f21555	Border v Natal
	Other First-Class matches in South Africa 1956/57
Venue	Jan Smuts Ground, East London on 26th, 27th, 29th October 1956 (3-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Natal won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Natal won by 170 runs
Umpires	AL Haiden, RH Smith
Close of play day 1	Border (1) 130/3 (TJRS Geach 54*, Crews 16*)
Close of play day 2	Border (2) 3/1 (TJRS Geach 1*, Fenner 0*)

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Natal first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TL Goddard	c Crews b Thorne	0
+PJL Randles	c Price b Chalmers	19
JL Lamb	c Kirton b Chalmers	10
CGD Burger	c and b Schreiber	118
E Eaglestone	not out	126		240
BP Armitage	c TJRS Geach b Chalmers	2
AL Upton	c and b Schreiber	9
NE Markham	c Kirton b Chalmers	7
*DJ McGlew	b Witherden	9
VI Smith	b Witherden	3
PM Dodds	c Price b Chalmers	2
Extras	(2 lb)	2
Total	(all out, 92.4 overs)	307
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-23, 3-30, 4-214, 5-217, 6-250, 7-257, 8-273, 9-283, 10-307 (92.4 ov)

Border bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thorne	21	4	62	1	-	-
Witherden	11	3	33	2	-	-
Chalmers	32.4	8	89	5	-	-
Schreiber	27	3	110	2	-	-
Fenner	1	0	11	0	-	-

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Border first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TJRS Geach	c Randles b Goddard	74
HS Lacey	b Goddard	18
RI Geach	b Markham	0
*KN Kirton	c McGlew b Lamb	37
BH Crews	lbw b Markham	19
D Fenner	run out	0
RK Thorne	c Markham b Goddard	7
EF Schreiber	c Burger b Goddard	4
EF Witherden	b Markham	3
+JMG Price	b Goddard	27
WR Chalmers	not out	4
Extras	(1 b, 2 lb, 13 nb)	16
Total	(all out, 50.3 overs)	209
Fall of wickets:
1-33, 2-34, 3-105, 4-153, 5-154, 6-161, 7-170, 8-174, 9-176, 10-209 (50.3 ov)

Natal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Markham	19	0	88	3	-	-
Goddard	20.3	3	59	5	-	-
Lamb	7	0	17	1	-	-
Smith	4	0	29	0	-	-

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Natal second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TL Goddard	c Price b Witherden	6
+PJL Randles	lbw b Witherden	11
JL Lamb	c Price b Thorne	12
CGD Burger	c Price b Witherden	2
E Eaglestone	c Price b Chalmers	17
BP Armitage	c Thorne b Chalmers	20
AL Upton	c and b Schreiber	69
*DJ McGlew	c Witherden b Chalmers	8
NE Markham	b Thorne	28
VI Smith	not out	8
PM Dodds	c Chalmers b Schreiber	0
Extras	(2 lb)	2
Total	(all out, 57.6 overs)	183
Fall of wickets:
1-17, 2-20, 3-26, 4-34, 5-57, 6-71, 7-74, 8-174, 9-176, 10-183 (57.6 ov)

Border bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thorne	17	4	51	2	-	-
Witherden	21	5	52	3	-	-
Chalmers	12	2	47	3	-	-
Schreiber	7.6	2	31	2	-	-

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Border second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TJRS Geach	c Eaglestone b Dodds	48
HS Lacey	b Lamb	2
D Fenner	c Burger b Markham	6
*KN Kirton	b Markham	14
BH Crews	c Lamb b Dodds	9
RI Geach	c Eaglestone b Smith	19
RK Thorne	b Markham	0
EF Schreiber	st Randles b Smith	1
EF Witherden	c Upton b Dodds	3
+JMG Price	c Randles b Smith	6
WR Chalmers	not out	0
Extras	(1 lb, 2 nb)	3
Total	(all out, 35.2 overs)	111
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-23, 3-67, 4-76, 5-92, 6-95, 7-102, 8-105, 9-111, 10-111 (35.2 ov)

Natal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Markham	12	1	65	3	-	-
Goddard	4	1	10	0	-	-
Lamb	3	2	2	1	-	-
Smith	2	0	7	3	-	-
Dodds	14.2	7	24	3	-	-

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Notes
--> JL Lamb made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> HS Lacey made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> CGD Burger (1) passed his previous highest score of 94 in First-Class matches
--> CGD Burger (1) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> E Eaglestone (1) passed his previous highest score of 87 in First-Class matches
--> E Eaglestone (1) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> TJRS Geach (2) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 5
--> PM Dodds achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Border second innings (previous best was 2-24)
--> NE Markham reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Border second innings

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