f20722	Eastern Province v Rhodesia
	Currie Cup 1954/55 (Section B)
Venue	St George's Park, Port Elizabeth on 27th, 28th, 29th December 1954 (3-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Eastern Province won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Eastern Province won by an innings and 117 runs
Points	Eastern Province 6; Rhodesia 0
Umpires	HH Bulbring, FRW Payne
Close of play day 1	Eastern Province (1) 416/9 (Bradfield 16*, Blenkinsop 22*)
Close of play day 2	Rhodesia (2) 146/9 (O'Connell-Jones 78*, Napier 3*)

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Eastern Province first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HB Birrell	c Mansell b Partridge	8		20	1	-
GF Dakin	c Duckworth b Mansell	81		228	4	-
EB Norton	b Coventry	20		72	-	-
ARA Murray	lbw b Mansell	126		250	12	1
HG Emslie	b Coventry	25		52	3	-
DL Fernley	c Mansell b Napier	13		26	2	-
*SD du Toit	c Coventry b Mansell	18		42	2	-
HI Long	c Coventry b Mansell	21		19	4	-
AH McKinnon	b Partridge	49		49	4	1
+BB Bradfield	not out	17			2	-
AG Blenkinsop	b Napier	25			3	-
Extras	(13 b, 5 lb, 1 w)	19
Total	(all out, 124.7 overs)	422
Fall of wickets:
1-20 (Birrell), 2-61 (Norton), 3-186 (Dakin), 4-240 (Emslie), 5-271 (Fernley), 6-303 (Murray), 7-304 (du Toit), 8-339 (Long), 9-385 (McKinnon), 10-422 (Blenkinsop, 124.7 ov)

Rhodesia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Partridge	37	6	131	2	-	-
Napier	36.7	13	99	2	-	-
Coventry	19	7	45	2	-	-
Mansell	32	4	128	4	-	-

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Rhodesia first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CAR Duckworth	lbw b Blenkinsop	0	4	1	-	-
D O'Connell-Jones	b Blenkinsop	5		32	-	-
AJ Pithey	c Bradfield b Blenkinsop	0	2	1	-	-
*DJ Lewis	c Bradfield b Murray	34		103	2	-
PNF Mansell	c Long b Murray	4		20	-	-
MW Davies	b McKinnon	13		32	2	-
RW Coventry	c Bradfield b Murray	10		16	1	-
+C Harris	run out	39		93	-	-
WB Hitzeroth	run out	36		99	4	-
JT Partridge	not out	10		21	1	-
DC Napier	c Bradfield b Murray	0		7	-	-
Extras	(5 b, 1 lb)	6
Total	(all out, 61.6 overs)	157
Fall of wickets:
1-0 (Duckworth, 0.4 ov), 2-0 (Pithey, 0.6 ov), 3-13 (O'Connell-Jones), 4-24 (Mansell), 5-55 (Davies), 6-66 (Coventry), 7-69 (Lewis), 8-126 (Harris), 9-149 (Hitzeroth), 10-157 (Napier, 61.6 ov)

Eastern Province bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Blenkinsop	13	3	38	3	-	-
Dakin	6	1	15	0	-	-
Murray	21.6	3	57	4	-	-
McKinnon	13	4	25	1	-	-
Birrell	5	1	14	0	-	-
du Toit	3	2	2	0	-	-

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Rhodesia second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CAR Duckworth	b Blenkinsop	14		9	2	-
D O'Connell-Jones	c Bradfield b McKinnon	79			9	1
AJ Pithey	b Blenkinsop	0	1	1	-	-
*DJ Lewis	lbw b Murray	14		81	-	-
+C Harris	c Fernley b McKinnon	1		10	-	-
PNF Mansell	st Bradfield b McKinnon	4		26	-	-
WB Hitzeroth	b Birrell	4		27	-	-
MW Davies	c Murray b Birrell	0		4	-	-
RW Coventry	c Dakin b Birrell	21		7	-	-
JT Partridge	c du Toit b McKinnon	1		4	-	-
DC Napier	not out	4			-	-
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb)	6
Total	(all out, 65.2 overs)	148
Fall of wickets:
1-22 (Duckworth), 2-22 (Pithey), 3-64 (Lewis), 4-65 (Harris), 5-81 (Mansell), 6-94 (Hitzeroth), 7-97 (Davies), 8-120 (Coventry), 9-124 (Partridge), 10-148 (O'Connell-Jones, 65.2 ov)

Eastern Province bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Blenkinsop	6	1	28	2	-	-
Dakin	1	0	6	0	-	-
Murray	20	11	31	1	-	-
McKinnon	25.2	16	24	4	-	-
Birrell	10	3	38	3	-	-
du Toit	2	0	11	0	-	-
Long	1	0	4	0	-	-

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Notes
--> C Harris made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> GF Dakin (1) 50 in 132 minutes with 1 four
--> GF Dakin (1) passed his previous highest score of 75 in First-Class matches
--> GF Dakin (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 17
--> ARA Murray (1) 50 in 115 minutes with 5 fours
--> ARA Murray (1) 100 in 195 minutes with 12 fours
--> ARA Murray (1) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 42
--> AH McKinnon (1) passed his previous highest score of 31 in First-Class matches
--> AG Blenkinsop (1) passed his previous highest score of 10 in First-Class matches
--> WB Hitzeroth (1) passed his previous highest score of 18 in First-Class matches
--> D O'Connell-Jones (2) passed his previous highest score of 10 in First-Class matches
--> D O'Connell-Jones (2) 50 in 150 minutes with 7 fours and 1 six
--> DJ Lewis (2) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 7
--> AH McKinnon achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Rhodesia second innings (previous best was 4-48)

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