hawke560	Hutt Valley v Taranaki
	Hawke Cup 1977/78 (Elimination Match)
Venue	Te Whiti Park, Lower Hutt on 10th, 11th December 1977 (2-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	MS Phipps, SJ Woodward
Close of play day 1	Hutt Valley (1) 175/5 (BD Smith ?*)

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Hutt Valley first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RW Newton	lbw b AB Jordan	19
GA Newdick	c Phillips b AB Jordan	34
JP Topp	b West	53
*RW Smith	b AB Jordan	9
MJ Harris	c Blackbourn b West	43
BD Smith	c Stewart b Richards	13
BAH Forward	not out	58
+AR Hewson	run out	18
RG White	c Blackbourn b Stewart	0
EJ Chatfield	c Blackbourn b Richards	21
RN Caldow	c Ormiston b Richards	2
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb, 8 nb)	13
Total	(all out, 72.7 overs)	283
Fall of wickets:
1-58, 2-63, 3-75, 4-168, 5-175, 6-218, 7-223, 8-281, 9-283, 10-283 (72.7 ov)

Taranaki bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
AB Jordan	20	3	74	3	-	-
Stewart	25	1	91	1	-	-
Phillips	7	0	41	0	-	-
West	13	3	46	2	-	-
Richards	7.7	2	18	3	-	-

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Taranaki first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RW Ormiston	lbw b Chatfield	3
LE Jordan	lbw b White	4
ED Perrett	not out	7
+PM Blackbourn	not out	5
*DI Green	did not bat
RL West	did not bat
JW Burtt	did not bat
BC Richards	did not bat
PR Stewart	did not bat
AB Jordan	did not bat
BA Phillips	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 5 lb, 1 nb)	7
Total	(2 wickets, 18 overs)	26
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-19

Hutt Valley bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Chatfield	6	5	1	1	-	-
White	3	0	12	1	-	-
Newdick	3	3	0	0	-	-
Caldow	3	0	5	0	-	-
Newton	2	2	0	0	-	-
Harris	1	0	1	0	-	-

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Rain delayed the start of the match on the first day
JP Topp and MJ Harris added 93 in 132 minutes for the fourth wicket in the Hutt Valley first innings
Rain on the second day after Taranaki had faced only 18 overs meant the game had to be abandoned