hawke515	Southland v Hutt Valley
	Hawke Cup 1975/76 (Challenge Match)
Venue	Queen's Park, Invercargill on 21st, 22nd, 23rd February 1976 (3-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Southland won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Southland won by 81 runs
Umpires	RG Condliffe, NF Tapper
Close of play day 1	Southland (1) 264/9 (Hill 8*)
Close of play day 2	Southland (2) 65/5 (Verrall 13*, Alabaster 0*; 17 overs)

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Southland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+NR Thompson	c Newdick b BD Smith	95		282	8	-
KJ O'Connor	b Chatfield	43		129	6	-
RW Anderson	c Middleton b Newdick	53		96	5	2
RJ Verrall	lbw b O'Sullivan	19
DS Cocks	c Harris b Chatfield	5
K Keenan	c Harris b O'Sullivan	1
*GD Alabaster	c McGregor b BD Smith	23
KA Nicholson	c Harris b Chatfield	2
SJ Ashworth	c BD Smith b Chatfield	1
RJ Hill	not out	8
GB Thomson	c Morrison b BD Smith	0
Extras	(10 b, 4 lb)	14
Total	(all out, 398 minutes, 91.6 overs)	264
Fall of wickets:
1-80 (O'Connor), 2-177 (Anderson), 3-220 (Thompson), 4-221 (Verrall), 5-230, 6-231, 7-236, 8-238, 9-264, 10-264 (91.6 ov)

Hutt Valley bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Chatfield	26	4	88	4	-	-
O'Sullivan	10	1	32	2	-	-
Morrison	18	5	47	0	-	-
McGregor	7	4	5	0	-	-
BD Smith	25.6	7	56	3	-	-
Newdick	5	0	22	1	-	-

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Hutt Valley first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GA Newdick	c Alabaster b Nicholson	27
BJ Middleton	c Thompson b Nicholson	12
RW Smith	c Anderson b Nicholson	11
+MJ Harris	c Anderson b Nicholson	59		144	6	-
AR Hewson	c Hill b Alabaster	35		90	3	1
BD Smith	c Thompson b Hill	9
*PB McGregor	st Thompson b Alabaster	4
KJ Plunkett	c Hill b Alabaster	3
KF O'Sullivan	c O'Connor b Alabaster	8
EJ Chatfield	c Thompson b Nicholson	0
PD Morrison	not out	12
Extras	(5 b)	5
Total	(all out, 233 minutes, 55.4 overs)	185
Fall of wickets:
1-38, 2-47, 3-51, 4-125, 5-146, 6-157, 7-163, 8-165, 9-165, 10-185 (55.4 ov)

Southland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thomson	12	1	48	0	-	-
Nicholson	19	3	56	5	-	-
Hill	11	4	22	1	-	-
Alabaster	13.4	2	54	4	-	-

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Southland second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+NR Thompson	b O'Sullivan	1			-	-
KJ O'Connor	c Hewson b O'Sullivan	28		37	5	-
RW Anderson	c Newdick b O'Sullivan	13
RJ Verrall	c Hewson b McGregor	22
DS Cocks	c Middleton b Chatfield	0			-	-
K Keenan	c Middleton b McGregor	6
*GD Alabaster	not out	33		114	4	-
RJ Hill	lbw b McGregor	0			-	-
KA Nicholson	b McGregor	0			-	-
SJ Ashworth	b O'Sullivan	1			-	-
GB Thomson	b BD Smith	12
Extras	(5 b, 4 lb)	9
Total	(all out, 40 overs)	125
Fall of wickets:
1-9 (Thompson), 2-34 (O'Connor), 3-48 (Anderson), 4-49 (Cocks), 5-63 (Keenan), 6-86 (Verrall), 7-86 (Hill), 8-96 (Nicholson), 9-107 (Ashworth), 10-125 (Thomson, 40 ov)

Hutt Valley bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Chatfield	6	0	28	1	-	-
O'Sullivan	11	3	47	4	-	-
McGregor	12	4	19	4	-	-
BD Smith	8	3	19	1	-	-
Newdick	3	1	3	0	-	-

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Hutt Valley second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BJ Middleton	c Nicholson b Thomson	10
GA Newdick	c Hill b Thomson	0
RW Smith	c Keenan b Alabaster	21
+MJ Harris	b Alabaster	19
AR Hewson	c Keenan b Thomson	11
BD Smith	c Hill b Alabaster	2
*PB McGregor	c and b Alabaster	33		67	6	-
KJ Plunkett	b Nicholson	10
KF O'Sullivan	lbw b Thomson	1
EJ Chatfield	c Thompson b Thomson	4
PD Morrison	not out	6
Extras	(3 b, 3 nb)	6
Total	(all out, 187 minutes, 36.1 overs)	123
Fall of wickets:
1-2 (Newdick), 2-16 (Middleton), 3-50 (RW Smith), 4-55 (Harris), 5-65 (BD Smith), 6-72 (Hewson), 7-102 (Plunkett), 8-110 (O'Sullivan), 9-114 (McGregor), 10-123 (Chatfield, 36.1 ov)

Southland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thomson	16.1	3	47	5	-	-
Nicholson	5	1	13	1	-	-
Alabaster	15	1	57	4	-	-

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