f27547	Rhodesia v Transvaal
	Currie Cup 1968/69 (Section A)
Venue	Police A Ground, Salisbury on 7th, 8th, 9th December 1968 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Rhodesia won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Rhodesia 0; Transvaal 0
Umpires	BW Fothergill, PH Lake
Close of play day 1	No play
Close of play day 2	Rhodesia (1) 268/7 (Parker 12*, de Caila 0*)

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Rhodesia first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RA Gripper	run out	33
JK Clarke	c Watson b Kerr	13
AJ Pithey	c Bacher b Kerr	73
PR Carlstein	c Greve b Fairon	14
*KC Bland	c Bacher b Kerr	25
JH du Preez	c Watson b Mackay-Coghill	89
BF Davison	c Mackay-Coghill b Kerr	0
EF Parker	not out	83
+AMH de Caila	lbw b Mackay-Coghill	9
PR McLoughlin	b Fairon	16
AJ Traicos	not out	4
Extras	(6 b, 6 lb, 2 nb, 2 w)	16
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 523 minutes, 154 overs)	375
Fall of wickets:
1-28 (Clarke), 2-53 (Gripper), 3-100 (Carlstein), 4-136 (Bland), 5-211 (Pithey), 6-219 (Davison), 7-258 (du Preez), 8-281 (de Caila), 9-320 (McLoughlin)

Transvaal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Watson	17	2	51	0	-	-
Mackay-Coghill	27	7	60	2	-	-
Drummer	32	11	88	0	-	-
Kerr	36	18	63	4	-	-
Fairon	40	12	83	2	-	-
Greve	2	1	14	0	-	-

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Transvaal first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*A Bacher	not out	22
BF Bath	not out	13
DR Lindsay-Smith	did not bat
D Mackay-Coghill	did not bat
RC White	did not bat
VS Greve	did not bat
WR Kerr	did not bat
GLG Watson	did not bat
+EV Chatterton	did not bat
FTM Drummer	did not bat
GP Fairon	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(no wicket, 13.5 overs)	36

Rhodesia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McLoughlin	7	4	12	0	-	-
du Preez	6.5	1	23	0	-	-

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Notes
--> AJ Pithey (1) passed 7000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 42
--> EF Parker (1) passed his previous highest score of 45 in First-Class matches
--> FTM Drummer made his debut for Transvaal in First-Class matches
--> WR Kerr made his debut for Transvaal in First-Class matches
--> WR Kerr achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches when he dismissed AJ Pithey in the Rhodesia first innings (previous best was 2-13)

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12th man for Rhodesia was SD Robertson and for Transvaal M Gamble.
In the final over of the Rhodesian innings, Parker hit Drummer for 26 in an over. The over included two apparently deliberate wides, and one four fell only marginally short of a straight six. Sources: South African Cricket Annual 1969, The Herald, The Sunday Mail. Contributed by John Ward (jward@samara.co.zw)