f20758	Natal v Orange Free State
	Currie Cup 1954/55 (Section A)
Venue	City Oval, Pietermaritzburg on 21st, 22nd, 24th January 1955 (3-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Natal won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Natal won by an innings and 162 runs
Points	Natal 6; Orange Free State 0
Umpires	JV Hart-Davis, BV Malan
Close of play day 1	Natal (1) 524 all out
Close of play day 2	Orange Free State (2) 159/5 (Richardson 33*, Carlstein 33*)

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Natal first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*DJ McGlew	b Heine	25
TL Goddard	c Carlstein b Liddle	37
HJ Keith	c Liddle b Hanson	34
BP Armitage	c Schonegevel b Liddle	6
RA McLean	hit wkt b Liddle	182
AL Upton	c Koch b Liddle	126		223	15	1
NE Markham	c Johnstone b Heine	9
FC Bestall	not out	65
HJ Tayfield	b Heine	1
+PJL Randles	c Johnstone b Heine	17
VI Smith	c Carlstein b Heine	8
Extras	(5 b, 5 lb, 1 nb, 3 w)	14
Total	(all out, 84.7 overs)	524
Fall of wickets:
1-46, 2-101, 3-107, 4-111, 5-360, 6-385, 7-473, 8-478, 9-507, 10-524 (84.7 ov)

Orange Free State bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Heine	28.7	2	168	5	-	-
Fairbairn	12	0	93	0	-	-
Liddle	27	1	124	4	-	-
Hanson	12	0	77	1	-	-
le Sueur	5	0	48	0	-	-

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Orange Free State first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LB Koch	c Randles b Markham	3
*SL Hanson	hit wkt b Goddard	3
+EL Johnstone	st Randles b Smith	2
RC le Sueur	st Randles b Smith	67
C Richardson	c Goddard b Tayfield	9
JHV Forbes	c McLean b Smith	26
PR Carlstein	st Randles b Smith	5
PS Heine	c Keith b Smith	17
DJ Schonegevel	run out	3
DD Fairbairn	not out	10
JR Liddle	c Bestall b Smith	6
Extras	(2 lb, 1 nb)	3
Total	(all out, 47.4 overs)	154
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-7, 3-54, 4-79, 5-101, 6-108, 7-129, 8-137, 9-139, 10-154 (47.4 ov)

Natal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Markham	10	1	33	1	-	-
Goddard	8	4	15	1	-	-
Tayfield	14	4	41	1	-	-
Smith	15.4	1	62	6	-	-

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Orange Free State second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*SL Hanson	st Randles b Smith	28
LB Koch	lbw b Smith	32
+EL Johnstone	lbw b Tayfield	12
RC le Sueur	c Markham b Tayfield	14
C Richardson	lbw b Goddard	35
JHV Forbes	c McLean b Tayfield	5
PR Carlstein	run out	39
PS Heine	c Goddard b Smith	13
DJ Schonegevel	not out	8
DD Fairbairn	b Smith	11
JR Liddle	c Goddard b Smith	4
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb, 1 nb)	7
Total	(all out, 85.4 overs)	208
Fall of wickets:
1-58, 2-69, 3-77, 4-90, 5-102, 6-164, 7-179, 8-185, 9-200, 10-208 (85.4 ov)

Natal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Markham	8	1	15	0	-	-
Goddard	13	3	26	1	-	-
Tayfield	35	7	91	3	-	-
Smith	24.4	5	42	5	-	-
Armitage	4	0	25	0	-	-
Keith	1	0	2	0	-	-

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Notes
--> JHV Forbes made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> HJ Keith (1) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 32
--> RA McLean (1) passed his previous highest score of 124 in First-Class matches
--> AL Upton (1) passed his previous highest score of 82 in First-Class matches
--> AL Upton (1) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> AL Upton (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 54
--> FC Bestall (1) passed his previous highest score of 52 in First-Class matches
--> DD Fairbairn (2) equalled his previous highest score of 11 in First-Class matches

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