Currie Cup, 1967-68
Orange Free State v Rhodesia, B Section
Ramblers, Bloemfontein
5,6,8 January 1968 (3-day match)
Result: Rhodesia won by an innings and 62 runs
Points: Rhodesia 8, Orange Free State 0
Toss: Orange Free State
Umpires: H Melzer and E Walker
Close of Play:
Day 1: Rhodesia 137-0 (Gripper 74*, Clarke 61*)
Day 2: Orange Free State (2) 98-6 (P Strydom 21*, Rosendorff 17*)
Orange Free State 1st innings R M B 4 6
WT Strydom c Ullyett b Bennett 0
AN Oertel b Parker 15
DA Daniel c Ullyett b Davison 6
*N Rosendorff c Gripper b Townshend 120 201 17 1
P Uys c Ullyett b Parker 29 69
IE van Niekerk b Parker 21
+PA Strydom c Carlstein b du Preez 24
NM Riley c Townshend b du Preez 4
DF Kuter c de Caila b Parker 14
OHO van Niekerk b Bennett 4
OB Kellner not out 1
Extras (b 9, lb 1, w 1, nb 3) 14
Total (all out, 86.4 overs) 252
FoW: 1-14 (WT Strydom), 2-16 (Oertel), 3-49 (Daniel),
4-128 (Uys), 5-177 (IE van Niekerk), 6-213 (Rosendorff),
7-218 (Riley), 8-231 (PA Strydom), 9-240 (OHO van Niekerk),
10-252 (Kuter).
Bowling O M R W
Parker 20.4 8 50 4
Bennett 20 8 44 2
Davison 14 3 51 1
du Preez 23 4 71 2
Townshend 9 4 22 1
Rhodesia 1st innings R M B 4 6
RA Gripper not out 279 375 40 1
JK Clarke c PA Strydom b Kellner 130 15 -
RB Ullyett not out 126 18 1
Extras (b 10, lb 3, nb 1) 14
Total (1 wicket dec, 125 overs, 375 mins) 549
DNB: PR Carlstein, *KC Bland, EF Parker, JH du Preez,
BF Davison, +AMH de Caila, DW Townshend, BM Bennett.
FoW: 1-268 (Clarke).
Bowling O M R W
Kuter 28 10 89 0
WT Strydom 22 1 93 0
OHO van Niekerk 17 1 53 0
Riley 30 2 155 0
Kellner 17 0 91 1
Rosendorff 5 0 21 0
Daniel 6 0 33 0
Orange Free State 2nd innings R M B 4 6
WT Strydom b Parker 7
AN Oertel b Parker 1
DA Daniel c Bland b Parker 27
P Uys b Parker 8
IE van Niekerk c de Caila b Parker 7
+PA Strydom b Davison 75
NM Riley c Bland b Parker 7
*N Rosendorff c du Preez b Davison 69 116 13 -
DF Kuter c de Caila b Davison 0
OHO van Niekerk c Ullyett b du Preez 21
OB Kellner not out 5
Extras (lb 1, nb 7) 8
Total (all out, 78.4 overs) 235
FoW: 1-8 (WT Strydom), 2-11 (Oertel), 3-21 (Uys),
4-48 (IE van Niekerk), 5-59 (Daniel), 6-73 (Riley),
7-180 (Rosendorff), 8-181 (Kuter), 9-217 (PA Strydom),
10-235 (OHO van Niekerk).
Bowling O M R W
Parker 19 3 74 6
Bennett 10 5 14 0
Davison 17 7 35 3
du Preez 18.4 6 57 1
Townshend 14 4 47 0
- Notes:
- Gripper's 279 not out was a new Currie Cup record, beating
the 277* by EAB Rowan for Transvaal against Griqualand West
in 1950/51; it was not broken until 1987/88 when AJ Lamb
scored 294 for Orange Free State v Eastern Province.
- Gripper reached 100 in 183 minutes and 200 in 299 minutes;
Clarke reached 100 in 198 minutes and Ullyett in 121 minutes.
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