f26078	Natal v Rhodesia
	Currie Cup 1965/66 (Section A)
Venue	Jan Smuts Stadium, Pietermaritzburg on 18th, 20th, 21st December 1965 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Rhodesia won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Natal 1; Rhodesia 3
Umpires	JDM Anderson, PR D'Alton
Close of play day 1	Rhodesia (1) 324/5 (DB Pithey 37*, Parker 13*)
Close of play day 2	Natal (1) 195/5 (Versfeld 33*, Procter 29*)

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Rhodesia first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RA Gripper	c Goddard b Crookes	41
NJ Frangos	c McGlew b Parsons	85
RB Ullyett	c Gamsy b Procter	5
*AJ Pithey	st Gamsy b Crookes	57
KC Bland	run out (McLean->Trimborn)	51
DB Pithey	st Gamsy b Goddard	57
EF Parker	lbw b Trimborn	14
+AMH de Caila	not out	20
JH du Preez	b Trimborn	8
GB Lawrence	lbw b Trimborn	2
PD Swart	b Trimborn	0
Extras	(11 b, 8 nb)	19
Total	(all out, 507 minutes, 175.4 overs)	359
Fall of wickets:
1-80 (Gripper), 2-115 (Ullyett), 3-147 (Frangos), 4-227 (Bland), 5-307 (AJ Pithey), 6-331 (Parker), 7-342 (DB Pithey), 8-352 (du Preez), 9-358 (Lawrence), 10-359 (Swart)

Natal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Trimborn	32.4	6	89	4	-	-
Procter	25	8	47	1	-	-
Goddard	31	16	43	1	-	-
Parsons	41	13	72	1	-	-
Crookes	45	12	89	2	-	-
Richards	1	1	0	0	-	-

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Natal first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*DJ McGlew	b Lawrence	2
TL Goddard	b DB Pithey	47
BA Richards	c Lawrence b Parker	68
BJ Versfeld	b Lawrence	48
RA McLean	lbw b DB Pithey	1
BL Irvine	b DB Pithey	8
MJ Procter	lbw b DB Pithey	56
+D Gamsy	b DB Pithey	0
NS Crookes	c Parker b du Preez	20
MG Parsons	c Gripper b du Preez	30
PHJ Trimborn	not out	0
Extras	(3 b, 6 lb, 9 nb, 1 w)	19
Total	(all out, 115.1 overs)	299
Fall of wickets:
1-11 (McGlew), 2-114 (Goddard), 3-122 (Richards), 4-129 (McLean), 5-139 (Irvine), 6-247 (Procter), 7-247 (Versfeld), 8-250 (Gamsy), 9-296 (Crookes), 10-299 (Parsons)

Rhodesia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lawrence	33	10	74	2	-	-
Parker	21	5	60	1	-	-
Swart	6	2	14	0	-	-
DB Pithey	38	13	67	5	-	-
du Preez	17.1	1	65	2	-	-

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Rhodesia second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RA Gripper	lbw b Goddard	35
NJ Frangos	run out (?)	15
RB Ullyett	c and b Procter	1
*AJ Pithey	not out	59
KC Bland	c Richards b Goddard	16
DB Pithey	c Versfeld b Crookes	20
EF Parker	not out	2
+AMH de Caila	did not bat
JH du Preez	did not bat
GB Lawrence	did not bat
PD Swart	did not bat
Extras	(7 b, 3 lb, 3 nb, 1 w)	14
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 74 overs)	162
Fall of wickets:
1-30 (Frangos), 2-32 (Ullyett), 3-82 (Gripper), 4-107 (Bland), 5-154 (DB Pithey)

Natal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Parsons	22	10	27	0	-	-
Trimborn	8	2	17	0	-	-
Procter	9	2	21	1	-	-
Richards	15	8	19	0	-	-
Crookes	13	3	48	1	-	-
Goddard	7	4	16	2	-	-

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Natal second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BL Irvine	not out	10
+D Gamsy	not out	11
*DJ McGlew	did not bat
TL Goddard	did not bat
BA Richards	did not bat
BJ Versfeld	did not bat
RA McLean	did not bat
MJ Procter	did not bat
NS Crookes	did not bat
MG Parsons	did not bat
PHJ Trimborn	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(no wicket, 6 overs)	21

Rhodesia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Swart	3	0	9	0	-	-
Gripper	3	0	12	0	-	-

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Notes
--> AJ Pithey (1) 50 in 173 minutes
--> KC Bland (1) passed 5000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 12
--> DB Pithey (1) 50 in 112 minutes
--> PD Swart made his debut in first-class matches
--> TL Goddard (1) passed 9000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 47
--> BA Richards (1) passed his previous highest score of 63 in first-class matches
--> AJ Pithey (2) 50 in 146 minutes
--> AJ Pithey (2) passed 6500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 29
--> DB Pithey reached 200 wickets in first-class matches when he dismissed BL Irvine, his 3rd wicket in the Natal first innings

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JD McPhun was twelfth man for Rhodesia.

 

 

 

 

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