f33495	Transvaal v Eastern Province
	SAB Currie Cup 1980/81
Venue	New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg on 6th, 7th, 9th March 1981 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Transvaal won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Transvaal won by 156 runs
Points	Transvaal 18 (Batting 3, Bowling 5); Eastern Province 4 (Bowling 4)
Umpires	WO Maasch, RL Symcox
Close of play day 1	Eastern Province (1) 25/1 (Furstenburg 5*, Wulfsohn 1*; 16 overs)
Close of play day 2	Transvaal (2) 127/3 (Pollock 37*, Fotheringham 1*; 50 overs)

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Transvaal first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*DD Dyer	c Richardson b Watson	0
SJ Cook	b Watson	96	224
CEB Rice	c Richardson b Watson	1
RG Pollock	b Watson	6
HR Fotheringham	b Foulkes	16
KA McKenzie	run out	105
AJ Kourie	b Watson	0
+RV Jennings	b Watson	7
IFN Weideman	not out	4
KJ Kerr	c Richardson b Wulfsohn	7
RW Hanley	did not bat
Extras	(9 lb, 9 nb, 2 w)	20
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 89.4 overs)	262
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-5, 3-27, 4-73, 5-214, 6-218, 7-242, 8-251, 9-262 (89.4 ov)

Eastern Province bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Watson	20	7	47	6	-	-
Wulfsohn	14.4	3	43	1	-	-
van Vuuren	12	3	36	0	-	-
Armitage	23	6	48	0	-	-
Foulkes	13	2	43	1	-	-
Long	7	1	25	0	-	-

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Eastern Province first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*G Cook	c Jennings b Kourie	15
JW Furstenburg	c Kourie b Rice	11
C Wulfsohn	c Jennings b Rice	1
RLS Armitage	c Jennings b Weideman	3
RJD Whyte	c Pollock b Weideman	10
I Foulkes	c Weideman b Kerr	41		90
TB Reid	c McKenzie b Weideman	7
+DJ Richardson	not out	24
GL Long	b Kourie	10
WK Watson	c Rice b Kourie	3
MK van Vuuren	c Weideman b Kourie	5
Extras	(4 b, 3 lb, 1 w)	8
Total	(all out, 72.3 overs)	138
Fall of wickets:
1-23, 2-28, 3-31, 4-44, 5-51, 6-62, 7-96, 8-121, 9-127, 10-138 (72.3 ov)

Transvaal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Rice	18	11	20	2	-	-
Hanley	11	6	21	0	-	-
Kourie	23.3	7	44	4	-	-
Weideman	9	2	19	3	-	-
Kerr	11	5	26	1	-	-

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Transvaal second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*DD Dyer	c Richardson b van Vuuren	7
SJ Cook	run out	53
CEB Rice	c Richardson b Wulfsohn	16
RG Pollock	not out	59
HR Fotheringham	not out	19
KA McKenzie	did not bat
AJ Kourie	did not bat
+RV Jennings	did not bat
IFN Weideman	did not bat
KJ Kerr	did not bat
RW Hanley	did not bat
Extras	(6 lb, 11 nb, 1 w)	18
Total	(3 wickets, declared, 61 overs)	172
Fall of wickets:
1-15 (Dyer), 2-56 (Rice), 3-116 (Cook)

Eastern Province bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Watson	20	4	42	0	-	-
Wulfsohn	20	2	69	1	-	-
van Vuuren	8	4	12	1	-	-
Armitage	7	4	26	0	-	-
Foulkes	6	4	5	0	-	-

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Eastern Province second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*G Cook	c Jennings b Hanley	0
JW Furstenburg	c Rice b Hanley	16
RLS Armitage	lbw b Kourie	23
RJD Whyte	c Kerr b Rice	55
I Foulkes	b Hanley	10
TB Reid	b Kourie	10
+DJ Richardson	c Jennings b Weideman	0
GL Long	run out	10
WK Watson	b Kourie	1
C Wulfsohn	not out	1
MK van Vuuren	c McKenzie b Kourie	0
Extras	(4 b, 7 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	14
Total	(all out, 69.1 overs)	140
Fall of wickets:
1-12, 2-25, 3-61, 4-76, 5-101, 6-108, 7-125, 8-129, 9-139, 10-140 (69.1 ov)

Transvaal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Rice	17	7	34	1	-	-
Hanley	13	6	24	3	-	-
Kourie	27.1	9	46	4	-	-
Weideman	10	4	16	1	-	-
Kerr	2	0	6	0	-	-

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Notes
--> HR Fotheringham (1) passed 4000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 3
--> KA McKenzie (1) 100 in 159 balls
--> WK Watson achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Transvaal first innings (previous best was 6-51)
--> AJ Kourie reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 2nd wicket in the Eastern Province second innings

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