f10760	Natal v Western Province
	Currie Cup 1923/24
Venue	Old Wanderers Pirates Lower Back Ground, Johannesburg on 19th, 20th December 1923 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Natal won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Natal 3; Western Province 1
Umpires	GB Treadwell, TS Wakeford
Close of play day 1	Western Province (1) 69/5 (KCM Hands 23*, Conry 1*)

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Natal first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
IJ Siedle	c Palm b Buys	0			-	-
LW Field	c MacRae b Buys	0			-	-
C Woods	b Buys	3			-	-
*AW Nourse	c and b Viljoen	186		258	26	-
VC Robbins	b Lovegrove	21			2	-
JM Blanckenberg	c Watson b PAM Hands	171		160	21	6
JFW Nicolson	lbw b MacRae	10			1	-
CP Carter	lbw b PAM Hands	8			2	-
JW Easterbrook	not out	11			1	-
ME Billing	did not bat
+DJ Nicol	did not bat
Extras	(10 b, 6 lb)	16
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 274 minutes, 90 overs)	426
Fall of wickets:
1-0 (Siedle, 0.4 ov), 2-0 (Field, 1 ov), 3-21 (Woods), 4-67 (Robbins), 5-358 (Blanckenberg), 6-378 (Nicolson), 7-397 (Carter), 8-426 (Nourse, 90 ov)

Western Province bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Buys	24	4	106	3	-	-
MacRae	26	4	110	1	-	-
Viljoen	13	1	67	1	-	3
Lovegrove	13	2	53	1	-	-
KCM Hands	8	0	46	0	-	-
PAM Hands	6	0	28	2	-	-

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Western Province first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
VUT Watson	c Siedle b Easterbrook	10			1	-
JMM Commaille	c and b Blanckenberg	19			1	-
PAM Hands	b Billing	0			-	-
KCM Hands	c Nicolson b Carter	27			3	-
AW Palm	c Billing b Blanckenberg	5			1	-
FDJ Viljoen	c Robbins b Blanckenberg	0			-	-
*FD Conry	c Nicol b Carter	11			-	-
+LC Fox	b Blanckenberg	0			-	-
AR Lovegrove	b Blanckenberg	22			4	-
ASV MacRae	not out	3			-	-
ID Buys	b Carter	8			2	-
Extras	(4 b, 10 lb)	14
Total	(all out, 45.5 overs)	119
Fall of wickets:
1-23 (Watson), 2-23 (PAM Hands), 3-46 (Commaille), 4-52 (Palm), 5-60 (Viljoen), 6-73 (KCM Hands), 7-74 (Fox), 8-104 (Conry), 9-108 (Lovegrove), 10-119 (Buys, 45.5 ov)

Natal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Billing	10	3	15	1	-	-
Easterbrook	8	1	23	1	-	-
Carter	14.5	4	43	3	-	-
Blanckenberg	13	2	24	5	-	-

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Western Province second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
VUT Watson	c Nicol b Billing	6			1	-
JMM Commaille	not out	120		270	9	-
PAM Hands	lbw b Carter	79			11	1
KCM Hands	c Robbins b Easterbrook	29			2	-
*FD Conry	b Nourse	5			1	-
AR Lovegrove	b Billing	36			4	-
+LC Fox	not out	3			-	-
AW Palm	did not bat
FDJ Viljoen	did not bat
ASV MacRae	did not bat
ID Buys	did not bat
Extras	(13 b, 3 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	19
Total	(5 wickets, 122 overs)	297
Fall of wickets:
1-8 (Watson), 2-123 (PAM Hands), 3-193 (KCM Hands), 4-202 (Conry), 5-290 (Lovegrove)

Natal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Billing	32	11	64	2	-	-
Nourse	22	6	33	1	-	-
Blanckenberg	29	5	89	0	1	3
Carter	30	8	76	1	-	-
Easterbrook	9	3	16	1	-	-

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Notes
--> AW Nourse (1) 100 in 130 minutes
--> AW Nourse (1) passed 9500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 157
--> JM Blanckenberg (1) passed his previous highest score of 87 in First-Class matches
--> JM Blanckenberg (1) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> JM Blanckenberg (1) 100 in 106 minutes
--> AR Lovegrove (2) passed his previous highest score of 22 in First-Class matches
--> JFW Nicolson made his debut in South Africa in First-Class matches

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