f22105	Natal v Australians
	Australia in South Africa 1957/58
Venue	City Oval, Pietermaritzburg on 17th, 18th, 20th, 21st January 1958 (4-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Australians won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	JG Draper, DR Fell
Close of play day 1	Australians (1) 308/5 (Benaud 57*, Davidson 57*)
Close of play day 2	Natal (1) 78/1 (McGlew 26*, Koch 41*)
Close of play day 3	Natal (1) 288 all out

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Australians first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CC McDonald	c Elgie b Smith	16
LE Favell	c Elgie b Smith	20
RN Harvey	c Goddard b Dodds	98
RB Simpson	lbw b Dodds	1
PJP Burge	c Dodds b Goddard	53
R Benaud	c and b McGlew	187
AK Davidson	c Watkins b Dodds	121
*ID Craig	c and b Watkins	15
+ATW Grout	run out	66
LF Kline	not out	2
RA Gaunt	run out	0
Extras	(9 lb, 1 nb)	10
Total	(all out, 119.5 overs)	589
Fall of wickets:
1-27, 2-55, 3-56, 4-171, 5-201, 6-445, 7-468, 8-569, 9-587, 10-589 (119.5 ov)

Natal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Goddard	36	4	122	1	-	-
Watkins	35	5	160	1	-	-
Smith	18.5	0	104	2	-	-
Dodds	25	1	150	3	-	-
McGlew	5	0	43	1	-	-

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Natal first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*DJ McGlew	c Davidson b Benaud	71
TL Goddard	c Benaud b Gaunt	11
LB Koch	c Grout b Kline	76
MK Elgie	run out	0
RA McLean	run out	38
CGD Burger	lbw b Gaunt	52
C Wesley	c and b Benaud	4
JC Watkins	c Simpson b Benaud	0
+DP Marais	c Favell b Benaud	7
PM Dodds	c and b Benaud	14
VI Smith	not out	10
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb, 3 nb)	5
Total	(all out, 87.3 overs)	288
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-138, 3-140, 4-190, 5-205, 6-219, 7-219, 8-241, 9-269, 10-288 (87.3 ov)

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Davidson	16	2	50	0	-	-
Gaunt	20	1	74	2	-	-
Kline	19	4	63	1	-	-
Benaud	24.3	7	71	5	-	-
Harvey	8	1	25	0	-	-

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Natal second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*DJ McGlew	c Burge b Harvey	44
TL Goddard	not out	131
LB Koch	c and b Simpson	1
CGD Burger	lbw b Davidson	37
RA McLean	b Davidson	0
C Wesley	c Grout b Davidson	0
MK Elgie	lbw b Benaud	4
JC Watkins	not out	2
+DP Marais	did not bat
PM Dodds	did not bat
VI Smith	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 4 lb)	5
Total	(6 wickets, 73 overs)	224
Fall of wickets:
1-121, 2-122, 3-202, 4-202, 5-202, 6-217

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Davidson	8	2	25	3	-	-
Gaunt	16	4	46	0	-	-
Benaud	11	4	17	1	-	-
Harvey	17	4	60	1	-	-
Simpson	21	2	71	1	-	-

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Notes
--> MK Elgie made his debut in First-Class matches
--> JC Watkins made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> VI Smith made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> R Benaud (1) passed his previous highest score of 167 in First-Class matches
--> AK Davidson (1) passed his previous highest score of 104 in First-Class matches
--> RA McLean (1) passed 6000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 6
--> CGD Burger (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 49
--> AK Davidson reached 350 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Natal second innings

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