misc602537	Buller v West Coast (South Island)
	Forrest Cup 1961/62
Venue	Victoria Square, Westport on 10th, 11th March 1962 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Match drawn (Buller won on first innings)
Close of play day 1

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West Coast (South Island) first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LRH Bunt	b LB Halsall	4
ABJ Kennedy	c Hall b LB Halsall	51
JA Blair	c Cockfield b Taylor	0
CA Hibbs	lbw b LB Halsall	1
MG Bellis	c [unknown] b Clarke	17
R Lee	lbw b LB Halsall	0
WA Kennedy	b Struthers	1
BJ Hawkins	lbw b Taylor	11
D Mitchell	c Broad b LB Halsall	6
JG Beban	b Taylor	25
+WJ Clancy	not out	6
Extras		17
Total	(all out, 44 overs)	139
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-139 (44 ov)

Buller bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Struthers	13	2	60	1	-	-
LB Halsall	13	6	26	5	-	-
Aldridge	2	0	8	0	-	-
Taylor	15	6	18	3	-	-
Clarke	1	0	10	1	-	-

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Buller first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LB Halsall	b WA Kennedy	13
W Baird	c Beban b Hawkins	4
R Hall	b Hawkins	25
*JW Halsall	c Clancy b Hawkins	0
CL Broad	lbw b ABJ Kennedy	30
K Griffiths	b Hawkins	0
T Cockfield	b Hawkins	0
TR Taylor	b Beban	14
PJ Clarke	lbw b ABJ Kennedy	7
CR Aldridge	b Blair	18
JJ Struthers	not out	6
Extras		42
Total	(all out, 42 overs)	159
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-159 (42 ov)

West Coast (South Island) bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
WA Kennedy	7	0	26	1	-	-
Hawkins	14	2	48	5	-	-
Mitchell	3	1	8	0	-	-
Bellis	2	0	7	0	-	-
Blair	2	0	4	1	-	-
Beban	8	3	12	1	-	-
ABJ Kennedy	6	2	12	2	-	-

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West Coast (South Island) second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LRH Bunt	c [unknown] b Broad	25
ABJ Kennedy	c and b Taylor	28
JA Blair	b Taylor	0
CA Hibbs	c Griffiths b Broad	3
MG Bellis	c LB Halsall b Broad	1
BJ Hawkins	run out	0
R Lee	b Struthers	18
WA Kennedy	b Taylor	39
D Mitchell	b Struthers	4
JG Beban	b Broad	10
+WJ Clancy	not out	9
Extras		9
Total	(all out, 35 overs)	146
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-146 (35 ov)

Buller bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
LB Halsall	5	0	24	0	-	-
Struthers	9	1	49	2	-	-
Taylor	12	2	44	3	-	-
Broad	9	2	20	4	-	-

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Buller second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
W Baird	c and b Beban	10
LB Halsall	b Beban	15
R Hall	retired hurt	22
*JW Halsall	b ABJ Kennedy	10
CL Broad	c Hibbs b Beban	1
K Griffiths	lbw b Hawkins	11
T Cockfield	not out	23
TR Taylor	b Hibbs	21
PJ Clarke	not out	0
CR Aldridge	did not bat
JJ Struthers	did not bat
Extras		11
Total	(6 wickets, 40 overs)	124
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?

West Coast (South Island) bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hawkins	7	0	39	1	-	-
WA Kennedy	6	2	7	0	-	-
Beban	14	3	30	3	-	-
Blair	6	0	16	0	-	-
ABJ Kennedy	6	1	13	1	-	-
Hibbs	1	0	8	1	-	-

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A heavy shower of rain forced players from the field shortly before stumps on the second day with Buller just 3 runs away from an outright win
In the West Coast (South Island) second innings LRH Bunt was caught by Halsall but it is not known which Halsall took the catch
Buller retained the Forrest Cup