a2329	Transvaal v Natal
	Datsun Shield 1978/79 (Final)
Venue	New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg on 17th February 1979 (60-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Natal won the toss and decided to field
Result	Transvaal won by 76 runs
Umpires	HR Martin, DD Schoof

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Transvaal innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
*DD Dyer	c Smith b Cooper	36	61	72	3	-	59.02
SJ Cook	lbw b Procter	13	16	40	2	-	81.25
HR Fotheringham	c van der Bijl b Wilkins	82	110	163	6	2	74.55
RG Pollock	c Wilkins b van der Bijl	109	107	122	7	4	101.87
CEB Rice	not out	30	34	60	2	-	88.24
LJ Barnard	c van der Bijl b Procter	33	33	46	5	-	100.00
+RV Jennings	not out	0	0	4	-	-	0.00
AJ Kourie	did not bat
GE McMillan	did not bat
DR Neilson	did not bat
RW Hanley	did not bat
Extras	(8 lb)	8
Total	(5 wickets, innings closed, 259 minutes, 60 overs)	311
Fall of wickets:
1-29 (Cook), 2-62 (Dyer), 3-237 (Pollock), 4-246 (Fotheringham), 5-303 (Barnard)

Natal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Procter	12	1	66	2	-	-	36.00	5.50
van der Bijl	12	0	59	1	-	-	72.00	4.92
Wilkins	11	0	64	1	-	-	66.00	5.82
Cooper	12	3	45	1	-	-	72.00	3.75
Tayfield	11	2	56	0	-	-	-	5.09
Madsen	2	0	13	0	-	-	-	6.50

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Natal innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
A Barrow	run out (Rice)	30	67	81	3	1	44.78
CP Wilkins	b Kourie	66	73	94	5	1	90.41
+AJS Smith	c McMillan b Rice	9	12	13	1	-	75.00
BS Groves	lbw b Hanley	21	39	51	3	-	53.85
MJ Procter	c Jennings b McMillan	6	15	11	1	-	40.00
D Bestall	b Hanley	17	34	54	1	-	50.00
IR Tayfield	lbw b Rice	7	8	19	1	-	87.50
*VAP van der Bijl	c Kourie b McMillan	45	23	46	5	2	195.65
AA Hipkin	b Hanley	11	17	20	2	-	64.71
MB Madsen	not out	17	15	20	3	-	113.33
KR Cooper	c Fotheringham b Hanley	0	3	2	-	-	0.00
Extras	(4 lb, 2 nb)	6
Total	(all out, 220 minutes, 50.3 overs)	235
Fall of wickets:
1-92 (Barrow), 2-101 (Wilkins), 3-107 (Smith), 4-116 (Procter), 5-144 (Groves), 6-158 (Tayfield), 7-162 (Bestall), 8-205 (Hipkin), 9-231 (van der Bijl), 10-235 (Cooper, 50.3 ov)

Transvaal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Hanley	11.3	0	57	4	-	-	17.25	4.96
Neilson	8	0	35	0	-	1	-	4.38
Kourie	12	2	33	1	-	-	72.00	2.75
Barnard	2	0	18	0	-	-	-	9.00
Rice	8	1	23	2	-	2	24.00	2.88
McMillan	9	0	63	2	-	-	27.00	7.00

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Notes
--> IR Tayfield made his debut in List A matches
--> IR Tayfield made his last appearance in List A matches
--> AA Hipkin made his last appearance in List A matches
--> MB Madsen made his last appearance in List A matches
--> CEB Rice passed 3500 runs in List A matches when he reached 29
--> CP Wilkins passed 2000 runs in List A matches when he reached 6
--> VAP van der Bijl passed his previous highest score of 26 in List A matches

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