f29446	Transvaal v Natal
	SAB Currie Cup 1972/73 (Section A)
Venue	New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg on 26th, 27th, 28th December 1972 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Natal won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Points	Transvaal 5 (Bowling 5); Natal 5 (Bowling 5)
Umpires	HC Kidson, AJ Norton
Close of play day 1	Natal (1) 94/2 (Richards 40*, Orchard 5*; 34 overs)
Close of play day 2	Transvaal (2) 236/4 (Irvine 59*, Cook 10*; 79 overs)

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Transvaal first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*A Bacher	b van der Bijl	12	20	30	1	-
BF Bath	c Orchard b Gessner	0	4	7	-	-
RK Muzzell	c Gessner b van der Bijl	42	105	140	6	-
+BL Irvine	c Bruyns b van der Bijl	2	2	2	-	-
RC White	c Smith b van der Bijl	7	17	25	1	-
SJ Cook	c Smith b Gessner	54	137	184	4	-
PD de Vaal	c Smith b van der Bijl	18	64	99	2	-
DR Neilson	lbw b Trimborn	12	36	49	2	-
D Mackay-Coghill	c Bruyns b Gessner	6	15	29	-	-
NR Weightman	not out	9	15	21	1	-
WR Kerr	b Trimborn	0	4	7	-	-
Extras	(3 b, 7 nb)	10
Total	(all out, 68.3 overs)	172
Fall of wickets:
1-2 (Bath), 2-12 (Bacher), 3-14 (Irvine), 4-24 (White), 5-82 (Muzzell), 6-143 (Cook), 7-143 (de Vaal), 8-158 (Mackay-Coghill), 9-168 (Neilson), 10-172 (Kerr, 68.3 ov)

Natal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
van der Bijl	20	4	44	5	-	-
Gessner	21	4	43	3	-	1
Trimborn	17.3	3	52	2	-	10
Smithyman	4	1	9	0	-	-
Henwood	6	3	14	0	-	-

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Natal first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BA Richards	c Bacher b Mackay-Coghill	54	117	139	6	-
AM Short	lbw b Weightman	43	62	72	8	-
*A Bruyns	c Irvine b Neilson	3	23	26	-	-
DL Orchard	c Irvine b Weightman	16	37	45	1	-
D Bestall	c Irvine b Weightman	4	12	19	1	-
+AJS Smith	not out	19	32	63	3	-
MJ Smithyman	lbw b Mackay-Coghill	1	3	4	-	-
PP Henwood	b Mackay-Coghill	1	11	8	-	-
PHJ Trimborn	b Mackay-Coghill	0	1	1	-	-
VAP van der Bijl	c Irvine b Neilson	11	17	20	2	-
BD Gessner	b Mackay-Coghill	1	8	6	-	-
Extras	(9 lb, 4 nb)	13
Total	(all out, 53 overs)	166
Fall of wickets:
1-68 (Short), 2-82 (Bruyns), 3-117 (Richards), 4-119 (Orchard), 5-132 (Bestall), 6-133 (Smithyman), 7-136 (Henwood), 8-136 (Trimborn), 9-158 (van der Bijl), 10-166 (Gessner, 53 ov)

Transvaal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Mackay-Coghill	22	6	56	5	-	5
Neilson	12	3	40	2	-	-
Kerr	5	1	14	0	-	-
Weightman	14	3	43	3	-	-

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Transvaal second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*A Bacher	c Smith b Orchard	72	158	196	6	-
BF Bath	c Smith b Trimborn	30	59	85	5	-
RK Muzzell	lbw b Trimborn	47	129	151	6	1
+BL Irvine	run out	60	79	122	5	2
RC White	lbw b Gessner	6	21	22	-	-
SJ Cook	c Bruyns b Trimborn	27	60	58	3	-
PD de Vaal	b van der Bijl	5	31	51	-	-
DR Neilson	c Smith b van der Bijl	0	13	14	-	-
NR Weightman	c Bruyns b Orchard	19	48	66	3	-
WR Kerr	not out	21	59	71	3	-
D Mackay-Coghill	not out	0	8	11	-	-
Extras	(11 lb, 3 nb, 2 w)	16
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 109 overs)	303
Fall of wickets:
1-67 (Bath), 2-137 (Bacher), 3-170 (Muzzell), 4-187 (White), 5-237 (Irvine), 6-258 (Cook), 7-261 (Neilson), 8-266 (de Vaal), 9-297 (Weightman)

Natal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
van der Bijl	25	7	53	2	-	-
Gessner	16	2	68	1	-	3
Trimborn	28	9	62	3	-	6
Henwood	24	8	53	0	-	-
Smithyman	9	1	26	0	-	-
Orchard	7	1	25	2	2	-

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Natal second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BA Richards	c Neilson b Kerr	104	175	181	16	-
AM Short	c Irvine b Mackay-Coghill	8	15	20	1	-
*A Bruyns	lbw b Bath	24	50	59	2	-
DL Orchard	c Irvine b Kerr	17	76	84	1	-
D Bestall	c Mackay-Coghill b Kerr	10	16	19	1	-
+AJS Smith	not out	56	104	106	7	-
MJ Smithyman	not out	30	93	99	5	-
PP Henwood	did not bat
PHJ Trimborn	did not bat
VAP van der Bijl	did not bat
BD Gessner	did not bat
Extras	(7 b, 11 lb, 1 nb)	19
Total	(5 wickets, 88 overs)	268
Fall of wickets:
1-21 (Short), 2-88 (Bruyns), 3-146 (Orchard), 4-167 (Richards), 5-171 (Bestall)

Transvaal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Mackay-Coghill	11	1	50	1	-	1
Neilson	19	4	59	0	-	-
Bath	21	6	33	1	-	-
Weightman	5	0	21	0	-	-
Kerr	23	6	61	3	-	-
de Vaal	7	2	17	0	-	-
Muzzell	2	0	8	0	-	-

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Notes
--> SJ Cook made his debut in First-Class matches
--> SJ Cook (1) 50 in 157 minutes with 4 fours
--> BA Richards (1) 50 in 111 balls, 134 minutes with 6 fours
--> BA Richards (1) passed 16000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 42
--> A Bacher (2) 50 in 116 balls, 139 minutes with 5 fours
--> BL Irvine (2) 50 in 69 balls, 104 minutes with 5 fours and 2 sixes
--> BA Richards scored a hundred batting with a runner in the Natal second innings
--> BA Richards (2) 50 in 76 balls, 73 minutes with 7 fours
--> BA Richards (2) 100 in 180 minutes with 16 fours
--> AJS Smith (2) passed his previous highest score of 38 in First-Class matches
--> AJS Smith (2) 50 in 89 minutes with 6 fours

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