f21205	Natal v Western Province
	Currie Cup 1955/56 (Section A)
Venue	City Oval, Pietermaritzburg on 10th, 11th, 13th February 1956 (3-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Natal won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Natal won by an innings and 39 runs
Points	Natal 6; Western Province 0
Umpires	P A'Bear, BV Malan
Close of play day 1	Natal (1) 404 all out
Close of play day 2	Western Province (2) 93/2 (Ferrandi 25*, van Ryneveld 28*)

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Natal first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LB Koch	c Pithey b Fuller	10
TL Goddard	c Pothecary b van Ryneveld	92
HJ Keith	c Ferrandi b Fuller	5
RA McLean	c Ferrandi b Fuller	0
CGD Burger	c Innes b Maile	50
*DJ McGlew	not out	121
FC Bestall	b Fuller	0
NE Markham	c Pithey b Maile	78
+PJL Randles	c Pothecary b Fuller	28
VI Smith	c Ferrandi b Pothecary	0
J Atkinson	run out	9
Extras	(2 b, 5 lb, 2 nb, 2 w)	11
Total	(all out, 107 overs)	404
Fall of wickets:
1-20, 2-26, 3-26, 4-120, 5-190, 6-191, 7-324, 8-369, 9-369, 10-404 (107 ov)

Western Province bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Fuller	21	2	53	5	-	-
Pothecary	23	0	88	1	-	-
Roy	2	0	12	0	-	-
Maile	23	2	78	2	-	-
Liddle	25	3	77	0	-	-
van Ryneveld	12	0	71	1	-	-
Innes	1	0	14	0	-	-

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Western Province first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AJ Pithey	c Goddard b Markham	0
GAS Innes	c Randles b Markham	19
*CB van Ryneveld	c Goddard b Markham	4
JR Siedle	lbw b Goddard	0
RR MacDonald	lbw b Atkinson	9
HNP Roy	c Markham b Atkinson	7
JBR Maile	lbw b Goddard	5
ERH Fuller	b Atkinson	23
+JH Ferrandi	c Randles b Goddard	3
JE Pothecary	c McLean b Goddard	23
JR Liddle	not out	0
Extras	(1 lb, 4 nb, 3 w)	8
Total	(all out, 41.7 overs)	101
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-14, 3-21, 4-36, 5-44, 6-49, 7-52, 8-61, 9-61, 10-101 (41.7 ov)

Natal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Markham	12	1	29	3	-	-
Atkinson	12	3	24	3	-	-
Goddard	17.7	11	40	4	-	-

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Western Province second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AJ Pithey	c Randles b Keith	16
GAS Innes	c Randles b Atkinson	19
+JH Ferrandi	c Burger b Smith	89
*CB van Ryneveld	b Goddard	46
JR Siedle	b Goddard	52
RR MacDonald	c Keith b Smith	7
HNP Roy	not out	15
JBR Maile	b Markham	5
ERH Fuller	c Burger b Markham	0
JE Pothecary	b Markham	0
JR Liddle	absent ill
Extras	(8 lb, 5 nb, 2 w)	15
Total	(all out, 124 overs)	264
Fall of wickets:
1-30, 2-44, 3-128, 4-222, 5-235, 6-244, 7-264, 8-264, 9-264 (124 ov)

Natal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Markham	16	2	43	3	-	-
Atkinson	26	6	60	1	-	-
Goddard	26	12	27	2	-	-
Keith	19	10	29	1	-	-
Smith	29	9	67	2	-	-
Burger	1	0	9	0	-	-
Bestall	7	2	14	0	-	-

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Notes
--> J Atkinson made his debut in First-Class matches
--> FC Bestall made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> NE Markham (1) passed his previous highest score of 51 in First-Class matches
--> HNP Roy (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 1
--> RR MacDonald did not score for 64 minutes when 0 in the Western Province second innings
--> JH Ferrandi (2) passed his previous highest score of 66 in First-Class matches
--> JH Ferrandi (2) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 73
--> ERH Fuller reached 150 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Natal first innings

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