f31790	Natal v Transvaal
	Castle Currie Cup 1977/78
Venue	Kingsmead, Durban on 12th, 13th, 14th November 1977 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Transvaal won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Points	Natal 6 (Batting 1, Bowling 5); Transvaal 6 (Batting 1, Bowling 5)
Umpires	DH Bezuidenhout, DD Schoof
Close of play day 1	Transvaal (1) 124/8 (Featherstone 14*, Neilson 4*)
Close of play day 2	Natal (2) 165/5 (Madsen 21*, Procter 18*)

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Natal first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
A Barrow	b Barlow	57		169	3	-
+AJS Smith	c Day b Neilson	7		19	-	-
BS Groves	c Day b Rice	1		3	-	-
HR Fotheringham	c McKenzie b Neilson	7		6	1	-
D Bestall	c McKenzie b Ontong	31		47	2	-
MJ Procter	c Barnard b Rice	13		30	2	-
MB Madsen	b Neilson	4		18	-	-
S Turner	c Day b Neilson	9		32	-	-
N Minnaar	not out	11		51	-	-
*VAP van der Bijl	c McKenzie b Neilson	17		21	2	-
KR Cooper	st Day b de Vaal	17		21	2	-
Extras	(1 lb, 1 nb)	2
Total	(all out, 213 minutes, 57.5 overs)	176
Fall of wickets:
1-16 (Smith), 2-17 (Groves), 3-24 (Fotheringham), 4-63 (Bestall), 5-92 (Procter), 6-99 (Madsen), 7-131 (Turner), 8-133 (Barrow), 9-152 (van der Bijl), 10-176 (Cooper, 57.5 ov)

Transvaal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Rice	18	2	55	2	-	-
Neilson	22	4	66	5	-	-
Ontong	9	2	30	1	-	1
Barlow	8	2	21	1	-	-
de Vaal	0.5	0	2	1	-	-

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Transvaal first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*DD Dyer	c Bestall b Procter	42		85	5	-
PD de Vaal	c Smith b van der Bijl	6		49	-	-
KA McKenzie	not out	25		97	2	-
CEB Rice	lbw b van der Bijl	33		59	4	-
LJ Barnard	c Madsen b van der Bijl	4		37	-	-
NG Featherstone	c Groves b van der Bijl	34		200	1	-
+NT Day	lbw b Procter	4		17	-	-
AJ Kourie	c Bestall b Procter	2	2	2	-	-
RC Ontong	c Barrow b Procter	0		7	-	-
KA Barlow	lbw b van der Bijl	3		30	-	-
DR Neilson	c Bestall b van der Bijl	12		38	1	-
Extras	(5 b, 6 lb, 11 nb)	22
Total	(all out, 315 minutes, 73.4 overs)	187
Fall of wickets:
1-32 (de Vaal), 2-63 (Dyer), 3-86 (Rice), 4-87 (Barnard), 5-99 (Day), 6-101 (Kourie), 7-103 (Ontong), 8-115 (Barlow), 9-138 (Neilson), 10-187 (Featherstone, 73.4 ov)

Natal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Procter	22	5	53	4	-	1
van der Bijl	21.4	6	39	6	-	4
Cooper	15	4	40	0	-	3
Turner	15	5	33	0	-	5

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Natal second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
A Barrow	c McKenzie b Neilson	1		5	-	-
+AJS Smith	c Day b Ontong	62		184	4	-
BS Groves	lbw b Neilson	1		16	-	-
HR Fotheringham	c Day b Neilson	2		6	-	-
D Bestall	c Kourie b Ontong	46		131	5	-
MB Madsen	c Barlow b Rice	31		133	1	-
MJ Procter	c Featherstone b Barlow	31		90	5	-
S Turner	c Day b Barlow	5		21	-	-
N Minnaar	not out	5		17	-	-
*VAP van der Bijl	c Day b Rice	1		6	-	-
KR Cooper	c McKenzie b Rice	2		7	-	-
Extras	(3 b, 8 lb, 4 nb)	15
Total	(all out, 312 minutes, 90 overs)	202
Fall of wickets:
1-3 (Barrow), 2-5 (Groves), 3-11 (Fotheringham), 4-114 (Bestall), 5-128 (Smith), 6-179 (Procter), 7-193 (Madsen), 8-195 (Turner), 9-196 (van der Bijl), 10-202 (Cooper, 90 ov)

Transvaal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Rice	20	4	53	3	-	-
Neilson	16	6	35	3	-	-
Barlow	17	6	29	2	-	-
Ontong	14	3	33	2	-	4
Featherstone	8	3	9	0	-	-
de Vaal	9	1	22	0	-	-
Kourie	6	4	6	0	-	-

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Notes
--> A Barrow (1) 50 in 148 minutes with 3 fours
--> AJS Smith (2) 50 in 147 minutes with 3 fours
--> PD de Vaal reached 150 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed KR Cooper, his 1st wicket in the Natal first innings
--> RC Ontong reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed D Bestall, his 1st wicket in the Natal first innings
--> KA McKenzie retired hurt in the Transvaal first innings having scored 0 (team score 33/1) - he returned when the score was 138/9

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