| f30035 | |
| Venue | St George's Park, Port Elizabeth on 1st, 2nd, 4th March 1974 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Eastern Province won the toss and decided to field |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Points | Eastern Province 3 (Bowling 3); Natal 9 (Batting 4, Bowling 5) |
| Umpires | HW Bielby, CMP Coetzee |
| Close of play day 1 | Eastern Province (1) 16/1 (Short 10*, McEwan 0*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Eastern Province (2) 86/4 (Wilmot 15*, McEwan 25*; 48 overs) |
| Natal first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *BA Richards | c Wilkins b Brickett | 106 | 181 | 12 | - | ||
| DD Dyer | c McEwan b Brickett | 75 | 212 | 6 | - | ||
| BS Groves | c Murtagh b Brickett | 1 | 16 | - | - | ||
| HR Fotheringham | c Brickett b Wilkins | 20 | 53 | 3 | - | ||
| RA Woolmer | c Wilmot b Armitage | 13 | 29 | 1 | - | ||
| +AJS Smith | run out | 1 | 11 | - | - | ||
| GA Katz | not out | 46 | 117 | 4 | 1 | ||
| PHJ Trimborn | b Wilkins | 2 | 8 | - | - | ||
| MJ Smithyman | b Reid | 34 | 76 | 5 | - | ||
| PP Henwood | not out | 12 | 29 | 2 | - | ||
| VAP van der Bijl | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (5 b, 4 lb, 7 nb) | 16 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets, declared, 370 minutes, 102.5 overs) | 326 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-176 (Richards), 2-182 (Groves), 3-191 (Dyer), 4-217 (Woolmer), 5-224 (Fotheringham), 6-224 (Smith), 7-226 (Trimborn), 8-292 (Smithyman) | |||||||
| Eastern Province bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Wilkins | 21 | 4 | 65 | 2 | - | 5 | |
| Brickett | 26 | 2 | 62 | 3 | - | 2 | |
| Reid | 20.5 | 2 | 73 | 1 | - | - | |
| Murtagh | 12 | 0 | 55 | 0 | - | - | |
| Armitage | 23 | 2 | 55 | 1 | - | - | |
| Eastern Province first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| SJ Bezuidenhout | c Dyer b Woolmer | 3 | 18 | - | - | ||
| AM Short | c Smith b Woolmer | 12 | 53 | 1 | - | ||
| +KS McEwan | c Smith b van der Bijl | 8 | 57 | - | - | ||
| CP Wilkins | c Smith b Trimborn | 20 | 37 | 2 | - | ||
| AL Wilmot | c Fotheringham b Trimborn | 45 | 48 | 6 | 2 | ||
| *RG Pollock | c Dyer b Henwood | 16 | 61 | 3 | - | ||
| RJ Summerton | c Dyer b Henwood | 18 | 57 | 3 | - | ||
| RLS Armitage | lbw b Henwood | 8 | 83 | - | - | ||
| DJ Brickett | c Smith b van der Bijl | 1 | 11 | - | - | ||
| KP Reid | not out | 17 | 79 | 2 | - | ||
| AJ Murtagh | c Smith b van der Bijl | 9 | 37 | - | - | ||
| Extras | (1 b, 6 lb) | 7 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 275 minutes, 74.3 overs) | 164 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-11 (Bezuidenhout), 2-22 (Short), 3-42 (McEwan), 4-57 (Wilkins), 5-96 (Wilmot), 6-121 (Pollock), 7-128 (Summerton), 8-129 (Brickett), 9-145 (Armitage), 10-164 (Murtagh, 74.3 ov) | |||||||
| Natal bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| van der Bijl | 20.3 | 8 | 37 | 3 | - | - | |
| Trimborn | 11 | 1 | 52 | 2 | - | - | |
| Woolmer | 24 | 6 | 46 | 2 | - | 1 | |
| Henwood | 19 | 11 | 22 | 3 | - | - | |
| Eastern Province second innings (following on) | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| SJ Bezuidenhout | b van der Bijl | 0 | 2 | - | - | ||
| AM Short | c Fotheringham b Henwood | 24 | 91 | 3 | - | ||
| RLS Armitage | run out | 11 | 78 | - | - | ||
| CP Wilkins | c Smithyman b Henwood | 4 | 18 | 1 | - | ||
| AL Wilmot | b Woolmer | 42 | 154 | 5 | - | ||
| +KS McEwan | lbw b van der Bijl | 29 | 95 | 3 | - | ||
| *RG Pollock | not out | 62 | 132 | 5 | - | ||
| RJ Summerton | c Richards b Trimborn | 1 | 7 | - | - | ||
| DJ Brickett | c Fotheringham b Trimborn | 21 | 64 | 2 | - | ||
| KP Reid | not out | 1 | 10 | - | - | ||
| AJ Murtagh | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 b, 6 lb, 5 nb, 1 w) | 13 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets, 333 minutes, 88.5 overs) | 208 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-0 (Bezuidenhout), 2-32 (Armitage), 3-37 (Short), 4-44 (Wilkins), 5-96 (McEwan), 6-136 (Wilmot), 7-145 (Summerton), 8-193 (Brickett) | |||||||
| Natal bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| van der Bijl | 26.5 | 10 | 41 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Trimborn | 23 | 5 | 59 | 2 | - | 7 | |
| Henwood | 19 | 8 | 33 | 2 | - | - | |
| Woolmer | 15 | 0 | 55 | 1 | - | - | |
| Smithyman | 5 | 2 | 7 | 0 | - | - | |