hawke647	Nelson v South Canterbury
	Hawke Cup 1980/81 (Challenge Match)
Venue	Trafalgar Park, Nelson on 7th, 8th, 9th March 1981 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Nelson won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	BI Blommaart, RJ Trott
Close of play day 1	South Canterbury (1) 25/4 (Parker 0*, Varcoe 2*; 23 overs)
Close of play day 2	No play

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Nelson first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*MH Toynbee	c Andrews b Gudsell	8
AH Jones	c Ward b King	16
RA Pierce	c Austin b Gudsell	7
VP Terry	b d'Auvergne	7		60
RE Hayward	b d'Auvergne	28			3	-
WG Hodgson	b Gudsell	48		104	8	1
+TE Blain	run out	23		74	2	-
SJ Gill	c Ward b King	14
CJ Aitken	c Haggart b Varcoe	20			2	-
BM Woodward	lbw b Varcoe	23		45	2	-
PJ Visser	not out	0
Extras	(4 b, 3 lb, 3 nb)	10
Total	(all out, 71.2 overs)	204
Fall of wickets:
1-9 (Toynbee), 2-31 (Jones), 3-34 (Pierce), 4-68 (Terry), 5-74 (Hayward), 6-143 (Blain), 7-153 (Hodgson), 8-163 (Gill), 9-201 (Woodward), 10-204 (Aitken, 71.2 ov)

South Canterbury bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
King	13	4	39	2	-	-
Gudsell	21	7	44	3	-	-
Austin	4	1	21	0	-	-
Andrews	11	5	35	0	-	-
d'Auvergne	21	8	52	2	-	-
Varcoe	1.2	0	3	2	-	-

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South Canterbury first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BW Andrews	b Aitken	10
J Haggart	lbw b Gill	0
AW Bligh	lbw b Visser	4
PG d'Auvergne	b Gill	6
*NM Parker	not out	0
JU Varcoe	not out	2
LS Williams	did not bat
G Austin	did not bat
+BJ Ward	did not bat
DW Gudsell	did not bat
RH King	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb, 2 nb)	3
Total	(4 wickets, 23 overs)	25
Fall of wickets:
1-7 (Haggart), 2-17 (Andrews), 3-23 (Bligh), 4-23 (d'Auvergne)

Nelson bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Visser	9	3	17	1	-	-
Gill	11	8	5	2	-	-
Aitken	3	3	0	1	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> Each first innings was limited to 120 overs

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Bad light ended play at 5.30pm on the first day
Overnight rain after the first day's play had seeped under the covers and despite the use of a helicopter to try to dry the pitch out it was unsuccessful with the umpires deciding around 4pm that there would be no play on the second day
Continual rain on the third day meant there was no chance of any play that day and the match was abandoned