f28018	Rhodesia v Transvaal
	Currie Cup 1969/70 (Section A)
Venue	Police B Ground, Salisbury on 29th, 30th November, 1st December 1969 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Transvaal won the toss and decided to field
Result	Transvaal won by 4 wickets
Points	Rhodesia 0; Transvaal 8
Umpires	LS Everington, BW Fothergill
Close of play day 1	Transvaal (1) 4/0 (Bacher 4*, Bath 0*)
Close of play day 2	Transvaal (1) 334/7 (Mackay-Coghill 52*, Watson 15*)

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Rhodesia first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*RA Gripper	c Mackay-Coghill b Watson	73		195
TW Dunk	c Irvine b Kerr	30
SD Robertson	c Muzzell b Fairon	29
JD McPhun	c Irvine b Watson	4
ET Laughlin	c Irvine b Lance	16
JH du Preez	c Mackay-Coghill b Kerr	9
+HAB Gardiner	run out	26
DAG Fletcher	c Kerr b Mackay-Coghill	17		101
EF Parker	c Irvine b Watson	4
AJ Traicos	b Flanagan	5
BH Williams	not out	0
Extras		8
Total	(all out, 101.2 overs)	221
Fall of wickets:
1-68 (Dunk), 2-120 (Robertson), 3-139 (McPhun), 4-144 (Gripper), 5-167 (du Preez), 6-171 (Laughlin), 7-200 (Gardiner), 8-207 (Parker), 9-221 (Fletcher), 10-221 (Traicos)

Transvaal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Watson	22	6	42	3	-	-
Mackay-Coghill	25	9	57	1	-	-
Lance	18	7	33	1	-	-
Kerr	22	11	55	2	-	-
Flanagan	6.2	4	6	1	-	-
Fairon	8	3	20	1	-	-

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Transvaal first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*A Bacher	c McPhun b du Preez	69
BF Bath	lbw b du Preez	46
NG Featherstone	c Robertson b Traicos	9
RK Muzzell	c Gardiner b du Preez	24
HR Lance	c du Preez b Traicos	26
+BL Irvine	c Williams b Traicos	40
JPD Flanagan	b Williams	44
D Mackay-Coghill	not out	52
GLG Watson	not out	15
WR Kerr	did not bat
GP Fairon	did not bat
Extras		9
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 93 overs)	334
Fall of wickets:
1-82 (Bath), 2-93 (Featherstone), 3-153 (Bacher), 4-161 (Muzzell), 5-220 (Irvine), 6-225 (Lance), 7-316 (Flanagan)

Rhodesia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Williams	10	2	36	1	-	-
Parker	13	1	61	0	-	-
Traicos	37	6	113	3	-	-
du Preez	33	5	115	3	-	-

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Rhodesia second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JD McPhun	c Kerr b Mackay-Coghill	9
TW Dunk	lbw b Mackay-Coghill	0
SD Robertson	c Fairon b Watson	18
ET Laughlin	c Featherstone b Watson	36
JH du Preez	c Mackay-Coghill b Flanagan	20
*RA Gripper	c Mackay-Coghill b Lance	16
+HAB Gardiner	c Irvine b Flanagan	5
EF Parker	c Bath b Fairon	43
DAG Fletcher	b Flanagan	49
BH Williams	c Irvine b Flanagan	2
AJ Traicos	not out	6
Extras		9
Total	(all out, 96.2 overs)	213
Fall of wickets:
1-3 (Dunk), 2-14 (McPhun), 3-60 (Laughlin), 4-65 (Robertson), 5-102 (du Preez), 6-102 (Gripper), 7-109 (Gardiner), 8-174 (Parker), 9-177 (Williams), 10-213 (Fletcher)

Transvaal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Watson	16	4	36	2	-	-
Mackay-Coghill	23	8	41	2	-	-
Kerr	14	7	28	0	-	-
Lance	11	4	19	1	-	-
Flanagan	16.2	9	17	4	-	-
Fairon	15	2	59	1	-	-
Featherstone	1	0	4	0	-	-

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Transvaal second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*A Bacher	c Laughlin b Parker	2
BF Bath	b Williams	8
NG Featherstone	b Williams	37
RK Muzzell	b Williams	7
HR Lance	not out	30
+BL Irvine	c Gardiner b Parker	14
GLG Watson	c Parker b Williams	0
JPD Flanagan	not out	0
D Mackay-Coghill	did not bat
WR Kerr	did not bat
GP Fairon	did not bat
Extras		3
Total	(6 wickets, 18.5 overs)	101
Fall of wickets:
1-9 (Bath), 2-11 (Bacher), 3-26 (Muzzell), 4-67 (Featherstone), 5-96 (Irvine), 6-97 (Watson)

Rhodesia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Williams	9.5	1	56	4	-	-
Parker	9	1	42	2	-	-

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Notes
--> ET Laughlin made his debut in First-Class matches
--> GP Fairon made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> TW Dunk (1) passed his previous highest score of 21 in First-Class matches
--> DAG Fletcher (2) passed his previous highest score of 17 in First-Class matches
--> GLG Watson reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed EF Parker, his 3rd wicket in the Rhodesia first innings
--> GP Fairon reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed EF Parker, his 1st wicket in the Rhodesia second innings
--> BH Williams achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches when he dismissed GLG Watson in the Transvaal second innings (previous best was 3-71)

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J C Mitchell was twelfth man for Rhodesia.
After the disastrous, rain-ruined match against Transvaal during the 1968/69 season, Rhodesia abandoned the poorly drained A (upper) ground at the Police headquarters and played from henceforth on the B (lower) ground. Sources:: South African Cricket Annual 1970, The Herald, The Sunday Mail.

 

 

 

 

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