f29985	Orange Free State v Northern Transvaal
	SAB Currie Cup 1973/74 (Section B)
Venue	Ramblers Cricket Club Ground, Bloemfontein on 25th, 26th, 28th January 1974 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Orange Free State won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Orange Free State 6 (Batting 4, Bowling 2); Northern Transvaal 3 (Bowling 3)
Umpires	EB Lotter, ML van Coppenhagen
Close of play day 1	Northern Transvaal (1) 26/1 (Mostert 19*, Verdoorn 6*)
Close of play day 2	Orange Free State (2) 98/3 (Prideaux 24*, Graves 7*; 27 overs)

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Orange Free State first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MA Buss	c Quirk b Sparks	14
RA le Roux	c Quirk b Cilliers	4
N Rosendorff	c le Roux b Steytler	29
RM Prideaux	b Cilliers	5
PJ Graves	c sub b Cilliers	36
*KC Bland	c Barrable b Steytler	83
PM Thompson	not out	56
+RJ East	c Verdoorn b Steytler	8
KC Wessels	c and b Haw	32
TG Botha	c sub b Haw	0
SJ Gardiner	run out	0
Extras	(1 b, 13 lb, 1 nb)	15
Total	(all out, 92 overs)	282
Fall of wickets:
1-17, 2-19, 3-25, 4-107, 5-150, 6-197, 7-219, 8-276, 9-276, 10-282 (92 ov)

Northern Transvaal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Steytler	34	8	77	3	-	-
Cilliers	21	4	66	3	-	-
Sparks	20	5	52	1	-	-
Haw	14	1	52	2	-	-
Verdoorn	3	0	20	0	-	-

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Northern Transvaal first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FJ le Roux	lbw b Gardiner	0
AC Mostert	c and b Buss	37
KD Verdoorn	lbw b Bland	34
M Durbach	b le Roux	65
CI Dey	handled the ball	20
+T Quirk	b Gardiner	6
*PR Barrable	b Botha	47
DP Haw	c East b Botha	12
AJ Cilliers	lbw b Botha	0
JD Sparks	b le Roux	1
WB Steytler	not out	0
Extras	(1 b, 4 lb, 1 w)	6
Total	(all out, 119.1 overs)	228
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-64, 3-74, 4-97, 5-107, 6-178, 7-216, 8-218, 9-227, 10-228 (119.1 ov)

Orange Free State bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gardiner	34	14	72	2	-	-
Botha	24	6	58	3	-	-
Buss	34	18	54	1	-	-
Rosendorff	6	5	2	0	-	-
Bland	9	4	14	1	-	-
le Roux	12.1	5	22	2	-	-

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Orange Free State second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MA Buss	lbw b Cilliers	2
RA le Roux	b Cilliers	13
N Rosendorff	c le Roux b Cilliers	45
RM Prideaux	not out	24
PJ Graves	not out	7
*KC Bland	did not bat
PM Thompson	did not bat
+RJ East	did not bat
KC Wessels	did not bat
TG Botha	did not bat
SJ Gardiner	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 1 lb, 3 nb, 1 w)	7
Total	(3 wickets, 27 overs)	98
Fall of wickets:
1-11 (Buss), 2-16 (le Roux), 3-91 (Rosendorff)

Northern Transvaal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Steytler	9	2	31	0	-	-
Cilliers	14	3	45	3	-	-
Sparks	4	1	15	0	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> KC Wessels made his debut in First-Class matches
--> M Durbach (1) passed his previous highest score of 35 in First-Class matches
--> PR Barrable (1) passed his previous highest score of 41 in First-Class matches
--> AJ Cilliers achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Orange Free State first innings (previous best was 3-79)
--> MA Buss reached 400 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Northern Transvaal first innings
--> AJ Cilliers achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Orange Free State second innings (previous best was 3-66)

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