f31797	Western Province v Eastern Province
	Castle Currie Cup 1977/78
Venue	Newlands, Cape Town on 18th, 19th, 20th November 1977 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Eastern Province won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Western Province won by 7 wickets
Points	Western Province 16 (Batting 2, Bowling 4); Eastern Province 7 (Batting 4, Bowling 3)
Umpires	D Lee, AT Maasch
Close of play day 1	Western Province (1) 31/0 (Turner 16*, Morris 15*)
Close of play day 2	Eastern Province (2) 61/4 (McEwan 9*, Cowley 8*)

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Eastern Province first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SJ Bezuidenhout	b Nieuwoudt	61
CP Wilkins	c Nieuwoudt b le Roux	110			10	4
*KS McEwan	c Ackerman b Nieuwoudt	9
RG Pollock	c le Roux b Nieuwoudt	8
KP Reid	b Nieuwoudt	46
GS Cowley	hit wkt b le Roux	2
DJ Brickett	lbw b le Roux	8
+JW Stephenson	c Turner b Hobson	11
JS Timm	not out	12
MJ Macaulay	b le Roux	0
WK Watson	not out	14
Extras	(9 lb, 4 nb)	13
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 92 overs)	294
Fall of wickets:
1-167, 2-181, 3-192, 4-203, 5-211, 6-229, 7-258, 8-272, 9-275

Western Province bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
le Roux	20	5	73	4	-	-
Nieuwoudt	19	2	61	4	-	-
Swart	9	2	33	0	-	-
Hobson	25	4	81	1	-	-
Morris	19	6	33	0	-	-

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Western Province first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DR Turner	c Stephenson b Macaulay	21
RET Morris	c Stephenson b Watson	62
PN Kirsten	c Stephenson b Wilkins	1
AJ Lamb	c McEwan b Brickett	16
*HM Ackerman	c Stephenson b Brickett	3
PD Swart	lbw b Watson	97
FS Goldstein	c and b Macaulay	37
+GP Pfuhl	c Macaulay b Brickett	35
GS le Roux	lbw b Cowley	4
DL Hobson	c Macaulay b Brickett	5
AB Nieuwoudt	not out	0
Extras	(1 b, 8 lb, 3 nb)	12
Total	(all out, 102.1 overs)	293
Fall of wickets:
1-47, 2-59, 3-95, 4-107, 5-111, 6-171, 7-271, 8-278, 9-292, 10-293 (102.1 ov)

Eastern Province bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Watson	26	7	58	2	-	-
Macaulay	32	11	59	2	-	-
Brickett	16.1	2	65	4	-	-
Wilkins	21	3	68	1	-	-
Timm	2	0	13	0	-	-
Cowley	5	0	18	1	-	-

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Eastern Province second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SJ Bezuidenhout	c Pfuhl b le Roux	11
CP Wilkins	run out	23
*KS McEwan	c Pfuhl b le Roux	9
RG Pollock	c Pfuhl b le Roux	0	1		-	-
KP Reid	c Ackerman b le Roux	4
GS Cowley	c Turner b Hobson	14
DJ Brickett	not out	36
+JW Stephenson	c Morris b Hobson	6
MJ Macaulay	b le Roux	0
WK Watson	b le Roux	5
JS Timm	absent ill
Extras	(5 lb, 2 nb)	7
Total	(all out, 54.3 overs)	115
Fall of wickets:
1-38, 2-40, 3-40, 4-46, 5-61, 6-80, 7-100, 8-101, 9-115 (54.3 ov)

Western Province bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
le Roux	19.3	6	48	6	-	-
Nieuwoudt	8	4	15	0	-	-
Hobson	23	10	40	2	-	-
Morris	4	1	5	0	-	-

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Western Province second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DR Turner	b Macaulay	9
PN Kirsten	c Pollock b Watson	7
AJ Lamb	c and b Macaulay	32
RET Morris	not out	54
*HM Ackerman	not out	9
PD Swart	did not bat
FS Goldstein	did not bat
+GP Pfuhl	did not bat
GS le Roux	did not bat
DL Hobson	did not bat
AB Nieuwoudt	did not bat
Extras	(2 lb, 4 nb)	6
Total	(3 wickets, 38.3 overs)	117
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-31, 3-83

Eastern Province bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Watson	13	2	46	1	-	-
Macaulay	15	5	32	2	-	-
Brickett	6	2	19	0	-	-
Wilkins	4	0	10	0	-	-
Pollock	0.3	0	4	0	-	-

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Notes
--> SJ Bezuidenhout (1) passed 3500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 36
--> RET Morris (1) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 30
--> DL Hobson reached 150 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Eastern Province first innings
--> GS le Roux achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Eastern Province second innings (previous best was 5-29)
--> MJ Macaulay reached 200 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Western Province second innings

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