f29469	Eastern Province v Transvaal
	SAB Currie Cup 1972/73 (Section A)
Venue	St George's Park, Port Elizabeth on 5th, 6th, 8th January 1973 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Eastern Province won the toss and decided to field
Result	Transvaal won by 55 runs
Points	Eastern Province 9 (Batting 5, Bowling 4); Transvaal 19 (Batting 6, Bowling 3)
Umpires	MA McDonald, HE Milner
Close of play day 1	Eastern Province (1) 37/2 (Biggs 26*, Reid 3*)
Close of play day 2	Transvaal (2) 127/2 (Bath 65*, Irvine 5*)

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Transvaal first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*A Bacher	b Dye	99
BF Bath	b Reid	16
RK Muzzell	c Brickett b Schmidt	44
+BL Irvine	c McEwan b Dye	44
RC White	run out	33
SJ Cook	lbw b Hanley	12
D Mackay-Coghill	not out	22
CEB Rice	c Galpin b Wilkins	2
DR Neilson	c Galpin b Wilkins	12
PD de Vaal	not out	1
WR Kerr	did not bat
Extras	(12 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	15
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 84.5 overs)	300
Fall of wickets:
1-50, 2-141, 3-192, 4-247, 5-255, 6-267, 7-273, 8-291

Eastern Province bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hanley	15.5	1	59	1	-	-
Dye	17	3	51	2	-	-
Reid	11	2	36	1	-	-
Schmidt	16	4	38	1	-	-
Wilkins	15	4	49	2	-	-
Biggs	3	0	25	0	-	-
Brickett	7	1	27	0	-	-

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Eastern Province first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SJ Bezuidenhout	c Mackay-Coghill b Rice	1
*AL Biggs	c Bacher b Mackay-Coghill	26
DJ Brickett	c Muzzell b Mackay-Coghill	5
KP Reid	run out	37
CP Wilkins	c Kerr b de Vaal	42
AL Wilmot	c Irvine b Neilson	47
KS McEwan	c Irvine b Rice	90		160	13	-
+AC Galpin	c de Vaal b Rice	4
E Schmidt	c Mackay-Coghill b Muzzell	27
RW Hanley	b Rice	0
JCJ Dye	not out	0
Extras	(4 b, 5 lb, 2 nb)	11
Total	(all out, 86.3 overs)	290
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-23, 3-39, 4-115, 5-118, 6-210, 7-221, 8-284, 9-284, 10-290 (86.3 ov)

Transvaal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Mackay-Coghill	14	2	44	2	-	-
Rice	16	3	43	4	-	-
Neilson	15	2	33	1	-	-
Bath	14	2	39	0	-	-
Kerr	8	1	42	0	-	-
de Vaal	17	3	63	1	-	-
Muzzell	2.3	0	15	1	-	-

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Transvaal second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*A Bacher	c Galpin b Reid	29
BF Bath	c Wilmot b Hanley	68
RK Muzzell	c Hanley b Reid	22
+BL Irvine	b Reid	32
RC White	c McEwan b Hanley	9
SJ Cook	c Galpin b Hanley	7
CEB Rice	not out	21
DR Neilson	c Hanley b Biggs	6
PD de Vaal	b Reid	34
D Mackay-Coghill	did not bat
WR Kerr	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 6 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	12
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 82.2 overs)	240
Fall of wickets:
1-58, 2-90, 3-139, 4-166, 5-166, 6-175, 7-192, 8-240 (82.2 ov)

Eastern Province bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hanley	23	6	35	3	-	-
Dye	1	0	12	0	-	-
Reid	31.2	11	101	4	-	-
Schmidt	12	4	22	0	-	-
Wilkins	5	0	21	0	-	-
Biggs	10	4	37	1	-	-

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Eastern Province second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SJ Bezuidenhout	c Irvine b Mackay-Coghill	4
*AL Biggs	c Kerr b de Vaal	50
DJ Brickett	b Mackay-Coghill	7
CP Wilkins	b Neilson	23
AL Wilmot	lbw b Neilson	2
KS McEwan	c Mackay-Coghill b Kerr	21
KP Reid	c Mackay-Coghill b de Vaal	50
+AC Galpin	b Neilson	21
E Schmidt	c Muzzell b Neilson	0
RW Hanley	c and b de Vaal	1
JCJ Dye	not out	11
Extras	(5 lb)	5
Total	(all out, 71 overs)	195
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-36, 3-65, 4-69, 5-101, 6-113, 7-146, 8-146, 9-167, 10-195 (71 ov)

Transvaal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Mackay-Coghill	15	4	33	2	-	-
Rice	10	1	35	0	-	-
Neilson	17	3	49	4	-	-
Kerr	6	3	10	1	-	-
de Vaal	21	9	49	3	-	-
Muzzell	2	0	14	0	-	-

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Notes
--> A Bacher (1) passed 7000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 53
--> BF Bath (1) passed 2500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 8
--> RK Muzzell (1) passed 2500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 40
--> KP Reid (1) passed his previous highest score of 36 in First-Class matches
--> KS McEwan (1) passed his previous highest score of 31 in First-Class matches
--> KP Reid (2) passed his previous highest score of 37 in First-Class matches

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