c Evans b Compton	60
JP Fellows-Smith	not out	100
KL Gibbs	b Tyson	27
M Charnas	lbw b Simpson	2
GS Bunyard	st Evans b Simpson	0
MJ Macaulay	b Simpson	13
Extras		10
Total	(all out, 86.1 overs)	285
Fall of wickets: 1-36, 2-45, 3-78, 4-78, 5-99, 6-192, 7-242, 8-259, 9-259, 10-285 (86.1 ov)

Commonwealth XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Tyson	19	3	67	1	-	-
Rhodes	15	2	55	1	-	-
Close	22	4	69	3	-	-
Simpson	15.1	5	38	4	-	-
Compton	9	0	34	1	-	-
Marshall	6	2	12	0	-	-

Commonwealth XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RE Marshall	b Gibbs	14
ID Craig	b Macaulay	33
DB Close	b Macaulay	10
TW Graveney	c and b Charnas	41
B Sutcliffe	lbw b Macaulay	14
*DCS Compton	c O'Linn b Bunyard	68
RB Simpson	c Gibbs b Macaulay	58
ACD Ingleby-Mackenzie	run out	28
+TG Evans	c O'Linn b Bunyard	1
FH Tyson	c and b Gibbs	17
HJ Rhodes	not out	11
Extras	(3 lb, 1 nb)	4
Total	(all out, 88.1 overs)	299
Fall of wickets: 1-22, 2-42, 3-69, 4-89, 5-123, 6-237, 7-247, 8-252, 9-284, 10-299 (88.1 ov)

Transvaal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bunyard	22	3	65	2	-	-
Gibbs	20.1	1	57	2	-	-
Charnas	21	6	73	1	-	-
Macaulay	18	4	52	4	-	-
Fellows-Smith	4	0	27	0	-	-
Taylor	3	1	21	0	-	-

Transvaal second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GD Varnals	c Evans b Simpson	24
PH Kinsley	b Tyson	13
*AI Taylor	lbw b Rhodes	39
GG Ritchie	lbw b Tyson	12
WE Patrick	c Evans b Tyson	0
+S O'Linn	c Close b Rhodes	34
JP Fellows-Smith	not out	102
KL Gibbs	c Evans b Tyson	10
MJ Macaulay	not out	9
M Charnas	did not bat
GS Bunyard	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 6 lb, 2 nb)	11
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 82 overs)	254
Fall of wickets: 1-26, 2-81, 3-86, 4-91, 5-109, 6-187, 7-220

Commonwealth XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Tyson	19	1	53	4	-	-
Rhodes	23	3	63	2	-	-
Close	21	6	59	0	-	-
Simpson	10	1	31	1	-	-
Compton	1	0	14	0	-	-
Marshall	8	3	23	0	-	-

Commonwealth XI second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RE Marshall	not out	25
ID Craig	not out	33
DB Close	did not bat
TW Graveney	did not bat
B Sutcliffe	did not bat
*DCS Compton	did not bat
RB Simpson	did not bat
ACD Ingleby-Mackenzie	did not bat
+TG Evans	did not bat
FH Tyson	did not bat
HJ Rhodes	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(no wicket, 18.2 overs)	59

Transvaal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bunyard	8	2	23	0	-	-
Gibbs	6	0	24	0	-	-
Charnas	2	2	0	0	-	-
Macaulay	2.2	0	11	0	-	-

Notes
--> WE Patrick (1) passed his previous highest First-Class Matches score of 44
--> JP Fellows-Smith (1) passed 2500 runs in First-Class Matches when he reached 70
--> GS Bunyard made his debut in First-Class Matches
--> DCS Compton (1) passed 38500 runs in First-Class Matches when he reached 25
--> RB Simpson (1) passed 3000 runs in First-Class Matches when he reached 24
--> S O'Linn (2) passed 1500 runs in First-Class Matches when he reached 5
--> MJ Macaulay achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class Matches in the Commonwealth XI first innings (previous best was 2-10)

f22724	Transvaal v Commonwealth XI
	Commonwealth XI in South Africa 1959/60
Venue	New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg on 16th, 17th, 19th October 1959 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Transvaal won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	WP Anderson, JD Forsyth
Close of play day 1	Commonwealth XI (1) 41/1 (Craig 16, Close 9)
Close of play day 2	Transvaal (2) 86/3 (Ritchie 1, Patrick 0)