f20300	Western Province v Natal
	Other First-Class matches in South Africa 1953/54
Venue	Newlands, Cape Town on 26th, 28th, 29th December 1953 (3-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Western Province won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Western Province won by 32 runs
Umpires	JA Boshoff, JSW Moore
Close of play day 1	Natal (1) 126/2 (Goddard ?*, Dowling ?*)
Close of play day 2	Natal (1) 426/8 (Randles 22*, Smith 0*)

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Western Province first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
KT Commins	st Randles b Watkins	92
RJ Westcott	c Keith b Dowling	24
*JD Nel	lbw b Smith	22
GAS Innes	run out	72
BD Pfaff	c Dowling b Smith	24
HNP Roy	c Duckworth b Goddard	37
+RM Farrell	lbw b Goddard	27
ERH Fuller	b Halse	5
LG Treadaway	c Keith b Smith	50
MG Melle	c Halse b Keith	59
MA Hanley	not out	4
Extras	(13 b, 11 lb, 1 nb)	25
Total	(all out, 103.3 overs)	441
Fall of wickets:
1-39, 2-85, 3-206, 4-235, 5-245, 6-308, 7-317, 8-317, 9-429, 10-441 (103.3 ov)

Natal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Halse	18	2	84	1	-	-
Goddard	12	4	37	2	-	-
Dowling	12	1	55	1	-	-
Watkins	28	5	96	1	-	-
Smith	22.3	1	100	3	-	-
Keith	11	1	44	1	-	-

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Natal first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CAR Duckworth	c Fuller b Melle	12
TL Goddard	c Commins b Hanley	174
I de Gersigny	b Fuller	2
DF Dowling	b Fuller	91
HJ Keith	c Treadaway b Hanley	86
E Eaglestone	b Melle	7
AL Upton	c and b Hanley	14
*+PJL Randles	not out	22
CG Halse	lbw b Hanley	0
VI Smith	not out	0
VC Watkins	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 8 lb, 6 nb)	18
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 120.5 overs)	426
Fall of wickets:
1-24, 2-30, 3-224, 4-375, 5-383, 6-387, 7-422, 8-426

Western Province bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Fuller	29	2	90	2	-	-
Melle	24	6	56	2	-	-
Hanley	40.5	1	142	4	-	-
Treadaway	21	5	101	0	-	-
Roy	6	0	19	0	-	-

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Western Province second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
KT Commins	c Dowling b Smith	22
RJ Westcott	b Smith	16
*JD Nel	c Halse b Goddard	50		101	7	-
GAS Innes	c Keith b Goddard	6
BD Pfaff	b Goddard	50
HNP Roy	c Duckworth b Smith	22
+RM Farrell	c Duckworth b Goddard	5
ERH Fuller	b Smith	7
LG Treadaway	b Goddard	0
MG Melle	c Randles b Smith	6
MA Hanley	not out	4
Extras		6
Total	(all out, 57.7 overs)	194
Fall of wickets:
1-35, 2-44, 3-65, 4-143, 5-150, 6-162, 7-172, 8-177, 9-184, 10-194 (57.7 ov)

Natal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Halse	3	0	24	0	-	-
Goddard	27	11	73	5	-	-
Smith	27.7	3	91	5	-	-

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Natal second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CAR Duckworth	lbw b Hanley	46
TL Goddard	b Hanley	14
I de Gersigny	b Hanley	2
DF Dowling	lbw b Hanley	5
HJ Keith	c and b Hanley	2
E Eaglestone	c Fuller b Melle	41
AL Upton	not out	63
*+PJL Randles	b Melle	4
CG Halse	lbw b Melle	0
VI Smith	run out	0
VC Watkins	absent hurt
Extras		0
Total	(all out, 53.1 overs)	177
Fall of wickets:
1-48, 2-56, 3-64, 4-66, 5-69, 6-169, 7-177, 8-177, 9-177 (53.1 ov)

Western Province bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Fuller	15.1	3	30	0	-	-
Melle	6	1	28	3	-	-
Hanley	20	4	60	5	-	-
Treadaway	12	3	59	0	-	-

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Notes
--> VC Watkins made his debut in First-Class matches
--> MG Melle made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> MA Hanley made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> I de Gersigny made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> VC Watkins made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> KT Commins (1) passed his previous highest score of 70 in First-Class matches
--> RM Farrell (1) passed his previous highest score of 25 in First-Class matches
--> LG Treadaway (1) passed his previous highest score of 24 in First-Class matches
--> MG Melle (1) passed his previous highest score of 50 in First-Class matches
--> MG Melle (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 21
--> TL Goddard (1) passed his previous highest score of 102 in First-Class matches
--> BD Pfaff (2) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 35
--> TL Goddard achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Western Province second innings (previous best was 4-54)
--> TL Goddard achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the Western Province second innings

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