hawke539	Southland v Ashburton County
	Hawke Cup 1976/77 (Challenge Match)
Venue	Queen's Park, Invercargill on 5th, 6th, 7th February 1977 (3-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Southland won by 180 runs
Umpires	BH Austin, AJ Watkins
Close of play day 1
Close of play day 2

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Southland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+NR Thompson	lbw b BC Sampson	59
AD Pierce	c BV Sampson b Hansen	12
RW Anderson	c BV Sampson b Livesey	255		454	33	-
RJ Verrall	c BP Isherwood b Hansen	16
BJ McKechnie	c and b BV Sampson	32
N McArthur	b Livesey	44
DS Cocks	c Beaven b Livesey	2
RJ Hill	c BP Isherwood b BV Sampson	2
*GD Alabaster	c Thomas b BV Sampson	1
KA Nicholson	not out	5
GB Thomson	did not bat
Extras		16
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 110.2 overs)	444
Fall of wickets:
1-34, 2-156, 3-182, 4-275, 5-421, 6-427, 7-438, 8-438, 9-444 (110.2 ov)

Ashburton County bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Livesey	25	3	99	3	-	-
Hansen	32	5	105	2	-	-
BC Sampson	19	2	69	1	-	-
BV Sampson	19.2	2	78	3	-	-
Williams	11	1	46	0	-	-
DJ Isherwood	2	1	17	0	-	-
Beaven	2	0	14	0	-	-

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Ashburton County first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
P Thomas	run out	2
DJ Isherwood	b Thomson	27
RL Beaven	c McKechnie b Thomson	0
NA Goodwin	lbw b Thomson	4
RW Hayes	c Cocks b Alabaster	37
*BV Sampson	c Nicholson b McKechnie	10
+BP Isherwood	c Anderson b Cocks	9
KD Williams	not out	49
BC Sampson	lbw b Cocks	16
PL Hansen	c Hill b Cocks	6
DW Livesey	lbw b Alabaster	23
Extras	(6 lb, 1 nb)	7
Total	(all out, 54.7 overs)	190
Fall of wickets:
1-20, 2-20, 3-28, 4-39, 5-73, 6-87, 7-98, 8-128, 9-134, 10-190 (54.7 ov)

Southland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thomson	8	1	37	3	-	-
Nicholson	8	2	19	0	-	-
McKechnie	10	4	14	1	-	-
Alabaster	16.7	3	58	2	-	-
Cocks	9	0	41	3	-	-
Hill	3	0	14	0	-	-

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Southland second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+NR Thompson	c BP Isherwood b Hansen	14
AD Pierce	lbw b BC Sampson	28
RW Anderson	c sub (GW Rennie) b BV Sampson	17
RJ Verrall	not out	35
BJ McKechnie	not out	25
N McArthur	did not bat
DS Cocks	did not bat
RJ Hill	did not bat
*GD Alabaster	did not bat
KA Nicholson	did not bat
GB Thomson	did not bat
Extras	(3 lb, 1 nb)	4
Total	(3 wickets, declared, 24 overs)	123
Fall of wickets:
1-36, 2-57, 3-72

Ashburton County bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Livesey	4	0	31	0	-	-
Hansen	9	2	23	1	-	-
BC Sampson	7	1	25	1	-	-
BV Sampson	4	0	40	1	-	-

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Ashburton County second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
P Thomas	c Thomson b Cocks	32
DJ Isherwood	b Thomson	14
RL Beaven	c McKechnie b Thomson	5
*BV Sampson	c Hill b Alabaster	37
RW Hayes	c Hill b Alabaster	24
+BP Isherwood	c McKechnie b Alabaster	18
KD Williams	not out	42
NA Goodwin	c Thomson b Alabaster	4
BC Sampson	lbw b Cocks	3
PL Hansen	st Thompson b Cocks	10
DW Livesey	b Alabaster	2
Extras	(5 lb, 1 nb)	6
Total	(all out, 67.4 overs)	197
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-26, 3-78, 4-106, 5-128, 6-156, 7-163, 8-168, 9-193, 10-197 (67.4 ov)

Southland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thomson	8	2	25	2	-	-
Nicholson	3	2	3	0	-	-
McKechnie	11	4	27	0	-	-
Alabaster	22.4	4	83	5	-	-
Cocks	14	0	39	3	-	-
Hill	9	3	14	0	-	-

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