misc921092	Counties v Midlands
	Fergus Hickey Rosebowl 1984/85
Venue	Kensington Park, Whangarei on 6th, 7th December 1984 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Match drawn (Counties won on first innings)
Close of play day 1	Counties (1) 188/6 (Parnell 5*, McIntyre 3*)

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Counties first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
NB Watson	c Woolston b Bradley	18
MJ Stabler	c Packwood b Pratt	3
RJ Majurey	c McLeod b Gibbs	72		78
BT Spragg	c Gibbs b Woolston	3
DW Stoupe	b Gibbs	32
LJ Doull	c and b Gibbs	38
DL Parnell	b Pratt
RJ McIntyre	lbw b Bradley	15
*ND Pollock	run out	27
AJ Wallace	not out
RG Gedye	not out	0
Extras		7
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 86 overs)	249
Fall of wickets:
1-7 (Stabler), 2-34 (Watson), 3-39 (Spragg), 4-131, 5-139, 6-184, 7-193, 8-217, 9-242 (85.6 ov)

Midlands bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Pratt	8	1	16	2	-	-
N Gray	7	2	16	0	-	-
Woolston	15	3	47	1	-	-
Bradley	16	4	43	2	-	-
Gibbs	25	7	77	3	-	-
Askew	15	4	40	0	-	-

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Midlands first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
U Punga	c Stabler b McIntyre	15
R Bradley	b Pollock	0
DN Askew	c and b Doull	45
RJ McLeod	c Parnell b McIntyre	7
DW Woolston	c Parnell b Doull
RL Packwood	b Stabler
M Williamson	c McIntyre b Stabler	9
N Gray	c Wallace b Stabler
R Gray	b Wallace	15
M Gibbs	c Parnell b Stabler
B Pratt	not out	5
Extras		17
Total	(all out, 66.3 overs)	222
Fall of wickets:
1-1 (Bradley), 2-50, 3-77, 4-84, 5-171, 6-173, 7-190, 8-190, 9-206, 10-222 (66.3 ov)

Counties bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Pollock	7	2	33	1	-	-
McIntyre	15	3	43	2	-	-
Wallace	4.3	0	15	1	-	-
Doull	13	2	39	2	-	-
Gedye	12	2	37	0	-	-
Stabler	15	1	36	4	-	-

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Notes
--> Counties first innings batting adds 34 runs under
--> Bowling in the Counties first innings adds 10 runs under
--> Midlands first innings batting adds 109 runs under
--> Bowling in the Midlands first innings adds 19 runs under

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Steady rain the day before the match and showers in the morning meant the match did not start until 2.30pm on the first day
The newspaper report on this match had the scores of 2 Counties batsmen and 4 Midlands batsmen missing
This was also a U-Bix Cup Zone 1 match