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Currie Cup, 1969-70
Eastern Province v Rhodesia
St George's Park, Port Elizabeth
26,27,29 December 1969 (3-day match)

Result: Eastern Province won by an innings and 55 runs
Points: Eastern Province 8, Rhodesia 0

Toss: Eastern Province
Umpires: CMP Coetzee and S Matthews

Close of Play:

  • Day 1: Rhodesia 132; Eastern Province 103/1 (Biggs 63*, Bezuidenhout 2*)
  • Day 2: Eastern Province 436/5 dec, Rhodesia 29/3 (Clarke 6*, Fletcher 8*)
    Rhodesia 1st innings
    *RA Gripper                              b Den                41
    TW Dunk                                  b Taylor             12
    JK Clarke             c Bond             b Den                14
    SD Robertson          lbw                b Taylor             22
    DAG Fletcher          c RG Pollock       b Taylor              8
    ET Laughlin           run out (?)                              0
    JH du Preez           c Biggs            b Taylor              3
    +HAB Gardiner         c Biggs            b Bland               5
    KJ Tonkin                                b McAdam              9
    BH Williams           c RG Pollock       b PM Pollock          5
    AJ Traicos            not out                                  6
    Extras                (b ?, lb ?, w ?, nb ?)                   7
    Total                 (all out, 80.2 overs)                  132
    
    FoW: 1-41 (Dunk), 2-60 (Gripper), 3-89 (Clarke),
          4-98, 5-100, 6-104,
          7-107, 8-112, 9-117 (Williams),
          10-132 (Tonkin).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    PM Pollock                  18      5     32      1
    Den                         17      8     36      2
    McAdam                       9.2    2     13      1
    Taylor                      18     11     10      4
    Biggs                       13      4     22      0
    Bland                        5      1     12      1
    
    Eastern Province 1st innings
    AL Biggs              c Tonkin           b du Preez          102
    LML Barnwell                             b Fletcher           30
    SJ Bezuidenhout                          b du Preez           84
    KC Bland              c Tonkin           b Williams           17
    *RG Pollock                              b Fletcher          138
    AL Wilmot             not out                                 49
    Extras                (b ?, lb ?, w ?, nb ?)                  16
    Total                 (5 wickets declared, 133.4 overs)      436
    
    DNB: +KJ Bond, PM Pollock, RV Taylor, GM Den, SJ McAdam.
    
    FoW: 1-99 (Barnwell), 2-194 (Biggs), 3-230 (Bland),
         4-296 (Bezuidenhout), 5-436 (RG Pollock).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Williams                    26      4     85      1
    Tonkin                      15      4     42      0
    du Preez                    18      3     76      2
    Fletcher                    32.4    6     96      2
    Traicos                     40      8     99      0
    Laughlin                     2      0     22      0
    
    Rhodesia 2nd innings
    *RA Gripper           c RG Pollock       b PM Pollock          7
    TW Dunk                                  b PM Pollock          2
    JK Clarke             c RG Pollock       b Taylor             29
    SD Robertson          c Bond             b PM Pollock          6
    DAG Fletcher          lbw                b Biggs              89
    ET Laughlin           c Bond             b McAdam              5
    JH du Preez           c Bland            b Biggs              33
    +HAB Gardiner         c Bezuidenhout     b Taylor             34
    KJ Tonkin             c McAdam           b Biggs               4
    BH Williams           c RG Pollock       b PM Pollock         30
    AJ Traicos            not out                                  1
    Extras                (b ?, lb ?, w ?, nb ?)                   9
    Total                 (all out, 107.2 overs)                 249
    
    FoW: 1-9 (Gripper), 2-10 (Dunk), 3-16 (Robertson),
          4-90 (Clarke), 5-104 (Laughlin), 6-170 (du Preez),
          7-183 (Fletcher), 8-199 (Tonkin), 9-241 (Williams),
          10-249 (Gardiner).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    PM Pollock                  22      7     55      4
    Den                         22     12     34      0
    McAdam                      12      6     14      1
    Taylor                      19.2   10     36      2
    Biggs                       21      7     60      3
    RG Pollock                   8      1     28      0
    Wilmot                       3      0     13      0
    

    • KJ Tonkin made his first-class debut for Rhodesia.
    • 12th man for Rhodesia was J C Mitchell.
    • RG Pollock's century came in 141 minutes with 15 fours.

      Sources: South African Cricket Annual 1970, The Herald, The Sunday Mail.




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