f21572	Natal v Western Province
	Other First-Class matches in South Africa 1956/57
Venue	Kingsmead, Durban on 30th November, 1st, 2nd December 1956 (3-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Western Province won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	P A'Bear, JG Draper
Close of play day 1	Natal (1) 13/0 (Pearce 13*, Goddard 0*)
Close of play day 2

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Western Province first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*KT Commins	c Pearce b Goddard	15
AJ Pithey	st Pearce b Dodds	33
GAS Innes	c Pearce b Smith	13
AW Marshall	run out	24
HNP Roy	c Pearce b Goddard	5
+JH Ferrandi	c Watkins b Markham	57
KMS Heldsinger	c Pearce b Goddard	1
JBR Maile	c and b Watkins	36
JE Pothecary	lbw b Goddard	5
DA Louw	not out	5
JR Liddle	c Burger b Goddard	2
Extras	(8 lb, 9 nb)	17
Total	(all out, 109.6 overs)	213
Fall of wickets:
1-35, 2-53, 3-75, 4-98, 5-105, 6-106, 7-178, 8-204, 9-208, 10-213 (109.6 ov)

Natal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Markham	16	6	32	1	-	-
Goddard	28.2	14	36	5	-	-
Watkins	11	4	25	1	-	-
Smith	25.4	8	47	1	-	-
Dodds	29	10	56	1	-	-

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Natal first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+RA Pearce	c Roy b Liddle	95
TL Goddard	b Louw	135
HJ Keith	b Marshall	10
CGD Burger	b Louw	85
RA McLean	c Innes b Marshall	53
*JC Watkins	b Liddle	35
LB Koch	run out	17
E Eaglestone	c Ferrandi b Marshall	7
NE Markham	c Innes b Liddle	2
VI Smith	c Roy b Liddle	12
PM Dodds	not out	8
Extras	(8 lb, 1 nb)	9
Total	(all out, 97.4 overs)	468
Fall of wickets:
1-163, 2-183, 3-326, 4-333, 5-420, 6-423, 7-444, 8-445, 9-457, 10-468 (97.4 ov)

Western Province bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Louw	13	0	105	2	-	-
Pothecary	12	1	49	0	-	-
Maile	15	2	59	0	-	-
Liddle	24.4	2	100	4	-	-
Marshall	24	2	95	3	-	-
Roy	8	2	43	0	-	-
Innes	1	0	8	0	-	-

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Western Province second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AJ Pithey	c Pearce b Markham	50
*KT Commins	c Pearce b Goddard	18
GAS Innes	run out	59
HNP Roy	lbw b Dodds	16
KMS Heldsinger	run out	46
+JH Ferrandi	c Pearce b Goddard	0
AW Marshall	not out	2
JBR Maile	not out	0
JE Pothecary	did not bat
DA Louw	did not bat
JR Liddle	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 2 lb, 4 nb, 1 w)	8
Total	(6 wickets, 79 overs)	199
Fall of wickets:
1-27, 2-89, 3-137, 4-184, 5-185, 6-199

Natal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Markham	12	1	55	1	-	-
Goddard	18	7	32	2	-	-
Watkins	9	3	14	0	-	-
Smith	11	4	19	0	-	-
Dodds	23	7	43	1	-	-
Keith	6	1	28	0	-	-

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Notes
--> KMS Heldsinger made his debut in First-Class matches
--> RA Pearce made his debut in First-Class matches
--> AW Marshall made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> HNP Roy made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> JR Liddle made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> JC Watkins (1) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 26
--> VI Smith (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 1
--> AJ Pithey (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 36

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