f29892	Border v Orange Free State
	SAB Currie Cup 1973/74 (Section B)
Venue	Jan Smuts Ground, East London on 15th, 17th, 18th December 1973 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Border won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Orange Free State won by 7 wickets
Points	Border 6 (Batting 5, Bowling 1); Orange Free State 17 (Batting 4, Bowling 3)
Umpires	KS Craig, DD Schoof
Close of play day 1	Orange Free State (1) 39/0 (Buss 26*, le Roux 11*)
Close of play day 2	Border (2) 31/0 (McClenaghan 12*, Haxton 17*)

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Border first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
IH McClenaghan	lbw b Gardiner	6
AP Haxton	c Prideaux b Selvey	4
*GW Nelson	c Botha b Buss	9
TE Jesty	c Bland b Selvey	55
+CWS Pope	c Buss b WT Strydom	99		107	18	1
DC McKenna	lbw b Bland	69
I Foulkes	b Gardiner	34
SJ Schmidt	c Prideaux b Gardiner	21
ML Harper	not out	27
RV Taylor	c WT Strydom b Gardiner	20
KI Deutschmann	did not bat
Extras	(3 lb, 13 nb)	16
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 115.3 overs)	360
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-18, 3-56, 4-143, 5-189, 6-273, 7-300, 8-318, 9-360 (115.3 ov)

Orange Free State bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Selvey	27	8	57	2	-	-
Gardiner	21.3	6	50	4	-	-
WT Strydom	16	4	63	1	-	-
Buss	22	6	74	1	-	-
Botha	12	2	55	0	-	-
le Roux	7	2	30	0	-	-
Bland	8	2	11	1	-	-
Rosendorff	2	0	4	0	-	-

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Orange Free State first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MA Buss	c Taylor b Jesty	144		235	16	2
RA le Roux	run out	58
PM Thompson	lbw b Deutschmann	41
RM Prideaux	b Foulkes	35
N Rosendorff	b Jesty	44
*KC Bland	c McKenna b Schmidt	21
+PA Strydom	c Pope b Jesty	0
WT Strydom	not out	2
MWW Selvey	lbw b Jesty	0
SJ Gardiner	c Pope b Jesty	0
TG Botha	not out	0
Extras	(6 b, 7 lb, 2 nb)	15
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 115 overs)	360
Fall of wickets:
1-181, 2-217, 3-274, 4-325, 5-357, 6-357, 7-359, 8-360, 9-360

Border bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Deutschmann	17	3	61	1	-	-
Schmidt	19	6	66	1	-	-
Taylor	31	7	69	0	-	-
Harper	16	6	49	0	-	-
Foulkes	13	2	55	1	-	-
Jesty	19	9	45	5	-	-

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Border second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
IH McClenaghan	c PA Strydom b Gardiner	19
AP Haxton	c Prideaux b Selvey	30
*GW Nelson	c Rosendorff b Gardiner	15
TE Jesty	c le Roux b Gardiner	15
+CWS Pope	b Buss	45
DC McKenna	c Prideaux b Rosendorff	14
I Foulkes	not out	8
SJ Schmidt	b Buss	7
ML Harper	lbw b Buss	0
RV Taylor	b Selvey	14
KI Deutschmann	c and b Selvey	0
Extras	(5 lb, 6 nb)	11
Total	(all out, 75.4 overs)	178
Fall of wickets:
1-34, 2-60, 3-67, 4-103, 5-147, 6-147, 7-154, 8-154, 9-178, 10-178 (75.4 ov)

Orange Free State bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Selvey	28.4	7	87	3	-	-
Gardiner	22	9	51	3	-	-
Buss	15	8	27	3	-	-
Bland	3	3	0	0	-	-
Rosendorff	7	5	2	1	-	-

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Orange Free State second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MA Buss	c Nelson b Jesty	15
RA le Roux	lbw b Harper	27
PM Thompson	lbw b Jesty	45
RM Prideaux	not out	46
N Rosendorff	not out	40
*KC Bland	did not bat
+PA Strydom	did not bat
WT Strydom	did not bat
MWW Selvey	did not bat
SJ Gardiner	did not bat
TG Botha	did not bat
Extras	(4 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	6
Total	(3 wickets, 61 overs)	179
Fall of wickets:
1-17, 2-60, 3-122

Border bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Deutschmann	7	3	22	0	-	-
Schmidt	6	1	30	0	-	-
Taylor	18	5	49	0	-	-
Harper	8	3	17	1	-	-
Jesty	20	6	44	2	-	-
Nelson	2	0	11	0	-	-
McClenaghan	0	0	0	0	1	-

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Notes
--> DC McKenna made his debut in First-Class matches
--> I Foulkes made his debut in First-Class matches
--> MA Buss (1) 100 in 150 minutes
--> N Rosendorff (2) passed 4000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 23
--> MWW Selvey made his debut for Orange Free State in First-Class matches
--> MWW Selvey made his debut in South Africa in First-Class matches

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