f28036	Eastern Province v Rhodesia
	Currie Cup 1969/70 (Section A)
Venue	St George's Park, Port Elizabeth on 26th, 27th, 29th December 1969 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Eastern Province won the toss and decided to field
Result	Eastern Province won by an innings and 55 runs
Points	Eastern Province 8; Rhodesia 0
Umpires	CMP Coetzee, AA Matthews
Close of play day 1	Eastern Province (1) 103/1 (Biggs 63*, Bezuidenhout 2*)
Close of play day 2	Rhodesia (2) 29/3 (Clarke 6*, Fletcher 8*)

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Rhodesia first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*RA Gripper	b Den	41
TW Dunk	b Taylor	12
JK Clarke	c Bond b Den	14
SD Robertson	lbw b Taylor	22
DAG Fletcher	c RG Pollock b Taylor	8
ET Laughlin	run out	0
JH du Preez	c Biggs b Taylor	3
+HAB Gardiner	c Biggs b Bland	5
KJ Tonkin	b McAdam	9
BH Williams	c RG Pollock b PM Pollock	5
AJ Traicos	not out	6
Extras		7
Total	(all out, 80.2 overs)	132
Fall of wickets:
1-41, 2-60, 3-89, 4-98, 5-100, 6-104, 7-107, 8-112, 9-117, 10-132 (80.2 ov)

Eastern Province bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
PM Pollock	18	5	32	1	-	-
Den	17	8	36	2	-	-
McAdam	9.2	2	13	1	-	-
Taylor	18	11	10	4	-	-
Biggs	13	4	22	0	-	-
Bland	5	1	12	1	-	-

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Eastern Province first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AL Biggs	c Tonkin b du Preez	102			11	2
LML Barnwell	b Fletcher	30
SJ Bezuidenhout	b du Preez	84
KC Bland	c Tonkin b Williams	17
*RG Pollock	b Fletcher	138		158	18	2
AL Wilmot	not out	49
+KJ Bond	did not bat
PM Pollock	did not bat
RV Taylor	did not bat
GM Den	did not bat
SJ McAdam	did not bat
Extras		16
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 133.4 overs)	436
Fall of wickets:
1-99 (Barnwell), 2-194 (Biggs), 3-230 (Bland), 4-296 (Bezuidenhout), 5-436 (RG Pollock, 133.4 ov)

Rhodesia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Williams	26	4	85	1	-	-
Tonkin	15	4	42	0	-	-
du Preez	18	3	76	2	-	-
Fletcher	32.4	6	96	2	-	-
Traicos	40	8	99	0	-	-
Laughlin	2	0	22	0	-	-

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Rhodesia second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*RA Gripper	c RG Pollock b PM Pollock	7
TW Dunk	b PM Pollock	2
JK Clarke	c RG Pollock b Taylor	29
SD Robertson	c Bond b PM Pollock	6
DAG Fletcher	lbw b Biggs	89
ET Laughlin	c Bond b McAdam	5
JH du Preez	c Bland b Biggs	33
+HAB Gardiner	c Bezuidenhout b Taylor	34
KJ Tonkin	c McAdam b Biggs	4
BH Williams	c RG Pollock b PM Pollock	30
AJ Traicos	not out	1
Extras		9
Total	(all out, 107.2 overs)	249
Fall of wickets:
1-9 (Gripper), 2-10 (Dunk), 3-16 (Robertson), 4-90 (Clarke), 5-104 (Laughlin), 6-170 (du Preez), 7-183 (Fletcher), 8-199 (Tonkin), 9-241 (Williams), 10-249 (Gardiner, 107.2 ov)

Eastern Province bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
PM Pollock	22	7	55	4	-	-
Den	22	12	34	0	-	-
McAdam	12	6	14	1	-	-
Taylor	19.2	10	36	2	-	-
Biggs	21	7	60	3	-	-
RG Pollock	8	1	28	0	-	-
Wilmot	3	0	13	0	-	-

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Notes
--> KJ Tonkin made his debut in First-Class matches
--> AL Biggs (1) 100 in 253 minutes with 11 fours and 2 sixes
--> SJ Bezuidenhout (1) passed his previous highest score of 25 in First-Class matches
--> RG Pollock (1) 100 in 141 minutes with 15 fours
--> DAG Fletcher (2) passed his previous highest score of 49 in First-Class matches
--> JH du Preez (2) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 25
--> BH Williams (2) passed his previous highest score of 18 in First-Class matches
--> RV Taylor achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Rhodesia first innings (previous best was 3-49)
--> AL Biggs achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches when he dismissed KJ Tonkin in the Rhodesia second innings (previous best was 2-25)

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12th man for Rhodesia was J C Mitchell.

 

 

 

 

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