f32804	Western Province B v Natal B
	Castle Bowl 1979/80
Venue	RJE Burt Oval, Cape Town on 17th, 19th, 20th November 1979 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Western Province B won the toss and decided to field
Result	Natal B won by 85 runs
Points	Western Province B 5 (Bowling 5); Natal B 18 (Batting 3, Bowling 5)
Umpires	M Cohen, R Thomson
Close of play day 1	Western Province B (1) 55/5 (Drummond 15*, During 3*; 26 overs)
Close of play day 2	Western Province B (2) 68/2 (Thompson 22*, Gordon 0*; 29 overs)

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Natal B first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BJ Whitfield	b Gordon	61		170	9	-
B Plummer	c Finnan b Ackermann	25		74	1	-
+FB Hill	c Green b Minnaar	39		120	5	-
KD Verdoorn	c Gordon b Taljaard	74		99	7	3
CL Smith	lbw b During	4		31	-	-
NP Daniels	c Drummond b Taljaard	0		14	-	-
*DR Turner	c Drummond b Gordon	6		44	-	-
CA Gie	c Drummond b Taljaard	2		7	-	-
EJ Hodkinson	b Gordon	7		21	1	-
I Ebrahim	not out	2		17	-	-
MK Thompson	b Gordon	2		4	-	-
Extras	(2 nb, 2 w)	4
Total	(all out, 305 minutes, 82.2 overs)	226
Fall of wickets:
1-55 (Plummer), 2-122 (Whitfield), 3-138 (Hill), 4-161 (Smith), 5-178 (Daniels), 6-209 (Verdoorn), 7-213 (Gie), 8-219 (Turner), 9-224 (Hodkinson), 10-226 (Thompson, 82.2 ov)

Western Province B bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hooper	4	0	22	0	-	-
Gordon	25.2	4	55	4	-	-
During	19	4	38	1	-	-
Ackermann	5	1	24	1	-	-
Taljaard	19	7	45	3	-	-
Minnaar	10	3	38	1	-	-

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Western Province B first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AD Green	c Whitfield b Hodkinson	8		42	-	-
JP Ackermann	c Daniels b Thompson	3		14	-	-
PM Thompson	b Hodkinson	6		41	-	-
OMP Finnan	c Whitfield b Hodkinson	12		12	2	-
P Knowles	c Whitfield b Thompson	3		24	-	-
+RA Drummond	lbw b Hodkinson	28		97	4	-
J During	c Hill b Thompson	7		31	1	-
*MB Minnaar	c Hill b Thompson	9		65	1	-
ES Gordon	c Hill b Ebrahim	7		35	-	-
M Taljaard	c Ebrahim b Thompson	1		31	-	-
JJ Hooper	not out	5		18	1	-
Extras	(1 lb, 4 nb)	5
Total	(all out, 210 minutes, 51.5 overs)	94
Fall of wickets:
1-6 (Ackermann), 2-20 (Green), 3-34 (Finnan), 4-34 (Thompson), 5-40 (Knowles), 6-60 (During), 7-80 (Drummond), 8-84 (Minnaar), 9-88 (Gordon), 10-94 (Taljaard, 51.5 ov)

Natal B bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hodkinson	21	7	35	4	-	2
Thompson	25.5	11	36	5	-	2
Gie	1	0	8	0	-	-
Ebrahim	4	1	10	1	-	-

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Natal B second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BJ Whitfield	lbw b Gordon	1		9	-	-
B Plummer	b During	9		23	-	-
+FB Hill	c Thompson b During	19		60	4	-
KD Verdoorn	c Taljaard b During	10		44	2	-
CL Smith	c Ackermann b Taljaard	23		107	4	-
NP Daniels	b Ackermann	9		21	-	1
*DR Turner	lbw b During	3		21	-	-
CA Gie	c Green b Taljaard	16		62	2	-
EJ Hodkinson	c Knowles b Taljaard	10		15	1	-
I Ebrahim	not out	1		13	-	-
MK Thompson	b Gordon	0		3	-	-
Extras	(2 b, 7 lb, 4 nb)	13
Total	(all out, 189 minutes, 48.2 overs)	114
Fall of wickets:
1-2 (Whitfield), 2-15 (Plummer), 3-44 (Hill), 4-45 (Verdoorn), 5-58 (Daniels), 6-67 (Turner), 7-102 (Smith), 8-111 (Gie), 9-113 (Hodkinson), 10-114 (Thompson, 48.2 ov)

Western Province B bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gordon	14.2	3	43	2	-	3
Hooper	1	1	0	0	-	-
During	15	6	21	4	-	2
Ackermann	5	0	23	1	-	-
Taljaard	9	7	7	3	-	-
Minnaar	4	2	7	0	-	-

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Western Province B second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AD Green	c Daniels b Plummer	19		94	2	-
JP Ackermann	c Gie b Hodkinson	22		58	4	-
PM Thompson	c Whitfield b Thompson	28		87	4	-
ES Gordon	run out	29		118	3	-
OMP Finnan	c Gie b Thompson	1		9	-	-
P Knowles	b Thompson	0		9	-	-
+RA Drummond	c Smith b Thompson	5		21	1	-
J During	c Whitfield b Ebrahim	1		11	-	-
*MB Minnaar	c Hill b Ebrahim	11		38	2	-
M Taljaard	c Gie b Ebrahim	29		47	4	-
JJ Hooper	not out	5		21	1	-
Extras	(4 b, 3 lb, 3 nb, 1 w)	11
Total	(all out, 261 minutes, 71.3 overs)	161
Fall of wickets:
1-38 (Ackermann), 2-67 (Green), 3-87 (Thompson), 4-89 (Finnan), 5-95 (Knowles), 6-103 (Drummond), 7-115 (During), 8-118 (Gordon), 9-145 (Minnaar), 10-161 (Taljaard, 71.3 ov)

Natal B bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hodkinson	19	8	41	1	-	-
Thompson	18	4	48	4	1	3
Ebrahim	21.3	8	37	3	-	-
Plummer	13	7	24	1	-	-

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Notes
--> EJ Hodkinson made his debut in First-Class matches
--> MK Thompson made his debut in First-Class matches
--> AD Green made his debut in First-Class matches
--> JP Ackermann made his debut in First-Class matches
--> OMP Finnan made his debut in First-Class matches
--> P Knowles made his debut in First-Class matches
--> M Taljaard made his debut in First-Class matches
--> JJ Hooper made his debut in First-Class matches
--> OMP Finnan made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> BJ Whitfield (1) 50 in 150 minutes with 8 fours
--> B Plummer (1) equalled his previous highest score of 25 in First-Class matches
--> KD Verdoorn (1) 50 in 78 minutes with 6 fours and 2 sixes
--> MB Minnaar (2) passed his previous highest score of 10 in First-Class matches
--> ES Gordon (2) passed his previous highest score of 20 in First-Class matches
--> MK Thompson achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the Western Province B first innings
--> J During achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches when he dismissed DR Turner in the Natal B second innings (previous best was 3-39)

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