f32309	Natal v Transvaal
	Castle Currie Cup 1978/79
Venue	Kingsmead, Durban on 25th, 26th, 27th November 1978 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Transvaal won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Natal 7 (Batting 2, Bowling 5); Transvaal 6 (Batting 1, Bowling 5)
Umpires	PL Elffers, OR Schoof
Close of play day 1	Transvaal (1) 125/6 (Jennings 32*, de Vaal 14*)
Close of play day 2	Transvaal (1) 166/8 (de Vaal 26*, Neilson 25*)

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Transvaal first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*DD Dyer	c Barrow b van der Bijl	7		44	-	-
LJ Barnard	c Smith b Cooper	6		22	1	-
HR Fotheringham	hit wkt b Cooper	38		106	3	-
RG Pollock	c Bestall b van der Bijl	11		31	-	-
KA McKenzie	c Madsen b Cooper	8		23	1	-
AJ Kourie	lbw b Cooper	0	1	1	-	-
+RV Jennings	c Smith b Cooper	32		118	3	-
PD de Vaal	b van der Bijl	40		172	1	-
M van Wyk	lbw b van der Bijl	3		14	-	-
DR Neilson	c Barrow b van der Bijl	30		56	4	-
RW Hanley	not out	0		18	-	-
Extras	(1 b, 6 lb, 3 nb)	10
Total	(all out, 312 minutes, 79.3 overs)	185
Fall of wickets:
1-8 (Barnard), 2-28 (Dyer), 3-50 (Pollock), 4-66 (McKenzie), 5-66 (Kourie), 6-83 (Fotheringham), 7-125 (Jennings), 8-131 (van Wyk), 9-172 (Neilson), 10-185 (de Vaal, 79.3 ov)

Natal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
van der Bijl	26.3	7	51	5	-	2
Cooper	27	6	63	5	-	2
Pearse	19	8	48	0	-	-
Wilkins	6	0	13	0	-	-
Ebrahim	1	1	0	0	-	-

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Natal first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
A Barrow	c Jennings b Hanley	14		49	-	-
CP Wilkins	c Barnard b Kourie	40		58	4	-
FB Hill	c Dyer b Hanley	1		13	-	-
BS Groves	c McKenzie b Hanley	37		98	1	1
D Bestall	c Jennings b Hanley	33		79	3	-
MB Madsen	c McKenzie b Kourie	28		100	1	-
+AJS Smith	b Hanley	2	3	2	-	-
*VAP van der Bijl	c Kourie b Neilson	55		89	2	1
KR Cooper	c Fotheringham b Kourie	1		7	-	-
DK Pearse	b Neilson	2		6	-	-
I Ebrahim	not out	0		4	-	-
Extras	(5 lb)	5
Total	(all out, 257 minutes, 75 overs)	218
Fall of wickets:
1-48 (Barrow), 2-58 (Wilkins), 3-60 (Hill), 4-128 (Bestall), 5-133 (Groves), 6-135 (Smith), 7-213 (Madsen), 8-216 (van der Bijl), 9-216 (Cooper), 10-218 (Pearse, 75 ov)

Transvaal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Neilson	18	2	42	2	-	-
Hanley	17	2	57	5	-	-
Kourie	17	4	47	3	-	-
van Wyk	10	2	28	0	-	-
de Vaal	13	5	39	0	-	-

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Transvaal second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*DD Dyer	not out	62		143	2	-
LJ Barnard	b van der Bijl	9		32	1	-
HR Fotheringham	not out	38		110	3	1
RG Pollock	did not bat
KA McKenzie	did not bat
AJ Kourie	did not bat
+RV Jennings	did not bat
PD de Vaal	did not bat
M van Wyk	did not bat
DR Neilson	did not bat
RW Hanley	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(1 wicket, 143 minutes, 58 overs)	110
Fall of wickets:
1-21 (Barnard)

Natal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
van der Bijl	6	2	6	1	-	-
Cooper	3	0	10	0	-	-
Madsen	25	4	56	0	-	-
Ebrahim	23	7	37	0	-	-
Wilkins	1	1	0	0	-	-

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Notes
--> CP Wilkins (1) passed 9000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 25
--> D Bestall (1) passed 2500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 5
--> VAP van der Bijl (1) 50 in 73 minutes with 2 fours and 1 six
--> VAP van der Bijl (1) passed his previous highest score of 50 in First-Class matches
--> DD Dyer (2) 50 in 105 minutes with 2 fours
--> KR Cooper achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches when he dismissed RV Jennings in the Transvaal first innings (previous best was 4-56)
--> KR Cooper achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the Transvaal first innings
--> DR Neilson reached 200 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed VAP van der Bijl, his 1st wicket in the Natal first innings

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