f21177	Eastern Province v Natal
	Currie Cup 1955/56 (Section A)
Venue	St George's Park, Port Elizabeth on 13th, 14th, 16th January 1956 (3-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Natal won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Natal won by an innings and 98 runs
Points	Eastern Province 0; Natal 6
Umpires	HH Bulbring, CE Miller
Close of play day 1	Natal (1) 306/7 (McGlew 123*, Tayfield 32*)
Close of play day 2	Eastern Province (2) 29/1 (Dakin 17*, Emslie 11*)

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Natal first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*DJ McGlew	c Bradfield b Anderson	174		534	17	-
TL Goddard	c Varnals b McKinnon	38		120	6	-
HJ Keith	b McKinnon	40		90	6	-
JC Watkins	b McKinnon	8		18	1	-
RA McLean	c du Toit b Murray	25		38	5	-
LB Koch	run out	9		27	1	-
BP Armitage	c Bradfield b Dakin	9		29	2	-
NE Markham	c Anderson b Dakin	14		15	2	-
HJ Tayfield	c Varnals b McKinnon	48		133	6	1
+PJL Randles	c Emslie b McKinnon	39		59	6	-
VI Smith	not out	1		5	-	-
Extras	(2 b, 5 lb, 1 nb)	8
Total	(all out, 540 minutes, 144.7 overs)	413
Fall of wickets:
1-79 (Goddard), 2-146 (Keith), 3-158 (Watkins), 4-189 (McLean), 5-214 (Koch), 6-241 (Armitage), 7-255 (Markham), 8-360 (Tayfield), 9-411 (McGlew), 10-413 (Randles, 144.7 ov)

Eastern Province bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Anderson	16	3	80	1	-	1
Dakin	27	6	80	2	-	-
Murray	57	25	93	1	-	-
McKinnon	40.7	7	133	5	-	-
Birrell	4	0	19	0	-	-

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Eastern Province first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MF Perrott	c Randles b Markham	0	5	3	-	-
GF Dakin	c Randles b Markham	4		40	-	-
HG Emslie	c Goddard b Markham	8		65	-	-
ARA Murray	b Goddard	6		15	-	-
HB Birrell	c McLean b Smith	55		142	6	2
GD Varnals	c and b Tayfield	15		141	-	-
P Jamieson	c Markham b Tayfield	0	1	1	-	-
*SD du Toit	c and b Tayfield	0		6	-	-
AH McKinnon	b Tayfield	4		6	-	-
IF Anderson	not out	2		14	-	-
+BB Bradfield	b Smith	0		2	-	-
Extras	(1 b, 2 lb, 4 nb)	7
Total	(all out, 60 overs)	101
Fall of wickets:
1-0 (Perrott, 0.5 ov), 2-5 (Dakin), 3-16 (Murray), 4-22 (Emslie), 5-92 (Birrell), 6-93 (Jamieson), 7-93 (du Toit), 8-97 (McKinnon), 9-100 (Varnals), 10-101 (Bradfield, 60 ov)

Natal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Markham	11	3	17	3	-	3
Goddard	11	5	9	1	-	1
Tayfield	18	5	39	4	-	-
Smith	19	10	22	2	-	-
Armitage	1	0	7	0	-	-

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Eastern Province second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GF Dakin	c Randles b Goddard	18		76	1	-
MF Perrott	b Markham	4		9	-	-
HG Emslie	c Koch b Tayfield	31		150	4	-
ARA Murray	c Tayfield b Goddard	16		60	2	-
HB Birrell	b Markham	75		162	6	2
GD Varnals	c Randles b Tayfield	0		9	-	-
P Jamieson	c Tayfield b Smith	9		31	1	-
AH McKinnon	c and b Smith	23		23	2	1
*SD du Toit	st Randles b Smith	4		26	-	-
IF Anderson	lbw b Smith	0		6	-	-
+BB Bradfield	not out	11		38	1	-
Extras	(9 b, 6 lb, 8 nb)	23
Total	(all out, 81 overs)	214
Fall of wickets:
1-7 (Perrott), 2-44 (Dakin), 3-79 (Murray), 4-83 (Emslie), 5-84 (Varnals), 6-111 (Jamieson), 7-160 (McKinnon), 8-177 (du Toit), 9-181 (Anderson), 10-214 (Birrell, 81 ov)

Natal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Markham	13	1	36	2	-	8
Goddard	20	11	18	2	-	-
Tayfield	28	10	84	2	-	-
Watkins	2	1	6	0	-	-
Smith	18	5	47	4	-	-

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Notes
--> P Jamieson made his debut in First-Class matches
--> MF Perrott made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> ARA Murray made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> SD du Toit made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> DJ McGlew (1) 100 in 326 minutes with 10 fours
--> DJ McGlew (1) 150 in 465 minutes with 15 fours
--> TL Goddard (1) passed 2500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 22
--> HB Birrell (1) 50 in 120 minutes with 5 fours and 2 sixes
--> HB Birrell (1) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 51
--> HB Birrell (2) 50 in 115 minutes with 4 fours and 1 six

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