f32501	Eastern Province v Natal
	Castle Currie Cup 1978/79
Venue	St George's Park, Port Elizabeth on 9th, 10th, 12th March 1979 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Natal won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Eastern Province won by 6 wickets
Points	Eastern Province 15 (Batting 2, Bowling 3); Natal 6 (Batting 3, Bowling 3)
Umpires	PR Hurwitz, AJ Kyle
Close of play day 1	Eastern Province (1) 17/2 (Cook 13*, Whyte 0*)
Close of play day 2	Natal (2) 14/1 (Wilkins 9*, Hipkin 4*; 3.2 overs)

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Natal first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CP Wilkins	c Cook b Cowley	82	142	182	6	-
A Barrow	c Richardson b Watson	6	34	36	-	-
+AJS Smith	lbw b Watson	1	6	9	-	-
MB Madsen	c van Vuuren b Cowley	40	80	126	3	-
MJ Procter	c Gradwell b Elliott	20	61	83	1	-
D Bestall	c Gradwell b van Vuuren	51	130	176	5	-
AA Hipkin	c Whyte b Armitage	12	29	32	-	-
PH Williams	run out	36	44	79	5	-
*VAP van der Bijl	b van Vuuren	1	4	5	-	-
KR Cooper	c Richardson b Watson	1	4	5	-	-
JS Muil	not out	0	7	6	-	-
Extras	(8 lb, 1 nb)	9
Total	(all out, 378 minutes, 90 overs)	259
Fall of wickets:
1-18 (Barrow), 2-22 (Smith), 3-131 (Madsen), 4-132 (Wilkins), 5-181 (Procter), 6-202 (Hipkin), 7-239 (Bestall), 8-245 (van der Bijl), 9-254 (Cooper), 10-259 (Williams, 90 ov)

Eastern Province bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Watson	22	3	60	3	-	-
van Vuuren	18	2	42	2	-	-
Armitage	22	4	53	1	-	-
Elliott	16	3	67	1	-	-
Cowley	12	3	28	2	-	1

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Eastern Province first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Cook	not out	100		233	6	-
KW Gradwell	b van der Bijl	1	10	23	-	-
+DJ Richardson	c Hipkin b Procter	3	4	5	-	-
RJD Whyte	c Smith b Cooper	10		66	1	-
RLS Armitage	b van der Bijl	28		134	5	-
DH Howell	c Procter b van der Bijl	37		144	2	-
*AL Wilmot	lbw b Muil	35		82	5	-
MK van Vuuren	lbw b Procter	12		26	1	-
GS Cowley	not out	11		41	1	-
D Elliott	c Smith b Procter	3		2	-	-
WK Watson	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 4 lb, 1 w)	10
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 385 minutes, 96 overs)	250
Fall of wickets:
1-14 (Gradwell), 2-17 (Richardson), 3-45 (Whyte), 4-147 (Armitage), 5-212 (Wilmot), 6-226 (van Vuuren), 7-242 (Howell), 8-245 (Elliott)

Natal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Procter	28	6	79	3	-	-
van der Bijl	26	8	50	3	-	-
Muil	27	8	83	1	-	-
Cooper	15	5	28	1	1	-

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Natal second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
A Barrow	lbw b Watson	1	2	3	-	-
CP Wilkins	c Richardson b van Vuuren	22		46	2	-
AA Hipkin	run out	5		35	1	-
+AJS Smith	c Richardson b van Vuuren	12		43	1	-
MB Madsen	b Armitage	33		100	4	-
MJ Procter	not out	55		133	10	-
D Bestall	run out	1		8	-	-
PH Williams	c Richardson b van Vuuren	3		13	-	-
*VAP van der Bijl	c Wilmot b Watson	4		28	-	-
KR Cooper	b Watson	0	1	1	-	-
JS Muil	lbw b Watson	0		10	-	-
Extras	(1 b, 4 lb)	5
Total	(all out, 212 minutes, 49 overs)	141
Fall of wickets:
1-2 (Barrow, 0.4 ov), 2-24 (Hipkin), 3-33 (Wilkins), 4-54 (Smith), 5-103 (Madsen), 6-106 (Bestall), 7-114 (Williams), 8-141 (van der Bijl), 9-141 (Cooper), 10-141 (Muil, 49 ov)

Eastern Province bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Watson	16	1	48	4	-	-
van Vuuren	16	4	50	3	-	-
Cowley	10	4	23	0	-	1
Armitage	7	2	15	1	-	-

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Eastern Province second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
KW Gradwell	c Smith b Procter	2		15	-	-
RLS Armitage	c Smith b Procter	4		46	-	-
DH Howell	c Smith b Procter	11		91	-	-
RJD Whyte	not out	78		169	7	-
*AL Wilmot	b Procter	8		34	1	-
GS Cowley	not out	37		83	4	-
G Cook	did not bat
+DJ Richardson	did not bat
MK van Vuuren	did not bat
D Elliott	did not bat
WK Watson	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 4 lb, 1 nb)	11
Total	(4 wickets, 236 minutes, 51.1 overs)	151
Fall of wickets:
1-3 (Gradwell), 2-10 (Armitage), 3-44 (Howell), 4-58 (Wilmot)

Natal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
van der Bijl	23	7	47	0	-	-
Procter	16	5	42	4	-	1
Cooper	9	2	33	0	-	-
Wilkins	2	0	8	0	-	-
Muil	1	0	8	0	-	-
Bestall	0.1	0	2	0	-	-

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Notes
--> MB Madsen made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> AA Hipkin made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> CP Wilkins (1) 50 in 102 minutes with 5 fours
--> MJ Procter (1) passed 18000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 2
--> D Bestall (1) 50 in 166 minutes with 5 fours
--> G Cook (1) 50 in 127 minutes with 5 fours
--> RLS Armitage (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 22
--> MJ Procter (2) 50 in 113 minutes with 10 fours
--> RJD Whyte (2) 50 in 158 minutes with 4 fours
--> RJD Whyte (2) passed his previous highest score of 58 in First-Class matches
--> MJ Procter reached 1150 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed AL Wilmot, his 4th wicket in the Eastern Province second innings
--> G Cook retired hurt in the Eastern Province first innings having scored 97 (team score 146/3) - he returned when the score was 245/8

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