hawke512	Southland v South Canterbury
	Hawke Cup 1975/76 (Challenge Match)
Venue	Turnbull Thomson Park, Invercargill on 21st, 22nd January 1976 (3-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	South Canterbury won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Southland won by 7 wickets
Umpires	RG Condliffe, BD Dawson
Close of play day 1	Southland (1) 102/4 (Anderson 54*, McKechnie 10*; 35 overs)

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South Canterbury first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BW Andrews	b McKechnie	3
BJ Mackle	c Alabaster b Thomson	9
JU Varcoe	c Verrall b McKechnie	0
*NM Parker	lbw b Thomson	18
JW Davies	c Murdoch b Thomson	29
PG d'Auvergne	lbw b Alabaster	33
NF Richards	lbw b Alabaster	4
WL Eddington	c Murdoch b McKechnie	11
+JT Ward	b Alabaster	11
BJ Davidson	c Anderson b McKechnie	5
GL Blanchard	not out	0
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(all out, 48.1 overs)	124
Fall of wickets:
1-3 (Andrews), 2-3 (Varcoe), 3-27 (Mackle), 4-32 (Parker), 5-87 (d'Auvergne), 6-97, 7-97, 8-118, 9-124, 10-124 (48.1 ov)

Southland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thomson	14	3	35	3	-	-
McKechnie	13.1	1	25	4	-	-
Alabaster	14	3	37	3	-	-
Hill	7	0	26	0	-	-

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Southland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+NR Thompson	c Richards b Blanchard	8
KJ O'Connor	c Richards b Eddington	18
RW Anderson	b Davies	60			7	-
K Keenan	b Eddington	2
RJ Verrall	b Eddington	4
BJ McKechnie	lbw b Davies	12
DR Murdoch	b Davies	5
DS Cocks	lbw b Davidson	15
*GD Alabaster	c Varcoe b Davidson	3
RJ Hill	b Davies	0
GB Thomson	not out	0
Extras	(4 b, 3 nb)	7
Total	(all out, 59.4 overs)	134
Fall of wickets:
1-25 (Thompson), 2-61 (O'Connor), 3-74 (Keenan), 4-78 (Verrall), 5-108 (Anderson), 6-113 (McKechnie), 7-118 (Murdoch), 8-127 (Alabaster), 9-132 (Hill), 10-134 (Cocks, 59.4 ov)

South Canterbury bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Blanchard	6	1	32	1	-	-
Eddington	14	6	38	3	-	-
Davidson	23.4	10	34	2	-	-
Davies	16	4	23	4	-	-

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South Canterbury second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BW Andrews	c Keenan b McKechnie	12
BJ Mackle	c Alabaster b Thomson	0
JU Varcoe	b McKechnie	13
PG d'Auvergne	c Hill b Thomson	0
*NM Parker	b Thomson	4
JW Davies	c Alabaster b Thomson	0
NF Richards	b McKechnie	19
WL Eddington	lbw b Thomson	0
+JT Ward	lbw b McKechnie	0
BJ Davidson	c McKechnie b Thomson	4
GL Blanchard	not out	11
Extras	(1 lb, 1 nb)	2
Total	(all out, 35 overs)	65
Fall of wickets:
1-3 (Mackle), 2-18 (Varcoe), 3-19 (d'Auvergne), 4-23 (Parker), 5-27 (Davies), 6-40 (Andrews), 7-41 (Eddington), 8-44 (Ward), 9-51 (Richards), 10-65 (Davidson, 35 ov)

Southland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thomson	17	6	37	6	-	-
McKechnie	17	6	26	4	-	-
Alabaster	1	1	0	0	-	-

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Southland second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+NR Thompson	b Davidson	0	1	1	-	-
KJ O'Connor	run out	8
RW Anderson	not out	34
K Keenan	lbw b Blanchard	4
RJ Verrall	not out	4
BJ McKechnie	did not bat
DR Murdoch	did not bat
DS Cocks	did not bat
*GD Alabaster	did not bat
RJ Hill	did not bat
GB Thomson	did not bat
Extras	(3 lb, 5 nb)	8
Total	(3 wickets, 10.2 overs)	58
Fall of wickets:
1-0 (Thompson, 0.1 ov), 2-39 (O'Connor), 3-52 (Keenan)

South Canterbury bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Davidson	4	0	13	1	-	-
Davies	4	1	25	0	-	-
Eddington	1.2	0	9	0	-	-
Blanchard	1	0	3	1	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.

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