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Rhodesia v Natal, 1969/70
Police 'B' Ground, Salisbury
14,15,16 March 1970 (3-day match)

Result: Natal won by 244 runs

Toss: Natal
Umpires: W Symonds and P Lake

Close of Play:

  • Day 1: Natal 324; Rhodesia 36/2 (Clarke 6*, Robertson 12*; 23 overs)
  • Day 2: Rhodesia 149, Natal 201/3 (Versfeld 53*, Katz 30*).
    Natal 1st innings
    BA Richards           c Fletcher         b Gripper           106
    AM Short              c Clarke           b Dinsdale           13
    *TL Goddard           c Robertson        b du Preez            1
    BJ Versfeld           c Robertson        b Mitchell           69
    DL Orchard            c Dinsdale         b du Preez            7
    GA Katz               c Gardiner         b Mitchell           26
    DD Dyer               lbw                b Williams           53
    +D Gamsy              c Robertson        b Mitchell           12
    NS Crookes                               b Traicos             2
    PHJ Trimborn          not out                                 26
    VAP van der Bijl      c Gardiner         b Williams            2
    Extras                (b ?, lb ?, w ?, nb ?)                   7
    Total                 (all out, 96.4 overs)                  324
    
    FoW: 1-41 (Short), 2-42 (Goddard), 3-150 (Richards),
          4-181 (Orchard), 5-219 (Versfeld), 6-233 (Katz),
          7-261 (Gamsy), 8-264 (Crookes), 9-320 (Dyer),
          10-324 (van der Bijl).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Williams                    11.4    4     26      2
    Fletcher                    17      5     53      0
    Dinsdale                     7      0     24      1
    du Preez                    17      4     77      2
    Traicos                     16      1     64      1
    Gripper                      4      0     15      1
    Mitchell                    24      6     58      3
    
    Rhodesia 1st innings
    *RA Gripper           c Dyer             b Orchard            10
    SC Dinsdale                              b van der Bijl        1
    JK Clarke                                b Trimborn           10
    SD Robertson                         c & b Crookes            58
    DAG Fletcher          c Gamsy            b Goddard             0
    JH du Preez           lbw                b Goddard             0
    ET Laughlin           c Richards         b Goddard             0
    JC Mitchell           lbw                b Goddard            11
    +HAB Gardiner         run out                                 36
    BH Williams           c Short            b Trimborn           13
    AJ Traicos            not out                                  1
    Extras                (b ?, lb ?, w ?, nb ?)                   9
    Total                 (all out, 86.4 overs)                  149
    
    FoW: 1-13 (Gripper), 2-13 (Dinsdale), 3-45 (Clarke),
          4-55 (Fletcher), 5-55 (du Preez), 6-55 (Laughlin),
          7-89 (Mitchell), 8-110 (Robertson), 9-144 (Gardiner),
          10-149 (Williams).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Trimborn                    14.4    6     30      2
    van der Bijl                22     11     20      1
    Orchard                     10      1     29      1
    Goddard                     20     11     17      4
    Crookes                     19      5     40      1
    Versfeld                     1      0      4      0
    
    Natal 2nd innings
    BA Richards           c Fletcher         b Traicos            69
    AM Short                             c & b Fletcher           37
    BJ Versfeld           not out                                 53
    DD Dyer               c Gardiner         b Traicos             4
    GA Katz               not out                                 30
    Extras                (b ?, lb ?, w ?, nb ?)                   8
    Total                 (3 wickets declared, 55 overs)         201
    
    DNB: *TL Goddard, DL Orchard, +D Gamsy, NS Crookes,
          PHJ Trimborn, VAP van der Bijl.
    
    FoW: 1-103 (Richards), 2-113 (Short), 3-129 (Dyer).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Williams                     4      0     18      0
    Fletcher                    16      1     67      1
    du Preez                     4      0     10      0
    Traicos                     18      3     44      2
    Gripper                      4      0     20      0
    Mitchell                     9      1     34      0
    
    Rhodesia 2nd innings (target: 377 runs)
    *RA Gripper           c Crookes          b van der Bijl        3
    SC Dinsdale           c Gamsy            b Orchard            15
    JK Clarke             c Gamsy            b van der Bijl        0
    SD Robertson          c Richards         b Trimborn           39
    ET Laughlin           c Gamsy            b Orchard             2
    JH du Preez           lbw                b Versfeld            1
    DAG Fletcher          c Short            b Versfeld           18
    +HAB Gardiner         c Goddard          b Crookes             3
    JC Mitchell           c Gamsy            b Crookes            14
    BH Williams           c Versfeld         b Crookes            27
    AJ Traicos            not out                                  7
    Extras                (b ?, lb ?, w ?, nb ?)                   3
    Total                 (all out, 59 overs)                    132
    
    FoW: 1-5 (Gripper), 2-15 (Clarke), 3-30 (Dinsdale),
          4-36 (Laughlin), 5-45 (du Preez), 6-62 (Robertson),
          7-73 (Gardiner), 8-87 (Fletcher), 9-101 (Mitchell),
          10-132 (Williams).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Trimborn                     9      3     17      1
    van der Bijl                14      4     25      2
    Orchard                      9      1     16      2
    Crookes                     16      5     36      3
    Versfeld                    11      2     35      2
    

    • Dinsdale and Mitchell made their first-class debuts for Rhodesia. Dinsdale later played for Essex, where he grew up.
    • Clarke and Williams were making their final first-class appearances for Rhodesia.
    • 12th Man for Rhodesia was JG Jones, and for Natal MM Benkenstein of Rhodesia stood in.
    • Richards reached 50 in 90 minutes and his century, all scored before lunch, in 128 minutes.
    • In his final first-class match, Goddard took a hat-trick in the Rhodesian first innings at the expense of Fletcher, du Preez and Laughlin.
    • This was also Versfeld's last first-class match, before he retired at the age of 26, although that was not known at the time.
    • With his innings of 106 and 69, Richards took his run total for the 1969/70 domestic season to 1172, then a record, beating that of Rhodesia's Colin Bland in 1964/65.

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




  • Domestic Season Index

    Team Pages: Natal.

    Ground Page: Police 'B' Ground, Salisbury

    Contributed by John Ward (jward@samara.co.zw)  
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