f31777	Rhodesia v Eastern Province
	Castle Currie Cup 1977/78
Venue	Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo on 5th, 6th, 7th November 1977 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Eastern Province won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Rhodesia 7 (Batting 5, Bowling 2); Eastern Province 5 (Batting 3, Bowling 2)
Umpires	IS Forrest, LN Hornby
Close of play day 1	Rhodesia (1) 50/2 (Dudleston 5*, Peckover 1*)
Close of play day 2	Eastern Province (2) 83/1 (Wilkins 24*, Brickett 0*)

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Eastern Province first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SJ Bezuidenhout	b Fletcher	75
CP Wilkins	c Horton b Kaschula	26
*KS McEwan	c Heron b Kaschula	0
RG Pollock	c Horton b Kaschula	134
KP Reid	c Dudleston b Horton	35
GS Cowley	lbw b Fletcher	7
DJ Brickett	not out	5
+AC Galpin	b Horton	8
D Govindjee	did not bat
WK Watson	did not bat
CR Kelbrick	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 10 lb, 4 nb)	18
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 115.3 overs)	308
Fall of wickets:
1-61, 2-64, 3-148, 4-280, 5-286, 6-292, 7-308 (115.3 ov)

Rhodesia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Horton	11.3	3	35	2	-	-
Hogg	6	0	33	0	-	-
Kaschula	47	16	88	3	-	-
du Preez	36	8	98	0	-	-
Fletcher	15	4	36	2	-	-

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Rhodesia first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JG Heron	c Galpin b Brickett	16
JC Mitchell	c Pollock b Watson	22
B Dudleston	c Galpin b Wilkins	58
+GE Peckover	b Govindjee	93
*SD Robertson	lbw b Watson	57
BF Davison	b Cowley	86
DAG Fletcher	c Galpin b Watson	6
JH du Preez	c Pollock b Watson	0
B Horton	not out	4
VR Hogg	did not bat
RH Kaschula	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 16 lb, 7 nb, 1 w)	30
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 108 overs)	372
Fall of wickets:
1-36, 2-49, 3-145, 4-243, 5-297, 6-328, 7-328, 8-372 (108 ov)

Eastern Province bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Watson	29	6	73	4	-	-
Kelbrick	13	2	37	0	-	-
Brickett	19	4	55	1	-	-
Govindjee	19	3	82	1	-	-
Wilkins	16	3	50	1	-	-
Cowley	12	1	45	1	-	-

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Eastern Province second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SJ Bezuidenhout	b Kaschula	53
CP Wilkins	b Kaschula	34
DJ Brickett	st Peckover b Mitchell	46
*KS McEwan	b Horton	64
RG Pollock	not out	120		179	19	1
KP Reid	c Heron b Mitchell	17
GS Cowley	not out	12
+AC Galpin	did not bat
D Govindjee	did not bat
WK Watson	did not bat
CR Kelbrick	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 3 lb, 5 nb)	11
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 95 overs)	357
Fall of wickets:
1-79 (Bezuidenhout), 2-126 (Wilkins), 3-173 (Brickett), 4-222 (McEwan), 5-284 (Reid)

Rhodesia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Horton	14	1	70	1	-	-
Hogg	12	0	54	0	-	-
Kaschula	29	7	75	2	-	-
du Preez	10	0	52	0	-	-
Fletcher	12	2	39	0	-	-
Mitchell	18	5	56	2	-	-

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Rhodesia second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JG Heron	lbw b Watson	12
JC Mitchell	c Brickett b Govindjee	26
B Dudleston	not out	12
*SD Robertson	not out	6
+GE Peckover	did not bat
BF Davison	did not bat
DAG Fletcher	did not bat
JH du Preez	did not bat
B Horton	did not bat
VR Hogg	did not bat
RH Kaschula	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 3 lb, 1 nb)	6
Total	(2 wickets, 28 overs)	62
Fall of wickets:
1-12 (Heron), 2-52 (Mitchell)

Eastern Province bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Watson	7	2	17	1	-	-
Kelbrick	1	0	1	0	-	-
Brickett	5	2	9	0	-	-
Govindjee	8	3	14	1	-	-
Cowley	5	1	10	0	-	-
Bezuidenhout	2	1	5	0	-	-

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Notes
--> CR Kelbrick made his debut in First-Class matches
--> GE Peckover made his debut in First-Class matches
--> RG Pollock (1) passed 14000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 9
--> KP Reid (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 9

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