f33399	Eastern Province v Transvaal
	SAB Currie Cup 1980/81
Venue	St George's Park, Port Elizabeth on 1st, 2nd, 3rd January 1981 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Transvaal won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Eastern Province won by 4 wickets
Points	Eastern Province 18 (Batting 4, Bowling 4); Transvaal 6 (Batting 4, Bowling 2)
Umpires	AT Maasch, LJ Rautenbach
Close of play day 1	Eastern Province (1) 22/1 (Cook ?*, Armitage ?*)
Close of play day 2	Transvaal (2) 35/2 (Cook 11*, Pollock 3*)

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Transvaal first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*DD Dyer	lbw b Armitage	64
SJ Cook	lbw b Watson	6
KA McKenzie	b van Vuuren	11
RG Pollock	c Cook b Watson	42
CEB Rice	b Brickett	29
HR Fotheringham	b Brickett	55
AJ Kourie	c Richardson b Watson	6
+RV Jennings	b Armitage	14
DR Neilson	b Watson	35
GE McMillan	c van Vuuren b Brickett	3
RW Hanley	not out	0
Extras	(2 b, 2 lb, 4 nb)	8
Total	(all out, 91.3 overs)	273
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-30, 3-110, 4-130, 5-177, 6-189, 7-215, 8-257, 9-269, 10-273 (91.3 ov)

Eastern Province bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Watson	22	7	47	4	-	-
Brickett	24.3	5	57	3	-	-
van Vuuren	10	3	40	1	-	-
Armitage	19	0	67	2	-	-
Foulkes	16	2	54	0	-	-

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Eastern Province first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*G Cook	c Jennings b Hanley	68
SJ Bezuidenhout	lbw b Rice	8
RLS Armitage	c Fotheringham b Kourie	148
RJD Whyte	c Pollock b Hanley	34
DH Howell	lbw b Rice	0
I Foulkes	c Jennings b Hanley	0
JM Winstanley	b Rice	11
+DJ Richardson	c Pollock b Rice	4
DJ Brickett	lbw b Hanley	10
WK Watson	b Hanley	11
MK van Vuuren	not out	2
Extras	(6 lb, 1 nb)	7
Total	(all out, 102.2 overs)	303
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-140, 3-264, 4-264, 5-264, 6-267, 7-275, 8-280, 9-290, 10-303 (102.2 ov)

Transvaal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Rice	24	10	56	4	-	-
Hanley	23.2	4	57	5	-	-
Kourie	22	6	82	1	-	-
McMillan	8	1	13	0	-	-
Neilson	18	3	57	0	-	-
McKenzie	1	0	4	0	-	-
Fotheringham	6	2	27	0	-	-

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Transvaal second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*DD Dyer	lbw b Watson	1
SJ Cook	c Cook b Brickett	12
KA McKenzie	c and b van Vuuren	17
RG Pollock	b Watson	21
CEB Rice	c Richardson b Brickett	10
HR Fotheringham	lbw b Watson	63		200
AJ Kourie	c Winstanley b Brickett	3
+RV Jennings	c and b Foulkes	9
DR Neilson	c Brickett b Foulkes	3
GE McMillan	c Richardson b Watson	14
RW Hanley	not out	0
Extras	(6 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	9
Total	(all out, 73.2 overs)	162
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-30, 3-40, 4-60, 5-70, 6-74, 7-112, 8-121, 9-153, 10-162 (73.2 ov)

Eastern Province bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Watson	23.2	5	59	4	-	-
Brickett	24	6	54	3	-	-
van Vuuren	13	2	24	1	-	-
Armitage	4	2	5	0	-	-
Foulkes	9	5	11	2	-	-

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Eastern Province second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*G Cook	b Kourie	27
SJ Bezuidenhout	c Pollock b Rice	7
RLS Armitage	c Pollock b Kourie	23
RJD Whyte	c McKenzie b Kourie	33
DH Howell	c sub b Kourie	24
I Foulkes	c Cook b Kourie	6
JM Winstanley	not out	6
+DJ Richardson	not out	4
DJ Brickett	did not bat
WK Watson	did not bat
MK van Vuuren	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 1 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	5
Total	(6 wickets, 47.3 overs)	135
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-55, 3-64, 4-109, 5-116, 6-130

Transvaal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Rice	15	3	34	1	-	-
Hanley	8	2	10	0	-	-
Kourie	16.3	3	72	5	-	-
McMillan	6	2	8	0	-	-
Neilson	2	0	6	0	-	-

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Notes
--> RLS Armitage (1) passed his previous highest score of 82 in First-Class matches
--> RLS Armitage (1) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> RLS Armitage (1) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 89
--> RJD Whyte (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 19

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