f32446	Orange Free State v Northern Transvaal
	Castle Bowl 1978/79
Venue	Ramblers Cricket Club Ground, Bloemfontein on 9th, 10th, 12th February 1979 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Northern Transvaal won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Orange Free State 10 (Batting 6, Bowling 4); Northern Transvaal 10 (Batting 5, Bowling 5)
Umpires	HF Hosking, ML van Coppenhagen
Close of play day 1	Northern Transvaal (1) 346/8 (Motley 21*; 94.4 overs)
Close of play day 2	Northern Transvaal (2) 62/1 (Burrow 30*, Ontong 2*)

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Northern Transvaal first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FJ le Roux	lbw b van der Merwe	28
VF du Preez	b van der Merwe	3
*AH Jordaan	c East b Schmidt	83
K Burrow	c van der Merwe b Schmidt	71
AM Ferreira	c East b Coetzee	11
GW Jones	b Strydom	47		30
RC Ontong	c and b Coetzee	0
KD Verdoorn	b van der Merwe	67
KG Motley	not out	21
+T Quirk	did not bat
MG Davies	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 6 lb, 8 nb)	15
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 94.4 overs)	346
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-38, 3-179, 4-204, 5-210, 6-215, 7-253, 8-346 (94.4 ov)

Orange Free State bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Schmidt	26	4	83	2	-	-
van der Merwe	13.4	1	47	3	-	-
Strydom	21	5	71	1	-	-
RA le Roux	10	2	42	0	-	-
Barclay	11	3	38	0	-	-
Coetzee	13	1	50	2	-	-

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Orange Free State first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DP le Roux	c Jones b Ferreira	35
RA le Roux	c Quirk b Jordaan	90
JRT Barclay	c Quirk b Jordaan	20
TA Lloyd	c Motley b Ferreira	19
*+RJ East	c le Roux b Ferreira	34
C van Rensburg	lbw b Jordaan	15
E Schmidt	b Jordaan	39
LH Coetzee	c du Preez b Ferreira	2
DJ Strauss	not out	43		45
WT Strydom	b Ferreira	0
WM van der Merwe	not out	9
Extras	(2 b, 6 lb, 7 nb, 1 w)	16
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 85 overs)	322
Fall of wickets:
1-118, 2-154, 3-172, 4-186, 5-223, 6-245, 7-270, 8-270, 9-286

Northern Transvaal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Davies	8	2	30	0	-	-
Jones	9	1	48	0	-	-
Ontong	6	1	15	0	-	-
Ferreira	34	6	102	5	-	-
Jordaan	28	6	111	4	-	-

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Northern Transvaal second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FJ le Roux	b Strydom	25
K Burrow	b Strydom	48
RC Ontong	c Strydom b Barclay	83		235
KD Verdoorn	c Coetzee b Schmidt	0
AM Ferreira	c van der Merwe b RA le Roux	9
GW Jones	run out	1
*AH Jordaan	c Lloyd b Strydom	27
VF du Preez	not out	11
KG Motley	not out	20
+T Quirk	did not bat
MG Davies	did not bat
Extras	(12 lb, 1 w)	13
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 87 overs)	237
Fall of wickets:
1-41, 2-89, 3-96, 4-131, 5-149, 6-199, 7-209

Orange Free State bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Schmidt	20	6	51	1	-	-
van der Merwe	14	3	40	0	-	-
Strydom	24	9	55	3	-	-
RA le Roux	12	2	39	1	-	-
Barclay	14	3	27	1	-	-
Coetzee	3	1	12	0	-	-

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Orange Free State second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DP le Roux	lbw b Jones	29
RA le Roux	c Quirk b Davies	8
JRT Barclay	b Ontong	29
TA Lloyd	not out	86
*+RJ East	run out	45
E Schmidt	run out	7
C van Rensburg	lbw b Jones	10
LH Coetzee	lbw b Ontong	0
DJ Strauss	run out	6
WT Strydom	not out	6
WM van der Merwe	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 3 lb, 4 nb)	12
Total	(8 wickets, 53 overs)	238
Fall of wickets:
1-16 (RA le Roux), 2-40 (DP le Roux), 3-95 (Barclay), 4-165 (East), 5-181 (Schmidt), 6-220 (van Rensburg), 7-221 (Coetzee), 8-228 (Strauss)

Northern Transvaal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Davies	8	2	45	1	-	-
Jones	17	1	62	2	-	-
Ontong	18	4	74	2	-	-
Ferreira	10	1	45	0	-	-

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Notes
--> DJ Strauss made his debut in First-Class matches
--> C van Rensburg made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> DJ Strauss made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> KG Motley (1) passed his previous highest score of 15 in First-Class matches
--> RJ East (2) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 10
--> WM van der Merwe achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Northern Transvaal first innings (previous best was 1-69)

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