f29829	Transvaal v DH Robins' XI
	DH Robins' XI in South Africa 1973/74
Venue	New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg on 9th, 10th, 12th November 1973 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Transvaal won the toss and decided to bat
Result	DH Robins' XI won by 8 wickets
Umpires	AJ Norton, FR Paton
Close of play day 1	DH Robins' XI (1) 9/0 (Smith 2*, Edrich 3*)
Close of play day 2	Transvaal (2) 58/2 (Bath 24*)

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Transvaal first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*A Bacher	c Tolchard b Woolmer	20
BF Bath	c Roope b Shepherd	19
+JC Breakey	lbw b Gleeson	39
SJ Cook	c Edrich b Lever	9
NG Featherstone	c Gleeson b Shepherd	19
CG Stephens	c Woolmer b Gleeson	43
PD de Vaal	not out	33
DR Neilson	lbw b Woolmer	8
DF Becker	b Gleeson	4
JPD Flanagan	c Woolmer b Gleeson	16
JP Matthews	not out	2
Extras	(1 b, 3 lb, 1 w)	5
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 88.3 overs)	217
Fall of wickets:
1-39, 2-39, 3-61, 4-96, 5-139, 6-170, 7-179, 8-184, 9-204

DH Robins' XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Snow	16	5	26	0	-	-
Lever	18.3	3	46	1	-	-
Shepherd	17	3	27	2	-	-
Woolmer	18	5	34	2	-	-
Gleeson	19	2	79	4	-	-

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DH Robins' XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MJ Smith	c Breakey b Flanagan	29
JH Edrich	c Breakey b Flanagan	24
Younis Ahmed	c Breakey b Neilson	123	139	167
*DB Close	b Becker	12
GRJ Roope	lbw b Neilson	29
+RW Tolchard	not out	31
JN Shepherd	b Neilson	39			6	2
RA Woolmer	not out	3
JW Gleeson	did not bat
JK Lever	did not bat
JA Snow	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 12 lb)	13
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 87 overs)	303
Fall of wickets:
1-47, 2-112, 3-151, 4-215, 5-235, 6-289

Transvaal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Matthews	15	3	35	0	-	-
Becker	15	5	50	1	-	-
Flanagan	23	6	73	2	-	-
Neilson	24	4	66	3	-	-
de Vaal	8	0	65	0	-	-
Bath	2	1	1	0	-	-

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Transvaal second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
NG Featherstone	lbw b Shepherd	23
BF Bath	c Close b Lever	25
+JC Breakey	lbw b Lever	10
SJ Cook	c Younis Ahmed b Snow	2
CG Stephens	b Gleeson	31
PD de Vaal	c Tolchard b Shepherd	50
*A Bacher	st Tolchard b Gleeson	4
DR Neilson	not out	35
DF Becker	c Roope b Snow	9
JPD Flanagan	run out	0
JP Matthews	c Younis Ahmed b Snow	8
Extras	(1 nb, 1 w)	2
Total	(all out, 69 overs)	199
Fall of wickets:
1-36, 2-58, 3-61, 4-63, 5-117, 6-129, 7-173, 8-187, 9-187, 10-199 (69 ov)

DH Robins' XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Snow	20	4	46	3	-	-
Lever	19	4	56	2	-	-
Shepherd	13	3	42	2	-	-
Woolmer	7	2	19	0	-	-
Gleeson	10	1	34	2	-	-

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DH Robins' XI second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JH Edrich	c Bath b Neilson	7
MJ Smith	lbw b Neilson	38
Younis Ahmed	not out	34
*DB Close	not out	31		65
GRJ Roope	did not bat
+RW Tolchard	did not bat
JN Shepherd	did not bat
RA Woolmer	did not bat
JW Gleeson	did not bat
JK Lever	did not bat
JA Snow	did not bat
Extras	(6 lb)	6
Total	(2 wickets, 29.3 overs)	116
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-47

Transvaal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Matthews	5	0	20	0	-	-
Becker	6.3	1	29	0	-	-
Flanagan	10	2	33	0	-	-
Neilson	8	1	28	2	-	-

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Notes
--> PD de Vaal (1) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 23
--> Younis Ahmed (1) 100 in 146 minutes
--> JN Shepherd reached 500 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Transvaal first innings
--> DR Neilson reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the DH Robins' XI first innings

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