a1078	South African Invitation XI v DH Robins' XI
	DH Robins' XI in South Africa 1973/74
Venue	New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg on 12th December 1973 (50-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	DH Robins' XI won by 3 runs
Umpires	GI Fitzpatrick, WA Stander

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DH Robins' XI innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
MJ Smith	run out	29
GW Johnson	b Procter	0
BC Francis	c Richards b van der Bijl	1
Younis Ahmed	c van der Bijl b Henwood	33
*DB Close	c Irvine b Barlow	43	50				86.00
+RW Tolchard	run out	13
RA Woolmer	c Biggs b Henwood	36
RE East	run out	6
JK Lever	run out	8
JA Snow	not out	15
JW Gleeson	not out	4
Extras		13
Total	(9 wickets, innings closed, 50 overs)	201
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-16, 3-38, 4-103, 5-123, 6-163, 7-171, 8-176, 9-190

South African Invitation XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Procter	10	2	30	1	-	-	60.00	3.00
van der Bijl	10	1	32	1	-	-	60.00	3.20
Hanley	10	3	30	0	-	-	-	3.00
Barlow	10	3	42	1	-	-	60.00	4.20
Henwood	10	2	54	2	-	-	30.00	5.40

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South African Invitation XI innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
BA Richards	c Younis Ahmed b Snow	5
*EJ Barlow	c Tolchard b Gleeson	33	33		7	-	100.00
HM Ackerman	b Snow	65			9	2
MJ Procter	st Tolchard b Gleeson	13
RG Pollock	st Tolchard b Johnson	14
+BL Irvine	b Lever	25
AL Biggs	not out	26
KD Verdoorn	run out	0
PP Henwood	lbw b Woolmer	4
VAP van der Bijl	c Tolchard b Woolmer	0
RW Hanley	lbw b Close	3
Extras		10
Total	(all out, 48.5 overs)	198
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-55, 3-69, 4-109, 5-151, 6-174, 7-174, 8-179, 9-181, 10-198 (48.5 ov)

DH Robins' XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Snow	10	2	28	2	-	-	30.00	2.80
Lever	10	1	37	1	-	-	60.00	3.70
Woolmer	10	2	20	2	-	-	30.00	2.00
Gleeson	5	1	27	2	-	-	15.00	5.40
East	6	0	33	0	-	-	-	5.50
Johnson	6	1	33	1	-	-	36.00	5.50
Close	1.5	0	10	1	-	-	11.00	5.45

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Notes
--> JW Gleeson made his last appearance in List A matches
--> JA Snow made his debut in South Africa in List A matches
--> JW Gleeson made his debut in South Africa in List A matches
--> Younis Ahmed made his debut in South Africa in List A matches
--> BC Francis made his debut in South Africa in List A matches
--> RA Woolmer made his debut in South Africa in List A matches
--> RW Tolchard made his debut in South Africa in List A matches
--> GW Johnson made his debut in South Africa in List A matches
--> RE East made his debut in South Africa in List A matches
--> DB Close made his debut in South Africa in List A matches

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This match was arranged when the five day game finished with more than a day to spare