f21151	Border v Orange Free State
	Currie Cup 1955/56 (Section B)
Venue	Jan Smuts Ground, East London on 26th, 27th December 1955 (3-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Border won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Border won by an innings and 103 runs
Points	Border 6; Orange Free State 0
Umpires	AL Haiden, JE Roach
Close of play day 1	Orange Free State (1) 3/0 (Hanson 1*, Perry 2*)

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Border first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RI Geach	c Schonegevel b Littleford	70
KH Johnson	b Jackson	53
WM Tainton	b Jackson	17
*KN Kirton	c Perry b Fairbairn	101		160	12	1
OC Dawson	c Kirby b Fairbairn	3
WS Farrer	c Kirby b Jackson	1
S Knott	b Fairbairn	5
BF Howe	b Jackson	21
D Fenner	c le Sueur b Jackson	43
EF Schreiber	not out	22
+JMG Price	b Jackson	6
Extras	(5 b, 10 lb, 5 nb)	20
Total	(all out, 71.6 overs)	362
Fall of wickets:
1-111, 2-138, 3-157, 4-162, 5-173, 6-266, 7-295, 8-318, 9-357, 10-362 (71.6 ov)

Orange Free State bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thole	9	0	43	0	-	-
Littleford	10	1	50	1	-	-
Fairbairn	27	5	110	3	-	-
Hanson	6	0	46	0	-	-
Jackson	19.6	3	93	6	-	-

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Orange Free State first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*SL Hanson	run out	3
D Perry	c Price b Dawson	3
C Richardson	c Dawson b Schreiber	15
DJ Schonegevel	lbw b Knott	5
RC le Sueur	c Johnson b Dawson	6
+IEF Kirby	st Price b Dawson	12
PR Carlstein	st Price b Dawson	1
GFK Jackson	b Knott	22
DD Fairbairn	c Geach b Schreiber	0
I Littleford	b Schreiber	0
LF Thole	not out	3
Extras	(5 lb)	5
Total	(all out, 32.2 overs)	75
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-6, 3-13, 4-20, 5-40, 6-42, 7-56, 8-60, 9-60, 10-75 (32.2 ov)

Border bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Knott	6.2	0	20	2	-	-
Dawson	16	8	17	4	-	-
Howe	4	1	13	0	-	-
Schreiber	6	2	20	3	-	-

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Orange Free State second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*SL Hanson	b Dawson	1
C Richardson	c Dawson b Howe	13
+IEF Kirby	lbw b Knott	20
RC le Sueur	c Kirton b Schreiber	8
GFK Jackson	c Kirton b Schreiber	36
PR Carlstein	c and b Schreiber	43
DJ Schonegevel	lbw b Knott	7
D Perry	b Dawson	1
DD Fairbairn	c Howe b Schreiber	7
I Littleford	lbw b Howe	19
LF Thole	not out	26
Extras	(2 b, 1 lb)	3
Total	(all out, 83.5 overs)	184
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-31, 3-35, 4-49, 5-119, 6-124, 7-125, 8-134, 9-143, 10-184 (83.5 ov)

Border bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Knott	18	5	38	2	-	-
Dawson	18	5	32	2	-	-
Howe	14.5	1	34	2	-	-
Schreiber	25	7	57	4	-	-
Farrer	2	0	7	0	-	-
Geach	2	1	1	0	-	-
Fenner	4	0	12	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> KH Johnson made his debut in First-Class matches
--> BF Howe made his debut in First-Class matches
--> JMG Price made his debut in First-Class matches
--> D Perry made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> GFK Jackson achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Border first innings (previous best was 4-75)
--> GFK Jackson achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the Border first innings
--> DD Fairbairn achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Border first innings (previous best was 2-54)

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