f31373	Transvaal v Eastern Province
	Castle Currie Cup 1976/77 (Section A)
Venue	New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg on 27th, 28th, 29th December 1976 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Transvaal won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Points	Transvaal 9 (Batting 5, Bowling 4); Eastern Province 7 (Batting 6, Bowling 1)
Umpires	AJ Norton, OT Sadie
Close of play day 1	Transvaal (1) 43/0 (Dyer 25*, Muzzell 16*)
Close of play day 2	Transvaal (1) 513/9 (Ontong 29*)

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Eastern Province first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SJ Bezuidenhout	lbw b Neilson	28
*CP Wilkins	b Hubbard	23
KS McEwan	c Cook b Ontong	25
RG Pollock	c Irvine b Hubbard	13
AL Biggs	c Dyer b Hubbard	32
KP Reid	c Cook b Hanley	37
RLS Armitage	lbw b Hanley	0
DJ Brickett	run out	40
GS Cowley	not out	65
+JW Stephenson	c McKenzie b Rice	6
WK Watson	b Neilson	18
Extras	(17 lb, 2 nb)	19
Total	(all out, 88.5 overs)	306
Fall of wickets:
1-53, 2-67, 3-92, 4-92, 5-153, 6-153, 7-187, 8-220, 9-231, 10-306 (88.5 ov)

Transvaal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hanley	16	3	58	2	-	-
Neilson	18.5	6	55	2	-	-
Hubbard	16	2	76	3	-	-
Ontong	17	4	52	1	-	-
de Vaal	10	5	19	0	-	-
Rice	11	2	27	1	-	-

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Transvaal first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*DD Dyer	b Armitage	108
RK Muzzell	lbw b Cowley	168
CEB Rice	run out	29
+BL Irvine	c Stephenson b Brickett	28
KA McKenzie	lbw b Brickett	72
SJ Cook	run out	40
PD de Vaal	lbw b Wilkins	18
RC Ontong	not out	29
DR Neilson	c Reid b Wilkins	5
AN Hubbard	b Watson	0
RW Hanley	did not bat
Extras	(9 lb, 7 nb)	16
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 128.3 overs)	513
Fall of wickets:
1-205 (Dyer), 2-284, 3-318, 4-387, 5-434, 6-478, 7-481, 8-507, 9-513 (128.3 ov)

Eastern Province bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Watson	20.3	2	90	1	-	-
Brickett	29	5	84	2	-	-
Cowley	25	1	100	1	-	-
Wilkins	18	5	66	2	-	-
Biggs	11	4	33	0	-	-
Armitage	16	3	72	1	-	-
Reid	9	0	52	0	-	-

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Eastern Province second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SJ Bezuidenhout	lbw b Hubbard	33
*CP Wilkins	c +Cook b Neilson	1
KS McEwan	b Neilson	5
AL Biggs	b Ontong	72
KP Reid	c Dyer b de Vaal	19
RG Pollock	c Dyer b Hanley	38
RLS Armitage	b Hanley	36
DJ Brickett	c +Cook b Rice	46
GS Cowley	c Dyer b Rice	6
+JW Stephenson	c McKenzie b de Vaal	42
WK Watson	not out	1
Extras	(7 lb, 1 nb)	8
Total	(all out, 108.4 overs)	307
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-8, 3-69, 4-112, 5-167, 6-188, 7-258, 8-260, 9-276, 10-307 (108.4 ov)

Transvaal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hanley	21	5	55	2	-	-
Neilson	22	5	58	2	-	-
Hubbard	10	3	24	1	-	-
Ontong	11	3	23	1	-	-
de Vaal	27.4	8	97	2	-	-
Rice	15	3	37	2	-	-
Muzzell	2	0	5	0	-	-

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Transvaal second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+BL Irvine	c Wilkins b Watson	2
*DD Dyer	b Watson	15
CEB Rice	not out	22
KA McKenzie	lbw b Wilkins	4
SJ Cook	not out	1
RK Muzzell	did not bat
PD de Vaal	did not bat
RC Ontong	did not bat
DR Neilson	did not bat
AN Hubbard	did not bat
RW Hanley	did not bat
Extras	(6 lb)	6
Total	(3 wickets, 8 overs)	50
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-31, 3-48

Eastern Province bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Watson	4	0	20	2	-	-
Brickett	3	0	22	0	-	-
Wilkins	1	0	2	1	-	-

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Notes
--> GS Cowley (1) passed his previous highest score of 31 in First-Class matches
--> WK Watson (1) passed his previous highest score of 10 in First-Class matches
--> KA McKenzie (2) passed 2500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 4
--> DJ Brickett reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Transvaal first innings

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SJ Cook kept wicket in the Eastern Province second innings

 

 

 

 

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