County was played almost exclusively as 3 days until almost the 90s.
I thought most of Currie cup went 4 days in the 70s though? Someone correct me please.
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Mike Procter dead at 77
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I thought most of Currie cup went 4 days in the 70s though? Someone correct me please.
Marius
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I think they were also played over three days until the 1980s sometime. Will need to check.
SeamUp
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4-day cricket started 91/92 . But also going with what I thought I knew.
Pretty sure those 4 days would have been for rest days on Sundays?
4-day cricket started 91/92 . But also going with what I thought I knew.
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SeamUp
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His father had a proper 3 English surnames for names. Woodrow Collacott Procter ha
Keiskammahoek is near where Ntini is from I think.
Marius
International Debutant
Just had a look at some random games from the 1970s in the Currie Cup, looks like it was three days.
Pap Finn Keighl
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SeamUp
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Rice like Procter definitely kept their best batting for the county Championship. In same games in the rebel series we went Rice at 5 & Procter at 6 with 4 other bowlers. Rice retired at 45 at Natal.
subshakerz
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RIP.
He gave the Gloucestershire fans some entertainment in the last month or so of the 1979 season:
August 2-3: Glos v Leics: Procter hit a hundred before lunch, then took a hat-trick the next day (first player to score 100 and take a hat-trick in the same match twice).
August 11: Glos v Yorks: Procter takes another hat-trick, this time all lbw (first player to take 2 lbw hat-tricks).
August 21: Glos v Surrey: Procter scores fastest championship hundred of the season to date: 100* in 76 minutes (5 sixes and 14 fours).
August 27: Glos v Somerset: Procter score 93 in 46 minutes, (8 sixes and 4 fours, including 6 sixes off successive balls from Dennis Breakwell as mentioned earlier in the thread).
September 2: Glos v Warwicks: Procter scores 92 in 35 minutes (3 sixes and 10 fours).
September 6: Glos v Northants: Procter scores 100* in 57 minutes (2 sixes and 15 fours).
August 2-3: Glos v Leics: Procter hit a hundred before lunch, then took a hat-trick the next day (first player to score 100 and take a hat-trick in the same match twice).
August 11: Glos v Yorks: Procter takes another hat-trick, this time all lbw (first player to take 2 lbw hat-tricks).
August 21: Glos v Surrey: Procter scores fastest championship hundred of the season to date: 100* in 76 minutes (5 sixes and 14 fours).
August 27: Glos v Somerset: Procter score 93 in 46 minutes, (8 sixes and 4 fours, including 6 sixes off successive balls from Dennis Breakwell as mentioned earlier in the thread).
September 2: Glos v Warwicks: Procter scores 92 in 35 minutes (3 sixes and 10 fours).
September 6: Glos v Northants: Procter scores 100* in 57 minutes (2 sixes and 15 fours).
92 in 35 minutes is something. Any idea how many balls?
Coronis
International Coach
From this article: https://www.cricketcountry.com/arti...ainst-somerset-off-dennis-breakwell-30352/amp
There was no stopping Procter: in his next match, against Warwickshire at Bristol, he scored 92 in 35 minutes and 45 balls with 10 fours and three sixes (after scoring a commonplace 96 in the first innings). He was particularly harsh on off-spinner Christopher Clifford, who ended up with figures of 39-7-185-2, but made up for it by catching a Procter blinder one-handed at mid-wicket
(not sure how accurate since it was actually Brian Broad who scored 96 in the first innings, Procter only scored 28)