f31459	Natal v Eastern Province
	Castle Currie Cup 1976/77 (Section A)
Venue	Kingsmead, Durban on 5th, 6th, 7th February 1977 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Eastern Province won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Points	Natal 12 (Batting 7, Bowling 5); Eastern Province 1 (Bowling 1)
Umpires	LN Hornby, DD Schoof
Close of play day 1	Eastern Province (1) 60/2 (Bezuidenhout 13*, Cowley 1*)
Close of play day 2	Eastern Province (1) 153 all out

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Natal first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
A Jones	c Watson b Carrick	77		194	3	-
A Barrow	c Reid b Brickett	18		53	-	-
BS Groves	run out	52		109	7	-
HR Fotheringham	not out	148		187	17	2
D Bestall	c Reid b Watson	64		117	4	1
MJ Procter	c Stephenson b Cowley	18		27	3	-
+AJS Smith	run out	5		10	1	-
MB Madsen	did not bat
AR Lilley	did not bat
*VAP van der Bijl	did not bat
PP Henwood	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 5 lb, 10 nb)	17
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 351 minutes, 93.5 overs)	399
Fall of wickets:
1-43 (Barrow), 2-135 (Groves), 3-167 (Jones), 4-340 (Bestall), 5-391 (Procter), 6-399 (Smith, 93.5 ov)

Eastern Province bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Watson	17	3	76	1	-	-
Wilkins	27	2	85	0	-	8
Brickett	19	0	88	1	-	4
Elliott	4	0	19	0	-	-
Carrick	23	2	96	1	-	-
Cowley	3.5	0	18	1	-	3

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Eastern Province first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SJ Bezuidenhout	c Procter b van der Bijl	18		69	1	1
*CP Wilkins	b Procter	40		37	7	-
P Carrick	b Procter	1		9	-	-
GS Cowley	c Barrow b Procter	9		37	1	-
KS McEwan	b van der Bijl	37		114	4	-
RG Pollock	c Smith b van der Bijl	1		3	-	-
KP Reid	c Barrow b van der Bijl	5		28	1	-
DJ Brickett	c Smith b Procter	18		48	4	-
+JW Stephenson	c Madsen b Lilley	3		20	-	-
D Elliott	not out	5		24	-	-
WK Watson	c Smith b Procter	8		21	1	-
Extras	(4 lb, 4 nb)	8
Total	(all out, 209 minutes, 46.1 overs)	153
Fall of wickets:
1-55 (Wilkins), 2-57 (Carrick), 3-66 (Bezuidenhout), 4-78 (Cowley), 5-79 (Pollock), 6-89 (Reid), 7-130 (Brickett), 8-136 (McEwan), 9-138 (Stephenson), 10-153 (Watson, 46.1 ov)

Natal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Procter	18.1	5	49	5	-	2
van der Bijl	16	2	69	4	-	-
Lilley	12	2	27	1	-	2

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> D Elliott made his debut in First-Class matches
--> A Jones (1) 50 in 144 minutes with 2 fours
--> BS Groves (1) 50 in 101 minutes with 7 fours
--> BS Groves (1) passed 3000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 41
--> HR Fotheringham (1) 50 in 101 minutes with 7 fours
--> HR Fotheringham (1) 100 in 135 minutes with 12 fours and 2 sixes
--> HR Fotheringham (1) passed his previous highest score of 108 in First-Class matches
--> D Bestall (1) 50 in 96 minutes with 2 fours and 1 six
--> D Bestall (1) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 16

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