| f29818 | |
| Venue | Kingsmead, Durban on 2nd, 3rd, 5th November 1973 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Natal won the toss and decided to field |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Umpires | NJ Lambert, RC Miller |
| Close of play day 1 | No play |
| Close of play day 2 | Natal (1) 54/3 (Katz 11*, Smith 9*) |
| DH Robins' XI first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| BC Francis | b van der Bijl | 11 | 52 | 1 | - | ||
| GW Johnson | c Katz b van der Bijl | 57 | 145 | 7 | - | ||
| JH Edrich | b van der Bijl | 40 | 109 | 4 | - | ||
| *DB Close | b Smithyman | 4 | 29 | - | - | ||
| GRJ Roope | c Smith b Smithyman | 8 | 32 | - | - | ||
| +JT Murray | b van der Bijl | 1 | 6 | - | - | ||
| JN Shepherd | c Dyer b Morgan | 30 | 48 | 3 | - | ||
| RA Woolmer | c Smithyman b Henwood | 46 | 61 | 3 | 1 | ||
| RE East | not out | 15 | 35 | 2 | - | ||
| JA Snow | did not bat | ||||||
| JK Lever | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (4 lb, 6 nb) | 10 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets, declared, 267 minutes, 70.1 overs) | 222 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-32 (Francis), 2-108 (Johnson), 3-117 (Edrich), 4-121 (Close), 5-126 (Murray), 6-132 (Roope), 7-171 (Shepherd), 8-222 (Woolmer, 70.1 ov) | |||||||
| Natal bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| van der Bijl | 18 | 5 | 35 | 4 | - | 3 | |
| Trimborn | 14 | 1 | 34 | 0 | - | 2 | |
| Gessner | 8 | 1 | 32 | 0 | - | 5 | |
| Smithyman | 16 | 2 | 52 | 2 | - | - | |
| Morgan | 8 | 2 | 30 | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Henwood | 6.1 | 1 | 29 | 1 | - | - | |
| Natal first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *BA Richards | c Close b Lever | 15 | 44 | 1 | - | ||
| DD Dyer | b Snow | 0 | 8 | - | - | ||
| AA Hipkin | lbw b Shepherd | 14 | 29 | 2 | - | ||
| GA Katz | c Woolmer b Snow | 18 | 71 | 1 | - | ||
| +AJS Smith | run out | 32 | 130 | 1 | - | ||
| DJ Morgan | c and b Woolmer | 13 | 66 | - | - | ||
| MJ Smithyman | not out | 3 | 37 | - | - | ||
| PHJ Trimborn | b Woolmer | 0 | 2 | 1 | - | - | |
| PP Henwood | not out | 22 | 31 | 2 | - | ||
| VAP van der Bijl | did not bat | ||||||
| BD Gessner | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (5 b, 7 lb, 4 nb, 1 w) | 17 | |||||
| Total | (7 wickets, declared, 216 minutes, 63 overs) | 134 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-7 (Dyer), 2-31 (Hipkin), 3-31 (Richards), 4-67 (Katz), 5-105 (Smith), 6-105 (Morgan), 7-105 (Trimborn) | |||||||
| DH Robins' XI bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Snow | 15 | 4 | 38 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |
| Lever | 14 | 6 | 15 | 1 | - | - | |
| Shepherd | 13 | 5 | 25 | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Woolmer | 8 | 4 | 13 | 2 | - | - | |
| East | 9 | 2 | 13 | 0 | - | - | |
| Johnson | 4 | 1 | 13 | 0 | - | - | |
| DH Robins' XI second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| BC Francis | not out | 35 | 103 | 4 | - | ||
| GW Johnson | lbw b van der Bijl | 11 | 32 | 2 | - | ||
| GRJ Roope | c Smith b Gessner | 27 | 43 | 4 | - | ||
| *DB Close | not out | 14 | 26 | 2 | - | ||
| JH Edrich | did not bat | ||||||
| +JT Murray | did not bat | ||||||
| JN Shepherd | did not bat | ||||||
| RA Woolmer | did not bat | ||||||
| RE East | did not bat | ||||||
| JA Snow | did not bat | ||||||
| JK Lever | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (4 b, 4 lb, 3 nb) | 11 | |||||
| Total | (2 wickets, declared, 103 minutes, 28 overs) | 98 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-31 (Johnson), 2-73 (Roope) | |||||||
| Natal bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| van der Bijl | 8 | 2 | 16 | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Trimborn | 12 | 2 | 41 | 0 | - | 2 | |
| Gessner | 4 | 0 | 20 | 1 | - | 2 | |
| Henwood | 4 | 1 | 10 | 0 | - | - | |
| Natal second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| DD Dyer | not out | 16 | 40 | 45 | 2 | - | |
| *BA Richards | not out | 16 | 38 | 45 | 1 | - | |
| AA Hipkin | did not bat | ||||||
| GA Katz | did not bat | ||||||
| +AJS Smith | did not bat | ||||||
| DJ Morgan | did not bat | ||||||
| MJ Smithyman | did not bat | ||||||
| PHJ Trimborn | did not bat | ||||||
| PP Henwood | did not bat | ||||||
| VAP van der Bijl | did not bat | ||||||
| BD Gessner | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | 0 | ||||||
| Total | (no wicket, 45 minutes, 13 overs) | 32 | |||||
| DH Robins' XI bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Snow | 5 | 3 | 5 | 0 | - | - | |
| Lever | 4 | 0 | 17 | 0 | - | - | |
| Woolmer | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | - | - | |
| Shepherd | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | - | |