f29555	Eastern Province v Western Province
	SAB Currie Cup 1972/73 (Section A)
Venue	St George's Park, Port Elizabeth on 16th, 17th, 19th March 1973 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Eastern Province won the toss and decided to field
Result	Eastern Province won by 8 wickets
Points	Eastern Province 18 (Batting 5, Bowling 3); Western Province 6 (Batting 3, Bowling 3)
Umpires	CMP Coetzee, AA Matthews
Close of play day 1	Eastern Province (1) 22/0 (Bezuidenhout 9*, Biggs 13*)
Close of play day 2	Western Province (2) 82/4 (Gie 12*, Hugo 5*)

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Western Province first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*EJ Barlow	lbw b Reid	35
FS Goldstein	c Colling b Hanley	23
OJA Snyman	c Biggs b Brickett	33
HM Ackerman	c Reid b Brickett	47
CA Gie	c Wilmot b Schmidt	53
SG Hugo	c Colling b Brickett	21
PD Swart	c Wilmot b Reid	5
+GP Pfuhl	c Colling b Schmidt	15
RET Morris	not out	22
AB Nieuwoudt	not out	9
JC Cawood	did not bat
Extras	(7 lb, 1 nb)	8
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 95 overs)	271
Fall of wickets:
1-35, 2-69, 3-141, 4-144, 5-197, 6-206, 7-232, 8-255

Eastern Province bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hanley	16	2	56	1	-	-
Schmidt	18	5	62	2	-	-
Reid	20	3	59	2	-	-
Wilkins	17	4	32	0	-	-
Brickett	22	2	54	3	-	-
Biggs	2	2	0	0	-	-

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Eastern Province first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SJ Bezuidenhout	c Goldstein b Barlow	24
AL Biggs	c Barlow b Cawood	70		180
KP Reid	c Pfuhl b Morris	31
CP Wilkins	not out	118		140	10	4
*RG Pollock	run out	18
AL Wilmot	run out	0
KS McEwan	lbw b Barlow	0
DJ Brickett	b Swart	2
+RK Colling	not out	0
E Schmidt	did not bat
RW Hanley	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 11 lb, 1 nb)	13
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 79.2 overs)	276
Fall of wickets:
1-93, 2-95, 3-167, 4-219, 5-256, 6-260, 7-269

Western Province bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Barlow	22	4	72	2	-	-
Nieuwoudt	8	2	23	0	-	-
Swart	20.2	4	61	1	-	-
Cawood	11	2	42	1	-	-
Hugo	7	1	15	0	-	-
Morris	11	1	50	1	-	-

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Western Province second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*EJ Barlow	c Wilmot b Schmidt	19
FS Goldstein	c Pollock b Hanley	38
OJA Snyman	c Wilmot b Reid	1
HM Ackerman	b Wilkins	9
CA Gie	c Hanley b Schmidt	55
SG Hugo	not out	44
PD Swart	did not bat
+GP Pfuhl	did not bat
RET Morris	did not bat
AB Nieuwoudt	did not bat
JC Cawood	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 4 lb, 4 nb)	9
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 61 overs)	175
Fall of wickets:
1-48, 2-58, 3-59, 4-77, 5-175 (61 ov)

Eastern Province bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hanley	14	3	33	1	-	-
Schmidt	9	2	44	2	-	-
Reid	16	4	45	1	-	-
Wilkins	9	1	27	1	-	-
Brickett	2	1	1	0	-	-
Biggs	9	5	13	0	-	-
Bezuidenhout	2	0	3	0	-	-

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Eastern Province second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AL Biggs	lbw b Morris	42
SJ Bezuidenhout	c Goldstein b Swart	88			8	2
CP Wilkins	not out	20
*RG Pollock	not out	18
KP Reid	did not bat
AL Wilmot	did not bat
KS McEwan	did not bat
DJ Brickett	did not bat
+RK Colling	did not bat
E Schmidt	did not bat
RW Hanley	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 5 lb)	6
Total	(2 wickets, 29.2 overs)	174
Fall of wickets:
1-121, 2-137

Western Province bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Barlow	11	1	53	0	-	-
Nieuwoudt	1	0	2	0	-	-
Swart	11.2	1	64	1	-	-
Cawood	2	0	20	0	-	-
Hugo	1	0	14	0	-	-
Morris	3	0	15	1	-	-

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Notes
--> RET Morris (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 13
--> FS Goldstein (2) passed 4000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 7
--> SG Hugo (2) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 40

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