f17053	Natal v Western Province
	First-Class matches in South Africa 1945/46
Venue	Kingsmead, Durban on 15th, 16th, 18th March 1946 (3-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Natal won by 9 wickets
Close of play day 1	Natal (1) 438/9 (Eaglestone 87*)
Close of play day 2	Western Province (2) 18/1 (Kiel 8*, Dimbleby 0*)

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Natal first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DV Dyer	c Eckard b Plimsoll	23
DR Fell	c Owen-Smith b Middleton	9
SH Martin	lbw b Middleton	0
*AD Nourse	b Plimsoll	81
+WW Wade	c and b Keen	15
OC Dawson	c and b Eckard	126
EL Dalton	c Keen b Lofthouse	42
E Eaglestone	not out	87
LW Payn	lbw b Lofthouse	7
VI Smith	b Lofthouse	31
HJ Tayfield	did not bat
Extras		17
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 121.3 overs)	438
Fall of wickets:
1-30, 2-30, 3-34, 4-80, 5-190, 6-257, 7-336, 8-346, 9-438 (121.3 ov)

Western Province bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Plimsoll	26	8	73	2	-	-
Middleton	19	2	74	2	-	-
Owen-Smith	17	0	78	0	-	-
Keen	18	2	48	1	-	-
Eckard	19	1	61	1	-	-
Lofthouse	17.3	3	63	3	-	-
Cheetham	2	0	9	0	-	-
Georgeu	3	0	15	0	-	-

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Western Province first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
R Lofthouse	c Dalton b Tayfield	12
S Kiel	c Nourse b Martin	2
KG Dimbleby	c Dawson b Smith	56
G Georgeu	lbw b Payn	34
JE Cheetham	not out	62
*HGO Owen-Smith	b Payn	10
AD Keen	b Smith	3
JB Plimsoll	b Dalton	4
LS Eckard	run out	0
+DK Graham	b Smith	5
ER Middleton	lbw b Martin	8
Extras		10
Total	(all out, 104.5 overs)	206
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-23, 3-82, 4-126, 5-134, 6-170, 7-179, 8-196, 9-197, 10-206 (104.5 ov)

Natal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Martin	27.5	14	30	2	-	-
Dawson	7	3	15	0	-	-
Smith	29	7	56	3	-	-
Payn	16	4	27	2	-	-
Tayfield	14	2	30	1	-	-
Dalton	11	3	38	1	-	-

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Western Province second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
R Lofthouse	lbw b Payn	3
S Kiel	c Dyer b Dalton	77
KG Dimbleby	lbw b Martin	9
JE Cheetham	b Tayfield	48
G Georgeu	c Wade b Payn	64
AD Keen	c Wade b Martin	22
*HGO Owen-Smith	c and b Dawson	6
JB Plimsoll	b Dawson	4
+DK Graham	b Dalton	1
LS Eckard	not out	22
ER Middleton	b Dalton	3
Extras		10
Total	(all out, 116.3 overs)	269
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-30, 3-127, 4-164, 5-221, 6-230, 7-238, 8-243, 9-257, 10-269 (116.3 ov)

Natal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Martin	26	9	57	2	-	-
Dawson	12	3	26	2	-	-
Smith	22	2	52	0	-	-
Payn	27	10	44	2	-	-
Tayfield	16	1	35	1	-	-
Dalton	13.3	2	45	3	-	-

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Natal second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DV Dyer	not out	15
DR Fell	c Cheetham b Middleton	20
SH Martin	not out	0
*AD Nourse	did not bat
+WW Wade	did not bat
OC Dawson	did not bat
EL Dalton	did not bat
E Eaglestone	did not bat
LW Payn	did not bat
VI Smith	did not bat
HJ Tayfield	did not bat
Extras		3
Total	(1 wicket, 12 overs)	38
Fall of wickets:
1-36 (Fell)

Western Province bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Plimsoll	6	0	18	0	-	-
Middleton	6	0	17	1	-	-

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Notes
--> DK Graham made his debut in First-Class matches
--> DK Graham made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> OC Dawson (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 3
--> E Eaglestone (1) passed his previous highest score of 13 in First-Class matches
--> KG Dimbleby (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 41

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