f21202	Orange Free State v Border
	Currie Cup 1955/56 (Section B)
Venue	Ramblers Cricket Club Ground, Bloemfontein on 3rd, 4th, 6th February 1956 (3-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Orange Free State won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Border won by 5 wickets
Points	Orange Free State 0; Border 6
Umpires	LM Baxter, J Loupos
Close of play day 1	Border (1) 122/5 (TJRS Geach 56*, Schreiber 1*)
Close of play day 2	Border (2) 51/2 (RI Geach 29*, Hay 0*)

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Orange Free State first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*SL Hanson	lbw b Schreiber	58
C Richardson	c Knott b Hay	13
DJ Schonegevel	c Farrer b Thorne	45		150
RC le Sueur	lbw b Thorne	13
GFK Jackson	c TJRS Geach b Knott	12
R van der Poll	b Farrer	11
+DJ Darlington	c Price b Thorne	4
PR Carlstein	c Price b Thorne	3
DD Fairbairn	c Knott b Thorne	27
I Littleford	not out	6
RG Donovan	run out	14
Extras	(2 b)	2
Total	(all out, 62 overs)	208
Fall of wickets:
1-40, 2-86, 3-115, 4-127, 5-131, 6-147, 7-156, 8-163, 9-186, 10-208 (62 ov)

Border bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Knott	11	0	41	1	-	-
Thorne	17	6	52	5	-	-
Witherden	7	1	25	0	-	-
Schreiber	7	0	32	1	-	-
Hay	14	3	36	1	-	-
Farrer	6	1	20	1	-	-

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Border first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TJRS Geach	c le Sueur b Jackson	56
RI Geach	b Littleford	24
D Fenner	lbw b Littleford	10
*KN Kirton	c Carlstein b Donovan	10
WS Farrer	c Schonegevel b Fairbairn	12
RK Thorne	c le Sueur b Fairbairn	5
EF Schreiber	b Donovan	9
S Knott	c Darlington b Jackson	6
EF Witherden	lbw b Donovan	28
+JMG Price	b Fairbairn	22
KI Hay	not out	9
Extras	(4 lb)	4
Total	(all out, 53.3 overs)	195
Fall of wickets:
1-25, 2-53, 3-68, 4-106, 5-116, 6-130, 7-130, 8-156, 9-181, 10-195 (53.3 ov)

Orange Free State bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Donovan	16.3	2	59	3	-	-
Littleford	15	1	47	2	-	-
Fairbairn	12	2	29	3	-	-
Jackson	8	1	49	2	-	-
Hanson	2	0	7	0	-	-

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Orange Free State second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*SL Hanson	lbw b Knott	2
C Richardson	c Thorne b Farrer	72
DJ Schonegevel	lbw b Knott	11
RC le Sueur	lbw b Thorne	10
GFK Jackson	lbw b Witherden	4
PR Carlstein	c Witherden b Knott	8
R van der Poll	b Knott	0
+DJ Darlington	c Kirton b Schreiber	25		134
DD Fairbairn	run out	46
I Littleford	run out	15
RG Donovan	not out	1
Extras	(2 b, 10 lb)	12
Total	(all out, 65 overs)	206
Fall of wickets:
1-12, 2-32, 3-54, 4-67, 5-78, 6-78, 7-122, 8-174, 9-194, 10-206 (65 ov)

Border bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Knott	18	3	43	4	-	-
Thorne	12	2	52	1	-	-
Witherden	8	2	20	1	-	-
Schreiber	9	3	18	1	-	-
Hay	7	1	25	0	-	-
Farrer	3	0	16	1	-	-
Fenner	8	3	20	0	-	-

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Border second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RI Geach	c Donovan b Hanson	83
TJRS Geach	c Darlington b Donovan	9
D Fenner	lbw b Fairbairn	13
KI Hay	c Hanson b Fairbairn	18
*KN Kirton	c Darlington b Fairbairn	24
WS Farrer	not out	43
RK Thorne	not out	23
EF Schreiber	did not bat
S Knott	did not bat
EF Witherden	did not bat
+JMG Price	did not bat
Extras		7
Total	(5 wickets, 54 overs)	220
Fall of wickets:
1-17, 2-51, 3-109, 4-137, 5-158

Orange Free State bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Donovan	10	1	39	1	-	-
Littleford	13	1	50	0	-	-
Fairbairn	17	2	61	3	-	-
Jackson	4	1	22	0	-	-
Hanson	10	3	41	1	-	-

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Notes
--> DJ Darlington made his debut in First-Class matches
--> SL Hanson (1) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 27
--> DJ Schonegevel (1) passed his previous highest score of 38 in First-Class matches
--> DD Fairbairn (1) passed his previous highest score of 11 in First-Class matches
--> EF Witherden (1) passed his previous highest score of 13 in First-Class matches
--> DD Fairbairn (2) passed his previous highest score of 27 in First-Class matches
--> RK Thorne (2) passed his previous highest score of 18 in First-Class matches
--> RK Thorne achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Orange Free State first innings (previous best was 2-48)
--> RK Thorne achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the Orange Free State first innings
--> RG Donovan achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Border first innings (previous best was 1-29)

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