f21209	North Eastern Transvaal v Border
	Currie Cup 1955/56 (Section B)
Venue	Willowmoore Park Main Oval, Benoni on 17th, 18th, 20th February 1956 (3-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Border won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Border won by 66 runs
Points	North Eastern Transvaal 0; Border 6
Umpires	GI Fitzpatrick, GS Hawkins
Close of play day 1	North Eastern Transvaal (1) 104/3 (Richardson 35*, Hansen 6*)
Close of play day 2	Border (2) 252/8 (Witherden 2*)

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Border first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RI Geach	lbw b Verdoorn	4
EF Schreiber	c Smith b Verdoorn	13
D Fenner	c Smith b Verdoorn	4
*KN Kirton	not out	111
WS Farrer	c Verdoorn b Burke	1
RK Thorne	b Hansen	52
DV Kemp	c Oosthuizen b Hansen	11
S Knott	c Davies b Hansen	3
EF Witherden	c Richardson b Verdoorn	0
+JMG Price	c Verdoorn b de Waal	31
WR Chalmers	c Smith b de Waal	0
Extras	(1 b, 2 lb, 1 nb)	4
Total	(all out, 53 overs)	234
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-15, 3-31, 4-32, 5-109, 6-127, 7-143, 8-148, 9-231, 10-234 (53 ov)

North Eastern Transvaal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
de Waal	11	2	51	2	-	-
Burke	14	2	62	1	-	-
Verdoorn	19	5	63	4	-	-
Hansen	9	1	54	3	-	-

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North Eastern Transvaal first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PC Davies	c Farrer b Thorne	1
LW Rolfe	c Price b Thorne	5
*RA Richardson	b Chalmers	46
FK Verdoorn	lbw b Knott	49
ETE Hansen	c and b Chalmers	35
PG Thorne	c Geach b Chalmers	0
SF Burke	lbw b Witherden	34
CD Abrams	c Schreiber b Thorne	54
FA Oosthuizen	c Geach b Thorne	15
+RD Smith	not out	22
MS de Waal	st Price b Chalmers	5
Extras	(9 b, 4 lb, 3 nb)	16
Total	(all out, 69.7 overs)	282
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-9, 3-84, 4-129, 5-133, 6-147, 7-198, 8-243, 9-262, 10-282 (69.7 ov)

Border bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Knott	20	2	85	1	-	-
Thorne	17	4	52	4	-	-
Witherden	9	2	32	1	-	-
Schreiber	6	0	20	0	-	-
Chalmers	15.7	1	65	4	-	-
Farrer	2	0	12	0	-	-

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Border second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RI Geach	lbw b Verdoorn	3
EF Schreiber	c Hansen b Burke	0
D Fenner	c de Waal b Hansen	68
*KN Kirton	b Burke	15
WS Farrer	b Hansen	27
RK Thorne	b Abrams	57
DV Kemp	b Burke	44
S Knott	run out	23
EF Witherden	not out	17
+JMG Price	c Thorne b Burke	0
WR Chalmers	c Thorne b de Waal	6
Extras	(4 b, 3 lb, 6 nb)	13
Total	(all out, 77.6 overs)	273
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-9, 3-49, 4-101, 5-177, 6-188, 7-246, 8-252, 9-254, 10-273 (77.6 ov)

North Eastern Transvaal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
de Waal	8.6	3	24	1	-	-
Burke	19	2	74	4	-	-
Verdoorn	10	2	23	1	-	-
Hansen	15	3	42	2	-	-
Oosthuizen	17	2	55	0	-	-
Abrams	8	1	42	1	-	-

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North Eastern Transvaal second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PC Davies	c Witherden b Knott	43
LW Rolfe	lbw b Knott	10
*RA Richardson	b Knott	2
FK Verdoorn	st Price b Chalmers	25
ETE Hansen	run out	18
PG Thorne	c Thorne b Chalmers	21
SF Burke	b Chalmers	7
CD Abrams	c Thorne b Chalmers	6
FA Oosthuizen	b Knott	0
+RD Smith	c Chalmers b Knott	18
MS de Waal	not out	0
Extras	(5 b, 2 lb, 2 nb)	9
Total	(all out, 47.3 overs)	159
Fall of wickets:
1-17, 2-19, 3-58, 4-101, 5-112, 6-124, 7-134, 8-134, 9-157, 10-159 (47.3 ov)

Border bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Knott	18	2	48	5	-	-
Thorne	9	5	18	0	-	-
Witherden	8	1	29	0	-	-
Chalmers	12.3	2	55	4	-	-

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Notes
--> Day 1 Lunch: Border (1) ?/? (Kirton ?*, [unknown] ?*)
--> LW Rolfe made his debut in First-Class matches
--> FA Oosthuizen made his debut in First-Class matches
--> DV Kemp made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> LW Rolfe made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> FK Verdoorn made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> MS de Waal made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> KN Kirton (1) passed 2500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 21
--> RK Thorne (1) passed his previous highest score of 23 in First-Class matches
--> JMG Price (1) passed his previous highest score of 24 in First-Class matches
--> CD Abrams (1) passed his previous highest score of 44 in First-Class matches
--> RK Thorne (2) passed his previous highest score of 52 in First-Class matches
--> FK Verdoorn achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Border first innings (previous best was 1-3)
--> ETE Hansen achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Border first innings (previous best was 3-86)

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