f19913	Transvaal v Natal
	Other First-Class matches in South Africa 1952/53
Venue	Ellis Park, Johannesburg on 14th, 16th, 17th February 1953 (3-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Transvaal won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	WN Eksteen, LG Stacey
Close of play day 1	Transvaal (1) 42/1 (Rowan 22*, Charnas 2*)
Close of play day 2	Natal (2) 167/7 (Goddard 68*)

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Natal first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
I de Gersigny	c Taylor b Charnas	39
CAR Duckworth	hit wkt b Adcock	0
TL Goddard	lbw b Ironside	1
DF Dowling	c and b Maile	106		266	5	-
DJ Napier	c Gibb b Adcock	12
E Eaglestone	c Sadler b Ironside	77
AL Upton	c Charnas b Ironside	34
*+PJL Randles	c Ward b Adcock	2
AR King	c Charnas b Adcock	0
CG Halse	lbw b Ironside	3
VI Smith	not out	2
Extras		11
Total	(all out, 94.1 overs)	287
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-2, 3-73, 4-93, 5-233, 6-262, 7-273, 8-273, 9-279, 10-287 (94.1 ov)

Transvaal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Adcock	20	2	66	4	-	-
Ironside	25.1	7	69	4	-	-
Taylor	10	1	28	0	-	-
Clark	9	0	34	0	-	-
Charnas	14	5	31	1	-	-
Maile	16	2	48	1	-	-

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Transvaal first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*EAB Rowan	c Upton b Halse	28
AI Taylor	b King	17
M Charnas	c Dowling b King	10
LA Sadler	c Randles b King	39
LR Harris	c Randles b Goddard	17
JH Ward	c and b Dowling	17
JBR Maile	run out	22
+PJM Gibb	c Randles b Halse	7
DA Clark	c and b King	10
NAT Adcock	c Napier b Halse	0
DEJ Ironside	not out	0
Extras		6
Total	(all out, 63.2 overs)	173
Fall of wickets:
1-33, 2-56, 3-56, 4-89, 5-125, 6-152, 7-163, 8-163, 9-173, 10-173 (63.2 ov)

Natal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Halse	15.2	2	56	3	-	-
King	15	1	40	4	-	-
Goddard	14	4	17	1	-	-
Smith	15	1	37	0	-	-
Dowling	4	0	17	1	-	-

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Natal second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CAR Duckworth	lbw b Ironside	3
I de Gersigny	c Gibb b Adcock	4
TL Goddard	not out	80		240
DF Dowling	c Maile b Adcock	1
DJ Napier	b Ironside	28
E Eaglestone	c Rowan b Maile	1
AL Upton	c Harris b Charnas	22
*+PJL Randles	c Ward b Ironside	33
AR King	c Ward b Clark	11
CG Halse	not out	14
VI Smith	did not bat
Extras		7
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 69 overs)	204
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-7, 3-11, 4-51, 5-52, 6-109, 7-167, 8-182

Transvaal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Adcock	17	7	32	2	-	-
Ironside	28	5	71	3	-	-
Clark	8	0	33	1	-	-
Charnas	6	1	16	1	-	-
Maile	10	1	45	1	-	-

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Transvaal second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*EAB Rowan	c Goddard b Smith	48
AI Taylor	c de Gersigny b Halse	18
LA Sadler	c and b Goddard	3
LR Harris	run out	5
JH Ward	c Goddard b Smith	46
JBR Maile	b Dowling	28
+PJM Gibb	lbw b Smith	7
DA Clark	not out	10
M Charnas	c de Gersigny b Dowling	0
NAT Adcock	not out	0
DEJ Ironside	did not bat
Extras		6
Total	(8 wickets, 66 overs)	171
Fall of wickets:
1-36, 2-43, 3-58, 4-93, 5-147, 6-155, 7-165, 8-165

Natal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Halse	7	0	23	1	-	-
King	8	0	33	0	-	-
Goddard	13	3	28	1	-	-
Smith	22	5	41	3	-	-
Dowling	16	4	40	2	-	-

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Notes
--> LR Harris made his debut in First-Class matches
--> LA Sadler made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> DF Dowling (1) equalled his previous highest score of 106 in First-Class matches
--> DF Dowling (1) passed 2500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 34
--> M Charnas (1) equalled his previous highest score of 10 in First-Class matches
--> AR King achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Transvaal first innings (previous best was 2-19)
--> CG Halse achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Transvaal first innings (previous best was 1-21)
--> VI Smith reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Transvaal second innings

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