f31947	Eastern Province v Western Province
	Castle Currie Cup 1977/78
Venue	St George's Park, Port Elizabeth on 10th, 11th February 1978 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Eastern Province won the toss and decided to field
Result	Western Province won by an innings and 189 runs
Points	Eastern Province 4 (Bowling 4); Western Province 23 (Batting 8, Bowling 5)
Umpires	CMP Coetzee, A Warner
Close of play day 1	Eastern Province (1) 19/2 (Gradwell ?*, Armitage ?*)

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Western Province first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MJ Nel	c Galpin b Wilkins	39
+RA Drummond	c Wilkins b Brickett	26
PN Kirsten	c Pollock b Wilkins	11
*HM Ackerman	c Galpin b Wilkins	47
AJ Lamb	run out (McEwan)	66
PD Swart	lbw b Cowley	55
JD du Toit	b Brickett	43
RET Morris	c Pollock b Armitage	44
DL Hobson	c Bezuidenhout b Brickett	4
GS le Roux	not out	6
AB Nieuwoudt	did not bat
Extras	(9 lb, 11 nb)	20
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 88 overs)	361
Fall of wickets:
1-44, 2-63, 3-120, 4-139, 5-254, 6-260, 7-344, 8-353, 9-361 (88 ov)

Eastern Province bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Watson	18	1	53	0	-	-
Macaulay	17	5	63	0	-	-
Brickett	15	2	66	3	-	-
Wilkins	15	2	60	3	-	-
Armitage	14	3	60	1	-	-
Cowley	9	2	39	1	-	-

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Eastern Province first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SJ Bezuidenhout	b le Roux	0
CP Wilkins	c Swart b le Roux	1
KW Gradwell	lbw b Swart	28
RLS Armitage	c Lamb b Nieuwoudt	2
*KS McEwan	c Lamb b Swart	4
RG Pollock	c du Toit b Nieuwoudt	11
GS Cowley	c Drummond b Swart	0
DJ Brickett	c Morris b Swart	9
+AC Galpin	run out	18
WK Watson	c Kirsten b Swart	0
MJ Macaulay	not out	2
Extras	(3 lb, 2 nb)	5
Total	(all out, 30 overs)	80
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-2, 3-23, 4-31, 5-46, 6-50, 7-50, 8-76, 9-76, 10-80 (30 ov)

Western Province bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
le Roux	10	5	19	2	-	-
Nieuwoudt	15	4	39	2	-	-
Swart	5	2	17	5	-	-

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Eastern Province second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SJ Bezuidenhout	c Swart b le Roux	14
CP Wilkins	lbw b le Roux	14
*KS McEwan	c Nieuwoudt b le Roux	7
RG Pollock	c Nieuwoudt b Swart	12
KW Gradwell	c Drummond b Swart	1
GS Cowley	c Swart b le Roux	0
RLS Armitage	b le Roux	8
DJ Brickett	c Kirsten b le Roux	7
+AC Galpin	c Drummond b le Roux	4
WK Watson	not out	19
MJ Macaulay	c Morris b Swart	2
Extras	(3 nb, 1 w)	4
Total	(all out, 30.2 overs)	92
Fall of wickets:
1-21, 2-35, 3-43, 4-51, 5-52, 6-52, 7-63, 8-68, 9-79, 10-92 (30.2 ov)

Western Province bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
le Roux	14	1	40	7	-	-
Nieuwoudt	5	1	8	0	-	-
Swart	11.2	1	40	3	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> WK Watson (2) passed his previous highest score of 18 in First-Class matches
--> GS le Roux achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Eastern Province second innings (previous best was 6-48)

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