f32374	Western Province B v Natal B
	President's Cup 1978/79
Venue	RJE Burt Oval, Cape Town on 26th, 27th, 28th December 1978 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Western Province B won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Western Province B 9 (Batting 7, Bowling 2); Natal B 5 (Batting 2, Bowling 3)
Umpires	B Glass, NM Paterson
Close of play day 1	Natal B (1) 48/2 (Hill 14*, Turner 21*)
Close of play day 2	Western Province B (2) 22/0 (Seeff 13*, Muntingh 9*)

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Western Province B first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
L Seeff	c Morgan b Tayfield	156		206	13	6
E Muntingh	c Tayfield b Springer	24		43	3	-
NP Daniels	c Morgan b Springer	14		30	2	-
AJ Pycroft	c and b Morgan	77		170	6	1
JD du Toit	c Hill b Morgan	5		24	-	-
*MH Bowditch	c Williams b Ebrahim	25		32	3	-
SA Jones	c Springer b Muil	27		65	3	-
ST Jefferies	c Hipkin b Tayfield	26		29	4	-
O Henry	lbw b Tayfield	5		11	-	-
MB Minnaar	not out	7		15	-	-
+R Whittingdale	b Tayfield	10		10	1	-
Extras	(3 b, 8 lb, 3 nb)	14
Total	(all out, 322 minutes, 97.1 overs)	390
Fall of wickets:
1-47 (Muntingh), 2-94 (Daniels), 3-251 (Seeff), 4-279 (du Toit), 5-296 (Pycroft), 6-316 (Bowditch), 7-353 (Jefferies), 8-372 (Henry), 9-372 (Jones), 10-390 (Whittingdale, 97.1 ov)

Natal B bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Springer	23	3	71	2	-	2
Morgan	17	2	59	2	-	2
Muil	8	0	60	1	-	-
Williams	9	3	40	0	-	-
Tayfield	23.1	3	91	4	-	-
Ebrahim	17	2	55	1	-	-

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Natal B first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+FB Hill	lbw b Henry	32		138	2	-
MD Mellor	c Whittingdale b Jones	8		35	-	-
BJ Whitfield	c Seeff b Jones	3		8	-	-
DR Turner	c Whittingdale b Seeff	142		305	17	1
DJ Morgan	lbw b Henry	1		6	-	-
*AA Hipkin	b Henry	195		285	25	5
IR Tayfield	c Bowditch b Henry	44		71	5	1
PH Williams	b Henry	1		21	-	-
I Ebrahim	run out	4		19	-	-
JS Muil	not out	7		11	-	-
MCN Springer	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 7 lb, 6 nb)	15
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 445 minutes, 141 overs)	452
Fall of wickets:
1-19 (Mellor), 2-23 (Whitfield), 3-101 (Hill), 4-112 (Morgan), 5-325 (Turner), 6-423 (Hipkin), 7-440 (Tayfield), 8-443 (Williams), 9-452 (Ebrahim, 141 ov)

Western Province B bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jones	23	6	79	2	-	2
Jefferies	17	3	61	0	-	3
du Toit	19	3	61	0	-	-
Henry	44	12	104	5	-	-
Minnaar	22	4	63	0	-	-
Daniels	9	0	42	0	-	-
Seeff	7	1	27	1	-	-

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Western Province B second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
L Seeff	c Hill b Morgan	19		55	4	-
E Muntingh	c Hill b Morgan	18		44	3	-
NP Daniels	c Hill b Springer	87		145	11	-
AJ Pycroft	c Tayfield b Muil	17		74	3	-
*MH Bowditch	b Williams	6		24	-	-
SA Jones	b Muil	70		182	13	-
JD du Toit	lbw b Springer	0	1	1	-	-
ST Jefferies	c Turner b Williams	55		117	7	-
O Henry	c Turner b Muil	3		11	-	-
MB Minnaar	not out	6		19	-	-
+R Whittingdale	not out	0		6	-	-
Extras	(5 b, 4 lb, 3 nb)	12
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 345 minutes, 112 overs)	293
Fall of wickets:
1-32 (Muntingh), 2-44 (Seeff), 3-93 (Pycroft), 4-123 (Bowditch), 5-158 (Daniels), 6-158 (du Toit), 7-254 (Jefferies), 8-271 (Henry), 9-286 (Jones)

Natal B bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Springer	21	7	55	2	-	3
Morgan	15	2	48	2	-	-
Muil	24	7	62	3	-	-
Ebrahim	15	1	38	0	-	-
Tayfield	26	13	32	0	-	-
Williams	11	1	46	2	-	-

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Natal B second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+FB Hill	not out	21		45	3	-
MD Mellor	lbw b Seeff	11		38	2	-
BJ Whitfield	not out	2		6	-	-
DR Turner	did not bat
DJ Morgan	did not bat
*AA Hipkin	did not bat
IR Tayfield	did not bat
PH Williams	did not bat
I Ebrahim	did not bat
JS Muil	did not bat
MCN Springer	did not bat
Extras	(2 lb)	2
Total	(1 wicket, 45 minutes, 16 overs)	36
Fall of wickets:
1-34 (Mellor)

Western Province B bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jones	3	1	3	0	-	-
Minnaar	8	4	12	0	-	-
Henry	3	0	13	0	-	-
Seeff	2	0	6	1	-	-

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Notes
--> Day 1 Lunch: Western Province B (1) 193/2 (Seeff 119*, Pycroft 32*)
--> MD Mellor made his debut in First-Class matches
--> PH Williams made his debut in First-Class matches
--> MH Bowditch made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> L Seeff (1) 50 in 70 minutes with 5 fours and 2 sixes
--> L Seeff (1) passed his previous highest score of 52 in First-Class matches
--> L Seeff (1) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> L Seeff (1) 100 in 125 minutes with 10 fours and 5 sixes
--> L Seeff (1) 150 in 196 minutes with 13 fours and 6 sixes
--> AJ Pycroft (1) passed his previous highest score of 35 in First-Class matches
--> AJ Pycroft (1) 50 in 130 minutes with 4 fours
--> MH Bowditch (1) passed 2500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 9
--> ST Jefferies (1) passed his previous highest score of 13 in First-Class matches
--> DR Turner (1) 50 in 87 minutes with 7 fours and 1 six
--> DR Turner (1) passed his previous highest score of 55 in First-Class matches
--> DR Turner (1) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> DR Turner (1) 100 in 211 minutes with 12 fours and 1 six
--> AA Hipkin (1) 50 in 126 minutes with 8 fours
--> AA Hipkin (1) 100 in 173 minutes with 17 fours
--> AA Hipkin (1) passed his previous highest score of 111 in First-Class matches
--> AA Hipkin (1) 150 in 255 minutes with 20 fours and 3 sixes
--> NP Daniels (2) 50 in 110 minutes with 5 fours
--> SA Jones (2) passed his previous highest score of 36 in First-Class matches
--> SA Jones (2) 50 in 154 minutes with 10 fours
--> ST Jefferies (2) passed his previous highest score of 26 in First-Class matches
--> ST Jefferies (2) 50 in 110 minutes with 6 fours

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