f33893	Transvaal v Eastern Province
	SAB Currie Cup 1981/82
Venue	New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg on 26th, 27th, 28th December 1981 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Transvaal won by an innings and 101 runs
Points	Transvaal 22 (Batting 7, Bowling 5); Eastern Province 3 (Batting 1, Bowling 2)
Umpires	SG Moore, BC Smith
Close of play day 1	Transvaal (1) 85/2 (Kallicharran 19*, Pollock 27*; 29 overs)
Close of play day 2	Eastern Province (2) 13/4 (Whyte 0*, Richardson 5*)

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Eastern Province first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SJ Bezuidenhout	c Jennings b Fairclough	38
JA Hopkins	c Pollock b Fairclough	7
RLS Armitage	c Jennings b Fairclough	26
RG Fensham	run out	15
RJD Whyte	lbw b Radford	7
+DJ Richardson	c Jennings b Fairclough	20
I Foulkes	b Kourie	6
*DJ Brickett	c McKenzie b Fairclough	4
WK Watson	b Hanley	23
JA Carse	c Fairclough b Kourie	2
C Wulfsohn	not out	17
Extras	(9 lb, 2 nb, 2 w)	13
Total	(all out, 84.2 overs)	178
Fall of wickets:
1-46, 2-53, 3-84, 4-93, 5-106, 6-121, 7-130, 8-141, 9-146, 10-178 (84.2 ov)

Transvaal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Rice	13	7	16	0	-	-
Hanley	12.2	5	20	1	-	-
Radford	9	1	30	1	-	-
Fairclough	27	10	52	5	-	-
Kourie	23	7	47	2	-	-

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Transvaal first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SJ Cook	lbw b Watson	15
HR Fotheringham	lbw b Carse	8
AI Kallicharran	b Wulfsohn	42
RG Pollock	c Armitage b Brickett	124		330	15	-
*CEB Rice	c Foulkes b Watson	108			12	2
KA McKenzie	not out	5
AJ Kourie	not out	13
+RV Jennings	did not bat
NV Radford	did not bat
RW Hanley	did not bat
J Fairclough	did not bat
Extras	(26 lb, 12 nb, 6 w)	44
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 89 overs)	359
Fall of wickets:
1-27, 2-29, 3-132, 4-329, 5-343

Eastern Province bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Watson	28	7	79	2	-	-
Carse	20	3	78	1	-	-
Wulfsohn	19	1	81	1	-	-
Brickett	15	1	39	1	-	-
Armitage	7	0	38	0	-	-

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Eastern Province second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SJ Bezuidenhout	c Jennings b Hanley	3
JA Hopkins	lbw b Radford	3
RLS Armitage	c Jennings b Radford	0
RG Fensham	c Jennings b Hanley	0
RJD Whyte	lbw b Rice	3
+DJ Richardson	c Hanley b Radford	38		136
I Foulkes	c Jennings b Rice	5
*DJ Brickett	not out	11
WK Watson	c Jennings b Radford	0
JA Carse	c Jennings b Hanley	9
C Wulfsohn	b Rice	1
Extras	(1 b, 3 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	7
Total	(all out, 53.3 overs)	80
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-6, 3-6, 4-6, 5-25, 6-39, 7-61, 8-61, 9-75, 10-80 (53.3 ov)

Transvaal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Rice	10.3	2	18	3	-	-
Hanley	15	6	23	3	-	-
Radford	13	5	20	4	-	-
Fairclough	8	4	4	0	-	-
Kourie	7	3	8	0	-	-

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Notes
--> JA Hopkins made his debut in South Africa in First-Class matches
--> J Fairclough reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 5th wicket in the Eastern Province first innings
--> WK Watson reached 250 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Transvaal first innings

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