f19415	Natal v Western Province
	Currie Cup 1951/52 (Section A)
Venue	City Oval, Pietermaritzburg on 7th, 8th, 10th December 1951 (3-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Natal won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Natal 3; Western Province 1
Umpires	JV Hart-Davis, BV Malan
Close of play day 1	Western Province (1) 32/1 (Commins 15*, Innes 12*)
Close of play day 2	Western Province (1) 101/5 (Marshall 1*, Ferrandi 0*)

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Natal first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*DJ McGlew	lbw b Thwaits	186		285	21	-
I de Gersigny	c Ferrandi b Delport	28
HJ Keith	run out	27
E Eaglestone	st Ferrandi b Delport	7
RA McLean	c Ferrandi b Delport	25
JC Watkins	lbw b Bolus	22
DF Dowling	c Thwaits b Bolus	6
+JM Kaplan	c and b Bolus	4
HJ Tayfield	c Foreman b Bolus	30
NE Markham	b Fuller	2
VI Smith	not out	0
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb)	6
Total	(all out, 96.1 overs)	343
Fall of wickets:
1-68, 2-143, 3-165, 4-221, 5-296, 6-303, 7-310, 8-312, 9-325, 10-343 (96.1 ov)

Western Province bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Fuller	23	2	94	1	-	-
Bolus	16.1	1	63	4	-	-
Thwaits	33	11	76	1	-	-
Delport	24	1	104	3	-	-

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Western Province first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
KT Commins	b Markham	25
JD Nel	c Keith b Markham	5
GAS Innes	c McGlew b Markham	34
*JE Cheetham	c de Gersigny b Keith	27
DJ Foreman	c de Gersigny b Tayfield	5
AW Marshall	c de Gersigny b Watkins	27
+JH Ferrandi	b Markham	66
ERH Fuller	b Markham	48
GRM Bolus	lbw b Markham	0
SA Thwaits	st Kaplan b Smith	2
RF Delport	not out	4
Extras	(3 b, 1 lb, 2 nb)	6
Total	(all out, 77.1 overs)	249
Fall of wickets:
1-17, 2-59, 3-84, 4-97, 5-101, 6-179, 7-218, 8-218, 9-243, 10-249 (77.1 ov)

Natal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Markham	20	1	77	6	-	-
Watkins	17	4	31	1	-	-
Dowling	2	0	4	0	-	-
Keith	18	5	41	1	-	-
Tayfield	7	1	31	1	-	-
Smith	13.1	2	59	1	-	-

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Natal second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*DJ McGlew	c Thwaits b Delport	64
I de Gersigny	b Thwaits	42
HJ Keith	c Innes b Thwaits	1
E Eaglestone	c Innes b Delport	1
RA McLean	b Thwaits	1
JC Watkins	not out	8
DF Dowling	not out	18
+JM Kaplan	did not bat
HJ Tayfield	did not bat
NE Markham	did not bat
VI Smith	did not bat
Extras		2
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 44 overs)	137
Fall of wickets:
1-87, 2-88, 3-111, 4-116, 5-117

Western Province bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Fuller	5	1	22	0	-	-
Bolus	9	1	46	0	-	-
Thwaits	17	10	24	3	-	-
Delport	13	3	43	2	-	-

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Western Province second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
KT Commins	c Kaplan b Keith	6
JD Nel	not out	27
GAS Innes	not out	18
*JE Cheetham	did not bat
DJ Foreman	did not bat
AW Marshall	did not bat
+JH Ferrandi	did not bat
ERH Fuller	did not bat
GRM Bolus	did not bat
SA Thwaits	did not bat
RF Delport	did not bat
Extras	(1 nb)	1
Total	(1 wicket, 29 overs)	52
Fall of wickets:
1-15 (Commins)

Natal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Markham	2	1	4	0	-	-
Watkins	5	2	8	0	-	-
Dowling	3	1	10	0	-	-
Keith	10	5	14	1	-	-
Tayfield	6	2	9	0	-	-
Smith	3	0	6	0	-	-

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Notes
--> NE Markham made his debut in First-Class matches
--> DJ McGlew (1) 100 in 171 minutes with 11 fours
--> DJ McGlew (1) passed his previous highest score of 114 in First-Class matches
--> DJ McGlew (1) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 110
--> JH Ferrandi (1) passed his previous highest score of 14 in First-Class matches
--> JH Ferrandi (1) 50 in 60 minutes
--> ERH Fuller (1) passed his previous highest score of 13 in First-Class matches
--> NE Markham achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the Western Province first innings
--> SA Thwaits reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Natal second innings

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