misc603421	Poverty Bay v Bay of Plenty
	Rigden Shield 1972/73
Venue	Harry Barker Reserve, Gisborne on 28th, 29th January 1973 (2-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Match drawn (Bay of Plenty won on first innings)
Close of play day 1	Poverty Bay (1) 25/2 (Flecknor 11*, Leggat 6*; 15 overs)

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Bay of Plenty first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PG Whelan	c Flecknor b Jackman	123		276	17	-
BGL Webby	c Leggat b Penhearow	30		58
RA Shrimpton	lbw b Barton	2		10	-	-
BL Roderick	b Jenson	27
*SJ Harris	run out	14
GE Belhamine	lbw b Jenson	21
LD Andersen	not out	73		107	11	-
+PJ Kensington	not out	6
MA Bracewell	did not bat
JBR Park	did not bat
N Drummond	did not bat
Extras		21
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 292 minutes, 68 overs)	317
Fall of wickets:
1-51 (Webby), 2-58 (Shrimpton), 3-109 (Roderick), 4-151 (Harris), 5-179 (Belhamine), 6-293 (Whelan)

Poverty Bay bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Findon	10	1	40	0	-	-
Jackman	9	1	44	1	-	-
Barton	11	3	40	1	-	-
Penhearow	20	1	89	1	-	-
Jenson	14	2	57	2	-	-
Hooks	2	0	7	0	-	-
McFarlane	2	0	19	0	-	-

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Poverty Bay first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BA Cairns	lbw b Andersen	0
GW Flecknor	b Andersen	26
E Hooks	b Andersen	3
JFR Leggat	c Kensington b Bracewell	26
*RG Small	b Bracewell	4
JH McFarlane	not out	100		163	8	2
PH Barton	not out	85		151	10	-
P Findon	did not bat
B Jackman	did not bat
M Jenson	did not bat
RA Penhearow	did not bat
Extras		24
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 64 overs)	268
Fall of wickets:
1-? (Cairns), 2-? (Hooks), 3-?, 4-?, 5-71

Bay of Plenty bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bracewell	12	2	50	2	-	-
Andersen	14	5	31	3	-	-
Harris	15	2	72	0	-	-
Park	14	0	53	0	-	-
Drummond	9	1	38	0	-	-

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Bay of Plenty second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PG Whelan	run out	4
BGL Webby	b Barton	2
RA Shrimpton	c Leggat b Penhearow	18
BL Roderick	not out	31
GE Belhamine	not out	11
*SJ Harris	did not bat
LD Andersen	did not bat
+PJ Kensington	did not bat
MA Bracewell	did not bat
JBR Park	did not bat
N Drummond	did not bat
Extras		1
Total	(3 wickets, 19 overs)	67
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?

Poverty Bay bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Findon	4	0	16	0	-	-
Barton	5	0	13	1	-	-
Penhearow	6	1	28	1	-	-
Jackman	2	0	5	0	-	-
Jenson	2	0	4	0	-	-

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PG Whelan and LD Andersen added 114 in 92 minutes for the sixth wicket in the Bay of Plenty first innings
JH McFarlane and PH Barton added 197 in 151 minutes for the sixth wicket in the Poverty Bay first innings
The declaration by the Poverty Bay captain virtually guaranteed that Bay of Plenty would retain the Rigden Shield but he decided to try to gain an outright win
Rain forced the players from the field at 4.20pm on the second day and the match had to be abandoned
Bay of Plenty retained the Rigden Shield