| f32373 | |
| Venue | New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg on 26th, 27th, 28th December 1978 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Transvaal won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Transvaal won by 238 runs |
| Points | Transvaal 15 (Bowling 5); Natal 5 (Bowling 5) |
| Umpires | AJ Norton, DD Schoof |
| Close of play day 1 | Transvaal (2) 15/0 (Dyer 5*, Cook 9*; 5.1 overs) |
| Close of play day 2 | Natal (2) 85/5 (Madsen 7*, Smith 17*; 21.4 overs) |
| Transvaal first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *DD Dyer | b Pearse | 31 | 61 | 87 | 6 | - | |
| SJ Cook | c Bestall b van der Bijl | 28 | 94 | 107 | 4 | - | |
| HR Fotheringham | lbw b Cooper | 37 | 71 | 87 | 7 | - | |
| RG Pollock | lbw b Wilkins | 3 | 16 | 29 | - | - | |
| LJ Barnard | c Gie b Cooper | 18 | 57 | 71 | 1 | - | |
| AJ Kourie | c Bestall b Wilkins | 5 | 21 | 25 | - | - | |
| +RV Jennings | c Smith b Wilkins | 0 | 6 | 8 | - | - | |
| GE McMillan | not out | 3 | 14 | 18 | - | - | |
| DR Neilson | c Wilkins b Cooper | 5 | 12 | 12 | - | - | |
| AR Lilley | b Cooper | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
| RW Hanley | c Gie b van der Bijl | 6 | 10 | 9 | 1 | - | |
| Extras | (1 b, 14 lb, 7 nb, 1 w) | 23 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 239 minutes, 59.1 overs) | 159 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-64 (Dyer), 2-76 (Cook), 3-96 (Pollock), 4-123 (Fotheringham), 5-140 (Kourie), 6-142 (Barnard), 7-142 (Jennings), 8-149 (Neilson), 9-149 (Lilley), 10-159 (Hanley, 59.1 ov) | |||||||
| Natal bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| van der Bijl | 16.1 | 3 | 52 | 2 | - | 1 | |
| Cooper | 18 | 4 | 43 | 4 | - | 6 | |
| Wilkins | 16 | 7 | 19 | 3 | - | - | |
| Pearse | 9 | 3 | 22 | 1 | 1 | - | |
| Natal first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| A Barrow | c Dyer b Neilson | 15 | 52 | 2 | - | ||
| CP Wilkins | c Dyer b Neilson | 13 | 17 | 1 | 1 | ||
| BS Groves | c Fotheringham b Hanley | 4 | 11 | 1 | - | ||
| D Bestall | b Neilson | 5 | 25 | - | - | ||
| DL Orchard | c Dyer b Lilley | 3 | 26 | - | - | ||
| MB Madsen | c Fotheringham b Neilson | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
| +AJS Smith | b Neilson | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
| CA Gie | c Jennings b Lilley | 14 | 31 | 2 | - | ||
| *VAP van der Bijl | c Kourie b Lilley | 5 | 33 | - | - | ||
| DK Pearse | c Kourie b Lilley | 1 | 8 | - | - | ||
| KR Cooper | not out | 4 | 8 | 1 | - | ||
| Extras | (1 b, 4 lb, 2 nb) | 7 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 117 minutes, 28.2 overs) | 71 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-15 (Wilkins), 2-22 (Groves), 3-39 (Bestall), 4-42 (Barrow), 5-42 (Madsen), 6-42 (Smith), 7-46 (Orchard), 8-63 (Gie), 9-65 (Pearse), 10-71 (van der Bijl, 28.2 ov) | |||||||
| Transvaal bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Hanley | 7 | 1 | 26 | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Neilson | 12 | 3 | 29 | 5 | - | 1 | |
| Lilley | 9.2 | 4 | 9 | 4 | - | - | |
| Transvaal second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *DD Dyer | c Smith b van der Bijl | 17 | 44 | - | - | ||
| SJ Cook | not out | 179 | 321 | 24 | - | ||
| HR Fotheringham | c Cooper b van der Bijl | 110 | 182 | 13 | 3 | ||
| RG Pollock | c Barrow b Cooper | 70 | 81 | 8 | 2 | ||
| LJ Barnard | not out | 0 | 6 | - | - | ||
| AJ Kourie | did not bat | ||||||
| +RV Jennings | did not bat | ||||||
| GE McMillan | did not bat | ||||||
| DR Neilson | did not bat | ||||||
| AR Lilley | did not bat | ||||||
| RW Hanley | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (10 b, 2 lb, 5 nb) | 17 | |||||
| Total | (3 wickets, declared, 321 minutes, 89 overs) | 393 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-30 (Dyer), 2-255 (Fotheringham), 3-383 (Pollock) | |||||||
| Natal bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| van der Bijl | 26 | 2 | 87 | 2 | - | 1 | |
| Cooper | 18 | 3 | 72 | 1 | - | 3 | |
| Wilkins | 3 | 0 | 19 | 0 | - | - | |
| Pearse | 13 | 0 | 75 | 0 | - | 1 | |
| Gie | 19 | 2 | 69 | 0 | - | - | |
| Madsen | 10 | 0 | 54 | 0 | - | - | |
| Natal second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| A Barrow | c Kourie b McMillan | 28 | 74 | 87 | 2 | - | |
| CP Wilkins | c Fotheringham b Neilson | 16 | 20 | 25 | 3 | - | |
| BS Groves | c Fotheringham b Neilson | 6 | 13 | 23 | 1 | - | |
| D Bestall | b Neilson | 6 | 10 | 12 | 1 | - | |
| DL Orchard | c Fotheringham b McMillan | 0 | 2 | 3 | - | - | |
| MB Madsen | lbw b Hanley | 49 | 143 | 198 | 6 | - | |
| +AJS Smith | b Neilson | 78 | 73 | 85 | 12 | - | |
| CA Gie | b Kourie | 18 | 62 | 72 | - | - | |
| *VAP van der Bijl | c Dyer b McMillan | 16 | 44 | 38 | 2 | - | |
| DK Pearse | not out | 13 | 21 | 23 | 2 | - | |
| KR Cooper | b McMillan | 0 | 4 | 4 | - | - | |
| Extras | (6 b, 7 lb) | 13 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 292 minutes, 77.4 overs) | 243 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-20 (Wilkins), 2-36 (Groves), 3-46 (Bestall), 4-47 (Orchard), 5-62 (Barrow), 6-155 (Smith), 7-200 (Gie), 8-216 (Madsen), 9-235 (van der Bijl), 10-243 (Cooper, 77.4 ov) | |||||||
| Transvaal bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Hanley | 19 | 2 | 81 | 1 | - | - | |
| Neilson | 21 | 6 | 67 | 4 | - | - | |
| McMillan | 16.4 | 2 | 47 | 4 | - | - | |
| Kourie | 8 | 3 | 8 | 1 | - | - | |
| Lilley | 8 | 3 | 13 | 0 | - | - | |
| Barnard | 5 | 1 | 14 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> DD Dyer (1) passed 4500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 5
--> SJ Cook (2) passed his previous highest score of 146 in First-Class matches
--> HR Fotheringham (2) passed 3000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 83
--> DR Neilson completed a hat-trick in the Natal first innings (Barrow, Madsen, Smith)
--> GE McMillan achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches when he dismissed KR Cooper in the Natal second innings (previous best was 3-57)
SJ Cook went from 0* to * between lunch and tea on day 2.
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