f29848	South African Invitation XI v DH Robins' XI
	DH Robins' XI in South Africa 1973/74
Venue	Newlands, Cape Town on 23rd, 24th, 26th, 27th November 1973 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	South African Invitation XI won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	OR Schoof, EL Tuchten
Close of play day 1	DH Robins' XI (1) 6/0 (Francis 4*, Johnson 0*)
Close of play day 2	DH Robins' XI (1) 283/6 (Tolchard 13*, Shepherd 23*)
Close of play day 3	South African Invitation XI (2) 193/4 (Ackerman 32*, Procter 4*)

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South African Invitation XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*EJ Barlow	b Gleeson	61
BA Richards	c Roope b Snow	36
HM Ackerman	c Johnson b Close	76
RG Pollock	c Close b Shepherd	25
BL Irvine	b Snow	10
MJ Procter	c Tolchard b Gleeson	4
AL Biggs	c Tolchard b Shepherd	21
JH du Preez	c Close b Shepherd	0
+AJS Smith	hit wkt b Lever	14
PD Swart	lbw b Shepherd	16
VAP van der Bijl	not out	2
Extras	(8 b, 1 lb, 4 nb)	13
Total	(all out, 87.3 overs)	278
Fall of wickets:
1-98, 2-107, 3-165, 4-189, 5-196, 6-243, 7-243, 8-246, 9-272, 10-278 (87.3 ov)

DH Robins' XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Snow	18	4	37	2	-	-
Lever	18.3	2	65	1	-	-
Shepherd	17	3	54	4	-	-
Gleeson	30	11	98	2	-	-
Roope	2	0	11	0	-	-
Close	2	2	0	1	-	-

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DH Robins' XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BC Francis	c Barlow b du Preez	87
GW Johnson	lbw b Procter	0
JH Edrich	b Swart	6
Younis Ahmed	lbw b Swart	32
GRJ Roope	c and b Barlow	65
*DB Close	c Smith b Barlow	38
+RW Tolchard	not out	40
JN Shepherd	b Procter	30
JA Snow	b van der Bijl	0
JK Lever	b Procter	1
JW Gleeson	c Swart b Procter	7
Extras	(12 lb, 11 nb)	23
Total	(all out, 108.4 overs)	329
Fall of wickets:
1-17, 2-61, 3-117, 4-178, 5-244, 6-246, 7-298, 8-301, 9-307, 10-329 (108.4 ov)

South African Invitation XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Procter	29.4	9	89	4	-	-
van der Bijl	21	6	40	1	-	-
Swart	28	4	92	2	-	-
Biggs	4	0	21	0	-	-
du Preez	12	4	22	1	-	-
Barlow	14	2	42	2	-	-

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South African Invitation XI second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*EJ Barlow	b Shepherd	54
BA Richards	c Tolchard b Snow	81
HM Ackerman	b Lever	56
RG Pollock	c Roope b Shepherd	14
BL Irvine	c Tolchard b Lever	6
MJ Procter	c and b Lever	28
AL Biggs	c Francis b Lever	16
JH du Preez	c sub b Lever	17
+AJS Smith	not out	9
PD Swart	did not bat
VAP van der Bijl	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 2 lb, 2 nb)	6
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 112 overs)	287
Fall of wickets:
1-109, 2-152, 3-181, 4-188, 5-231, 6-259, 7-266, 8-287 (112 ov)

DH Robins' XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Snow	28	7	83	1	-	-
Lever	25	5	62	5	-	-
Shepherd	28	6	70	2	-	-
Roope	2	0	12	0	-	-
Close	10	0	31	0	-	-
Johnson	19	9	23	0	-	-

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DH Robins' XI second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BC Francis	b van der Bijl	14
GW Johnson	lbw b Procter	5
JH Edrich	c Barlow b van der Bijl	48
Younis Ahmed	c Biggs b Barlow	18
GRJ Roope	b du Preez	36
*DB Close	not out	9
+RW Tolchard	not out	4
JN Shepherd	did not bat
JA Snow	did not bat
JK Lever	did not bat
JW Gleeson	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 5 lb, 1 nb)	8
Total	(5 wickets, 51 overs)	142
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-25, 3-53, 4-123, 5-138

South African Invitation XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Procter	9	2	29	1	-	-
van der Bijl	14	4	26	2	-	-
Swart	4	1	8	0	-	-
Biggs	4	0	18	0	-	-
du Preez	16	6	41	1	-	-
Barlow	4	0	12	1	-	-

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Notes
--> RW Tolchard (1) passed 6500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 8
--> JN Shepherd (1) passed 5500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 17
--> JH Edrich (2) passed 33000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 30

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