f29836	Eastern Province v DH Robins' XI
	DH Robins' XI in South Africa 1973/74
Venue	St George's Park, Port Elizabeth on 16th, 17th, 19th November 1973 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	DH Robins' XI won by 8 wickets
Umpires	HW Bielby, MA McDonald
Close of play day 1	DH Robins' XI (1) 166/3 (Woolmer 54*, Roope 7*)
Close of play day 2	Eastern Province (2) 181/6 (Wilmot 28*, Brickett 3*)

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Eastern Province first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SJ Bezuidenhout	b Snow	7
AM Short	c Murray b Shepherd	58
AL Biggs	lbw b Shepherd	1
*RG Pollock	c Murray b Lee	9
CP Wilkins	c Woolmer b Snow	6
AL Wilmot	c Close b Shepherd	25
+KS McEwan	c Johnson b Gleeson	0
DJ Brickett	c Murray b Lee	2
KP Reid	c Shepherd b Gleeson	0
E Schmidt	b Gleeson	0
RW Hanley	not out	4
Extras	(1 b, 8 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	11
Total	(all out, 51.3 overs)	123
Fall of wickets:
1-24, 2-29, 3-38, 4-56, 5-116, 6-116, 7-116, 8-116, 9-116, 10-123 (51.3 ov)

DH Robins' XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Snow	13	4	33	2	-	-
Lee	12.3	4	17	2	-	-
Shepherd	12	4	21	3	-	-
Woolmer	3	0	12	0	-	-
Gleeson	11	5	29	3	-	-

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DH Robins' XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BC Francis	c McEwan b Schmidt	7
GW Johnson	c McEwan b Hanley	2
RA Woolmer	c McEwan b Brickett	83
Younis Ahmed	c Hanley b Biggs	80		120	9	1
GRJ Roope	c McEwan b Hanley	15
*DB Close	c McEwan b Reid	9
+JT Murray	c Hanley b Schmidt	38
JN Shepherd	c Reid b Brickett	3
JA Snow	run out	0
JW Gleeson	b Schmidt	3
PG Lee	not out	0
Extras	(4 b, 12 lb, 5 nb)	21
Total	(all out, 80.3 overs)	261
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-10, 3-149, 4-197, 5-211, 6-225, 7-236, 8-237, 9-258, 10-261 (80.3 ov)

Eastern Province bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hanley	16	4	41	2	-	-
Schmidt	15.3	2	39	3	-	-
Brickett	20	4	51	2	-	-
Wilkins	11	1	29	0	-	-
Reid	15	2	67	1	-	-
Biggs	3	0	13	1	-	-

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Eastern Province second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SJ Bezuidenhout	c Murray b Snow	2
AM Short	lbw b Lee	28
AL Biggs	b Gleeson	41
CP Wilkins	c Johnson b Gleeson	51
*RG Pollock	c Roope b Lee	2
AL Wilmot	c Roope b Snow	42
+KS McEwan	c Shepherd b Gleeson	18
DJ Brickett	lbw b Snow	6
KP Reid	b Gleeson	1
E Schmidt	b Snow	7
RW Hanley	not out	0
Extras	(6 b, 1 lb, 1 nb)	8
Total	(all out, 72.4 overs)	206
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-51, 3-128, 4-131, 5-131, 6-171, 7-189, 8-190, 9-206, 10-206 (72.4 ov)

DH Robins' XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Snow	19.4	0	52	4	-	-
Lee	15	4	37	2	-	-
Shepherd	9	1	33	0	-	-
Woolmer	5	1	17	0	-	-
Gleeson	24	8	59	4	-	-

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DH Robins' XI second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BC Francis	c Biggs b Hanley	6
GW Johnson	not out	21
RA Woolmer	b Hanley	0
Younis Ahmed	not out	41
GRJ Roope	did not bat
*DB Close	did not bat
+JT Murray	did not bat
JN Shepherd	did not bat
JA Snow	did not bat
JW Gleeson	did not bat
PG Lee	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(2 wickets, 27.5 overs)	69
Fall of wickets:
1-6 (Francis), 2-6 (Woolmer)

Eastern Province bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hanley	10	1	16	2	-	-
Schmidt	6	3	12	0	-	-
Brickett	2	0	6	0	-	-
Wilkins	3	0	19	0	-	-
Biggs	6.5	3	15	0	-	-

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Notes
--> PG Lee made his debut in South Africa in First-Class matches
--> JW Gleeson reached 400 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Eastern Province first innings
--> E Schmidt reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the DH Robins' XI first innings

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