f20248	Border v Natal
	Other First-Class matches in South Africa 1953/54
Venue	Jan Smuts Ground, East London on 9th, 11th, 12th October 1953 (3-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Border won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Natal won by 9 wickets
Umpires	AL Haiden, JE Roach
Close of play day 1	Natal (1) 110/1 (Duckworth 26*, Dowling 11*)
Close of play day 2	Border (2) 62/7 (Fenner 3*, Knott 1*)

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Border first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HS Lacey	c Randles b Dowling	17
WM Tainton	b Dowling	8
*OC Dawson	c Keith b Tayfield	74
KN Kirton	c Goddard b Tayfield	13
RR Phillips	c King b Keith	40
D Fenner	run out	33
HVL Whitfield	c Randles b Tayfield	4
+AV Hayes	lbw b Tayfield	25
S Knott	c King b Keith	8
KI Hay	b Keith	5
WR Chalmers	not out	2
Extras	(4 b)	4
Total	(all out, 84.4 overs)	233
Fall of wickets:
1-23, 2-28, 3-59, 4-124, 5-180, 6-190, 7-195, 8-208, 9-231, 10-233 (84.4 ov)

Natal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
King	7	0	24	0	-	-
Goddard	5	1	9	0	-	-
Dowling	10	2	34	2	-	-
Smith	4	0	28	0	-	-
Tayfield	36	12	83	4	-	-
Keith	22.4	6	51	3	-	-

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Natal first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*DJ McGlew	b Knott	69
CAR Duckworth	c Fenner b Chalmers	28
DF Dowling	lbw b Dawson	40
HJ Keith	lbw b Fenner	43
RA McLean	b Knott	61
TL Goddard	not out	10
+PJL Randles	c Chalmers b Knott	9
HJ Tayfield	c and b Fenner	0
AL Upton	did not bat
VI Smith	did not bat
AR King	did not bat
Extras	(9 b, 1 nb, 1 w)	11
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 73.5 overs)	271
Fall of wickets:
1-98, 2-112, 3-168, 4-248, 5-250, 6-270, 7-271 (73.5 ov)

Border bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Knott	14	1	54	3	-	-
Hay	11	2	46	0	-	-
Whitfield	14	3	45	0	-	-
Chalmers	15	1	52	1	-	-
Dawson	14	2	35	1	-	-
Tainton	2	0	10	0	-	-
Fenner	3.5	0	18	2	-	-

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Border second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HS Lacey	c Randles b Tayfield	21
WM Tainton	c McGlew b Tayfield	2
*OC Dawson	c Goddard b Tayfield	2
KN Kirton	b Keith	13
RR Phillips	c McGlew b Tayfield	12
HVL Whitfield	c and b Keith	5
D Fenner	c King b Keith	4
+AV Hayes	lbw b Keith	1
S Knott	b Tayfield	2
KI Hay	not out	6
WR Chalmers	c McGlew b Tayfield	0
Extras	(1 b, 2 lb)	3
Total	(all out, 27 overs)	71
Fall of wickets:
1-17, 2-19, 3-30, 4-52, 5-52, 6-59, 7-61, 8-64, 9-68, 10-71 (27 ov)

Natal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
King	1	0	6	0	-	-
Tayfield	14	2	32	6	-	-
Keith	12	4	30	4	-	-

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Natal second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*DJ McGlew	not out	23
CAR Duckworth	lbw b Dawson	11
DF Dowling	not out	1
HJ Keith	did not bat
RA McLean	did not bat
TL Goddard	did not bat
+PJL Randles	did not bat
HJ Tayfield	did not bat
AL Upton	did not bat
VI Smith	did not bat
AR King	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(1 wicket, 9.6 overs)	35
Fall of wickets:
1-30 (Duckworth)

Border bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Knott	5	1	10	0	-	-
Hay	3	0	14	0	-	-
Dawson	1.6	0	11	1	-	-

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Notes
--> HVL Whitfield made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> OC Dawson (1) passed 3000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 60

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