f29458	Western Province v Transvaal
	SAB Currie Cup 1972/73 (Section A)
Venue	Newlands, Cape Town on 30th December 1972, 1st, 2nd January 1973 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Western Province won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Points	Western Province 4 (Batting 1, Bowling 3); Transvaal 2 (Batting 1, Bowling 1)
Umpires	G Goldman, EL Tuchten
Close of play day 1	Western Province (1) 7/1 (Barlow 0*, Morris 7*)
Close of play day 2	Western Province (1) 326/9 (Pfuhl 29*, Chevalier 0*)

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Transvaal first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*A Bacher	c Gie b Swart	13
BF Bath	lbw b Swart	12
RK Muzzell	c Pfuhl b Barlow	40
+BL Irvine	c Barlow b Chevalier	18
RC White	b Chevalier	101		250	11	-
SJ Cook	lbw b Swart	25		92
PD de Vaal	c Pfuhl b Nieuwoudt	7
DR Neilson	c Pfuhl b Barlow	1
NR Weightman	c Gie b Barlow	0
CEB Rice	not out	20
D Mackay-Coghill	not out	0
Extras	(2 b, 10 lb, 1 w)	13
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 112.4 overs)	250
Fall of wickets:
1-26, 2-38, 3-88, 4-96, 5-167, 6-189, 7-193, 8-207, 9-249

Western Province bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nieuwoudt	19	3	66	1	-	-
Barlow	30.4	6	61	3	-	-
Swart	32	13	49	3	-	-
Bowditch	3	0	9	0	-	-
Chevalier	23	7	36	2	-	-
Morris	5	0	16	0	-	-

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Western Province first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*EJ Barlow	b de Vaal	62
OJA Snyman	b Rice	0
RET Morris	c Irvine b Mackay-Coghill	17
JR Cheetham	c Bacher b Bath	124	233	270	13	-
HM Ackerman	c Mackay-Coghill b Bath	33
CA Gie	b de Vaal	21
PD Swart	c Mackay-Coghill b Bath	4
MH Bowditch	lbw b Rice	18
+GP Pfuhl	not out	29
AB Nieuwoudt	run out	7
GA Chevalier	not out	0
Extras	(6 b, 5 lb)	11
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 123 overs)	326
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-30, 3-119, 4-197, 5-260, 6-271, 7-271, 8-315, 9-323

Transvaal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Neilson	22	4	53	0	-	-
Rice	10	3	38	2	-	-
Mackay-Coghill	28	4	71	1	-	-
Weightman	14	1	40	0	-	-
de Vaal	24	9	56	2	-	-
Bath	24	9	55	3	-	-
Muzzell	1	0	2	0	-	-

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Transvaal second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*A Bacher	st Pfuhl b Chevalier	65
BF Bath	lbw b Nieuwoudt	10
RK Muzzell	c Pfuhl b Barlow	30
+BL Irvine	c Pfuhl b Morris	23
RC White	c Swart b Nieuwoudt	43
SJ Cook	c Pfuhl b Nieuwoudt	34
PD de Vaal	b Swart	11
DR Neilson	lbw b Chevalier	7
CEB Rice	not out	8
NR Weightman	not out	7
D Mackay-Coghill	did not bat
Extras	(6 lb)	6
Total	(8 wickets, 109.2 overs)	244
Fall of wickets:
1-12, 2-86, 3-126, 4-145, 5-194, 6-215, 7-225, 8-233

Western Province bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nieuwoudt	18	4	42	3	-	-
Barlow	17	6	36	1	-	-
Swart	24	4	50	1	-	-
Chevalier	25.2	9	61	2	-	-
Morris	25	6	49	1	-	-

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Notes
--> OJA Snyman made his debut in First-Class matches
--> JR Cheetham (1) passed his previous highest score of 77 in First-Class matches
--> JR Cheetham (1) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> JR Cheetham (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 97

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