f37223	Northern Transvaal B v Natal B
	Castle Bowl 1987/88 (Northern Section)
Venue	Centurion Park, Verwoerdburg on 20th, 21st, 22nd November 1987 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Northern Transvaal B won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Northern Transvaal B won by 7 wickets
Points	Northern Transvaal B 23 (Batting 3, Bowling 5); Natal B 4 (Bowling 4)
Umpires	SF Marais, CJ Mitchley
Close of play day 1	Natal B (1) ?/1 (Mellor ?*, Copland ?*)
Close of play day 2	Natal B (2) ?/6 (Walsh ?*, Copland ?*)

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Northern Transvaal B first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
A da Costa	lbw b Copland	13	64	82	-	-
MW Pfaff	b Clare	7	23	36	-	-
GJ Turner	c Pearse b Hobson	8	42	47	-	-
A Geringer	c Lowe b Clare	25	26	42	4	-
CR Norris	c Pearse b McGlashan	26	69	101	2	-
*PJA Visagie	not out	146	197	259	21	2
+VG Cresswell	c sub b Copland	30	72	87	4	-
PL Symcox	c Rayner b McGlashan	35	68	89	5	-
PC Botha	c Pearse b Clare	1	16	20	-	-
GR Grobler	did not bat
RE Bryson	did not bat
Extras	(13 lb, 4 nb, 1 w)	18
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 385 minutes, 98.3 overs)	309
Fall of wickets:
1-13 (Pfaff), 2-33 (da Costa), 3-33 (Turner), 4-71 (Geringer), 5-136 (Norris), 6-205 (Cresswell), 7-290 (Symcox), 8-309 (Botha, 98.3 ov)

Natal B bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Clare	23.3	3	54	3	-	1
Copland	23	4	58	2	1	2
Hobson	16	1	69	1	-	2
Lowe	18	7	62	0	-	-
McGlashan	18	1	53	2	-	-

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Natal B first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*MD Mellor	c Turner b Bryson	16	33	57	2	-
PH Rayner	lbw b Botha	3	10	15	-	-
CJ Copland	c Cresswell b Grobler	4	22	19	1	-
CS Stirk	b Bryson	4	13	12	-	-
GM Walsh	c Cresswell b Grobler	6	7	10	1	-
MAW Bowman	st Cresswell b Symcox	19	22	33	1	-
+MJ Pearse	c Bryson b Grobler	6	9	9	-	-
CA Lowe	b Botha	33	34	46	6	-
MR Hobson	not out	7	21	37	1	-
MD Clare	c da Costa b Symcox	0	5	9	-	-
RK McGlashan	run out	0	5	2	-	-
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb)	6
Total	(all out, 129 minutes, 30.4 overs)	104
Fall of wickets:
1-7 (Rayner), 2-17 (Copland), 3-30 (Stirk), 4-37 (Mellor), 5-37 (Walsh), 6-43 (Pearse), 7-71 (Bowman), 8-97 (Lowe), 9-100 (Clare), 10-104 (McGlashan, 30.4 ov)

Northern Transvaal B bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Grobler	11	3	37	3	-	-
Bryson	9	2	34	2	-	-
Botha	5.4	2	13	2	-	-
Symcox	5	1	14	2	-	-

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Natal B second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*MD Mellor	run out	29	95	100	1	-
CS Stirk	b Symcox	27	35	59	3	-
PH Rayner	b Symcox	26	69	100	5	-
GM Walsh	b Grobler	113	240	243	16	-
MAW Bowman	c and b Symcox	0	1	1	-	-
+MJ Pearse	c da Costa b Symcox	8	15	13	1	-
CA Lowe	c and b Symcox	4	13	21	-	-
CJ Copland	lbw b Symcox	9	46	69	1	-
MR Hobson	c Geringer b Grobler	12	58	86	1	-
MD Clare	c Cresswell b Bryson	0	3	5	-	-
RK McGlashan	not out	0	0	2	-	-
Extras	(9 b, 4 lb, 3 nb)	16
Total	(all out, 344 minutes, 96.2 overs)	244
Fall of wickets:
1-49 (Stirk), 2-79 (Mellor), 3-120 (Rayner), 4-120 (Bowman), 5-128 (Pearse), 6-137 (Lowe), 7-164 (Copland), 8-237 (Walsh), 9-244 (Clare), 10-244 (Hobson, 96.2 ov)

Northern Transvaal B bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Grobler	17.2	3	38	2	-	-
Bryson	16	4	57	1	-	1
Symcox	36	15	72	6	-	-
Norris	4	0	18	0	-	2
Geringer	16	6	30	0	-	-
Botha	7	3	16	0	-	-

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Northern Transvaal B second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
A da Costa	b Copland	7	14	16	-	-
MW Pfaff	c Hobson b Copland	5	7	13	1	-
GJ Turner	lbw b Clare	13	14	16	-	-
A Geringer	not out	8	7	19	1	-
CR Norris	not out	6	4	6	1	-
*PJA Visagie	did not bat
+VG Cresswell	did not bat
PL Symcox	did not bat
PC Botha	did not bat
GR Grobler	did not bat
RE Bryson	did not bat
Extras	(1 w)	1
Total	(3 wickets, 38 minutes, 7.4 overs)	40
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-14, 3-28

Natal B bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Clare	4	0	11	1	-	-
Copland	3.4	0	29	2	1	-

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Notes
--> RE Bryson made his debut in First-Class matches
--> PJA Visagie (1) 50 in 71 balls, 72 minutes with 7 fours
--> PJA Visagie (1) passed his previous highest score of 95 in First-Class matches
--> PJA Visagie (1) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> PJA Visagie (1) 100 in 158 balls, 198 minutes with 14 fours and 1 six
--> VG Cresswell (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 1
--> PH Rayner (2) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 25
--> GM Walsh (2) 50 in 128 balls, 137 minutes with 7 fours
--> GM Walsh (2) 100 in 229 balls, 229 minutes with 14 fours
--> GM Walsh (2) passed his previous highest score of 112 in First-Class matches
--> PL Symcox achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches when he dismissed CA Lowe in the Natal B second innings (previous best was 4-61)
--> PL Symcox achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the Natal B second innings

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