f19877	Western Province v Natal
	Currie Cup 1952/53 (Section A)
Venue	Newlands, Cape Town on 1st, 2nd, 3rd January 1953 (3-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Western Province won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Western Province won by 21 runs
Points	Western Province 6; Natal 0
Umpires	S Collins, GL Sickler
Close of play day 1
Close of play day 2	Natal (2) 125/3 (Dowling 39*, Nourse 58*)

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Western Province first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PS Nicholson	c Goddard b Halse	6
RJ Westcott	c Dowling b Goddard	9
*JD Nel	c Copland b Goddard	5
AW Marshall	b Upton	69
PD Jaffer	c Nourse b Smith	25
HNP Roy	b Dowling	50
BD Pfaff	not out	62
+JH Ferrandi	c Randles b Goddard	9
MA Hanley	run out	12
RP Davis	st Randles b Smith	4
EV Witte	lbw b Smith	2
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb)	2
Total	(all out, 68 overs)	255
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-19, 3-28, 4-68, 5-151, 6-177, 7-205, 8-238, 9-253, 10-255 (68 ov)

Natal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Halse	15	1	47	1	-	-
Goddard	16	5	51	3	-	-
Copland	16	5	51	0	-	-
Smith	13	1	60	3	-	-
Dowling	3	0	17	1	-	-
Upton	5	0	27	1	-	-

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Natal first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JL Lamb	c Westcott b Witte	2
H Knowles	lbw b Hanley	11
DBG King	b Hanley	33
DF Dowling	b Davis	30
*AD Nourse	b Davis	19
AL Upton	c Nel b Hanley	40
TL Goddard	b Witte	8
+PJL Randles	b Witte	4
RMC Copland	b Hanley	1
CG Halse	not out	9
VI Smith	c Ferrandi b Witte	0
Extras	(9 b, 3 lb)	12
Total	(all out, 54.5 overs)	169
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-45, 3-46, 4-77, 5-114, 6-140, 7-154, 8-156, 9-160, 10-169 (54.5 ov)

Western Province bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Witte	18.5	5	37	4	-	-
Roy	5	1	21	0	-	-
Hanley	19	3	54	4	-	-
Davis	9	1	29	2	-	-
Marshall	3	0	16	0	-	-

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Western Province second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PS Nicholson	lbw b Smith	64
RJ Westcott	lbw b Copland	21
*JD Nel	c Goddard b Smith	37
AW Marshall	b Halse	18
PD Jaffer	lbw b Smith	0
HNP Roy	c Nourse b Goddard	42
BD Pfaff	c Copland b Smith	74
+JH Ferrandi	b Smith	17
MA Hanley	lbw b Smith	0
RP Davis	not out	1
EV Witte	b Smith	0
Extras	(2 b, 3 lb)	5
Total	(all out, 73.7 overs)	279
Fall of wickets:
1-61, 2-101, 3-132, 4-132, 5-185, 6-185, 7-256, 8-256, 9-279, 10-279 (73.7 ov)

Natal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Halse	8	0	50	1	-	-
Goddard	17	4	50	1	-	-
Copland	19	6	54	1	-	-
Smith	25.7	4	108	7	-	-
Dowling	4	0	12	0	-	-

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Natal second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JL Lamb	c Ferrandi b Witte	2
H Knowles	b Witte	11
DBG King	c Ferrandi b Westcott	8
DF Dowling	lbw b Marshall	84
*AD Nourse	st Ferrandi b Hanley	155
AL Upton	lbw b Witte	11
TL Goddard	run out	48
+PJL Randles	c Nicholson b Davis	7
RMC Copland	c Pfaff b Davis	0
CG Halse	b Hanley	1
VI Smith	not out	1
Extras	(15 b, 1 lb)	16
Total	(all out, 125.2 overs)	344
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-17, 3-21, 4-214, 5-243, 6-301, 7-334, 8-334, 9-343, 10-344 (125.2 ov)

Western Province bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Witte	28	7	71	3	-	-
Roy	5	0	13	0	-	-
Hanley	40.2	10	109	2	-	-
Davis	34	6	89	2	-	-
Marshall	8	2	15	1	-	-
Westcott	9	2	30	1	-	-
Nicholson	1	0	1	0	-	-

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Notes
--> CG Halse made his debut in First-Class matches
--> HNP Roy (1) passed his previous highest score of 18 in First-Class matches
--> TL Goddard achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Western Province first innings (previous best was 3-69)
--> VI Smith reached 200 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 5th wicket in the Western Province second innings

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