f31385	Western Province v Transvaal
	Castle Currie Cup 1976/77 (Section A)
Venue	Newlands, Cape Town on 1st, 3rd, 4th January 1977 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Transvaal won by 4 runs
Points	Western Province 8 (Batting 5, Bowling 3); Transvaal 16 (Batting 3, Bowling 3)
Umpires	HR Martin, DD Schoof
Close of play day 1	Transvaal (1) 334/7 (de Vaal 54*, Neilson 47*)
Close of play day 2	Transvaal (2) 45/0 (Dyer 18*, Muzzell 26*)

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Transvaal first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*DD Dyer	st Drummond b Morris	53
RK Muzzell	c Barlow b Morris	30
CEB Rice	c Drummond b Barlow	21
+BL Irvine	c Drummond b Barlow	6
KA McKenzie	lbw b Barlow	42
SJ Cook	run out	20
LJ Barnard	b Jones	43
PD de Vaal	not out	54
DR Neilson	not out	47
DS van der Knaap	did not bat
AN Hubbard	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 12 lb, 3 nb)	18
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 117 overs)	334
Fall of wickets:
1-73, 2-87, 3-131, 4-143, 5-163, 6-216, 7-238

Western Province bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
le Roux	24	4	66	0	-	-
Jones	19	2	58	1	-	-
Barlow	22	4	46	3	-	-
Hobson	19	3	73	0	-	-
Morris	30	10	63	2	-	-
Ackerman	3	0	10	0	-	-

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Western Province first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*EJ Barlow	lbw b Neilson	7
A Bruyns	lbw b Neilson	60
PN Kirsten	c Rice b Barnard	128
KC Wessels	c McKenzie b van der Knaap	22
HM Ackerman	c Dyer b van der Knaap	36
AJ Lamb	c de Vaal b van der Knaap	20
RET Morris	c de Vaal b van der Knaap	21
+RA Drummond	b Rice	31
SA Jones	not out	17
GS le Roux	retired hurt	1
DL Hobson	not out	8
Extras	(4 b, 4 lb, 7 nb)	15
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 109 overs)	366
Fall of wickets:
1-26, 2-120, 3-182, 4-239, 5-268, 6-288, 7-322, 8-350

Transvaal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Neilson	24	4	76	2	-	-
Hubbard	25	4	78	0	-	-
Rice	17	1	75	1	-	-
de Vaal	20	8	45	0	-	-
van der Knaap	20	1	65	4	-	-
Barnard	3	1	12	1	-	-

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Transvaal second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*DD Dyer	c Drummond b Hobson	46
RK Muzzell	c and b Kirsten	78
CEB Rice	c Wessels b Hobson	41
+BL Irvine	b Kirsten	0
KA McKenzie	c Wessels b Hobson	9
SJ Cook	not out	49
LJ Barnard	b Hobson	0
PD de Vaal	lbw b Hobson	7
DR Neilson	not out	48		70
DS van der Knaap	did not bat
AN Hubbard	did not bat
Extras	(5 lb)	5
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 103 overs)	283
Fall of wickets:
1-93, 2-151, 3-151, 4-166, 5-181, 6-185, 7-207

Western Province bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
le Roux	15	2	60	0	-	-
Jones	12	2	44	0	-	-
Barlow	9	1	36	0	-	-
Hobson	39	17	79	5	-	-
Morris	18	5	39	0	-	-
Kirsten	10	3	20	2	-	-

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Western Province second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*EJ Barlow	c Hubbard b Neilson	17
A Bruyns	c Rice b van der Knaap	95
PN Kirsten	c Cook b de Vaal	12
KC Wessels	st Irvine b van der Knaap	71
HM Ackerman	b Neilson	9
AJ Lamb	b Neilson	10
RET Morris	b Rice	6
+RA Drummond	b Rice	9
DL Hobson	run out	5
SA Jones	b Rice	1
GS le Roux	not out	0
Extras	(5 b, 7 lb)	12
Total	(all out, 46 overs)	247
Fall of wickets:
1-32 (Barlow), 2-65 (Kirsten), 3-183 (Bruyns), 4-201 (Wessels), 5-221 (Ackerman), 6-227 (Lamb), 7-231 (Morris), 8-238 (Hobson), 9-246 (Jones), 10-247 (Drummond, 46 ov)

Transvaal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Neilson	12	0	70	3	-	-
Hubbard	3	0	24	0	-	-
Rice	2	0	6	3	-	-
de Vaal	11	1	52	1	-	-
van der Knaap	18	1	83	2	-	-

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Notes
--> SA Jones (1) passed his previous highest score of 16 in First-Class matches
--> RA Drummond made his debut for Western Province in First-Class matches
--> LJ Barnard made his debut for Transvaal in First-Class matches
--> EJ Barlow reached 450 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Transvaal first innings
--> RK Muzzell retired hurt in the Transvaal first innings (team score 26/0) - he returned when the score was 131/3
--> GS le Roux retired hurt in the Western Province first innings having scored 1 (team had lost 8 wickets)

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