f29377	Northern Transvaal v Orange Free State
	SAB Currie Cup 1972/73 (Section B)
Venue	Berea Park, Pretoria on 17th, 18th November 1972 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Orange Free State won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Northern Transvaal won by an innings and 22 runs
Points	Northern Transvaal 15 (Bowling 5); Orange Free State 5 (Bowling 5)
Umpires	GI Fitzpatrick, GS Hawkins
Close of play day 1	Orange Free State (2) 28/1 (Oertel 7*, Thompson 0*)

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Orange Free State first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AN Oertel	c Nel b Jones	0
AJ Andre	c Quirk b Sparks	6
+PM Thompson	c Lindsay b Jones	12
*RM Prideaux	c Lindsay b Sparks	2
SD Bruce	b Jones	2
WT Strydom	b Jones	0
RA le Roux	c Quirk b Jones	4
AE van der Merwe	c Sparks b Steytler	5
SJ Gardiner	b Janse van Rensburg	9
J Vorster	b Steytler	6
TA Melis	not out	0
Extras	(1 nb)	1
Total	(all out, 30 overs)	47
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-15, 3-19, 4-23, 5-23, 6-26, 7-27, 8-41, 9-47, 10-47 (30 ov)

Northern Transvaal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jones	10	5	18	5	-	-
Sparks	12	6	17	2	-	-
Janse van Rensburg	5	3	7	1	-	-
Steytler	3	2	4	2	-	-

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Northern Transvaal first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
K Burrow	b Strydom	5
VS Nel	c van der Merwe b Gardiner	75		58	9	2
+T Quirk	c Prideaux b Melis	0
DT Lindsay	c le Roux b Gardiner	31
CI Dey	c Prideaux b le Roux	16
WG Heyns	b Gardiner	4
*RJ Falkson	c le Roux b Gardiner	11
JL Janse van Rensburg	c van der Merwe b le Roux	7
AA Jones	c Melis b Gardiner	0
JD Sparks	c Thompson b Gardiner	3
WB Steytler	not out	0
Extras	(10 b, 2 lb, 1 w)	13
Total	(all out, 40.5 overs)	165
Fall of wickets:
1-64 (Burrow), 2-71 (Quirk), 3-99 (Nel), 4-116, 5-123, 6-147, 7-162, 8-162, 9-162, 10-165 (40.5 ov)

Orange Free State bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Strydom	8	2	32	1	-	-
Andre	2	0	22	0	-	-
Melis	6	0	34	1	-	-
Gardiner	12.5	3	49	6	-	-
le Roux	12	5	15	2	-	-

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Orange Free State second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AJ Andre	c Heyns b Jones	12
AN Oertel	c Nel b Jones	15
+PM Thompson	c Lindsay b Jones	0
*RM Prideaux	b Jones	0
SD Bruce	b Jones	7
WT Strydom	c Quirk b Heyns	9
RA le Roux	c Quirk b Jones	18
AE van der Merwe	c Quirk b Heyns	0
SJ Gardiner	c Heyns b Falkson	15
J Vorster	not out	5
TA Melis	b Falkson	0
Extras	(7 b, 4 nb, 4 w)	15
Total	(all out, 55.4 overs)	96
Fall of wickets:
1-28, 2-32, 3-36, 4-43, 5-47, 6-60, 7-62, 8-86, 9-91, 10-96 (55.4 ov)

Northern Transvaal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jones	20	10	27	6	-	-
Sparks	13	7	20	0	-	-
Janse van Rensburg	4	1	11	0	-	-
Steytler	10	5	14	0	-	-
Heyns	4	3	1	2	-	-
Falkson	4.4	1	8	2	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> AE van der Merwe made his debut in First-Class matches
--> J Vorster made his debut in First-Class matches
--> WG Heyns made his debut in First-Class matches
--> JD Sparks made his debut in First-Class matches
--> AN Oertel made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> TA Melis made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> VS Nel (1) passed his previous highest score of 58 in First-Class matches
--> SD Bruce made his debut for Orange Free State in First-Class matches
--> CI Dey made his debut for Northern Transvaal in First-Class matches
--> WB Steytler made his debut for Northern Transvaal in First-Class matches
--> AA Jones made his debut for Northern Transvaal in First-Class matches
--> AA Jones made his debut in South Africa in First-Class matches
--> SJ Gardiner achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Northern Transvaal first innings (previous best was 5-52)
--> SJ Gardiner reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Northern Transvaal first innings

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