f32867	Western Province v Northern Transvaal
	SAB Currie Cup 1979/80
Venue	Newlands, Cape Town on 26th, 27th December 1979 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Western Province won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Western Province won by an innings and 84 runs
Points	Western Province 23 (Batting 8, Bowling 5); Northern Transvaal 4 (Bowling 4)
Umpires	DH Bezuidenhout, NM Paterson
Close of play day 1	Northern Transvaal (1) 50/2 (Ontong 36*; 23.3 overs)

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Western Province first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*EJ Barlow	c Quirk b Ontong	17	57	73	-	-
L Seeff	b Wilson	6	5	5	1	-
PN Kirsten	c Quirk b Morris	93	175	253	10	-
AJ Lamb	c Ontong b de Vaal	51	67	63	9	1
HM Ackerman	c Quirk b Wilson	14	22	35	2	-
SD Bruce	lbw b Morris	49	75	69	3	3
PD Swart	c Quirk b de Vaal	12	27	26	2	-
DL Hobson	c Jordaan b de Vaal	15	33	38	2	-
GS le Roux	not out	70	57	61	9	2
+GP Pfuhl	not out	13	18	36	2	-
SA Jones	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 6 nb)	12
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 328 minutes, 85 overs)	352
Fall of wickets:
1-9 (Seeff), 2-50 (Barlow), 3-115 (Lamb), 4-145 (Ackerman), 5-228 (Kirsten), 6-245 (Bruce), 7-253 (Swart), 8-296 (Hobson)

Northern Transvaal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wilson	20	2	85	2	-	4
Jones	11	0	45	0	-	-
Ontong	8	2	18	1	-	-
Raath	4	0	20	0	-	2
Morris	16	3	58	2	-	-
de Vaal	26	4	114	3	-	-

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Northern Transvaal first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FJ le Roux	b le Roux	4	4	3	1	-
*AH Jordaan	lbw b Hobson	8	68	85	1	-
RC Ontong	b le Roux	37	75	89	3	-
E Muntingh	lbw b Jones	30	55	67	4	1
PD de Vaal	not out	31	138	159	2	-
KG Motley	lbw b Swart	14	38	45	2	-
HW Raath	b Swart	0	2	5	-	-
GW Jones	lbw b Swart	0	3	3	-	-
WF Morris	st Pfuhl b Hobson	6	18	16	1	-
+T Quirk	lbw b Swart	2	23	23	-	-
PHL Wilson	b Kirsten	12	5	4	-	2
Extras	(2 b, 6 lb)	8
Total	(all out, 253 minutes, 69.5 overs)	152
Fall of wickets:
1-4 (le Roux), 2-50 (Jordaan, 23.3 ov), 3-55 (Ontong), 4-91 (Muntingh), 5-117 (Motley), 6-117 (Raath), 7-117 (Jones), 8-130 (Morris), 9-139 (Quirk), 10-152 (Wilson, 69.5 ov)

Western Province bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
le Roux	12	4	24	2	-	-
Jones	16	5	36	1	-	-
Barlow	4	3	4	0	-	-
Hobson	22	9	48	2	-	-
Swart	10	6	8	4	-	-
Kirsten	5.5	2	24	1	-	-

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Northern Transvaal second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FJ le Roux	b le Roux	0	5	3	-	-
*AH Jordaan	lbw b le Roux	12	19	30	2	-
RC Ontong	c Kirsten b le Roux	1	4	6	-	-
E Muntingh	c Pfuhl b Jones	25	29	53	4	-
PD de Vaal	c Pfuhl b Jones	16	12	16	2	-
KG Motley	c Pfuhl b le Roux	2	11	12	-	-
HW Raath	c Barlow b Swart	16	33	44	3	-
GW Jones	c and b le Roux	1	3	4	-	-
WF Morris	b Hobson	26	65	54	4	-
+T Quirk	not out	12	30	31	1	-
PHL Wilson	c Hobson b Kirsten	0	3	2	-	-
Extras	(1 b, 4 lb)	5
Total	(all out, 137 minutes, 35.4 overs)	116
Fall of wickets:
1-0 (le Roux), 2-4 (Ontong), 3-17 (Jordaan), 4-44 (de Vaal), 5-53 (Motley), 6-57 (Muntingh), 7-58 (Jones), 8-91 (Raath), 9-115 (Morris), 10-116 (Wilson, 35.4 ov)

Western Province bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
le Roux	9	4	32	5	-	-
Jones	9	0	43	2	-	-
Hobson	9	3	20	1	-	-
Swart	4	2	5	1	-	-
Kirsten	4.4	1	11	1	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> PN Kirsten (1) 50 in 111 balls, 157 minutes with 5 fours
--> AJ Lamb (1) 50 in 66 balls, 61 minutes with 9 fours and 1 six
--> PD Swart (1) passed 4500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 8
--> GS le Roux (1) passed his previous highest score of 47 in First-Class matches
--> GS le Roux (1) 50 in 48 balls, 52 minutes with 6 fours and 2 sixes
--> WF Morris (2) passed his previous highest score of 18 in First-Class matches

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