| f30428 | |
| Venue | Kingsmead, Durban on 1st, 2nd, 3rd January 1975 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Natal won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Points | Natal 10 (Batting 7, Bowling 3); Eastern Province 7 (Batting 5, Bowling 2) |
| Umpires | PL Elffers, FD Osman |
| Close of play day 1 | Eastern Province (1) 57/1 (Wilkins 37*, Short 10*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Natal (2) 3/0 (Dyer 2*, Smith 1*; 2 overs) |
| Natal first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *BA Richards | c McEwan b Wilkins | 101 | 241 | 13 | - | ||
| DD Dyer | c Wilkins b Hanley | 11 | 26 | 1 | - | ||
| HR Fotheringham | b Hanley | 8 | 13 | 1 | - | ||
| D Bestall | not out | 152 | 318 | 16 | - | ||
| RA Woolmer | c Wilmot b Muzzell | 51 | 85 | 8 | - | ||
| +AJS Smith | not out | 13 | 32 | - | - | ||
| GA Katz | did not bat | ||||||
| MJ Smithyman | did not bat | ||||||
| PP Henwood | did not bat | ||||||
| VAP van der Bijl | did not bat | ||||||
| PHJ Trimborn | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (8 lb, 1 w) | 9 | |||||
| Total | (4 wickets, declared, 359 minutes, 88 overs) | 345 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-15 (Dyer), 2-23 (Fotheringham), 3-211 (Richards), 4-295 (Woolmer) | |||||||
| Eastern Province bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Hanley | 20 | 0 | 62 | 2 | - | - | |
| Brickett | 22 | 3 | 107 | 0 | 1 | - | |
| Wilkins | 14 | 2 | 54 | 1 | - | - | |
| Reid | 17 | 0 | 47 | 0 | - | - | |
| Gleeson | 13 | 1 | 56 | 0 | - | - | |
| Muzzell | 2 | 0 | 10 | 1 | - | - | |
| Eastern Province first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| SJ Bezuidenhout | c Smithyman b Woolmer | 10 | 22 | 1 | - | ||
| CP Wilkins | c Fotheringham b Henwood | 57 | 107 | 6 | 1 | ||
| AM Short | c Smith b van der Bijl | 18 | 64 | 2 | - | ||
| *RG Pollock | c Trimborn b Smithyman | 112 | 187 | 13 | 1 | ||
| AL Wilmot | c Dyer b Henwood | 11 | 40 | 1 | - | ||
| RK Muzzell | not out | 82 | 256 | 10 | 1 | ||
| +KS McEwan | c Woolmer b Smithyman | 5 | 16 | 1 | - | ||
| KP Reid | c Bestall b van der Bijl | 25 | 80 | 1 | - | ||
| DJ Brickett | b Smithyman | 11 | 31 | 2 | - | ||
| JW Gleeson | did not bat | ||||||
| RW Hanley | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 b, 6 lb) | 7 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets, declared, 405 minutes, 101 overs) | 338 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-31 (Bezuidenhout), 2-82 (Short), 3-93 (Wilkins), 4-113 (Wilmot), 5-231 (Pollock), 6-241 (McEwan), 7-309 (Reid), 8-338 (Brickett, 101 ov) | |||||||
| Natal bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| van der Bijl | 28 | 4 | 90 | 2 | - | - | |
| Trimborn | 19 | 7 | 61 | 0 | - | - | |
| Woolmer | 20 | 3 | 72 | 1 | - | - | |
| Henwood | 21 | 4 | 69 | 2 | - | - | |
| Smithyman | 13 | 1 | 39 | 3 | - | - | |
| Natal second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| DD Dyer | c Wilkins b Brickett | 27 | 125 | 2 | - | ||
| +AJS Smith | c sub (RLS Armitage) b Hanley | 41 | 145 | 4 | - | ||
| HR Fotheringham | b Hanley | 6 | 29 | - | - | ||
| D Bestall | c McEwan b Hanley | 33 | 79 | 4 | - | ||
| GA Katz | lbw b Bezuidenhout | 24 | 11 | 2 | - | ||
| RA Woolmer | lbw b Bezuidenhout | 0 | 7 | - | - | ||
| MJ Smithyman | c and b Muzzell | 10 | 55 | - | - | ||
| *BA Richards | not out | 7 | 33 | - | - | ||
| PP Henwood | c Short b Muzzell | 0 | 11 | - | - | ||
| VAP van der Bijl | did not bat | ||||||
| PHJ Trimborn | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (3 b, 4 lb, 1 nb) | 8 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets, declared, 301 minutes, 81 overs) | 156 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-63 (Dyer), 2-73 (Smith), 3-78 (Fotheringham), 4-129 (Bestall), 5-130 (Woolmer), 6-139 (Katz), 7-154 (Smithyman), 8-156 (Henwood, 81 ov) | |||||||
| Eastern Province bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Hanley | 21 | 7 | 32 | 3 | - | - | |
| Brickett | 16 | 5 | 32 | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Wilkins | 8 | 1 | 13 | 0 | - | - | |
| Reid | 13 | 4 | 28 | 0 | - | - | |
| Muzzell | 10 | 4 | 25 | 2 | - | - | |
| Bezuidenhout | 13 | 4 | 18 | 2 | - | - | |
| Eastern Province second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| SJ Bezuidenhout | not out | 0 | 31 | 35 | - | - | |
| CP Wilkins | lbw b Henwood | 4 | 9 | 14 | 1 | - | |
| AM Short | not out | 18 | 32 | 20 | 3 | - | |
| *RG Pollock | did not bat | ||||||
| AL Wilmot | did not bat | ||||||
| RK Muzzell | did not bat | ||||||
| +KS McEwan | did not bat | ||||||
| KP Reid | did not bat | ||||||
| DJ Brickett | did not bat | ||||||
| JW Gleeson | did not bat | ||||||
| RW Hanley | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | 0 | ||||||
| Total | (1 wicket, 35 minutes, 12 overs) | 22 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-4 (Wilkins, 3.3 ov) | |||||||
| Natal bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| van der Bijl | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | - | - | |
| Trimborn | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | - | - | |
| Henwood | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
| Fotheringham | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | - | - | |
| Smith | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | - | - | |