f27585	Border v Natal B
	Currie Cup 1968/69 (Section B)
Venue	Jan Smuts Ground, East London on 31st December 1968, 1st, 2nd January 1969 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Border won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Border won by 8 wickets
Points	Border 8; Natal B 0
Umpires	J Strydom, FH Winrow
Close of play day 1	Border (1) 363 all out
Close of play day 2	Natal B (2) 120/4 (Dyer ?*, Orchard ?*)

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Border first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AP Haxton	lbw b Smithyman	43
+CP Wilkins	st Young b Parsons	133		209	16	2
*GA Minkley	lbw b Parsons	28
WS Farrer	c Orchard b Parsons	4
PJ Muzzell	c Young b Smithyman	46
AW Greig	b Nicholson	36
TJ Groves	run out	21
GW Nelson	c MacDonald b Parsons	37
ML Harper	c MacDonald b Parsons	0
RG Harper	b Smithyman	1
MA Coetzee	not out	4
Extras	(2 b, 7 lb, 1 nb)	10
Total	(all out, 131 overs)	363
Fall of wickets:
1-158, 2-188, 3-210, 4-211, 5-291, 6-295, 7-342, 8-350, 9-357, 10-363 (131 ov)

Natal B bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Comrie	12	2	44	0	-	-
Nicholson	25	7	44	1	-	-
Smithyman	34	8	96	3	-	-
Parsons	41	9	130	5	-	-
Steyn	17	5	35	0	-	-
Orchard	2	0	4	0	-	-

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Natal B first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MM Harvey	b Nelson	34
TC MacDonald	lbw b Nelson	35
*DD Dyer	lbw b ML Harper	42
MJ Smithyman	b Coetzee	25
DJ Morgan	st Wilkins b Muzzell	12
DL Orchard	b ML Harper	21
RM Nicholson	c Farrer b Muzzell	0
RS Steyn	c Wilkins b Greig	11
+PL Young	lbw b Coetzee	2
MG Parsons	not out	18
PJR Comrie	b Coetzee	0
Extras	(1 b, 6 lb, 1 nb)	8
Total	(all out, 94.1 overs)	208
Fall of wickets:
1-52, 2-85, 3-109, 4-141, 5-150, 6-151, 7-183, 8-183, 9-198, 10-208 (94.1 ov)

Border bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Coetzee	9.1	4	25	3	-	-
Greig	10	0	46	1	-	-
RG Harper	16	8	20	0	-	-
Nelson	18	7	34	2	-	-
ML Harper	21	8	32	2	-	-
Muzzell	20	9	43	2	-	-

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Natal B second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MM Harvey	b Greig	11
TC MacDonald	c Haxton b Coetzee	8
*DD Dyer	c Muzzell b Greig	103		249
MJ Smithyman	st Wilkins b ML Harper	28
DJ Morgan	c Muzzell b ML Harper	5
DL Orchard	b Coetzee	47
RM Nicholson	b ML Harper	4
RS Steyn	not out	58
+PL Young	lbw b Greig	4
MG Parsons	b Greig	1
PJR Comrie	lbw b Coetzee	0
Extras	(3 b, 3 nb)	6
Total	(all out, 98.2 overs)	275
Fall of wickets:
1-20, 2-23, 3-76, 4-90, 5-150, 6-183, 7-260, 8-264, 9-274, 10-275 (98.2 ov)

Border bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Coetzee	22.2	7	61	3	-	-
Greig	28	8	67	4	-	-
RG Harper	5	2	8	0	-	-
Nelson	18	7	29	0	-	-
ML Harper	20	3	78	3	-	-
Muzzell	5	0	26	0	-	-

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Border second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AP Haxton	b Comrie	1
+CP Wilkins	st Young b Parsons	74
*GA Minkley	not out	39
WS Farrer	not out	1
PJ Muzzell	did not bat
AW Greig	did not bat
TJ Groves	did not bat
GW Nelson	did not bat
ML Harper	did not bat
RG Harper	did not bat
MA Coetzee	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 2 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	6
Total	(2 wickets, 36.3 overs)	121
Fall of wickets:
1-14 (Haxton), 2-119 (Wilkins)

Natal B bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Comrie	3	1	6	1	-	-
Nicholson	7	1	19	0	-	-
Smithyman	7	0	25	0	-	-
Parsons	11	1	41	1	-	-
Steyn	5	2	13	0	-	-
Orchard	3.3	1	11	0	-	-

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Notes
--> RG Harper made his debut in First-Class matches
--> MA Coetzee made his debut in First-Class matches
--> PJR Comrie made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> CP Wilkins (1) passed his previous highest score of 106 in First-Class matches
--> MM Harvey (1) passed his previous highest score of 19 in First-Class matches
--> DD Dyer (2) passed his previous highest score of 51 in First-Class matches
--> DD Dyer (2) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> DD Dyer (2) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 97
--> RS Steyn (2) passed his previous highest score of 49 in First-Class matches
--> CP Wilkins (2) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 55

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