f17799	Eastern Province v Natal
	Currie Cup 1947/48
Venue	St George's Park, Port Elizabeth on 9th, 10th January 1948 (3-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Eastern Province won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Natal won by an innings and 165 runs
Points	Eastern Province 0; Natal 5
Umpires	HL Fielding, WC Ware
Close of play day 1	Natal (1) 115/3 (Nourse 14*, Wade 4*)

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Eastern Province first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RG Draper	c Nourse b Smith	20
RB Sutcliffe	b McCarthy	13
EB Norton	b Payn	5
HV Feltham	c Wade b Smith	8
*SF Hird	c Wade b Payn	11
ARA Murray	c Nourse b Smith	2
HB Birrell	st Wade b Smith	17
+DG Riemer	c King b Smith	10
I Preston	st Wade b Smith	5
NBF Mann	c Payn b Smith	16
AH Coy	not out	3
Extras	(3 b, 7 lb)	10
Total	(all out, 67.3 overs)	120
Fall of wickets:
1-25, 2-30, 3-39, 4-57, 5-59, 6-63, 7-82, 8-89, 9-111, 10-120 (67.3 ov)

Natal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Dalton	6	1	9	0	-	-
McCarthy	17	6	37	1	-	-
Payn	17	2	23	2	-	-
Smith	27.3	1	41	7	-	-

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Natal first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DR Fell	c Feltham b Mann	63
MH Lang	b Mann	26
DBG King	lbw b Mann	4
*AD Nourse	b Preston	130
+WW Wade	b Birrell	76
DF Dowling	c Sutcliffe b Mann	30
HE Dalton	hit wkt b Coy	5
LW Payn	b Mann	12
LA Markham	b Mann	4
VI Smith	lbw b Coy	2
CN McCarthy	not out	0
Extras	(14 b, 6 lb, 1 w)	21
Total	(all out, 124.1 overs)	373
Fall of wickets:
1-54, 2-80, 3-101, 4-275, 5-321, 6-330, 7-345, 8-360, 9-373, 10-373 (124.1 ov)

Eastern Province bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Preston	21	2	88	1	-	-
Murray	6	1	37	0	-	-
Mann	53	20	111	6	-	-
Coy	16.1	4	50	2	-	-
Birrell	9	1	33	1	-	-
Hird	19	7	33	0	-	-

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Eastern Province second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RG Draper	b McCarthy	5
RB Sutcliffe	c and b Payn	9
EB Norton	b McCarthy	0
HV Feltham	st Wade b Smith	3
*SF Hird	b Smith	4
ARA Murray	b Markham	22
HB Birrell	c Wade b McCarthy	1
+DG Riemer	b Markham	1
I Preston	lbw b Markham	0
NBF Mann	not out	23
AH Coy	lbw b Payn	5
Extras	(11 b, 4 lb)	15
Total	(all out, 48.5 overs)	88
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-8, 3-21, 4-21, 5-28, 6-41, 7-42, 8-46, 9-53, 10-88 (48.5 ov)

Natal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Dalton	8	7	1	0	-	-
McCarthy	12	1	33	3	-	-
Payn	12.5	10	10	2	-	-
Smith	9	5	10	2	-	-
Markham	7	0	19	3	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> I Preston made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> CN McCarthy achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Eastern Province second innings (previous best was 2-13)

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