hawke536	Southland v Hutt Valley
	Hawke Cup 1976/77 (Challenge Match)
Venue	Queen's Park, Invercargill on 14th, 15th, 16th January 1977 (3-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Southland won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	RG Condliffe, AJ Watkins
Close of play day 1	Southland (1) 226/9 (Hill 30, Hampton 0; 102 overs)
Close of play day 2	Hutt Valley (1) 12/1 (RW Smith 6, Topp 3; 9 overs)

Southland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CW Lindsay	c RW Smith b Forde	5
+NR Thompson	c McGregor b Ridley	26		196
RW Anderson	b McGregor	43		106	7	-
RJ Verrall	c White b McGregor	35
BJ McKechnie	c Hewson b Ridley	20
DS Cocks	c Forde b Ridley	2
*GD Alabaster	c Topp b BD Smith	20
RJ Hill	not out	30
KA Nicholson	lbw b Forde	18
GB Thomson	lbw b Ridley	9
C Hampton	c Hewson b White	0
Extras	(5 b, 13 lb, 1 nb)	19
Total	(all out, 435 minutes, 102.7 overs)	227
Fall of wickets:
1-5 (Lindsay), 2-65 (Anderson), 3-113 (Thompson), 4-123 (Verrall), 5-130 (Cocks), 6-156 (McKechnie), 7-164 (Alabaster), 8-186 (Nicholson), 9-217 (Thomson), 10-227 (Hampton, 102.7 ov)

Hutt Valley bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
White	10.7	0	33	1	-	-
Forde	12	3	31	2	-	-
Ridley	38	13	67	4	-	-
McGregor	24	9	41	2	-	-
BD Smith	16	6	36	1	-	-
FP Smith	2	2	0	0	-	-

Hutt Valley first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RW Smith	not out	6
GA Newdick	b Nicholson	3
JP Topp	not out	3
BD Smith	did not bat
BAH Forward	did not bat
*PB McGregor	did not bat
+AR Hewson	did not bat
HM Ridley	did not bat
FP Smith	did not bat
RG White	did not bat
JF Forde	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(1 wicket, 9 overs)	12
Fall of wickets:
1-8 (Newdick)

Southland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thomson	5	1	12	0	-	-
Nicholson	4	4	0	1	-	-

Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.

On the second day after 9 overs had been bowled in the Hutt Valley first innings rain forced the players from the field at 11.35am so an early lunch was taken
No further play was possible on the second day and heavy rain on the third morning meant the match had to be abandoned