f31877	Border v Orange Free State
	Castle Bowl 1977/78 (Southern Section)
Venue	Jan Smuts Ground, East London on 31st December 1977, 2nd, 3rd January 1978 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Orange Free State won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Points	Border 6 (Batting 2, Bowling 4); Orange Free State 4 (Batting 1, Bowling 3)
Umpires	OR Schoof, TW Townsend
Close of play day 1	No play
Close of play day 2	Orange Free State (1) 15/0 (le Roux 9*, Blair 6*)

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Border first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*IH McClenaghan	c East b le Roux	38
ID Harty	b Schmidt	2
R Kent	c East b Schmidt	8
I Foulkes	c and b Strydom	43
GW Nelson	run out	10
DC McKenna	c Lusardi b Buss	66			8	1
SJ Schmidt	run out	14
GM Gower	c Norton b Strydom	51
GD Boucher	not out	53
+TR Ball	not out	3
KW Sansom	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 11 lb, 8 nb, 1 w)	26
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 133 overs)	314
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-13, 3-82, 4-101, 5-120, 6-136, 7-222, 8-282

Orange Free State bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Schmidt	22	6	50	2	-	-
Norton	10	1	38	0	-	-
Strydom	30	7	91	2	-	-
Buss	44	24	48	1	-	-
le Roux	24	7	58	1	-	-
van Rensburg	3	1	3	0	-	-

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Orange Free State first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RA le Roux	c McKenna b Gower	92
JH Blair	c McKenna b Schmidt	11
LH Coetzee	b Gower	17
C van Rensburg	c McKenna b Gower	0
*+RJ East	c Ball b Sansom	6
G Lusardi	run out	30
WR Radford	c Boucher b Gower	10
MA Buss	c Boucher b Foulkes	21
E Schmidt	c Ball b Foulkes	5
WT Strydom	b Sansom	11
RG Norton	not out	7
Extras	(3 b, 4 lb, 5 nb)	12
Total	(all out, 97.2 overs)	222
Fall of wickets:
1-27, 2-60, 3-60, 4-71, 5-157, 6-173, 7-192, 8-193, 9-204, 10-222 (97.2 ov)

Border bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Schmidt	9	4	17	1	-	-
Boucher	10	1	30	0	-	-
Gower	32	13	47	4	-	-
Foulkes	27.2	2	68	2	-	-
Sansom	18	2	45	2	-	-
Nelson	1	0	3	0	-	-

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Border second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GW Nelson	not out	51
ID Harty	c East b le Roux	33
R Kent	not out	21
*IH McClenaghan	did not bat
I Foulkes	did not bat
DC McKenna	did not bat
SJ Schmidt	did not bat
GM Gower	did not bat
GD Boucher	did not bat
+TR Ball	did not bat
KW Sansom	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 1 nb)	6
Total	(1 wicket, 33 overs)	111
Fall of wickets:
1-70 (Harty)

Orange Free State bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Schmidt	8	1	19	0	-	-
Norton	9	4	36	0	-	-
le Roux	9	2	20	1	-	-
Coetzee	6	3	13	0	-	-
East	1	0	17	0	-	-

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Notes
--> WR Radford made his debut in First-Class matches
--> GM Gower (1) passed his previous highest score of 33 in First-Class matches
--> GD Boucher (1) passed his previous highest score of 20 in First-Class matches
--> RA le Roux (1) passed his previous highest score of 74 in First-Class matches
--> GW Nelson (2) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 38
--> GM Gower achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Orange Free State first innings (previous best was 4-48)

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