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| Venue | Ramblers Cricket Club Ground, Bloemfontein on 27th, 28th, 29th December 1971 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Orange Free State won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Northern Transvaal won by an innings and 39 runs |
| Points | Orange Free State 2 (Bowling 2); Northern Transvaal 21 (Batting 6, Bowling 5) |
| Umpires | MR Murray, N Vorster |
| Close of play day 1 | Northern Transvaal (1) 222/2 (Bestall 84*, HR Lance 61*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Orange Free State (2) 237/7 (le Roux 4*, Botha 3*) |
| Orange Free State first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| WT Strydom | c HR Lance b Botten | 0 | |||||
| AN Oertel | c Lindsay b Matthews | 0 | |||||
| +PA Strydom | c Nel b Matthews | 0 | |||||
| PM Thompson | c Bestall b Pocock | 41 | |||||
| *N Rosendorff | c Bestall b HR Lance | 49 | |||||
| AJ Andre | c Finlay b Pocock | 10 | |||||
| RA le Roux | b Botten | 5 | |||||
| GR Botha | b Botten | 3 | |||||
| SJ Gardiner | not out | 40 | 49 | 5 | 2 | ||
| PJE Visser | c Lindsay b Botten | 2 | |||||
| RS Key | c Bestall b Pocock | 7 | |||||
| Extras | 0 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 50.1 overs) | 157 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 4-90, 5-90, 6-105, 7-105, 8-114, 9-122, 10-157 (50.1 ov) | |||||||
| Northern Transvaal bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Botten | 17 | 10 | 29 | 4 | - | - | |
| Matthews | 12 | 3 | 64 | 2 | - | - | |
| Falkson | 3 | 0 | 17 | 0 | - | - | |
| Pocock | 12.1 | 6 | 33 | 3 | - | - | |
| HR Lance | 6 | 2 | 14 | 1 | - | - | |
| Northern Transvaal first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| K Burrow | c Gardiner b Andre | 21 | |||||
| VS Nel | c le Roux b Gardiner | 48 | |||||
| D Bestall | c and b Gardiner | 97 | 16 | - | |||
| +DT Lindsay | b Andre | 122 | 180 | 14 | 2 | ||
| HR Lance | b Gardiner | 95 | |||||
| IW Finlay | c WT Strydom b Gardiner | 73 | |||||
| RJ Falkson | not out | 15 | |||||
| *JT Botten | did not bat | ||||||
| JP Matthews | did not bat | ||||||
| PI Pocock | did not bat | ||||||
| AP Lance | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (7 b, 3 lb, 2 nb) | 12 | |||||
| Total | (6 wickets, declared, 118.4 overs) | 483 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-62, 2-84, 3-244, 4-289, 5-444, 6-483 (118.4 ov) | |||||||
| Orange Free State bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Visser | 18 | 4 | 71 | 0 | - | - | |
| WT Strydom | 15 | 2 | 72 | 0 | - | - | |
| Gardiner | 28.4 | 4 | 102 | 4 | - | - | |
| Andre | 19 | 5 | 48 | 2 | - | - | |
| le Roux | 10 | 0 | 59 | 0 | - | - | |
| Key | 22 | 3 | 95 | 0 | - | - | |
| Rosendorff | 6 | 0 | 24 | 0 | - | - | |
| Orange Free State second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| WT Strydom | c Bestall b HR Lance | 42 | |||||
| AN Oertel | c Burrow b Pocock | 17 | |||||
| +PA Strydom | c Burrow b Matthews | 2 | |||||
| PM Thompson | lbw b Pocock | 38 | |||||
| *N Rosendorff | c Burrow b Falkson | 127 | 124 | 24 | - | ||
| AJ Andre | c Burrow b Pocock | 0 | |||||
| RA le Roux | c Lindsay b Botten | 22 | |||||
| GR Botha | c Lindsay b Matthews | 7 | |||||
| SJ Gardiner | c Finlay b Pocock | 1 | |||||
| PJE Visser | c AP Lance b Falkson | 12 | |||||
| RS Key | not out | 16 | |||||
| Extras | (1 b, 2 nb) | 3 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 95.4 overs) | 287 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-2, 2-60, 3-64, 4-156, 5-228, 6-229, 7-230, 8-242, 9-260, 10-287 (95.4 ov) | |||||||
| Northern Transvaal bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Botten | 9.4 | 2 | 37 | 1 | - | - | |
| Matthews | 13 | 4 | 37 | 2 | - | - | |
| Falkson | 14 | 7 | 31 | 2 | - | - | |
| Pocock | 37 | 14 | 93 | 4 | - | - | |
| HR Lance | 12 | 1 | 49 | 1 | - | - | |
| AP Lance | 7 | 3 | 16 | 0 | - | - | |
| Finlay | 3 | 0 | 21 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> N Rosendorff (1) passed 3500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 33
--> SJ Gardiner (1) passed his previous highest score of 38 in First-Class matches
--> D Bestall (1) passed his previous highest score of 50 in First-Class matches
--> IW Finlay (1) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 57
--> PJE Visser (2) equalled his previous highest score of 12 in First-Class matches
--> AP Lance made his debut for Northern Transvaal in First-Class matches
--> DT Lindsay retired ill in the Northern Transvaal first innings having scored 1 (team had lost 2 wickets) - he returned when the score was 244/3 (migraine)
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