f28550	Eastern Province v Transvaal
	Currie Cup 1970/71 (Section A)
Venue	St George's Park, Port Elizabeth on 22nd, 23rd, 25th January 1971 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Eastern Province won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Eastern Province 0; Transvaal 4
Umpires	CMP Coetzee, H Mason
Close of play day 1	Eastern Province (1) 359 all out
Close of play day 2	Transvaal (1) 341/6 (Irvine 121*, Rice 4*)

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Eastern Province first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AL Biggs	c Irvine b Mackay-Coghill	13
AO Rudman	lbw b McAdam	0
AL Wilmot	c During b McAdam	0
RG Pollock	c Lance b Rice	35
+KJ Bond	run out	49
SJ Bezuidenhout	c Irvine b McAdam	141		200	16	-
AW Greig	b Lance	7
KP Reid	c Mackay-Coghill b Lance	3
*PM Pollock	not out	65
DL Hobson	lbw b Kerr	15
E Schmidt	run out	13
Extras		18
Total	(all out, 119.5 overs)	359
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-6, 3-43, 4-69, 5-196, 6-205, 7-221, 8-270, 9-305, 10-359 (119.5 ov)

Transvaal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McAdam	23.5	6	49	3	-	-
Mackay-Coghill	23	6	64	1	-	-
Kerr	9	3	41	1	-	-
Rice	15	2	49	1	-	-
Lance	23	10	41	2	-	-
de Vaal	24	5	86	0	-	-
During	2	0	11	0	-	-

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Transvaal first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*A Bacher	lbw b PM Pollock	128		315	9	-
PD de Vaal	c RG Pollock b Reid	5
PR Carlstein	c Bond b PM Pollock	47
+BL Irvine	not out	172		222	13	2
HR Lance	c Bond b PM Pollock	0
NG Featherstone	c Reid b Schmidt	0
AA During	c RG Pollock b PM Pollock	5
CEB Rice	not out	52
D Mackay-Coghill	did not bat
SJ McAdam	did not bat
WR Kerr	did not bat
Extras		13
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 131 overs)	422
Fall of wickets:
1-29, 2-103, 3-256, 4-256, 5-257, 6-275

Eastern Province bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
PM Pollock	31	6	108	4	-	-
Schmidt	22	4	55	1	-	-
Reid	26	7	82	1	-	-
Biggs	9	0	39	0	-	-
Wilmot	6	1	18	0	-	-
Greig	31	5	81	0	-	-
Hobson	6	1	26	0	-	-

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Eastern Province second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AO Rudman	c Irvine b McAdam	3
AL Biggs	c Irvine b Rice	13
AL Wilmot	not out	61
RG Pollock	c Carlstein b de Vaal	16
AW Greig	not out	10
+KJ Bond	did not bat
SJ Bezuidenhout	did not bat
KP Reid	did not bat
*PM Pollock	did not bat
DL Hobson	did not bat
E Schmidt	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(3 wickets, 37 overs)	103
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-37, 3-60

Transvaal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McAdam	6	4	6	1	-	-
Mackay-Coghill	2	1	6	0	-	-
Kerr	5	2	4	0	-	-
Rice	6	2	18	1	-	-
Lance	7	2	19	0	-	-
de Vaal	11	1	50	1	-	-

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Notes
--> DL Hobson made his debut in First-Class matches
--> AO Rudman made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> SJ Bezuidenhout (1) passed his previous highest score of 84 in First-Class matches
--> SJ Bezuidenhout (1) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> E Schmidt (1) passed his previous highest score of 12 in First-Class matches
--> A Bacher (1) passed 6000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 99
--> BL Irvine (1) passed his previous highest score of 138 in First-Class matches
--> SJ McAdam made his debut for Transvaal in First-Class matches
--> HR Lance reached 150 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Eastern Province first innings
--> PM Pollock reached 450 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Transvaal first innings

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