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f21347	North Eastern Transvaal v Marylebone Cricket Club
	Marylebone Cricket Club in South Africa 1956/57
Venue	Willowmoore Park Main Oval, Benoni on 20th, 21st, 22nd December 1956 (3-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	North Eastern Transvaal won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	CD Coote, B Hough
Close of play day 1	North Eastern Transvaal (1) 42/4 (Helfrich 18, Seyfried 0)
Close of play day 2	Marylebone Cricket Club (1) 148/2 (Compton 71, Cowdrey 3)

North Eastern Transvaal first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PC Davies	b Wardle	10
JC Farham	b Statham	0
CD Abrams	b Statham	0
*RA Richardson	c Taylor b Statham	3
K Helfrich	c Tyson b Wardle	71
FA Seyfried	lbw b Statham	1
SF Burke	b Tyson	7
HE Patterson	st Taylor b Wardle	0
BJ McBride	c Cowdrey b Wardle	12
GV Middlewick	b Lock	1
+RD Smith	not out	4
Extras	(6 b, 5 lb, 5 nb)	16
Total	(all out, 35.4 overs)	125
Fall of wickets: 1-1, 2-1, 3-6, 4-41, 5-49, 6-84, 7-85, 8-113, 9-117, 10-125 (35.4 ov)

Marylebone Cricket Club bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Statham	10	1	37	4	-	-
Tyson	10	3	25	1	-	-
Loader	6	0	18	0	-	-
Wardle	7.4	3	22	4	-	-
Lock	2	0	7	1	-	-

Marylebone Cricket Club first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PE Richardson	b Helfrich	52
ASM Oakman	b Middlewick	21
DCS Compton	not out	71
MC Cowdrey	not out	3
*DJ Insole	did not bat
+B Taylor	did not bat
GAR Lock	did not bat
JH Wardle	did not bat
FH Tyson	did not bat
PJ Loader	did not bat
JB Statham	did not bat
Extras	(1 nb)	1
Total	(2 wickets, 25 overs)	148
Fall of wickets: 1-30, 2-126

North Eastern Transvaal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Middlewick	6	1	18	1	-	-
McBride	6	0	23	0	-	-
Burke	7	0	51	0	-	-
Abrams	3	0	31	0	-	-
Helfrich	3	0	24	1	-	-

Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> JC Farham made his debut in First-Class Matches
--> PE Richardson (1) passed 9000 runs in First-Class Matches when he reached 26
--> ASM Oakman (1) passed 7500 runs in First-Class Matches when he reached 4