f29877	South African Invitation XI v DH Robins' XI
	DH Robins' XI in South Africa 1973/74
Venue	New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg on 7th, 8th, 10th, 11th December 1973 (5-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	South African Invitation XI won the toss and decided to field
Result	South African Invitation XI won by an innings and 83 runs
Umpires	GI Fitzpatrick, WA Stander
Close of play day 1	South African Invitation XI (1) 2/0 (Richards 2*, Barlow 0*)
Close of play day 2	South African Invitation XI (1) 363/3 (Barlow 192*, Irvine 70*)
Close of play day 3	DH Robins' XI (2) 73/5 (Roope 22*, Woolmer 2*)

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DH Robins' XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MJ Smith	c Irvine b Swart	17
BC Francis	c Richards b Hanley	8
JH Edrich	c Irvine b Swart	19
Younis Ahmed	c Pollock b Swart	0
GRJ Roope	lbw b Procter	60
*DB Close	lbw b Barlow	14
RA Woolmer	run out	38
+JT Murray	lbw b van der Bijl	7
JN Shepherd	c Irvine b van der Bijl	53		60
JK Lever	not out	1
PG Lee	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 4 lb, 1 nb)	10
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 84.5 overs)	227
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-46, 3-46, 4-58, 5-112, 6-156, 7-167, 8-184, 9-227 (84.5 ov)

South African Invitation XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Procter	19	6	38	1	-	-
Hanley	11	1	41	1	-	-
van der Bijl	13.5	3	43	2	-	-
Barlow	18	2	49	1	-	-
Swart	19	5	39	3	-	-
Henwood	4	1	7	0	-	-

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South African Invitation XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BA Richards	b Woolmer	59
*EJ Barlow	c Smith b Lever	211		327	21	1
HM Ackerman	b Lever	7
RG Pollock	b Roope	33		57
+BL Irvine	c Murray b Lever	125
MJ Procter	lbw b Lever	54
AL Biggs	not out	18
PD Swart	lbw b Lever	0
PP Henwood	c Murray b Lever	2
VAP van der Bijl	not out	6
RW Hanley	did not bat
Extras	(9 b, 4 lb)	13
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 145 overs)	528
Fall of wickets:
1-115, 2-155, 3-217, 4-387, 5-497, 6-498, 7-498, 8-508

DH Robins' XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	43	8	117	6	-	-
Lee	23	1	105	0	-	-
Shepherd	32	5	134	0	-	-
Woolmer	28	7	86	1	-	-
Close	12	2	52	0	-	-
Roope	7	0	21	1	-	-

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DH Robins' XI second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MJ Smith	c Irvine b van der Bijl	21
BC Francis	lbw b van der Bijl	6
JH Edrich	run out	4
Younis Ahmed	c Pollock b Swart	0
GRJ Roope	c Barlow b van der Bijl	47
*DB Close	b Procter	13
RA Woolmer	c Richards b Hanley	40
+JT Murray	lbw b van der Bijl	41
JN Shepherd	c Irvine b Hanley	14
JK Lever	not out	9
PG Lee	c and b Hanley	11
Extras	(6 b, 4 lb, 2 nb)	12
Total	(all out, 77 overs)	218
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-31, 3-31, 4-31, 5-71, 6-99, 7-169, 8-192, 9-200, 10-218 (77 ov)

South African Invitation XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Procter	21	6	39	1	-	-
Hanley	12	4	31	3	-	-
van der Bijl	24	6	66	4	-	-
Barlow	7	1	30	0	-	-
Swart	8	4	19	1	-	-
Henwood	5	0	21	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for five days but completed in four.
--> EJ Barlow (1) passed 11000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 137

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