f32370 sacboc68	Eastern Province v Transvaal
	Howa Bowl 1978/79
Venue	Adcock Stadium, Port Elizabeth on 26th, 27th December 1978 (3-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Transvaal won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Eastern Province won by an innings and 47 runs
Points	Eastern Province 17 (Batting 3, Bowling 4); Transvaal 3 (Bowling 3)
Umpires	W Bogarde, SN Solomon
Close of play day 1	Eastern Province (1) 140/6 (Cuddumbey 63*, Philander 14*)

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Transvaal first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
E Amod	st Abrahams b Govindjee	21
R Musson	c Abrahams b Frans	7
HC Naik	b Hendricks	2
S Gabriels	lbw b Hendricks	6
D George	lbw b Hendricks	8
*O Latha	st Abrahams b Govindjee	8
N Edwards	b Govindjee	2
M Abed	b Fischer	0
E Dindar	b Fischer	2
+E Choonara	c Abrahams b Govindjee	4
N Abrahams	not out	8
Extras		4
Total	(all out, 35.6 overs)	72
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-12, 3-18, 4-28, 5-42, 6-46, 7-51, 8-59, 9-59, 10-72 (35.6 ov)

Eastern Province bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Frans	8	5	3	1	-	-
Hendricks	10	1	21	3	-	-
Fischer	10	1	31	2	-	-
Govindjee	7.6	4	13	4	-	-

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Eastern Province first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
H Lorgat	b Abrahams	0
J Sandan	c Abrahams b Amod	29
GB Cuddumbey	c Latha b Abrahams	67
+F Abrahams	c Gabriels b Amod	21
*D Jacobs	lbw b Gabriels	6
KE Majola	lbw b Edwards	1
E Hendricks	b Edwards	0
M Philander	not out	47
D Govindjee	not out	19
WN Fischer	did not bat
JH Frans	did not bat
Extras		10
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 54.4 overs)	200
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-65, 3-93, 4-100, 5-107, 6-107, 7-161

Transvaal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Abrahams	11	1	36	2	-	-
Dindar	9	1	42	0	-	-
Gabriels	17	4	34	1	-	-
Amod	6	0	26	2	-	-
Edwards	11.4	3	52	2	-	-

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Transvaal second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
E Amod	c Majola b Jacobs	9
R Musson	run out	10
HC Naik	st Abrahams b Jacobs	8
S Gabriels	c Abrahams b Jacobs	3
D George	c Cuddumbey b Jacobs	3
*O Latha	c Fischer b Jacobs	2
N Edwards	b Jacobs	7
M Abed	c Frans b Jacobs	3
E Dindar	c and b Majola	17
+E Choonara	c Jacobs b Majola	16
N Abrahams	not out	1
Extras		2
Total	(all out, 39.7 overs)	81
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-28, 3-30, 4-34, 5-36, 6-43, 7-43, 8-48, 9-78, 10-81 (39.7 ov)

Eastern Province bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Frans	4	2	6	0	-	-
Hendricks	3	2	4	0	-	-
Jacobs	16	3	31	7	-	-
Govindjee	5	2	9	0	-	-
Fischer	9	2	23	0	-	-
Majola	2.7	0	6	2	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> R Musson made his debut in First-Class matches
--> D George made his debut in First-Class matches
--> GB Cuddumbey (1) passed his previous highest score of 19 in First-Class matches
--> D Govindjee (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 7
--> D Jacobs achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Transvaal second innings (previous best was 6-52)

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