f31803	Eastern Province v Natal
	Castle Currie Cup 1977/78
Venue	St George's Park, Port Elizabeth on 25th, 26th, 28th November 1977 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Natal won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Eastern Province 6 (Batting 4, Bowling 2); Natal 6 (Batting 1, Bowling 5)
Umpires	AA Matthews, OR Schoof
Close of play day 1	Eastern Province (1) 13/0 (Bezuidenhout 4*, Daniell 8*; 4 overs)
Close of play day 2	Natal (2) 18/0 (Barrow 5*, Steele 7*; 6 overs)

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Natal first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
A Barrow	c Stephenson b Brickett	69		185	5	-
JF Steele	run out	9		79	-	-
BS Groves	c Pollock b Macaulay	49		165	7	-
HR Fotheringham	c Stephenson b Macaulay	32		87	2	-
D Bestall	lbw b Watson	16		67	-	-
+AJS Smith	not out	30		123	1	-
MB Madsen	lbw b Macaulay	14		25	2	-
N Minnaar	c Wilkins b Macaulay	4		25	1	-
*VAP van der Bijl	b Macaulay	0		1	-	-
KR Cooper	b Macaulay	5		14	1	-
C Wulfsohn	not out	1		14	-	-
Extras	(7 b, 10 lb, 7 nb)	24
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 397 minutes, 115 overs)	253
Fall of wickets:
1-35 (Steele), 2-112 (Barrow), 3-154 (Groves), 4-180 (Fotheringham), 5-197 (Bestall), 6-216 (Madsen), 7-238 (Minnaar), 8-238 (van der Bijl), 9-248 (Cooper)

Eastern Province bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Watson	22	2	49	1	-	1
Macaulay	36	10	70	6	-	-
Wilkins	22	8	39	0	-	2
Brickett	23	9	47	1	-	3
Cowley	12	3	24	0	-	5

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Eastern Province first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SJ Bezuidenhout	c Smith b Cooper	9		19	1	-
IK Daniell	b Minnaar	26		93	2	-
CP Wilkins	c Minnaar b Steele	59		134	4	1
*KS McEwan	c Fotheringham b Cooper	41		119	4	-
RG Pollock	c van der Bijl b Minnaar	49		113	4	1
KP Reid	b Wulfsohn	5		30	1	-
DJ Brickett	c Fotheringham b Wulfsohn	4		11	-	-
GS Cowley	c Smith b Minnaar	18		26	2	-
+JW Stephenson	b Wulfsohn	6		19	1	-
WK Watson	not out	18		43	2	-
MJ Macaulay	c Smith b van der Bijl	3		38	-	-
Extras	(12 b, 11 lb, 6 nb)	29
Total	(all out, 327 minutes, 89.3 overs)	267
Fall of wickets:
1-20 (Bezuidenhout), 2-83 (Daniell), 3-130 (Wilkins), 4-174 (McEwan), 5-195 (Reid), 6-209 (Brickett), 7-225 (Pollock), 8-233 (Cowley), 9-241 (Stephenson), 10-267 (Macaulay, 89.3 ov)

Natal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
van der Bijl	24.3	7	33	1	-	3
Cooper	23	2	67	2	-	2
Wulfsohn	16	2	53	3	-	1
Minnaar	18	0	61	3	-	-
Steele	8	1	24	1	-	-

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Natal second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
A Barrow	c and b Cowley	78		157	9	-
JF Steele	not out	97		221	3	-
BS Groves	not out	18		63	1	-
HR Fotheringham	did not bat
D Bestall	did not bat
+AJS Smith	did not bat
MB Madsen	did not bat
N Minnaar	did not bat
*VAP van der Bijl	did not bat
KR Cooper	did not bat
C Wulfsohn	did not bat
Extras	(8 b, 10 lb, 7 nb)	25
Total	(1 wicket, 221 minutes, 60 overs)	218
Fall of wickets:
1-171 (Barrow)

Eastern Province bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Watson	8	0	28	0	-	1
Macaulay	19	1	68	0	-	2
Stephenson	8	1	27	0	-	-
Brickett	15	1	46	0	-	-
Cowley	10	1	24	1	-	2

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Notes
--> C Wulfsohn made his debut in First-Class matches
--> A Barrow (1) 50 in 144 minutes with 4 fours
--> A Barrow (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 10
--> AJS Smith (1) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 26
--> WK Watson (1) equalled his previous highest score of 18 in First-Class matches
--> A Barrow (2) 50 in 124 minutes with 5 fours
--> JF Steele (2) 50 in 113 minutes with 2 fours

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