f26154	Orange Free State v Natal B
	Currie Cup 1965/66 (Section B)
Venue	Ramblers Cricket Club Ground, Bloemfontein on 12th, 14th, 15th February 1966 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Natal B won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Natal B won by 150 runs
Points	Orange Free State 0; Natal B 6
Umpires	HS Aucamp, G Hepburn
Close of play day 1	Orange Free State (1) 23/1 (Crossman ?*, Cronje ?*)
Close of play day 2	Natal B (2) 73/2 (MacDonald 39*)

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Natal B first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC MacDonald	c PA Strydom b WT Strydom	26
UG Groom	c Heldsinger b Drew	21
DS Murdoch	c Crossman b WT Strydom	39
GC Heath	b Cronje	122		274	13	-
RJ Falkson	c and b Drew	33
DD Phillips	c Rosendorff b Bezuidenhout	44
RM Nicholson	run out	13
RM Seymour	lbw b Drew	14
*JFC Palmer	b Drew	26
+DP Marais	not out	3
NA McDonald	c Rosendorff b Drew	5
Extras	(17 b, 5 lb, 2 w)	24
Total	(all out, 119 overs)	370
Fall of wickets:
1-31, 2-62, 3-118, 4-181, 5-244, 6-268, 7-326, 8-348, 9-362, 10-370 (119 ov)

Orange Free State bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
WT Strydom	16	1	65	2	-	-
Bezuidenhout	18	3	42	1	-	-
Drew	32	6	102	5	-	-
Rosendorff	19	6	54	0	-	-
Henwood	18	6	46	0	-	-
Cronje	16	6	37	1	-	-

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Orange Free State first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WT Strydom	c Palmer b Nicholson	8
ES Crossman	c Heath b McDonald	10
*NE Cronje	c Marais b McDonald	98		325	9	-
N Rosendorff	c Seymour b Palmer	45
S Strydom	c and b Palmer	5
EP Hardiman	c Marais b Palmer	1
DV Heldsinger	c Seymour b Palmer	0
+PA Strydom	not out	62
PJ Drew	c Marais b McDonald	0
PP Henwood	b McDonald	0
JP Bezuidenhout	b McDonald	0
Extras	(4 b, 3 lb, 7 nb)	14
Total	(all out, 121 overs)	243
Fall of wickets:
1-11 (WT Strydom), 2-36 (Crossman), 3-102 (Rosendorff), 4-118 (S Strydom), 5-128 (Hardiman), 6-132 (Heldsinger), 7-240 (Cronje), 8-240 (Drew), 9-243 (Henwood), 10-243 (Bezuidenhout, 121 ov)

Natal B bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McDonald	37	20	53	5	-	-
Nicholson	21	8	52	1	-	-
Heath	8	4	7	0	-	-
Palmer	31	10	76	4	-	-
Falkson	15	4	33	0	-	-
Phillips	9	4	8	0	-	-

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Natal B second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TC MacDonald	run out	80
UG Groom	lbw b Drew	15
DS Murdoch	b Drew	3
GC Heath	b Cronje	67
RJ Falkson	not out	10
DD Phillips	did not bat
RM Nicholson	did not bat
RM Seymour	did not bat
*JFC Palmer	did not bat
+DP Marais	did not bat
NA McDonald	did not bat
Extras	(14 b, 10 lb)	24
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 62.3 overs)	199
Fall of wickets:
1-61, 2-73, 3-163, 4-197

Orange Free State bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
WT Strydom	6	1	22	0	-	-
Bezuidenhout	10	2	31	0	-	-
Drew	17	6	36	2	-	-
Henwood	13	2	48	0	-	-
Cronje	16.3	3	38	1	-	-

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Orange Free State second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WT Strydom	c Heath b Nicholson	7
ES Crossman	c and b Falkson	38
*NE Cronje	c Heath b Nicholson	0
N Rosendorff	st Marais b Falkson	31
S Strydom	c Falkson b Palmer	22
EP Hardiman	b Falkson	4
+PA Strydom	c Marais b Palmer	7
DV Heldsinger	run out	5
PJ Drew	c and b Palmer	29
PP Henwood	b Palmer	21
JP Bezuidenhout	not out	1
Extras	(6 b, 1 lb, 4 nb)	11
Total	(all out, 84 overs)	176
Fall of wickets:
1-17, 2-20, 3-67, 4-96, 5-100, 6-108, 7-116, 8-124, 9-171, 10-176 (84 ov)

Natal B bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McDonald	9	6	4	0	-	-
Nicholson	14	6	24	2	-	-
Palmer	31	9	78	4	-	-
Falkson	27	8	54	3	-	-
Phillips	3	1	5	0	-	-

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Notes
--> RM Seymour made his debut in First-Class matches
--> ES Crossman made his debut in First-Class matches
--> RM Seymour made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> JP Bezuidenhout made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> GC Heath (1) passed his previous highest score of 64 in First-Class matches
--> GC Heath (1) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> NE Cronje (1) passed his previous highest score of 81 in First-Class matches
--> PA Strydom (1) passed his previous highest score of 16 in First-Class matches
--> TC MacDonald (2) passed his previous highest score of 60 in First-Class matches
--> GC Heath (2) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 38
--> N Rosendorff (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 10
--> PJ Drew (2) passed his previous highest score of 23 in First-Class matches
--> PP Henwood (2) passed his previous highest score of 19 in First-Class matches
--> PJ Drew achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Natal B first innings (previous best was 3-56)
--> PJ Drew achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the Natal B first innings
--> JFC Palmer achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Orange Free State first innings (previous best was 4-88)
--> NA McDonald achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches when he dismissed NE Cronje in the Orange Free State first innings (previous best was 1-36)
--> NA McDonald achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the Orange Free State first innings
--> RJ Falkson achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Orange Free State second innings (previous best was 0-33)

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