f20262	Orange Free State v New Zealanders
	New Zealand in Australia and South Africa 1953/54
Venue	Ramblers Cricket Club Ground, Bloemfontein on 13th, 14th, 16th November 1953 (3-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Orange Free State won the toss and decided to bat
Result	New Zealanders won by 1 wicket
Umpires	CJ Kaplan, EB Parsons
Close of play day 1	New Zealanders (1) 16/0 (Sutcliffe 4*, Rabone 10*)
Close of play day 2	Orange Free State (2) 97/8 (de Villiers 11*)

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Orange Free State first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SL Hanson	c Rabone b Reid	0
C Richardson	b Reid	49		189
+EL Johnstone	c Mooney b MacGibbon	30
KJ Funston	c Sutcliffe b MacGibbon	1
RC le Sueur	c Miller b Dempster	8
*LTD Tuckett	c Beck b Dempster	0
JO de Villiers	c and b Dempster	22
PS Heine	b Dempster	9
JR Liddle	b Dempster	13
CJ Marais	not out	42		48	9	-
KL Gibbs	b MacGibbon	2
Extras	(1 b, 6 lb, 5 nb)	12
Total	(all out, 258 minutes, 64.6 overs)	188
Fall of wickets:
1-1 (Hanson), 2-60 (Johnstone), 3-64 (Funston), 4-83 (le Sueur), 5-83 (Tuckett), 6-115 (Richardson), 7-126 (Heine), 8-131 (de Villiers), 9-150 (Liddle), 10-188 (Gibbs, 64.6 ov)

New Zealanders bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
MacGibbon	14.6	6	20	3	-	-
Reid	14	4	32	2	-	-
Leggat	6	2	20	0	-	-
Bell	15	2	58	0	-	-
Dempster	15	5	46	5	-	-

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New Zealanders first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Sutcliffe	c Johnstone b Heine	18
*GO Rabone	b Gibbs	77			12	-
MB Poore	b Heine	15
JR Reid	c Johnstone b Heine	15
LSM Miller	c Johnstone b Heine	0
+FLH Mooney	b Tuckett	16
JEF Beck	b Tuckett	0
IB Leggat	c Gibbs b Heine	9
EW Dempster	lbw b Heine	0
AR MacGibbon	c Marais b Heine	0
W Bell	not out	0
Extras	(1 b, 2 lb, 7 nb)	10
Total	(all out, 201 minutes, 50 overs)	160
Fall of wickets:
1-35 (Sutcliffe), 2-73 (Poore), 3-91 (Reid), 4-95 (Miller), 5-132 (Mooney), 6-132 (Beck), 7-152 (Leggat), 8-152 (Dempster), 9-152 (MacGibbon), 10-160 (Rabone, 50 ov)

Orange Free State bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Tuckett	12	2	30	2	-	-
Gibbs	13	2	44	1	-	-
Heine	14	7	29	7	-	-
Liddle	9	2	33	0	-	-
Marais	2	0	14	0	-	-

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Orange Free State second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SL Hanson	c Mooney b Reid	36
C Richardson	lbw b MacGibbon	0
+EL Johnstone	c Miller b Reid	1
KJ Funston	lbw b MacGibbon	10
RC le Sueur	b MacGibbon	21
CJ Marais	b Rabone	10
JO de Villiers	c Beck b MacGibbon	24
PS Heine	c MacGibbon b Rabone	0
*LTD Tuckett	lbw b Reid	4
JR Liddle	lbw b Rabone	8
KL Gibbs	not out	1
Extras	(3 lb, 3 nb)	6
Total	(all out, 186 minutes, 44.7 overs)	121
Fall of wickets:
1-3 (Richardson), 2-29 (Johnstone), 3-38 (Hanson), 4-70 (Funston), 5-71 (le Sueur), 6-87 (Marais), 7-89 (Heine), 8-97 (Tuckett), 9-114 (Liddle), 10-121 (de Villiers, 44.7 ov)

New Zealanders bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
MacGibbon	15.7	5	31	4	-	-
Reid	15	3	40	3	-	-
Leggat	1	0	7	0	-	-
Dempster	7	2	25	0	-	-
Rabone	6	1	12	3	-	-

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New Zealanders second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Sutcliffe	c Tuckett b Gibbs	36		70	7	-
*GO Rabone	c Liddle b Heine	9
MB Poore	b Heine	16
JR Reid	b Heine	2
LSM Miller	b Gibbs	2
+FLH Mooney	b Heine	37		106	4	-
JEF Beck	c Johnstone b Gibbs	29		51	4	-
EW Dempster	lbw b Gibbs	5
IB Leggat	run out	2
AR MacGibbon	not out	9
W Bell	not out	0
Extras	(2 lb, 1 nb)	3
Total	(9 wickets, 45.3 overs)	150
Fall of wickets:
1-13 (Rabone), 2-63 (Poore), 3-63 (Sutcliffe), 4-67 (Reid), 5-67 (Miller), 6-113 (Beck), 7-121 (Dempster), 8-126 (Leggat), 9-146 (Mooney)

Orange Free State bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Tuckett	10	1	38	0	-	-
Gibbs	17.3	3	39	4	-	-
Heine	16	2	65	4	-	-
Liddle	2	0	5	0	-	-

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Notes
--> CJ Marais made his debut in First-Class matches
--> C Richardson (1) passed his previous highest score of 11 in First-Class matches
--> GO Rabone (1) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 35
--> MB Poore (2) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 8
--> JO de Villiers made his debut in South Africa in First-Class matches
--> EW Dempster achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Orange Free State first innings (previous best was 5-93)
--> PS Heine achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches when he dismissed EW Dempster in the New Zealanders first innings (previous best was 5-74)

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