f16768	Natal v Eastern Province
	First-Class matches in South Africa 1939/40
Venue	City Oval, Pietermaritzburg on 20th, 22nd January 1940 (3-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Natal won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Natal won by an innings and 297 runs
Close of play day 1	Eastern Province (1) 57/2 (Marais 30*, Southey 0*)

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Natal first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DR Fell	c Marais b Gardner	3
DS Turner	lbw b Gardner	64
RL Harvey	c Marais b Assheton-Smith	1
*AD Nourse	c Assheton-Smith b Leibbrandt	136			17	-
+WW Wade	c Leibbrandt b Coy	208			25	-
OC Dawson	c Coy b Southey	37
R Howden	b Southey	64
FJ Smith	c Leibbrandt b Coy	23
IDE Anderson	st Marais b Coy	17
NBF Mann	not out	15
CD Lamble	c Leibbrandt b Coy	15
Extras	(4 lb)	4
Total	(all out, 96 overs)	587
Fall of wickets:
1-5 (Fell), 2-6 (Harvey), 3-192 (Turner), 4-225 (Nourse), 5-337 (Dawson), 6-516, 7-518, 8-546, 9-556, 10-587 (96 ov)

Eastern Province bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Assheton-Smith	18	1	112	1	-	-
Gardner	10	0	60	2	-	-
Leibbrandt	19	2	101	1	-	-
Coy	18	2	87	4	-	-
Thwaits	10	0	55	0	-	-
Buchanan	7	0	68	0	-	-
Southey	12	1	75	2	-	-
Hartman	2	0	25	0	-	-

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Eastern Province first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RW Robson	c Harvey b Smith	25
+W Marais	c Turner b Harvey	30
HJS Gardner	c Wade b Lamble	1
FWR Southey	c Wade b Harvey	1
SA Thwaits	b Anderson	17
JM Leibbrandt	lbw b Smith	1
G Hartman	run out	3
DR McAllister	run out	1
JM Buchanan	c Turner b Harvey	5
*AH Coy	not out	47
B Assheton-Smith	b Lamble	23
Extras	(1 b, 6 lb)	7
Total	(all out, 56 overs)	161
Fall of wickets:
1-49 (Robson), 2-56 (Gardner), 3-57 (Southey), 4-66, 5-67, 6-71, 7-76, 8-82, 9-98, 10-161 (56 ov)

Natal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	18	7	45	2	-	-
Dawson	3	1	13	0	-	-
Harvey	20	5	47	3	-	-
Lamble	8	2	24	2	-	-
Anderson	7	1	25	1	-	-

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Eastern Province second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+W Marais	lbw b Dawson	10
RW Robson	b Dawson	0
HJS Gardner	b Smith	4
FWR Southey	b Smith	1
JM Leibbrandt	c Dawson b Harvey	71
SA Thwaits	run out	0
G Hartman	c Dawson b Anderson	16
DR McAllister	c and b Mann	5
JM Buchanan	b Mann	1
*AH Coy	st Wade b Mann	18
B Assheton-Smith	not out	1
Extras	(2 lb)	2
Total	(all out, 57.5 overs)	129
Fall of wickets:
1-0 (Robson), 2-5 (Gardner), 3-15 (Southey), 4-21 (Marais), 5-31 (Thwaits), 6-80 (Hartman), 7-85 (McAllister), 8-91 (Buchanan), 9-123 (Leibbrandt), 10-129 (Coy, 57.5 ov)

Natal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	7	2	23	2	-	-
Dawson	8	4	6	2	-	-
Lamble	9	1	21	0	-	-
Mann	20.5	7	30	3	-	-
Anderson	8	0	28	1	-	-
Harvey	5	0	19	1	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> HJS Gardner made his debut in First-Class matches
--> DR McAllister made his debut in First-Class matches
--> R Howden made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> FJ Smith made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> IDE Anderson made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> CD Lamble made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> DR McAllister made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> WW Wade (1) passed his previous highest score of 99 in First-Class matches
--> WW Wade (1) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> WW Wade (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 126
--> R Howden (1) passed his previous highest score of 18 in First-Class matches
--> SA Thwaits (1) passed his previous highest score of 12 in First-Class matches
--> B Assheton-Smith (1) passed his previous highest score of 10 in First-Class matches
--> JM Leibbrandt (2) passed his previous highest score of 63 in First-Class matches
--> FJ Smith reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed FWR Southey, his 2nd wicket in the Eastern Province second innings

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