f29895	Western Province v Eastern Province
	SAB Currie Cup 1973/74 (Section A)
Venue	Newlands, Cape Town on 15th, 17th, 18th December 1973 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Western Province won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Western Province 4 (Bowling 4); Eastern Province 5 (Bowling 5)
Umpires	HE Milner, EL Tuchten
Close of play day 1	Eastern Province (1) 148/7 (Brickett 3*, Schmidt 0*)
Close of play day 2	Western Province (2) 285/8 (Pfuhl 33*, Hobson 1*)

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Western Province first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*EJ Barlow	c Wilkins b Hanley	7
FS Goldstein	c McEwan b Brickett	20
HM Ackerman	c McEwan b Schmidt	1
A Bruyns	c Bezuidenhout b Hanley	0
PN Kirsten	c Bezuidenhout b Brickett	5
RM Clark	c McEwan b Hanley	49
PD Swart	b Brickett	8
RET Morris	lbw b Wilkins	8
+GP Pfuhl	not out	33
DL Hobson	lbw b Thomas	27
AB Nieuwoudt	lbw b Wilkins	1
Extras	(4 b, 6 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	13
Total	(all out, 50.2 overs)	172
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-17, 3-32, 4-38, 5-39, 6-71, 7-100, 8-112, 9-167, 10-172 (50.2 ov)

Eastern Province bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hanley	18	4	51	3	-	-
Schmidt	11	3	30	1	-	-
Brickett	14	2	56	3	-	-
Wilkins	5.2	1	11	2	-	-
Thomas	2	0	11	1	-	-

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Eastern Province first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SJ Bezuidenhout	c Goldstein b Barlow	9
AM Short	lbw b Swart	11
AL Biggs	b Hobson	17
*RG Pollock	handled the ball	66
CP Wilkins	b Swart	14
AL Wilmot	run out	11
+KS McEwan	c Bruyns b Barlow	9
DJ Brickett	c Morris b Hobson	4
E Schmidt	b Nieuwoudt	2
DR Thomas	not out	0
RW Hanley	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 4 lb, 3 nb)	8
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 63.4 overs)	151
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-33, 3-61, 4-84, 5-108, 6-126, 7-148, 8-151, 9-151 (63.4 ov)

Western Province bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nieuwoudt	11	3	19	1	-	-
Barlow	15	3	34	2	-	-
Hobson	20.4	5	55	2	-	-
Swart	11	2	23	2	-	-
Morris	6	2	12	0	-	-

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Western Province second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*EJ Barlow	c Schmidt b Brickett	33
FS Goldstein	c Brickett b Hanley	1
HM Ackerman	c McEwan b Brickett	22
A Bruyns	b Hanley	35
PN Kirsten	c Short b Schmidt	68
RM Clark	c McEwan b Hanley	0
PD Swart	b Wilkins	46
RET Morris	c McEwan b Wilkins	27
+GP Pfuhl	c Brickett b Hanley	41
DL Hobson	c McEwan b Schmidt	14
AB Nieuwoudt	not out	1
Extras	(3 b, 6 lb, 10 nb, 1 w)	20
Total	(all out, 114.4 overs)	308
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-53, 3-62, 4-125, 5-128, 6-203, 7-223, 8-279, 9-306, 10-308 (114.4 ov)

Eastern Province bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hanley	25.4	9	63	4	-	-
Schmidt	24	7	57	2	-	-
Brickett	20	5	50	2	-	-
Wilkins	18	4	49	2	-	-
Thomas	4	0	22	0	-	-
Biggs	23	9	47	0	-	-

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Eastern Province second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AM Short	c Swart b Barlow	0
SJ Bezuidenhout	c Swart b Nieuwoudt	32
AL Biggs	c Clark b Barlow	62
*RG Pollock	run out	78
CP Wilkins	c Bruyns b Swart	41
+KS McEwan	c Barlow b Hobson	7
AL Wilmot	not out	15
DJ Brickett	not out	48
E Schmidt	did not bat
DR Thomas	did not bat
RW Hanley	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 5 lb, 6 nb)	13
Total	(6 wickets, 111 overs)	296
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-70, 3-127, 4-203, 5-223, 6-250

Western Province bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nieuwoudt	11	3	33	1	-	-
Barlow	19	3	65	2	-	-
Hobson	29	6	80	1	-	-
Swart	26	9	46	1	-	-
Morris	23	8	58	0	-	-
Clark	2	1	1	0	-	-
Ackerman	1	1	0	0	-	-

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Notes
--> PN Kirsten made his debut in First-Class matches
--> AL Biggs (1) passed 3000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 4
--> CP Wilkins (2) passed 7000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 7
--> AL Wilmot (2) passed 4000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 3
--> KS McEwan (2) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 5

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