f21130	Rhodesia v Orange Free State
	Currie Cup 1955/56 (Section B)
Venue	Salisbury Sports Club, Salisbury on 3rd, 4th, 5th December 1955 (3-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Rhodesia won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Rhodesia won by an innings and 89 runs
Points	Rhodesia 6; Orange Free State 0
Umpires	JH Maddocks, F Stanley
Close of play day 1	Rhodesia (1) ?/?
Close of play day 2	Orange Free State (2) 2/0 (Perry 0*, McLachlan 0*)

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Rhodesia first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D O'Connell-Jones	lbw b Fairbairn	121
JMS Baldwin	c Kirby b Fairbairn	30
CAR Duckworth	b Hanson	59
*DJ Lewis	lbw b Thole	103
PNF Mansell	c Jackson b Thole	5
MW Davies	run out	105
RW Coventry	c Wessels b Hanson	94
CB Kemp	st Kirby b Hanson	23
+DB Arnott	run out	0
GB Lawrence	c Jackson b Hanson	1
MD Slaven	not out	0
Extras	(6 b, 4 lb)	10
Total	(all out, 109.1 overs)	551
Fall of wickets:
1-64, 2-178, 3-223, 4-228, 5-395, 6-498, 7-530, 8-541, 9-546, 10-551 (109.1 ov)

Orange Free State bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thole	30	3	155	2	-	-
Perry	8	0	43	0	-	-
Fairbairn	28	3	121	2	-	-
Jackson	7	0	49	0	-	-
Schonegevel	3	1	20	0	-	-
Hanson	25.1	0	112	4	-	-
Wessels	6	2	25	0	-	-
le Sueur	2	0	16	0	-	-

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Orange Free State first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*SL Hanson	c O'Connell-Jones b Slaven	29
A McLachlan	lbw b Coventry	1
+IEF Kirby	run out	43
RC le Sueur	c Baldwin b Mansell	151			21	1
DJ Schonegevel	st Arnott b Mansell	10
C Richardson	b Lawrence	8
GFK Jackson	c Coventry b Mansell	19
N Wessels	st Arnott b Kemp	5
D Perry	c Mansell b Lawrence	21
DD Fairbairn	not out	6
LF Thole	b Mansell	6
Extras	(19 b, 2 lb, 1 nb, 2 w)	24
Total	(all out, 85 overs)	323
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-58, 3-90, 4-120, 5-141, 6-198, 7-207, 8-301, 9-305, 10-323 (85 ov)

Rhodesia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lawrence	23	7	50	2	-	-
Coventry	8	0	43	1	-	-
Lewis	1	0	6	0	-	-
Slaven	13	2	49	1	-	-
Mansell	32	7	112	4	-	-
Kemp	8	0	39	1	-	-

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Orange Free State second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Perry	c sub b Slaven	9
A McLachlan	lbw b Mansell	0
+IEF Kirby	b Lawrence	18
*SL Hanson	lbw b Mansell	2
RC le Sueur	c Kemp b Slaven	24
GFK Jackson	lbw b Kemp	19
DJ Schonegevel	lbw b Kemp	13
C Richardson	b Slaven	18
N Wessels	c Baldwin b Mansell	23
DD Fairbairn	b Slaven	6
LF Thole	not out	2
Extras	(3 b, 1 lb, 1 nb)	5
Total	(all out, 50.1 overs)	139
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-21, 3-27, 4-56, 5-65, 6-81, 7-96, 8-123, 9-131, 10-139 (50.1 ov)

Rhodesia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lawrence	8	4	23	1	-	-
Slaven	17.1	6	52	4	-	-
Mansell	15	7	23	3	-	-
Kemp	10	3	36	2	-	-

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Notes
--> Day 1 Lunch: Rhodesia (1) ?/? (O'Connell-Jones ?*, [unknown] ?*)
--> A McLachlan made his debut in First-Class matches
--> N Wessels made his debut in First-Class matches
--> D Perry made his debut in First-Class matches
--> D O'Connell-Jones (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 79
--> RW Coventry (1) passed his previous highest score of 63 in First-Class matches
--> CB Kemp (1) passed his previous highest score of 14 in First-Class matches
--> SL Hanson achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Rhodesia first innings (previous best was 2-43)
--> MD Slaven achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Orange Free State second innings (previous best was 4-97)

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