f31459	Natal v Eastern Province
	Castle Currie Cup 1976/77 (Section A)
Venue	Kingsmead, Durban on 5th, 6th, 7th February 1977 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Eastern Province won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Points	Natal 12 (Batting 7, Bowling 5); Eastern Province 1 (Bowling 1)
Umpires	LN Hornby, DD Schoof
Close of play day 1	Eastern Province (1) ?/2 (Bezuidenhout ?*, [unknown] ?*)
Close of play day 2	Eastern Province (1) 153 all out

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Natal first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
A Jones	c Watson b Carrick	77
A Barrow	c Reid b Brickett	18
BS Groves	run out	52
HR Fotheringham	not out	148
D Bestall	c Reid b Watson	64
MJ Procter	c Stephenson b Cowley	18
+AJS Smith	run out	5
MB Madsen	did not bat
*VAP van der Bijl	did not bat
PP Henwood	did not bat
AR Lilley	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 5 lb, 10 nb)	17
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 93.5 overs)	399
Fall of wickets:
1-43, 2-135, 3-167, 4-340, 5-391, 6-399 (93.5 ov)

Eastern Province bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Watson	17	3	76	1	-	-
Wilkins	27	2	85	0	-	-
Brickett	19	0	88	1	-	-
Elliott	4	0	19	0	-	-
Carrick	23	2	96	1	-	-
Cowley	3.5	0	18	1	-	-

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Eastern Province first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SJ Bezuidenhout	c Procter b van der Bijl	18
*CP Wilkins	b Procter	40
P Carrick	b Procter	1
GS Cowley	c Barrow b Procter	9
KS McEwan	b van der Bijl	37
RG Pollock	c Smith b van der Bijl	1
KP Reid	c Barrow b van der Bijl	5
DJ Brickett	c Smith b Procter	18
+JW Stephenson	c Madsen b Lilley	3
D Elliott	not out	5
WK Watson	c Smith b Procter	8
Extras	(4 lb, 4 nb)	8
Total	(all out, 46.1 overs)	153
Fall of wickets:
1-55, 2-57, 3-66, 4-78, 5-79, 6-89, 7-130, 8-136, 9-138, 10-153 (46.1 ov)

Natal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Procter	18.1	5	49	5	-	-
van der Bijl	16	2	69	4	-	-
Lilley	12	2	27	1	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> BS Groves (1) passed 3000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 41
--> HR Fotheringham (1) passed his previous highest score of 108 in first-class matches
--> D Bestall (1) passed 2000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 16
--> D Elliott made his debut in first-class matches

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