| f31803 | |
| Venue | St George's Park, Port Elizabeth on 25th, 26th, 28th November 1977 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Natal won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Points | Eastern Province 6 (Batting 4, Bowling 2); Natal 6 (Batting 1, Bowling 5) |
| Umpires | AA Matthews, OR Schoof |
| Close of play day 1 | Eastern Province (1) 13/0 (Bezuidenhout 4*, Daniell 8*; 4 overs) |
| Close of play day 2 | Natal (2) 18/0 (Barrow 5*, Steele 7*; 6 overs) |
| Natal first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| A Barrow | c Stephenson b Brickett | 69 | 185 | 5 | - | ||
| JF Steele | run out | 9 | 79 | - | - | ||
| BS Groves | c Pollock b Macaulay | 49 | 165 | 7 | - | ||
| HR Fotheringham | c Stephenson b Macaulay | 32 | 87 | 2 | - | ||
| D Bestall | lbw b Watson | 16 | 67 | - | - | ||
| +AJS Smith | not out | 30 | 123 | 1 | - | ||
| MB Madsen | lbw b Macaulay | 14 | 25 | 2 | - | ||
| N Minnaar | c Wilkins b Macaulay | 4 | 25 | 1 | - | ||
| *VAP van der Bijl | b Macaulay | 0 | 1 | - | - | ||
| KR Cooper | b Macaulay | 5 | 14 | 1 | - | ||
| C Wulfsohn | not out | 1 | 14 | - | - | ||
| Extras | (7 b, 10 lb, 7 nb) | 24 | |||||
| Total | (9 wickets, declared, 397 minutes, 115 overs) | 253 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-35 (Steele), 2-112 (Barrow), 3-154 (Groves), 4-180 (Fotheringham), 5-197 (Bestall), 6-216 (Madsen), 7-238 (Minnaar), 8-238 (van der Bijl), 9-248 (Cooper) | |||||||
| Eastern Province bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Watson | 22 | 2 | 49 | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Macaulay | 36 | 10 | 70 | 6 | - | - | |
| Wilkins | 22 | 8 | 39 | 0 | - | 2 | |
| Brickett | 23 | 9 | 47 | 1 | - | 3 | |
| Cowley | 12 | 3 | 24 | 0 | - | 5 | |
| Eastern Province first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| SJ Bezuidenhout | c Smith b Cooper | 9 | 19 | 1 | - | ||
| IK Daniell | b Minnaar | 26 | 93 | 2 | - | ||
| CP Wilkins | c Minnaar b Steele | 59 | 134 | 4 | 1 | ||
| *KS McEwan | c Fotheringham b Cooper | 41 | 119 | 4 | - | ||
| RG Pollock | c van der Bijl b Minnaar | 49 | 113 | 4 | 1 | ||
| KP Reid | b Wulfsohn | 5 | 30 | 1 | - | ||
| DJ Brickett | c Fotheringham b Wulfsohn | 4 | 11 | - | - | ||
| GS Cowley | c Smith b Minnaar | 18 | 26 | 2 | - | ||
| +JW Stephenson | b Wulfsohn | 6 | 19 | 1 | - | ||
| WK Watson | not out | 18 | 43 | 2 | - | ||
| MJ Macaulay | c Smith b van der Bijl | 3 | 38 | - | - | ||
| Extras | (12 b, 11 lb, 6 nb) | 29 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 327 minutes, 89.3 overs) | 267 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-20 (Bezuidenhout), 2-83 (Daniell), 3-130 (Wilkins), 4-174 (McEwan), 5-195 (Reid), 6-209 (Brickett), 7-225 (Pollock), 8-233 (Cowley), 9-241 (Stephenson), 10-267 (Macaulay, 89.3 ov) | |||||||
| Natal bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| van der Bijl | 24.3 | 7 | 33 | 1 | - | 3 | |
| Cooper | 23 | 2 | 67 | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Wulfsohn | 16 | 2 | 53 | 3 | - | 1 | |
| Minnaar | 18 | 0 | 61 | 3 | - | - | |
| Steele | 8 | 1 | 24 | 1 | - | - | |
| Natal second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| A Barrow | c and b Cowley | 78 | 157 | 9 | - | ||
| JF Steele | not out | 97 | 221 | 3 | - | ||
| BS Groves | not out | 18 | 63 | 1 | - | ||
| HR Fotheringham | did not bat | ||||||
| D Bestall | did not bat | ||||||
| +AJS Smith | did not bat | ||||||
| MB Madsen | did not bat | ||||||
| N Minnaar | did not bat | ||||||
| *VAP van der Bijl | did not bat | ||||||
| KR Cooper | did not bat | ||||||
| C Wulfsohn | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (8 b, 10 lb, 7 nb) | 25 | |||||
| Total | (1 wicket, 221 minutes, 60 overs) | 218 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-171 (Barrow) | |||||||
| Eastern Province bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Watson | 8 | 0 | 28 | 0 | - | 1 | |
| Macaulay | 19 | 1 | 68 | 0 | - | 2 | |
| Stephenson | 8 | 1 | 27 | 0 | - | - | |
| Brickett | 15 | 1 | 46 | 0 | - | - | |
| Cowley | 10 | 1 | 24 | 1 | - | 2 | |