f17373	Natal v Western Province
	Currie Cup 1946/47
Venue	Kingsmead, Durban on 16th, 17th, 18th December 1946 (3-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Western Province won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Natal won by 7 wickets
Points	Natal 5; Western Province 0
Umpires	DG Draper, A Williams
Close of play day 1	Natal (1) 68/3 (Dowling 16*, Dalton 0*)
Close of play day 2	Western Province (2) 60/3 (Cheetham 16*)

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Western Province first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
S Kiel	b Payn	33
KG Dimbleby	lbw b Dawson	2
*JE Cheetham	b Dalton	39
TMH van der Spuy	run out	26
G Georgeu	st Yuill b Dalton	6
CB van Ryneveld	lbw b Payn	5
AD Keen	b Payn	11
+DM Ovenstone	c Fell b Dalton	1
JB Plimsoll	b Tayfield	19
EV Witte	not out	23
MA Hanley	c Dalton b Payn	21
Extras	(7 b, 3 lb)	10
Total	(all out, 100.3 overs)	196
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-66, 3-104, 4-104, 5-110, 6-123, 7-129, 8-136, 9-161, 10-196 (100.3 ov)

Natal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Martin	8	5	4	0	-	-
Dawson	3	0	9	1	-	-
Payn	35.3	16	48	4	-	-
Smith	20	4	55	0	-	-
Tayfield	12	2	23	1	-	-
Dalton	18	4	29	3	-	-
Dowling	4	0	18	0	-	-

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Natal first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DV Dyer	b Plimsoll	21
DR Fell	b Plimsoll	0
SH Martin	run out	26
DF Dowling	c van der Spuy b Hanley	30
EL Dalton	lbw b Witte	27
*AD Nourse	b Hanley	11
+RR Yuill	st Ovenstone b van Ryneveld	45
OC Dawson	lbw b Witte	67
LW Payn	c Georgeu b Keen	3
HJ Tayfield	b Hanley	11
VI Smith	not out	9
Extras	(10 b, 4 lb, 3 nb)	17
Total	(all out, 127.5 overs)	267
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-27, 3-68, 4-90, 5-122, 6-128, 7-217, 8-226, 9-250, 10-267 (127.5 ov)

Western Province bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Plimsoll	16	4	39	2	-	-
Witte	42	18	81	2	-	-
Hanley	46.5	6	59	3	-	-
Keen	12	5	28	1	-	-
van Ryneveld	11	0	43	1	-	-

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Western Province second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
S Kiel	c Dawson b Tayfield	28
KG Dimbleby	c Dawson b Payn	11
*JE Cheetham	lbw b Smith	28
TMH van der Spuy	c Dawson b Tayfield	2
G Georgeu	c Fell b Smith	31
CB van Ryneveld	st Yuill b Smith	10
AD Keen	c Dawson b Tayfield	15
+DM Ovenstone	b Tayfield	5
JB Plimsoll	b Smith	0
EV Witte	c and b Smith	3
MA Hanley	not out	2
Extras	(4 b, 8 lb)	12
Total	(all out, 95.2 overs)	147
Fall of wickets:
1-23, 2-56, 3-60, 4-80, 5-94, 6-133, 7-134, 8-139, 9-143, 10-147 (95.2 ov)

Natal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Martin	6	1	13	0	-	-
Dawson	2	0	11	0	-	-
Payn	24	17	16	1	-	-
Smith	30.2	11	42	5	-	-
Tayfield	22	12	19	4	-	-
Dalton	9	1	19	0	-	-
Dowling	2	0	15	0	-	-

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Natal second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DV Dyer	not out	37
DR Fell	c and b Plimsoll	17
SH Martin	lbw b Plimsoll	0
*AD Nourse	st Ovenstone b Plimsoll	0
EL Dalton	not out	20
DF Dowling	did not bat
+RR Yuill	did not bat
OC Dawson	did not bat
LW Payn	did not bat
HJ Tayfield	did not bat
VI Smith	did not bat
Extras		3
Total	(3 wickets, 24.4 overs)	77
Fall of wickets:
1-31, 2-31, 3-39

Western Province bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Plimsoll	8	0	30	3	-	-
Witte	7	1	25	0	-	-
Keen	5	2	7	0	-	-
van Ryneveld	4.4	1	12	0	-	-

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Notes
--> JE Cheetham (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 25
--> JB Plimsoll (1) passed his previous highest score of 18 in First-Class matches
--> EV Witte made his debut for Western Province in First-Class matches
--> HJ Tayfield achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Western Province second innings (previous best was 2-30)

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