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| Venue | City Oval, Pietermaritzburg on 25th, 26th, 27th February 1978 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Eastern Province won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Points | Natal 5 (Bowling 5); Eastern Province 7 (Batting 2, Bowling 5) |
| Umpires | PL Elffers, SG Moore |
| Close of play day 1 | Natal (1) 91/4 (Bestall 3*, van der Bijl 0*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Eastern Province (2) 99/2 (Bezuidenhout 32*, Pollock 49*) |
| Eastern Province first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| SJ Bezuidenhout | b Pearse | 27 | 55 | 3 | - | ||
| CP Wilkins | c Smith b Cooper | 5 | 8 | 1 | - | ||
| *KS McEwan | c Barrow b Pearse | 26 | 53 | 4 | - | ||
| RG Pollock | c Smith b Pearse | 1 | 14 | - | - | ||
| KW Gradwell | b Cooper | 10 | 53 | 2 | - | ||
| GS Cowley | c and b Wulfsohn | 12 | 59 | 1 | - | ||
| RLS Armitage | lbw b Wulfsohn | 39 | 102 | 7 | - | ||
| DJ Brickett | b Wulfsohn | 12 | 8 | 2 | - | ||
| +AC Galpin | c Smith b van der Bijl | 37 | 142 | 1 | - | ||
| WK Watson | c Steele b Fotheringham | 16 | 59 | 3 | - | ||
| MJ Macaulay | not out | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
| Extras | (2 b, 2 lb, 10 nb, 1 w) | 15 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 281 minutes, 69.1 overs) | 200 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-11 (Wilkins), 2-58 (Bezuidenhout), 3-63 (McEwan), 4-68 (Pollock), 5-86 (Gradwell), 6-88 (Cowley), 7-100 (Brickett), 8-163 (Armitage), 9-200 (Watson), 10-200 (Galpin, 69.1 ov) | |||||||
| Natal bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| van der Bijl | 17.1 | 4 | 51 | 1 | - | 7 | |
| Cooper | 17 | 7 | 42 | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Wulfsohn | 16 | 5 | 48 | 3 | 1 | 3 | |
| Pearse | 11 | 2 | 31 | 3 | - | - | |
| Steele | 7 | 2 | 13 | 0 | - | - | |
| Fotheringham | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | - | - | |
| Natal first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| A Barrow | run out | 43 | 90 | 6 | - | ||
| JF Steele | c Watson b Brickett | 15 | 108 | - | - | ||
| BS Groves | c Gradwell b Brickett | 0 | 2 | 1 | - | - | |
| HR Fotheringham | b Brickett | 24 | 32 | 2 | 1 | ||
| D Bestall | lbw b Watson | 7 | 49 | - | - | ||
| *VAP van der Bijl | c and b Watson | 6 | 41 | 1 | - | ||
| MB Madsen | c McEwan b Wilkins | 14 | 47 | 1 | - | ||
| +AJS Smith | c Watson b Macaulay | 22 | 48 | 5 | - | ||
| DK Pearse | lbw b Wilkins | 0 | 2 | 2 | - | - | |
| KR Cooper | not out | 2 | 9 | - | - | ||
| C Wulfsohn | c Galpin b Macaulay | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | - | |
| Extras | (2 b, 7 lb, 3 nb) | 12 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 219 minutes, 56 overs) | 149 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-63 (Barrow), 2-63 (Groves), 3-72 (Steele), 4-91 (Fotheringham), 5-107 (Bestall), 6-114 (van der Bijl), 7-143 (Madsen), 8-143 (Pearse), 9-145 (Smith), 10-149 (Wulfsohn, 56 ov) | |||||||
| Eastern Province bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Watson | 16 | 3 | 60 | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Macaulay | 14 | 3 | 32 | 2 | - | - | |
| Wilkins | 12 | 5 | 26 | 2 | - | 1 | |
| Brickett | 14 | 6 | 19 | 3 | - | - | |
| Eastern Province second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| SJ Bezuidenhout | b van der Bijl | 34 | 151 | 2 | - | ||
| CP Wilkins | c Smith b Cooper | 14 | 28 | 3 | - | ||
| *KS McEwan | c Smith b Cooper | 0 | 15 | - | - | ||
| RG Pollock | c Smith b Pearse | 96 | 155 | 15 | - | ||
| RLS Armitage | c Madsen b van der Bijl | 0 | 3 | 2 | - | - | |
| KW Gradwell | b van der Bijl | 24 | 99 | 2 | - | ||
| GS Cowley | not out | 23 | 52 | 2 | - | ||
| DJ Brickett | not out | 14 | 18 | 3 | - | ||
| +AC Galpin | did not bat | ||||||
| WK Watson | did not bat | ||||||
| MJ Macaulay | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (3 b, 6 lb, 6 nb) | 15 | |||||
| Total | (6 wickets, declared, 273 minutes, 65 overs) | 220 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-22 (Wilkins), 2-25 (McEwan), 3-107 (Bezuidenhout), 4-107 (Armitage), 5-170 (Pollock), 6-197 (Gradwell) | |||||||
| Natal bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| van der Bijl | 23 | 5 | 43 | 3 | - | 1 | |
| Cooper | 14 | 4 | 40 | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Steele | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | |
| Pearse | 13 | 2 | 48 | 1 | - | 2 | |
| Wulfsohn | 10 | 1 | 52 | 0 | - | 3 | |
| Fotheringham | 4 | 0 | 22 | 0 | - | - | |
| Natal second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| A Barrow | not out | 81 | 271 | 14 | - | ||
| JF Steele | b Macaulay | 1 | 12 | - | - | ||
| BS Groves | b Macaulay | 6 | 28 | 1 | - | ||
| HR Fotheringham | c McEwan b Watson | 4 | 13 | 1 | - | ||
| D Bestall | b Wilkins | 6 | 18 | 1 | - | ||
| MB Madsen | c McEwan b Wilkins | 11 | 34 | 1 | - | ||
| +AJS Smith | lbw b Wilkins | 3 | 13 | - | - | ||
| *VAP van der Bijl | c Cowley b Macaulay | 49 | 148 | 3 | 1 | ||
| DK Pearse | did not bat | ||||||
| KR Cooper | did not bat | ||||||
| C Wulfsohn | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (9 b, 6 lb) | 15 | |||||
| Total | (7 wickets, 271 minutes, 77.3 overs) | 176 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-2 (Steele), 2-20 (Groves), 3-33 (Fotheringham), 4-43 (Bestall), 5-63 (Madsen), 6-71 (Smith), 7-176 (van der Bijl, 77.3 ov) | |||||||
| Eastern Province bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Watson | 21 | 2 | 70 | 1 | - | - | |
| Macaulay | 26.3 | 14 | 39 | 3 | - | - | |
| Wilkins | 14 | 6 | 27 | 3 | - | - | |
| Brickett | 8 | 3 | 12 | 0 | - | - | |
| Armitage | 8 | 5 | 13 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> AC Galpin made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> RG Pollock (2) 50 in 79 minutes with 8 fours
--> A Barrow (2) 50 in 214 minutes with 7 fours
--> DK Pearse reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed KS McEwan, his 2nd wicket in the Eastern Province first innings
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