f20723	Transvaal v Natal
	Currie Cup 1954/55 (Section A)
Venue	Ellis Park, Johannesburg on 27th, 28th, 29th December 1954 (3-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Natal won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Points	Transvaal 3; Natal 1
Umpires	A Birkett, WN Eksteen
Close of play day 1	Natal (1) 88/5 (McLean 41*, Upton 8*)
Close of play day 2	Transvaal (2) 187/2 (Waite 65*, Winslow 71*)

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Transvaal first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AI Taylor	b Tayfield	37
WR Endean	lbw b Goddard	9
+JHB Waite	run out	2
C Tayfield	c Halse b Tayfield	21
*KJ Funston	c Keith b Goddard	4
PL Winslow	c Goddard b Markham	37
GG Ritchie	run out	1
A Tayfield	c Upton b Tayfield	1
JC Kerby	not out	14
DEJ Ironside	c Goddard b Tayfield	13
NAT Adcock	c Keith b Tayfield	12
Extras	(5 nb)	5
Total	(all out, 48.3 overs)	156
Fall of wickets:
1-17, 2-32, 3-67, 4-74, 5-78, 6-81, 7-117, 8-117, 9-144, 10-156 (48.3 ov)

Natal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Halse	6	1	18	0	-	-
Markham	11	0	40	1	-	-
Goddard	11	6	15	2	-	-
Tayfield	15.3	3	54	5	-	-
Smith	5	1	24	0	-	-

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Natal first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*DJ McGlew	c Taylor b Ironside	22
TL Goddard	c Waite b Adcock	0
HJ Keith	c A Tayfield b Adcock	1
BP Armitage	c C Tayfield b Kerby	10
RA McLean	c Endean b Adcock	50
NE Markham	b Adcock	6
AL Upton	c Endean b Adcock	22
HJ Tayfield	lbw b Ironside	7
+PJL Randles	c Endean b Ironside	17
CG Halse	b Kerby	5
VI Smith	not out	0
Extras		8
Total	(all out, 54.7 overs)	148
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-7, 3-26, 4-40, 5-73, 6-99, 7-116, 8-139, 9-143, 10-148 (54.7 ov)

Transvaal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Adcock	22	10	58	5	-	-
Ironside	18	4	41	3	-	-
Kerby	14.7	1	41	2	-	-

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Transvaal second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AI Taylor	c McLean b Tayfield	24
WR Endean	c McLean b Markham	23
+JHB Waite	c Keith b Tayfield	83
PL Winslow	c Armitage b Halse	94
C Tayfield	c McGlew b Tayfield	5
*KJ Funston	c Randles b Tayfield	27
GG Ritchie	c Keith b Tayfield	0
A Tayfield	c Markham b Goddard	0
JC Kerby	c Tayfield b Goddard	4
DEJ Ironside	lbw b Tayfield	1
NAT Adcock	not out	2
Extras	(4 nb)	4
Total	(all out, 82.1 overs)	267
Fall of wickets:
1-32, 2-64, 3-216, 4-231, 5-242, 6-242, 7-255, 8-261, 9-263, 10-267 (82.1 ov)

Natal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Halse	12	2	53	1	-	-
Markham	13	2	56	1	-	-
Goddard	10.1	3	11	2	-	-
Tayfield	29	6	88	6	-	-
Smith	11	2	33	0	-	-
McGlew	1	0	6	0	-	-
Keith	5	1	12	0	-	-
Armitage	1	0	4	0	-	-

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Natal second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*DJ McGlew	c Endean b Adcock	7
TL Goddard	lbw b C Tayfield	55
BP Armitage	b Kerby	8
HJ Keith	b Ironside	0
RA McLean	c A Tayfield b Ironside	35
AL Upton	lbw b Ironside	1
NE Markham	lbw b Adcock	3
HJ Tayfield	lbw b C Tayfield	11
+PJL Randles	not out	12
CG Halse	not out	1
VI Smith	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 2 nb, 3 w)	6
Total	(8 wickets, 46 overs)	139
Fall of wickets:
1-12, 2-30, 3-31, 4-94, 5-96, 6-105, 7-121, 8-126

Transvaal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Adcock	16	4	46	2	-	-
Ironside	16	5	42	3	-	-
Kerby	9	1	32	1	-	-
A Tayfield	1	1	0	0	-	-
C Tayfield	4	1	13	2	-	-

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Notes
--> GG Ritchie made his debut in First-Class matches
--> PL Winslow (2) passed his previous highest score of 78 in First-Class matches
--> PL Winslow (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 64
--> TL Goddard (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 10
--> RA McLean (2) passed 3000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 29
--> NAT Adcock reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Natal first innings

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