Australia in South Africa, 1966-67
Matabeleland Invitation XI v Australians (not first-class)
Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo
2,3 November 1966

Result: Drawn

Close of Play:
Day 1: Australians 211 all out.

Toss: Australians
Umpires: S Lockley and N Elworthy

Matabeleland Invitation XI first innings                       R   M   E  4 6
JD McPhun             c Becker           b McKenzie            2
JRD Wallace           c Becker           b McKenzie           14
*RB Ullyett           lbw                b Watson              3
KC Bland                                 b Watson              0
JH du Preez           c Lawry            b Watson             25
+HAB Gardiner         c Becker           b Watson             13
BF Davison            c McKenzie         b Hubble              4
NR Williams           c Redpath          b Renneberg          11
PD MacKenzie          not out                                 12
BH Williams                              b Renneberg           6
M Shacklock           c Becker           b Renneberg           6
Extras                (b 2, nb 9)                             11
Total                 (all out, 39.2 overs)                  107

FoW: 1-2 (McPhun), 2-12 (Ullyett), 3-12 (Bland),
     4-47 (Wallace), 5-55 (du Preez), 6-63 (Davison),
     7-68 (Gardiner), 8-89 (NR Williams), 9-97 (BH Williams),
     10-107 (Shacklock).

Bowling                     O      M      R      W
McKenzie                    9      3     27      2
Renneberg                   8.2    4     13      3
Watson                     15      5     29      4
Hubble                      7      1     27      1

Australians first innings                                      R   M   B  4 6
WM Lawry              c Gardiner         b MacKenzie          62  96      6 1
*RB Simpson           lbw                b BH Williams         0
G Thomas                                 b NR Williams        19
RM Cowper             c Gardiner         b BH Williams        65
IR Redpath            lbw                b BH Williams        15
KR Stackpole                             b BH Williams         1
GD Watson             c Wallace          b du Preez            3
+GC Becker            c Wallace          b du Preez            0
GD McKenzie           not out                                 20
JM Hubble                                b du Preez            7
DA Renneberg          c Bland            b NR Williams         1
Extras                (b 2, nb 16)                            18
Total                 (all out, 48.1 overs)                  211

FoW: 1-9 (Simpson), 2-68 (Thomas), 3-108 (Lawry),
     4-178 (Cowper), 5-179 (Redpath), 6-183 (Watson),
     7-183 (Becker), 8-183 (Stackpole), 9-202 (Hubble),
     10-211 (Renneberg).

Bowling                     O      M      R      W
BH Williams                18      3     81      4
MacKenzie                  10      2     40      1
NR Williams                12.1    2     50      2
du Preez                    8      4     22      3

Matabeleland Invitation XI second innings                      R   M   B  4 6
JD McPhun                                b Watson              3
JRD Wallace            c Stackpole       b Watson              8
*RB Ullyett                              b McKenzie           87
KC Bland               c Thomas          b McKenzie           94 120      11 2
+HAB Gardiner          c Lawry           b Stackpole          86  58      10 5
BF Davison             run out (?)                             4
JH du Preez            not out                                 9
Extras                 (b 2, lb 4, nb 1)                       7
Total                  (6 wickets declared, 68 overs)        298

DNB: NR Williams, PD MacKenzie, BH Williams and M Shacklock.

FoW: 1-13 (McPhun), 2-26 (Wallace), 3-185 (Bland),
     4-200 (Ullyett), 5-230 (Davison), 6-298 (Gardiner).

Bowling                     O      M      R      W
McKenzie                   12      5     29      2
Renneberg                   9      3     34      0
Watson                      6      0     40      2
Hubble                      9      1     36      0
Stackpole                   7      1     37      1
Simpson                     9      0     36      0
Cowper                     16      3     79      0

Australians second innings                                     R   M   B  4 6
WM Lawry              c Wallace          b Shacklock          28
*RB Simpson           c Bland            b NR Williams        28
G Thomas                                 b NR Williams         5
RM Cowper             not out                                  0
IR Redpath            not out                                  0
Extras                (nb 1)                                   1
Total                 (3 wickets, 12 overs)                   62

DNB:KR Stackpole, GD Watson, +GC Becker, GD McKenzie, JM Hubble
and DA Renneberg.

FoW: 1-52, 2-62, 3-62.

Bowling                     O      M      R      W
BH Williams                 4      0     26      0
MacKenzie                   1      0     11      0
NR Williams                 2      0     10      2
Shacklock                   5      2     14      1

Notes:

• Thomas caught Bland in the second innings when substituting for the injured Becker as wicket-keeper.
• The Australians were set 195 to win in 131 minutes, but a storm caused 57 minutes to be lost, condemning the match to a draw.

  Sources: South African Cricket Annual 1967, The Herald, The Sunday Mail. Contributed by John Ward (jward@samara.co.zw)

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