f19852	Natal v Western Province
	Currie Cup 1952/53 (Section A)
Venue	Kingsmead, Durban on 12th, 13th, 15th December 1952 (3-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Western Province won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Natal won by 5 wickets
Points	Natal 6; Western Province 0
Umpires	PH Goulding, RW Rein
Close of play day 1	Natal (1) 102/4 (Dowling 1*)
Close of play day 2	Western Province (2) 156 all out

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Western Province first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WGA Wiley	b Goddard	3
RJ Westcott	run out	106
PS Nicholson	c de Gersigny b Copland	22
*JD Nel	lbw b Smith	4
BD Pfaff	lbw b Copland	0
AW Marshall	lbw b Smith	55
+JH Ferrandi	c and b Dowling	12
SA Thwaits	c Knowles b Dowling	6
GGS Lovell	not out	6
MA Hanley	c Knowles b Copland	7
EV Witte	run out	5
Extras	(1 b, 2 lb)	3
Total	(all out, 90 overs)	229
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-56, 3-67, 4-68, 5-116, 6-210, 7-211, 8-212, 9-229, 10-229 (90 ov)

Natal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Goddard	20	5	38	1	-	-
Lamb	9	4	17	0	-	-
Dowling	8	0	46	2	-	-
Copland	26	5	67	3	-	-
Smith	27	6	58	2	-	-

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Natal first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JL Lamb	lbw b Witte	28
H Knowles	c Nicholson b Witte	7
I de Gersigny	b Thwaits	63
DBG King	run out	1
DF Dowling	hit wkt b Witte	23
*AD Nourse	c sub b Witte	12
AL Upton	c Ferrandi b Lovell	0
TL Goddard	b Witte	3
+PJL Randles	b Thwaits	16
VI Smith	b Hanley	14
RMC Copland	not out	35
Extras	(1 lb, 3 nb)	4
Total	(all out, 86.1 overs)	206
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-17, 3-100, 4-102, 5-130, 6-133, 7-137, 8-140, 9-157, 10-206 (86.1 ov)

Western Province bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lovell	12	0	43	1	-	-
Witte	30	9	68	5	-	-
Hanley	12.1	1	30	1	-	-
Thwaits	29	9	50	2	-	-
Marshall	3	0	11	0	-	-

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Western Province second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*JD Nel	c Randles b Copland	61
RJ Westcott	lbw b Smith	29
PS Nicholson	c Lamb b Smith	2
WGA Wiley	c Goddard b Smith	3
BD Pfaff	b Smith	0
AW Marshall	b Smith	11
+JH Ferrandi	lbw b Smith	4
SA Thwaits	not out	21
MA Hanley	c Randles b Dowling	4
GGS Lovell	c Nourse b Smith	13
EV Witte	c Nourse b Copland	1
Extras	(2 b, 4 lb, 1 nb)	7
Total	(all out, 78.5 overs)	156
Fall of wickets:
1-61, 2-75, 3-82, 4-82, 5-106, 6-112, 7-125, 8-130, 9-147, 10-156 (78.5 ov)

Natal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Goddard	17	7	17	0	-	-
Lamb	3	1	7	0	-	-
Dowling	9	2	36	1	-	-
Copland	16.5	4	39	2	-	-
Smith	33	12	50	7	-	-

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Natal second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JL Lamb	c Lovell b Hanley	87
H Knowles	b Thwaits	11
I de Gersigny	b Hanley	32
DBG King	c Ferrandi b Witte	24
DF Dowling	c Thwaits b Hanley	9
*AD Nourse	not out	6
AL Upton	not out	4
TL Goddard	did not bat
+PJL Randles	did not bat
VI Smith	did not bat
RMC Copland	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 3 lb)	7
Total	(5 wickets, 62.6 overs)	180
Fall of wickets:
1-19, 2-118, 3-146, 4-170, 5-170

Western Province bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lovell	7	1	18	0	-	-
Witte	22	8	42	1	-	-
Hanley	19.6	3	72	3	-	-
Thwaits	14	2	41	1	-	-

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Notes
--> GGS Lovell made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> AW Marshall (2) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 9
--> JL Lamb (2) passed his previous highest score of 28 in First-Class matches
--> RMC Copland achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Western Province first innings (previous best was 2-101)

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