f31347 ps542	Canterbury v Otago
	Shell Cup 1976/77
Venue	Lancaster Park, Christchurch on 17th, 18th, 19th December 1976 (3-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Otago won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Points	Canterbury 10 (Batting 5, Bowling 5); Otago 8 (Batting 4, Bowling 4)
Umpires	FR Goodall, DC Wilson
Close of play day 1	Otago (1) 99/0 (McCullum 58*, Rutherford 34*)
Close of play day 2	Canterbury (2) 126/4 (Hastings 40*, Stead 5*)
Player of the Match	PG Coman

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Canterbury first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PG Coman	b Morris	55
BG Hadlee	c Rutherford b McKechnie	55
BE Congdon	c McKechnie b Morris	16
BF Hastings	c Lees b Cairns	11
NM Parker	c Stewart b McKechnie	18
DW Stead	c McCullum b Cairns	54
*+ML Ryan	c Facoory b Petherick	22
RJ Hadlee	c McKechnie b Petherick	20
DR Hadlee	not out	35
SL Boock	not out	21
LJ Forde	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 11 lb, 3 nb)	15
Total	(8 wickets, innings closed, 75 overs)	322
Fall of wickets:
1-77, 2-111, 3-140, 4-152, 5-166, 6-228, 7-256, 8-265

Otago bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Webb	13	1	76	0	-	-
Cairns	17	2	79	2	-	-
Morris	19	5	61	2	-	-
McKechnie	13	3	56	2	-	-
Petherick	13	0	35	2	-	-

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Otago first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
IA Rutherford	c Forde b Boock	77
SJ McCullum	b RJ Hadlee	62
RN Stewart	c Parker b DR Hadlee	4
PR Facoory	c Ryan b RJ Hadlee	12
GJ Williams	lbw b Stead	3
*+WK Lees	c Stead b Boock	46
BJ McKechnie	not out	28
BL Cairns	b Boock	4
PR Morris	run out	12
RJ Webb	run out	13
PJ Petherick	c Ryan b DR Hadlee	0
Extras	(4 b, 8 lb, 2 nb)	14
Total	(all out, 73.7 overs)	275
Fall of wickets:
1-104, 2-119, 3-136, 4-153, 5-179, 6-227, 7-235, 8-252, 9-272, 10-275 (73.7 ov)

Canterbury bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
RJ Hadlee	13	1	37	2	-	-
Forde	10	2	33	0	-	-
DR Hadlee	17.7	4	51	2	-	-
Boock	22	5	76	3	-	-
Stead	11	0	64	1	-	-

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Canterbury second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PG Coman	run out	51
BG Hadlee	c Facoory b Cairns	17
BE Congdon	c Lees b Cairns	0
BF Hastings	not out	40
NM Parker	c Petherick b Morris	2
DW Stead	not out	5
*+ML Ryan	did not bat
RJ Hadlee	did not bat
DR Hadlee	did not bat
SL Boock	did not bat
LJ Forde	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 5 lb)	11
Total	(4 wickets, 41 overs)	126
Fall of wickets:
1-42, 2-42, 3-103, 4-120

Otago bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Webb	3	0	24	0	-	-
Cairns	13	4	29	2	-	-
Morris	9	1	32	1	-	-
McKechnie	7	4	6	0	-	-
Petherick	9	2	24	0	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> Each first innings was limited to 75 overs
--> LJ Forde made his debut in Plunket Shield matches
--> LJ Forde made his debut in First-Class matches
--> SJ McCullum made his debut in First-Class matches
--> SJ McCullum made his debut in Plunket Shield matches
--> PR Facoory made his debut in First-Class matches
--> PR Facoory made his debut in Plunket Shield matches
--> DW Stead (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 27
--> WK Lees (1) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 5
--> BL Cairns made his debut for Otago in First-Class matches
--> BL Cairns made his debut for Otago in Plunket Shield matches
--> BJ McKechnie reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Canterbury first innings
--> BL Cairns reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Canterbury first innings
--> BL Cairns reached 50 wickets in Plunket Shield matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Canterbury first innings

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