f27535	Eastern Province v Natal
	Currie Cup 1968/69 (Section A)
Venue	St George's Park, Port Elizabeth on 29th, 30th November, 2nd December 1968 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Natal won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Eastern Province 4; Natal 0
Umpires	DC Broadley, CMP Coetzee
Close of play day 1	Eastern Province (1) 87/1 (Short 39*, Bond 16*)
Close of play day 2	Natal (2) 11/1 (Richards 4*, Versfeld 3*)

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Natal first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BA Richards	c Bond b McAdam	48	99	117	5	-
BS Groves	b Den	2	14	17	-	-
RM Nicholson	c Den b PM Pollock	0	11	18	-	-
MJ Procter	c RG Pollock b Den	9	22	31	1	-
BL Irvine	b Den	34	79	92	2	-
*BJ Versfeld	not out	35	152	173	3	-
DS Murdoch	lbw b PM Pollock	1	17	16	-	-
+D Gamsy	c Schmidt b McAdam	7	49	45	-	-
PHJ Trimborn	c Biggs b Mallett	1	12	8	-	-
VAP van der Bijl	c Mallett b Den	7	48	59	-	-
CP Sullivan	b PM Pollock	1	10	7	-	-
Extras	(2 b, 2 lb, 15 nb, 2 w)	21
Total	(all out, 271 minutes, 82.4 overs)	166
Fall of wickets:
1-5 (Groves), 2-17 (Nicholson), 3-43 (Procter), 4-83 (Richards), 5-115 (Irvine), 6-118 (Murdoch), 7-135 (Gamsy), 8-137 (Trimborn), 9-158 (van der Bijl), 10-166 (Sullivan, 82.4 ov)

Eastern Province bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
PM Pollock	19.4	9	27	3	-	7
Den	21	8	44	4	-	8
McAdam	17	4	40	2	-	2
Schmidt	10	6	21	0	-	-
Mallett	15	11	13	1	2	-

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Eastern Province first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AL Biggs	b Sullivan	26	51	69	4	-
AM Short	c Trimborn b Procter	65		201	8	-
+KJ Bond	c Procter b Sullivan	16		83	1	-
*RG Pollock	b van der Bijl	91		258	6	-
P Fenix	c Gamsy b Procter	26		95	1	-
AL Wilmot	b van der Bijl	62		167	6	-
PM Pollock	lbw b van der Bijl	9		65	-	-
NW Mallett	c Gamsy b van der Bijl	4		25	-	-
SJ Schmidt	st Gamsy b Sullivan	1		10	-	-
SJ McAdam	b Sullivan	5		14	1	-
GM Den	not out	13		11	1	1
Extras	(9 lb, 11 nb)	20
Total	(all out, 504 minutes, 146.4 overs)	338
Fall of wickets:
1-45 (Biggs), 2-94 (Bond), 3-125 (Short), 4-185 (Fenix), 5-275 (RG Pollock), 6-304 (Wilmot), 7-311 (PM Pollock), 8-320 (Schmidt), 9-320 (Mallett), 10-338 (McAdam, 146.4 ov)

Natal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Procter	32	13	65	2	-	10
van der Bijl	29	7	65	4	-	-
Trimborn	20	8	34	0	-	1
Sullivan	51.4	14	115	4	-	-
Nicholson	9	2	26	0	-	1
Richards	4	0	13	0	-	-
Versfeld	1	1	0	0	-	-

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Natal second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BA Richards	c RG Pollock b Den	58		184	6	-
BS Groves	c Wilmot b PM Pollock	0		9	-	-
*BJ Versfeld	retired hurt	64		306	7	-
BL Irvine	c Bond b Biggs	45		202	4	-
DS Murdoch	lbw b McAdam	22		43	2	1
MJ Procter	c and b PM Pollock	23		50	4	-
+D Gamsy	b Biggs	1		3	-	-
RM Nicholson	c Short b PM Pollock	0		19	-	-
PHJ Trimborn	run out	12		27	2	-
VAP van der Bijl	c PM Pollock b Mallett	7		10	-	-
CP Sullivan	not out	0		4	-	-
Extras	(3 b, 6 lb, 5 nb)	14
Total	(all out, 452 minutes, 145 overs)	246
Fall of wickets:
1-3 (Groves), 2-85 (Richards), 3-202 (Irvine), 4-208 (Murdoch), 5-209 (Gamsy), 6-222 (Nicholson), 7-227 (Procter), 8-243 (van der Bijl), 9-246 (Trimborn, 145 ov)

Eastern Province bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
PM Pollock	32	12	67	3	-	2
Den	29	13	41	1	-	4
Mallett	38	19	50	1	-	-
McAdam	19	6	28	1	-	-
Schmidt	10	3	21	0	-	-
Biggs	17	7	25	2	-	-

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Notes
--> SJ Schmidt made his debut in First-Class matches
--> AM Short (1) 50 in 167 minutes with 5 fours
--> RG Pollock (1) 50 in 175 minutes with 4 fours
--> BA Richards (2) 50 in 164 minutes with 5 fours
--> BJ Versfeld (2) 50 in 274 minutes with 6 fours
--> VAP van der Bijl achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches when he dismissed AL Wilmot in the Eastern Province first innings (previous best was 1-52)
--> BJ Versfeld retired hurt in the Natal second innings having scored 64 (team score 168/2)

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