f27632	Rhodesia v Eastern Province
	Currie Cup 1968/69 (Section A)
Venue	Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo on 8th, 9th, 10th February 1969 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Rhodesia won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Eastern Province won by 6 wickets
Points	Rhodesia 0; Eastern Province 8
Umpires	NG Elworthy, TA Poots
Close of play day 1	Eastern Province (1) 14/0 (Biggs 2*, Short 12*)
Close of play day 2	Rhodesia (2) 81/4 (Bland 12*)

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Rhodesia first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RA Gripper	c Fenix b Den	6
JD McPhun	b Mallett	39
SD Robertson	c Wilmot b McAdam	11
AJ Pithey	b McAdam	42
*KC Bland	c Fenix b Mallett	9
BF Davison	c and b PM Pollock	57
JH du Preez	b McAdam	0
EF Parker	b PM Pollock	17
+AMH de Caila	c Wilmot b Biggs	8
AJ Traicos	not out	19
DP Cameron	c and b Wilmot	25
Extras	(3 b, 10 lb, 6 nb)	19
Total	(all out, 400 minutes, 122 overs)	252
Fall of wickets:
1-14 (Gripper), 2-36 (Robertson), 3-87 (McPhun), 4-113 (Pithey), 5-113 (Bland), 6-121 (du Preez), 7-183 (Parker), 8-192 (Davison), 9-214 (de Caila), 10-252 (Cameron)

Eastern Province bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
PM Pollock	22	10	25	2	-	-
Den	21	6	44	1	-	-
McAdam	17	5	28	3	-	-
Mallett	41	17	83	2	-	-
Wilmot	11	5	28	1	-	-
Biggs	10	2	25	1	-	-

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Eastern Province first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AL Biggs	c Cameron b Traicos	33
AM Short	c Gripper b Cameron	13
P Fenix	b Traicos	17
*RG Pollock	st de Caila b Traicos	166		207	18	5
PL van der Merwe	b Traicos	0
AL Wilmot	c Parker b du Preez	9
+KJ Bond	c McPhun b Traicos	8
PM Pollock	c Cameron b du Preez	22
NW Mallett	b Traicos	54
SJ McAdam	not out	1
GM Den	c Bland b Cameron	11
Extras	(9 b, 1 lb)	10
Total	(all out, 285 minutes, 99.5 overs)	344
Fall of wickets:
1-18 (Short), 2-60 (Biggs), 3-66 (Fenix), 4-74 (van der Merwe), 5-105 (Wilmot), 6-138 (Bond), 7-183 (PM Pollock), 8-298 (Mallett), 9-333 (RG Pollock), 10-344 (Den)

Rhodesia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Parker	1	0	9	0	-	-
du Preez	35	6	108	2	-	-
Traicos	42	12	129	6	-	-
Cameron	14.5	2	63	2	-	-
Davison	7	1	25	0	-	-

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Rhodesia second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RA Gripper	c Mallett b Wilmot	32
JD McPhun	c sub (HC Pittaway) b McAdam	5
SD Robertson	b Mallett	30
AJ Pithey	b Wilmot	0
*KC Bland	lbw b Mallett	13
BF Davison	c Bond b Mallett	0
JH du Preez	c PM Pollock b Mallett	26
EF Parker	c RG Pollock b Mallett	26
+AMH de Caila	not out	25
AJ Traicos	lbw b PM Pollock	9
DP Cameron	c RG Pollock b PM Pollock	3
Extras	(3 b, 6 lb, 3 nb)	12
Total	(all out, 281 minutes, 88.3 overs)	181
Fall of wickets:
1-16 (McPhun), 2-54 (Gripper), 3-54 (Pithey), 4-81 (Robertson), 5-81 (Davison), 6-88 (Bland), 7-123 (du Preez), 8-152 (Parker), 9-175 (Traicos), 10-181 (Cameron)

Eastern Province bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
PM Pollock	11.3	3	21	2	-	-
Den	8	1	12	0	-	-
McAdam	9	2	26	1	-	-
Mallett	30	12	55	5	-	-
Biggs	24	8	51	0	-	-
Wilmot	6	3	4	2	-	-

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Eastern Province second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AL Biggs	c Robertson b du Preez	42
AM Short	c Robertson b du Preez	21
P Fenix	c McPhun b Traicos	1
AL Wilmot	c Gripper b Traicos	13
+KJ Bond	not out	1
*RG Pollock	not out	4
PL van der Merwe	did not bat
PM Pollock	did not bat
NW Mallett	did not bat
SJ McAdam	did not bat
GM Den	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb, 3 nb)	8
Total	(4 wickets, 118 minutes, 34 overs)	90
Fall of wickets:
1-69 (Short), 2-70 (Biggs), 3-85 (Wilmot), 4-86 (Fenix)

Rhodesia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Parker	8	1	22	0	-	-
Cameron	9	4	17	0	-	-
Traicos	9	2	20	2	-	-
du Preez	8	3	23	2	-	-

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Notes
--> DP Cameron made his debut in First-Class matches
--> AJ Pithey made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> BF Davison (1) passed his previous highest score of 50 in First-Class matches
--> AJ Traicos (1) passed his previous highest score of 13 in First-Class matches
--> RG Pollock (1) passed 7000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 13
--> NW Mallett achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches when he dismissed JH du Preez in the Rhodesia second innings (previous best was 3-50)
--> NW Mallett achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the Rhodesia second innings

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Twelfth man for Rhodesia was JG Heron. Sources: South African Cricket Annual 1969, The Herald, The Sunday Mail.

 

 

 

 

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