f31881	Western Province v Transvaal
	Castle Currie Cup 1977/78
Venue	Newlands, Cape Town on 31st December 1977, 2nd, 3rd January 1978 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Western Province won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Western Province 8 (Batting 3, Bowling 5); Transvaal 3 (Bowling 3)
Umpires	DH Bezuidenhout, HR Martin
Close of play day 1	Transvaal (1) 15/0 (van der Linden 7*, de Vaal 2*)
Close of play day 2	Transvaal (2) 110/4 (McKenzie 9*)

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Western Province first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MJ Nel	c Day b Hanley	1
RET Morris	c sub (RC Ontong) b van der Knaap	21
PN Kirsten	c Day b Hanley	106		224	10	1
*HM Ackerman	b Rice	29
AJ Lamb	c de Vaal b Hanley	24
MH Bowditch	c and b de Vaal	15
PD Swart	c van der Linden b van der Knaap	71		87	10	1
GS le Roux	not out	47
+GP Pfuhl	c sub b van der Knaap	4
DL Hobson	not out	5
AB Nieuwoudt	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 12 lb)	14
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 108 overs)	337
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-47, 3-134, 4-181, 5-204, 6-212, 7-309, 8-323

Transvaal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Neilson	18	3	55	0	-	-
Hanley	22	8	49	3	-	-
Rice	23	1	75	1	-	-
van der Knaap	27	1	86	3	-	-
Featherstone	3	0	17	0	-	-
de Vaal	15	4	41	1	-	-

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Transvaal first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WJ van der Linden	c Kirsten b le Roux	29
PD de Vaal	run out	22
*DD Dyer	b le Roux	17
LJ Barnard	c Pfuhl b le Roux	0
CEB Rice	c Ackerman b le Roux	0
KA McKenzie	lbw b le Roux	4
NG Featherstone	c Ackerman b Hobson	15
+NT Day	lbw b Swart	12
DR Neilson	c Kirsten b Hobson	8
DS van der Knaap	c Pfuhl b Hobson	0
RW Hanley	not out	2
Extras	(5 b, 7 lb, 1 nb)	13
Total	(all out, 65.1 overs)	122
Fall of wickets:
1-59, 2-66, 3-68, 4-68, 5-80, 6-85, 7-107, 8-113, 9-113, 10-122 (65.1 ov)

Western Province bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
le Roux	19	8	30	5	-	-
Nieuwoudt	7	3	10	0	-	-
Hobson	28.1	8	57	3	-	-
Morris	3	1	5	0	-	-
Swart	8	3	7	1	-	-

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Transvaal second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*DD Dyer	b Nieuwoudt	13
WJ van der Linden	lbw b Swart	27
LJ Barnard	lbw b Hobson	26
CEB Rice	c and b Hobson	27
KA McKenzie	c Ackerman b Nieuwoudt	28
PD de Vaal	lbw b Morris	43
NG Featherstone	lbw b Nieuwoudt	37
+NT Day	not out	68
DR Neilson	c Morris b le Roux	12
DS van der Knaap	not out	13		189
RW Hanley	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 7 lb, 6 nb, 1 w)	20
Total	(8 wickets, 178 overs)	314
Fall of wickets:
1-22, 2-70, 3-76, 4-110, 5-141, 6-209, 7-213, 8-232

Western Province bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
le Roux	37	11	84	1	-	-
Nieuwoudt	27	10	39	3	-	-
Hobson	60	22	119	2	-	-
Morris	23	10	24	1	-	-
Swart	22	11	21	1	-	-
Bowditch	4	2	2	0	-	-
Ackerman	5	3	5	0	-	-

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Notes
--> PD Swart (1) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 66
--> GS le Roux (1) passed his previous highest score of 29 in First-Class matches
--> CEB Rice reached 350 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Western Province first innings

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