f32340	Eastern Province v Rhodesia
	Castle Currie Cup 1978/79
Venue	St George's Park, Port Elizabeth on 9th, 11th, 12th December 1978 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Eastern Province won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Points	Eastern Province 6 (Batting 1, Bowling 5); Rhodesia 3 (Bowling 3)
Umpires	PB Pickering, LJ Rautenbach
Close of play day 1	Eastern Province (1) 54/3 (Whyte 14*, Brickett 4*)
Close of play day 2	Rhodesia (2) 72/2 (Heron 29*, Davison 18*)

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Rhodesia first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*JG Heron	lbw b Watson	53		180
JC Mitchell	c Macaulay b Watson	0
B Dudleston	b Watson	1
BF Davison	c Cook b Els	57			4	2
PB Clift	c Richardson b Watson	11
BD Barbour	b Macaulay	6
DAG Fletcher	b Els	17
+DL Houghton	c Richardson b Brickett	3
RM Bentley	not out	14
AJ Traicos	b Watson	5
CB Jonker	c Watson b Els	0
Extras	(2 lb, 4 nb)	6
Total	(all out, 67.5 overs)	173
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-12, 3-88, 4-121, 5-128, 6-139, 7-142, 8-161, 9-172, 10-173 (67.5 ov)

Eastern Province bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Watson	20	7	32	5	-	-
Els	13.5	4	36	3	-	-
Macaulay	14	2	44	1	-	-
Brickett	11	2	23	1	-	-
Seymour	9	3	32	0	-	-

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Eastern Province first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SJ Bezuidenhout	b Fletcher	7
G Cook	c Jonker b Fletcher	13
RLS Armitage	c Houghton b Clift	14
RJD Whyte	c Houghton b Fletcher	33
DJ Brickett	c Traicos b Fletcher	49
*AL Wilmot	not out	62
RA Seymour	c Jonker b Mitchell	38
+DJ Richardson	b Jonker	4
WK Watson	b Clift	15
W Els	run out	9
MJ Macaulay	c and b Clift	0
Extras	(1 b, 7 lb, 1 w)	9
Total	(all out, 106.5 overs)	253
Fall of wickets:
1-17, 2-22, 3-47, 4-113, 5-122, 6-187, 7-199, 8-232, 9-251, 10-253 (106.5 ov)

Rhodesia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Fletcher	31	6	60	4	-	-
Jonker	23	4	63	1	-	-
Clift	28.5	8	65	3	-	-
Traicos	13	4	27	0	-	-
Bentley	3	1	5	0	-	-
Mitchell	8	3	24	1	-	-

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Rhodesia second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*JG Heron	run out	47		245
JC Mitchell	c Richardson b Watson	2
B Dudleston	c Els b Armitage	21
BF Davison	b Watson	129		210	16	2
PB Clift	b Watson	7
BD Barbour	b Watson	10
DAG Fletcher	c Wilmot b Seymour	9
+DL Houghton	lbw b Armitage	17
RM Bentley	not out	31
AJ Traicos	c Seymour b Armitage	6
CB Jonker	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 3 lb, 6 nb, 1 w)	11
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 121 overs)	290
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-46, 3-164, 4-208, 5-216, 6-227, 7-249, 8-269, 9-290 (121 ov)

Eastern Province bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Watson	26	6	43	4	-	-
Els	11	1	39	0	-	-
Macaulay	32	10	89	0	-	-
Brickett	14	3	32	0	-	-
Seymour	14	4	25	1	-	-
Armitage	24	5	51	3	-	-

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Eastern Province second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SJ Bezuidenhout	lbw b Fletcher	39
G Cook	b Fletcher	18
RJD Whyte	b Clift	1
RA Seymour	c Dudleston b Fletcher	2
DJ Brickett	c Heron b Clift	0
*AL Wilmot	not out	29
RLS Armitage	not out	7
+DJ Richardson	did not bat
WK Watson	did not bat
W Els	did not bat
MJ Macaulay	did not bat
Extras	(2 lb, 2 nb)	4
Total	(5 wickets, 30 overs)	100
Fall of wickets:
1-58, 2-61, 3-61, 4-61, 5-63

Rhodesia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Fletcher	10	1	33	3	-	-
Jonker	4	0	19	0	-	-
Clift	8	1	28	2	-	-
Traicos	1	1	0	0	-	-
Mitchell	7	2	16	0	-	-

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Notes
--> Day 3 Lunch: Rhodesia (2) ?/? (Davison 118*, [unknown] ?*)
--> MJ Macaulay made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> JG Heron (1) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 6

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