f17046	Natal v Griqualand West
	First-Class matches in South Africa 1945/46
Venue	City Oval, Pietermaritzburg on 1st, 3rd March 1946 (3-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Griqualand West won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Natal won by an innings and 23 runs
Close of play day 1	Natal (1) 283 all out

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Griqualand West first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
F Nicholson	lbw b Dalton	1
RAWG Smith	lbw b Dalton	0
CD Helfrich	c and b Dawson	3
+APC Steyn	c Smith b Tayfield	30
LE McNamara	b Tayfield	15
AH Gyngell	b Dalton	21
*RW Searle	c Dawson b Dalton	14
DH Buckley	c Nourse b Dalton	0
JE Waddington	c Tayfield b Smith	6
JGB Brinkhaus	not out	0
A Waddington	run out	1
Extras	(3 b, 7 lb)	10
Total	(all out, 43 overs)	101
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-4, 3-7, 4-49, 5-56, 6-77, 7-77, 8-96, 9-100, 10-101 (43 ov)

Natal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Dawson	5	3	5	1	-	-
Dalton	12	4	33	5	-	-
Tayfield	16	6	30	2	-	-
Smith	10	2	23	1	-	-

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Natal first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DV Dyer	b A Waddington	117
DS Turner	c Steyn b Searle	52
E Eaglestone	c Nicholson b Gyngell	13
+WW Wade	c McNamara b Searle	15
*AD Nourse	b Brinkhaus	10
OC Dawson	lbw b JE Waddington	36
DM Dinkelman	not out	11
HJ Tayfield	b McNamara	3
VI Smith	b McNamara	0
HH Keppler	run out	16
HE Dalton	c Helfrich b McNamara	0
Extras		10
Total	(all out, 70 overs)	283
Fall of wickets:
1-102, 2-129, 3-164, 4-194, 5-234, 6-266, 7-268, 8-269, 9-283, 10-283 (70 ov)

Griqualand West bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
A Waddington	20	4	70	1	-	-
Brinkhaus	14	1	55	1	-	-
McNamara	8	1	41	3	-	-
JE Waddington	13	0	44	1	-	-
Searle	10	0	30	2	-	-
Gyngell	5	0	33	1	-	-

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Griqualand West second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
F Nicholson	lbw b Smith	10
RAWG Smith	c Smith b Dalton	1
CD Helfrich	c and b Dinkelman	1
+APC Steyn	b Smith	22
LE McNamara	c Keppler b Smith	4
AH Gyngell	not out	64
*RW Searle	lbw b Keppler	19
DH Buckley	b Tayfield	3
JE Waddington	lbw b Dalton	23
JGB Brinkhaus	b Dawson	6
A Waddington	b Dalton	0
Extras		6
Total	(all out, 66.7 overs)	159
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-33, 3-34, 4-39, 5-39, 6-83, 7-90, 8-150, 9-150, 10-159 (66.7 ov)

Natal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Dawson	7.7	1	29	1	-	-
Dalton	11	5	26	3	-	-
Tayfield	11	2	21	1	-	-
Smith	19	8	36	3	-	-
Dinkelman	11	4	13	1	-	-
Keppler	7	0	28	1	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> E Eaglestone made his debut in First-Class matches
--> DM Dinkelman made his debut in First-Class matches
--> HJ Tayfield made his debut in First-Class matches
--> HH Keppler made his debut in First-Class matches
--> AH Gyngell made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> JE Waddington (2) passed his previous highest score of 20 in First-Class matches
--> JGB Brinkhaus made his debut for Griqualand West in First-Class matches
--> HE Dalton achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Griqualand West first innings (previous best was 2-62)
--> HE Dalton achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the Griqualand West first innings

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