f31991	Western Province v Natal
	Castle Currie Cup 1977/78
Venue	Newlands, Cape Town on 3rd, 4th, 6th March 1978 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Natal won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Western Province won by 5 wickets
Points	Western Province 17 (Batting 4, Bowling 3); Natal 6 (Batting 3, Bowling 3)
Umpires	NM Paterson, OR Schoof
Close of play day 1	Natal (1) 385/8 (Madsen 92*; 120.4 overs)
Close of play day 2	Natal (2) 15/0 (Barrow 7*, Steele 6*; 6 overs)

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Natal first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
A Barrow	c Drummond b le Roux	61		212	5	-
JF Steele	lbw b le Roux	1		12	-	-
D Bestall	lbw b Swart	21		47	5	-
BS Groves	lbw b le Roux	36		75	4	-
HR Fotheringham	c Ackerman b Hobson	87		126	11	-
MB Madsen	not out	92		207	7	2
+AJS Smith	b le Roux	41		119	4	-
*VAP van der Bijl	c le Roux b Swart	22		22	2	-
DK Pearse	c Kirsten b Swart	11		13	2	-
KR Cooper	did not bat
JS Muil	did not bat
Extras	(9 lb, 4 nb)	13
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 420 minutes, 120.4 overs)	385
Fall of wickets:
1-3 (Steele), 2-29 (Bestall), 3-91 (Groves), 4-158 (Barrow), 5-218 (Fotheringham), 6-320 (Smith), 7-359 (van der Bijl), 8-385 (Pearse, 120.4 ov)

Western Province bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
le Roux	27	5	79	4	-	-
Nieuwoudt	18	2	69	0	-	5
Morris	23	6	52	0	-	-
Swart	14.4	1	57	3	-	1
Hobson	26	4	90	1	-	2
du Toit	12	1	25	0	-	-

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Western Province first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MJ Nel	c Madsen b Pearse	31		94	4	-
+RA Drummond	b van der Bijl	13		28	2	-
PN Kirsten	b van der Bijl	48		173	3	-
*HM Ackerman	c Steele b Cooper	25		71	2	-
AJ Lamb	run out	72		132	11	1
PD Swart	c Smith b Cooper	46		104	4	-
JD du Toit	not out	24		89	3	-
RET Morris	lbw b Cooper	9		27	1	-
GS le Roux	c Bestall b Muil	38		53	5	1
DL Hobson	did not bat
AB Nieuwoudt	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 10 lb, 2 nb)	16
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 389 minutes, 102.5 overs)	322
Fall of wickets:
1-15 (Drummond), 2-61 (Nel), 3-109 (Ackerman), 4-149 (Kirsten), 5-239 (Lamb), 6-248 (Swart), 7-267 (Morris), 8-322 (le Roux, 102.5 ov)

Natal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
van der Bijl	28	9	66	2	-	2
Cooper	22	3	73	3	-	2
Pearse	21	3	57	1	-	-
Muil	22.5	4	74	1	-	-
Steele	2	0	10	0	-	-
Madsen	7	1	26	0	-	-

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Natal second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
A Barrow	c Nieuwoudt b Morris	43		93	4	-
JF Steele	c Hobson b Morris	16		62	1	-
D Bestall	c Drummond b Morris	20		69	4	-
BS Groves	run out	1		18	-	-
HR Fotheringham	b le Roux	20		91	2	-
MB Madsen	lbw b le Roux	17		65	1	-
+AJS Smith	not out	18		65	1	-
*VAP van der Bijl	c Ackerman b Morris	18		36	-	2
KR Cooper	c Swart b Morris	0		8	-	-
DK Pearse	run out	1		9	-	-
JS Muil	not out	0		3	-	-
Extras	(1 b, 15 lb, 4 nb)	20
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 264 minutes, 84.3 overs)	174
Fall of wickets:
1-57 (Steele), 2-89 (Barrow), 3-93 (Groves), 4-99 (Bestall), 5-134 (Madsen), 6-135 (Fotheringham), 7-161 (van der Bijl), 8-165 (Cooper), 9-170 (Pearse)

Western Province bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
le Roux	16	5	34	2	1	-
Nieuwoudt	3	0	6	0	-	-
Hobson	20	7	43	0	3	-
Morris	35.3	14	58	5	-	-
Kirsten	10	5	13	0	-	-

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Western Province second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MJ Nel	b van der Bijl	6		20	-	-
+RA Drummond	c Smith b Cooper	69		154	7	-
PN Kirsten	b Cooper	106		125	16	-
*HM Ackerman	c van der Bijl b Cooper	10		11	-	1
AJ Lamb	not out	25		29	4	-
PD Swart	b Cooper	1		5	-	-
JD du Toit	not out	17		19	4	-
RET Morris	did not bat
GS le Roux	did not bat
DL Hobson	did not bat
AB Nieuwoudt	did not bat
Extras	(3 lb, 1 nb)	4
Total	(5 wickets, 184 minutes, 46.4 overs)	238
Fall of wickets:
1-10 (Nel), 2-179 (Kirsten), 3-194 (Drummond), 4-197 (Ackerman), 5-203 (Swart)

Natal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
van der Bijl	15	1	62	1	-	-
Cooper	11.4	0	62	4	-	-
Muil	9	0	41	0	-	-
Pearse	4	0	24	0	-	1
Madsen	3	0	23	0	-	-
Steele	4	0	22	0	-	-

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Notes
--> A Barrow (1) 50 in 177 minutes with 5 fours
--> HR Fotheringham (1) 50 in 82 minutes with 6 fours
--> MB Madsen (1) 50 in 149 minutes with 3 fours and 1 six
--> AJ Lamb (1) 50 in 96 minutes with 8 fours and 1 six
--> AJ Lamb (1) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 34
--> A Barrow (2) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 6
--> RA Drummond (2) 50 in 121 minutes with 5 fours
--> PN Kirsten (2) 50 in 65 minutes with 7 fours
--> PN Kirsten (2) 100 in 120 minutes with 15 fours
--> GS le Roux reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when he dismissed A Barrow, his 3rd wicket in the Natal first innings

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