f20308	Border v Orange Free State
	Other First-Class matches in South Africa 1953/54
Venue	Jan Smuts Ground, East London on 1st, 2nd, 4th January 1954 (3-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Border won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Border won by 10 runs
Umpires	RD Fourie, RH Smith
Close of play day 1	Orange Free State (1) ?/?
Close of play day 2	Orange Free State (2) 70/6

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Border first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*HS Lacey	c Johnstone b Gibbs	24
RI Geach	lbw b Liddle	50
D Fenner	lbw b Liddle	13
KN Kirton	b Gibbs	58
WM Tainton	b Gibbs	0
DV Kemp	c Marais b Liddle	15
S Knott	c Hanson b Gibbs	79
CE Snyman	c Marais b Liddle	9
+AV Hayes	c Hanson b Fairbairn	8
R Beesly	run out	1
DAC Woods	not out	0
Extras	(1 b, 5 lb, 4 nb)	10
Total	(all out, 68.6 overs)	267
Fall of wickets:
1-35, 2-35, 3-127, 4-137, 5-162, 6-169, 7-196, 8-236, 9-238, 10-267 (68.6 ov)

Orange Free State bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gibbs	24.6	2	116	4	-	-
Fairbairn	7	0	39	1	-	-
Liddle	28	11	72	4	-	-
Marais	9	2	30	0	-	-

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Orange Free State first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*SL Hanson	st Hayes b Woods	18
C Richardson	c Knott b Snyman	20
+EL Johnstone	lbw b Knott	7
KJ Funston	c Knott b Beesly	160		175	20	-
RC le Sueur	b Woods	27
LB Koch	c Hayes b Knott	21
CJ Marais	c Tainton b Beesly	16
JR Liddle	c Lacey b Woods	6
KL Gibbs	not out	12
JO de Villiers	c Knott b Beesly	24
DD Fairbairn	b Snyman	6
Extras	(6 lb)	6
Total	(all out, 75.7 overs)	323
Fall of wickets:
1-36, 2-43, 3-74, 4-128, 5-172, 6-253, 7-299, 8-303, 9-309, 10-323 (75.7 ov)

Border bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Knott	18	0	106	2	-	-
Beesly	24	6	74	3	-	-
Woods	18	5	57	3	-	-
Snyman	15.7	1	80	2	-	-

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Border second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*HS Lacey	lbw b Gibbs	18
RI Geach	b Gibbs	27
D Fenner	b Gibbs	29
KN Kirton	st Johnstone b Marais	11
WM Tainton	c Gibbs b Marais	17
DV Kemp	lbw b Liddle	0
S Knott	c Johnstone b Liddle	0
CE Snyman	st Johnstone b Marais	0
+AV Hayes	c Hanson b Liddle	16
R Beesly	b Gibbs	13
DAC Woods	not out	8
Extras	(4 nb)	4
Total	(all out, 47.7 overs)	143
Fall of wickets:
1-21, 2-71, 3-73, 4-104, 5-105, 6-105, 7-105, 8-105, 9-130, 10-143 (47.7 ov)

Orange Free State bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gibbs	15	2	60	4	-	-
Fairbairn	3	1	12	0	-	-
Liddle	20.7	7	60	3	-	-
Marais	9	6	7	3	-	-

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Orange Free State second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*SL Hanson	b Beesly	1
C Richardson	b Knott	4
+EL Johnstone	b Beesly	32
KJ Funston	c Kirton b Beesly	22
RC le Sueur	lbw b Beesly	0
LB Koch	run out	2
JO de Villiers	not out	11
CJ Marais	run out	0
JR Liddle	run out	2
KL Gibbs	b Woods	0
DD Fairbairn	st Hayes b Woods	3
Extras		0
Total	(all out, 32.1 overs)	77
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-11, 3-49, 4-51, 5-54, 6-61, 7-70, 8-72, 9-73, 10-77 (32.1 ov)

Border bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Knott	6	0	25	1	-	-
Beesly	16	6	38	4	-	-
Woods	10.1	3	14	2	-	-

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Notes
--> RI Geach made his debut in First-Class matches
--> CE Snyman made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> KN Kirton (1) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 31
--> S Knott (1) passed his previous highest score of 46 in First-Class matches
--> KJ Funston (1) passed his previous highest score of 111 in First-Class matches
--> KJ Funston (1) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 22
--> CJ Marais achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Border second innings (previous best was 0-14)

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