f21159	Border v Rhodesia
	Currie Cup 1955/56 (Section B)
Venue	Jan Smuts Ground, East London on 31st December 1955, 2nd, 3rd January 1956 (3-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Rhodesia won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Rhodesia won by 180 runs
Points	Border 0; Rhodesia 6
Umpires	AG Jureidin, AB Kidson
Close of play day 1	Rhodesia (2) 8/1 (O'Connell-Jones ?*, Arnott ?*)
Close of play day 2	Border (2) 28/2 (Tainton 6*, Kirton 1*)

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Rhodesia first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D O'Connell-Jones	run out	15
JMS Baldwin	st Price b Dawson	9
CAR Duckworth	c Price b Howe	28
*DJ Lewis	c Dawson b Schreiber	37
PNF Mansell	lbw b Knott	55
MW Davies	c Howe b Dawson	0
CB Kemp	c and b Knott	34
RW Coventry	b Knott	8
+DB Arnott	not out	21
GB Lawrence	b Schreiber	1
MD Slaven	c Kirton b Knott	4
Extras	(6 b, 4 lb)	10
Total	(all out, 79.5 overs)	222
Fall of wickets:
1-20, 2-29, 3-75, 4-105, 5-110, 6-185, 7-195, 8-198, 9-203, 10-222 (79.5 ov)

Border bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Knott	13.5	0	33	4	-	-
Dawson	21	5	55	2	-	-
Schreiber	34	10	74	2	-	-
Howe	11	1	50	1	-	-

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Border first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RI Geach	c Coventry b Mansell	55
KH Johnson	lbw b Lawrence	9
WM Tainton	c Arnott b Lawrence	5
*KN Kirton	c Kemp b Lawrence	0
OC Dawson	c O'Connell-Jones b Mansell	35
WS Farrer	c O'Connell-Jones b Mansell	1
D Fenner	c Lewis b Mansell	4
S Knott	lbw b Slaven	8
BF Howe	b Slaven	0
EF Schreiber	c Duckworth b Mansell	20
+JMG Price	not out	21
Extras	(5 lb, 3 nb)	8
Total	(all out, 36.5 overs)	166
Fall of wickets:
1-27, 2-41, 3-41, 4-107, 5-109, 6-114, 7-125, 8-125, 9-125, 10-166 (36.5 ov)

Rhodesia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lawrence	6	0	29	3	-	-
Coventry	4	0	35	0	-	-
Slaven	14	3	55	2	-	-
Mansell	12.5	2	39	5	-	-

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Rhodesia second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D O'Connell-Jones	lbw b Knott	8
JMS Baldwin	lbw b Knott	0
+DB Arnott	c Johnson b Knott	45
CAR Duckworth	lbw b Fenner	16
*DJ Lewis	c Geach b Schreiber	52
PNF Mansell	run out	2
MW Davies	b Knott	74
CB Kemp	c Geach b Schreiber	0
RW Coventry	c Geach b Dawson	3
GB Lawrence	not out	18
MD Slaven	b Knott	0
Extras	(11 b, 1 lb)	12
Total	(all out, 129.2 overs)	230
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-17, 3-53, 4-99, 5-104, 6-148, 7-148, 8-153, 9-230, 10-230 (129.2 ov)

Border bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Knott	31.2	8	63	5	-	-
Dawson	26	10	33	1	-	-
Schreiber	40	16	58	2	-	-
Howe	10	2	26	0	-	-
Fenner	10	3	19	1	-	-
Farrer	12	2	19	0	-	-

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Border second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RI Geach	c Lawrence b Mansell	13
KH Johnson	b Slaven	6
WM Tainton	c Coventry b Mansell	12
*KN Kirton	st Arnott b Mansell	15
OC Dawson	b Mansell	17
WS Farrer	c Mansell b Slaven	1
D Fenner	not out	30
S Knott	b Slaven	0
BF Howe	b Slaven	0
EF Schreiber	c Arnott b Mansell	5
+JMG Price	c Lewis b Mansell	5
Extras	(2 lb)	2
Total	(all out, 41.2 overs)	106
Fall of wickets:
1-21, 2-21, 3-46, 4-49, 5-56, 6-74, 7-81, 8-81, 9-92, 10-106 (41.2 ov)

Rhodesia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lawrence	3	1	4	0	-	-
Coventry	2	0	3	0	-	-
Slaven	18	4	52	4	-	-
Mansell	18.2	4	45	6	-	-

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Notes
--> BF Howe made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> JMS Baldwin (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 9
--> CB Kemp (1) passed his previous highest score of 23 in First-Class matches
--> RI Geach (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 49
--> MW Davies (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 64
--> DB Arnott (2) passed his previous highest score of 21 in First-Class matches
--> GB Lawrence (2) passed his previous highest score of 12 in First-Class matches
--> MD Slaven equalled his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Border second innings

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