misc4780	Orange Free State v South African Country Districts
	South African Country Cricket Association Week 1975/76
Venue	Harvinia Club Ground, Virginia on 30th, 31st January 1976 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	JP Drury, P Littlewood, WO Maasch
Close of play day 1

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South African Country Districts first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
EJ Brotherton	lbw b Hanley	2
AM Short	c van Rensburg b Jones	6
EAW Steward	c Hanley b Jones	1
+PL Young	c Hanley b Strydom	85
G Irvine	run out	12
L Botha	b Coetzee	2
*RM Nicholson	b Strydom	15
HC Pittaway	c van Rensburg b Coetzee	29
I McKay	c Wessels b Coetzee	35
N Ric-Hansen	lbw b Coetzee	0
G Moorcroft	not out	2
Extras	(6 b, 3 lb)	9
Total	(all out, 74.5 overs)	198
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-9, 3-17, 4-37, 5-55, 6-122, 7-125, 8-188, 9-190, 10-198 (74.5 ov)

Orange Free State bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hanley	17	5	34	1	-	-
Botha	10	1	28	0	-	-
Jones	12	7	33	2	-	-
Strydom	12	5	31	2	-	-
Coetzee	16.5	6	40	4	-	-
Wessels	2	1	7	0	-	-
le Roux	5	0	16	0	-	-

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Orange Free State first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*RA le Roux	run out	15
+AW Stovold	c McKay b Moorcroft	1
LH Coetzee	b Pittaway	10
KC Wessels	not out	105
RJ East	c Moorcroft b McKay	5
PM Thompson	c Short b Pittaway	29
C van Rensburg	b Pittaway	3
WT Strydom	c and b Pittaway	8
MG Jones	not out	1
TG Botha	did not bat
RW Hanley	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 2 lb)	7
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 71 overs)	184
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-30, 3-41, 4-46, 5-92, 6-139, 7-174

South African Country Districts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Moorcroft	12	4	36	1	-	-
Nicholson	14	3	27	0	-	-
McKay	7	2	26	1	-	-
Pittaway	25	6	68	4	-	-
Ric-Hansen	8	2	16	0	-	-
Short	5	3	4	0	-	-

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South African Country Districts second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
EJ Brotherton	b Jones	24
AM Short	c East b le Roux	72
EAW Steward	lbw b le Roux	12
+PL Young	run out	0
G Irvine	b le Roux	15
L Botha	not out	12
*RM Nicholson	not out	11
HC Pittaway	did not bat
I McKay	did not bat
N Ric-Hansen	did not bat
G Moorcroft	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 5 lb, 1 w)	12
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 62 overs)	158
Fall of wickets:
1-44, 2-92, 3-92, 4-118, 5-135

Orange Free State bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hanley	17	5	38	0	-	-
Botha	5	3	12	0	-	-
Jones	7	4	13	1	-	-
Strydom	8	1	20	0	-	-
Coetzee	3	1	9	0	-	-
Wessels	10	0	27	0	-	-
le Roux	12	5	27	3	-	-

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Orange Free State second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*RA le Roux	b Nicholson	6
+AW Stovold	c Young b Nicholson	13
LH Coetzee	c Young b McKay	28
KC Wessels	c Young b Moorcroft	12
RJ East	c Short b McKay	24
PM Thompson	not out	0
C van Rensburg	c Irvine b McKay	22
WT Strydom	not out	0
MG Jones	c Short b McKay	24
TG Botha	did not bat
RW Hanley	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(7 wickets, 45 overs)	130
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-20, 3-36, 4-60, 5-95, 6-120, 7-130

South African Country Districts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Moorcroft	6	0	25	1	-	-
Nicholson	5	1	10	2	-	-
McKay	15	2	58	4	-	-
Pittaway	11	1	16	0	-	-
Ric-Hansen	8	0	20	0	-	-

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