f37224 sacboc176	Eastern Province v Western Province
	Howa Bowl 1987/88
Venue	Wolfson Stadium, Port Elizabeth on 21st, 22nd, 23rd November 1987 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Eastern Province won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Western Province won by 3 wickets
Points	Eastern Province 6 (Batting 3, Bowling 3); Western Province 18 (Batting 4, Bowling 4)
Umpires	WA Diedricks, CA Meyer
Close of play day 1
Close of play day 2	Eastern Province (2) 162/7 (Dolley 43*, Coetzee 0*)

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Eastern Province first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+S Kruger	b Barnes	21
GB Cuddumbey	c Behardien b Barnes	7
A Coetzee	c Behardien b February	5
MG Majola	c Behardien b Benjamin	27
AD Peters	b Benjamin	73
V Malgas	c Magiet b Benjamin	1
*KE Majola	c White b February	16
RB Dolley	not out	26
S George	b Barnes	23
VS Frans	c Davids b Magiet	11
S Abrahams	c Davids b Benjamin	1
Extras		25
Total	(all out, 82.2 overs)	236
Fall of wickets:
1-31, 2-36, 3-38, 4-111, 5-123, 6-161, 7-172, 8-209, 9-226, 10-236 (82.2 ov)

Western Province bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Barnes	24	7	55	3	-	-
February	14	4	34	2	-	-
Benjamin	22.2	2	69	4	-	-
Gabriels	14	2	26	0	-	-
Davids	2	0	8	0	-	-
Conrad	3	0	15	0	-	-
Magiet	3	0	4	1	-	-

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Western Province first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
S Hendricks	c KE Majola b George	26
S Gabriels	c Abrahams b George	62
+N White	c Kruger b KE Majola	27
S Conrad	c sub b KE Majola	31
I Behardien	c sub b KE Majola	31
F Davids	run out	51
D Kemp	st Kruger b KE Majola	1
*S Magiet	c Cuddumbey b Dolley	15
R February	not out	8
VA Barnes	c George b Dolley	4
F Benjamin	run out	0
Extras		16
Total	(all out, 85.2 overs)	272
Fall of wickets:
1-91, 2-95, 3-152, 4-162, 5-233, 6-244, 7-249, 8-263, 9-271, 10-272 (85.2 ov)

Eastern Province bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Abrahams	10	2	29	0	-	-
Frans	8	0	39	0	-	-
KE Majola	27.2	3	89	4	-	-
George	16	4	34	2	-	-
Dolley	24	6	65	2	-	-

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Eastern Province second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GB Cuddumbey	c February b Gabriels	47
+S Kruger	c Benjamin b February	7
MG Majola	c Magiet b February	0
AD Peters	c White b February	0
V Malgas	c Benjamin b Gabriels	15
*KE Majola	c Barnes b Gabriels	25
RB Dolley	b Magiet	44
S George	c Behardien b Barnes	9
VS Frans	c Kemp b Barnes	1
A Coetzee	not out	5
S Abrahams	b Magiet	1
Extras		19
Total	(all out, 72.5 overs)	173
Fall of wickets:
1-19, 2-19, 3-23, 4-56, 5-91, 6-112, 7-162, 8-166, 9-172, 10-173 (72.5 ov)

Western Province bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Barnes	17	4	28	2	-	-
February	17	4	34	3	-	-
Gabriels	19	2	52	3	-	-
Benjamin	11	2	27	0	-	-
Magiet	8.5	2	13	2	-	-

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Western Province second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
S Hendricks	c Peters b George	10
S Gabriels	not out	56
I Behardien	c KE Majola b George	7
S Conrad	c Frans b Abrahams	6
F Davids	lbw b Frans	7
D Kemp	b Abrahams	17
*S Magiet	c Peters b Abrahams	4
+N White	c Coetzee b Abrahams	0
R February	not out	11
VA Barnes	did not bat
F Benjamin	did not bat
Extras		20
Total	(7 wickets, 59.2 overs)	138
Fall of wickets:
1-36, 2-42, 3-48, 4-65, 5-93, 6-99, 7-99

Eastern Province bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Frans	7.2	2	23	1	-	-
Abrahams	28	7	48	4	-	-
George	12	1	26	2	-	-
Dolley	12	5	21	0	-	-

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Notes
--> D Kemp made his debut in First-Class matches
--> V Malgas made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> S George (1) passed his previous highest score of 18 in First-Class matches
--> S Gabriels (1) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 17
--> F Benjamin achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Eastern Province first innings (previous best was 2-48)
--> S Abrahams achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Western Province second innings (previous best was 2-21)

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