misc31746	North Eastern Transvaal v New Zealanders
	New Zealand in Australia and South Africa 1953/54
Venue	Berea Park, Pretoria on 3rd, 4th December 1953 (2-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	North Eastern Transvaal won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	CD Coote, GI Fitzpatrick
Close of play day 1	New Zealanders (1) 20/0 (Sutcliffe 14, Chapple 6)

North Eastern Transvaal first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PC Davies	b Reid	49
CH Kirton	c Sutcliffe b Poore	53
*MB Hofmeyr	b MacGibbon	3
A Dennis	run out	10
WL Hall	not out	33
+JH Richardson	lbw b Poore	4
JW Blewett	c Chapple b Poore	0
BAL Wiles	c Mooney b Poore	13
ETE Hansen	b Poore	0
IW Shearer	b Poore	0
GV Middlewick	lbw b Reid	3
Extras	(2 b, 2 lb, 5 nb)	9
Total	(all out, 68.5 overs)	177
Fall of wickets:
1-94, 2-99, 3-120, 4-123, 5-132, 6-132, 7-162, 8-170, 9-177, 10-177 (68.5 ov)

New Zealanders first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*B Sutcliffe	retired hurt	130		220	12	1
ME Chapple	not out	128		288	9	1
MB Poore	not out	26
JR Reid	did not bat
LSM Miller	did not bat
JEF Beck	did not bat
IB Leggat	did not bat
+FLH Mooney	did not bat
AR MacGibbon	did not bat
EW Dempster	did not bat
W Bell	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 4 lb, 2 nb)	7
Total	(no wicket, 80 overs)	291

North Eastern Transvaal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Middlewick	22	4	62	0	-	-
Blewett	7	0	38	0	-	-
Wiles	26	2	109	0	-	-
Shearer	10	2	41	0	-	-
Hansen	15	2	34	0	-	-

Notes
--> B Sutcliffe retired hurt in the New Zealanders first innings having scored 130 (team score 213/0)