misc603473	Hutt Valley v Wellington City
	Other matches in New Zealand 1973/74
Venue	Hutt Recreation Ground, Lower Hutt on 25th, 26th November 1973 (2-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Hutt Valley won the toss and decided to field
Result	Wellington City won by 3 runs
Close of play day 1	Hutt Valley (1) 59/2 (Coley 11*, Hewson 10*; 13 overs)

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Wellington City first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GP Bilby	b Chatfield	0
RW Smith	b Chatfield	30
JV Coney	c Therkleson b McGregor	38
BD Smith	st Therkleson b Robinson	66	110	116	11	-
BW Cederwall	not out	22
*BR Taylor	c Hewson b Robinson	4			1	-
PJ Malcon	b Chatfield	0
T Vaikvee	c Mason b Chatfield	2
SB Cater	c Coley b Robinson	0
+IH Storkey	did not bat
DJ Alpe	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 3 lb, 4 nb)	12
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 43.2 overs)	174
Fall of wickets:
1-5 (Bilby), 2-55 (RW Smith), 3-103 (Coney), 4-167 (BD Smith), 5-171 (Taylor), 6-172 (Malcon), 7-174 (Vaikvee), 8-174 (Cater, 43.2 ov)

Hutt Valley bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Chatfield	16	2	47	4	-	-
Johnson	5	2	17	0	-	-
Cox	8	1	38	0	-	-
McGregor	6	3	25	1	-	-
Robinson	8.2	1	35	3	-	-

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Hutt Valley first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GA Newdick	lbw b Cater	8
BJ Middleton	c Alpe b Taylor	24
BD Coley	b Cater	20
AR Hewson	st Storkey b Vaikvee	39
PB McGregor	not out	36			7	-
*IR Mason	not out	43
+IJ Therkleson	did not bat
RD Cox	did not bat
EJ Chatfield	did not bat
RH Robinson	did not bat
GP Johnson	did not bat
Extras	(7 b, 6 lb, 1 w)	14
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 52 overs)	184
Fall of wickets:
1-32 (Newdick), 2-38 (Middleton), 3-85 (Coley), 4-106 (Hewson)

Wellington City bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Taylor	6	1	21	1	-	-
Cater	12	3	44	2	-	-
Alpe	9	2	39	0	-	-
Vaikvee	11	3	31	1	-	-
BD Smith	14	5	35	0	-	-

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Wellington City second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GP Bilby	b Chatfield	9
RW Smith	b Chatfield	10
PJ Malcon	c Chatfield b Newdick	9
JV Coney	not out	102			10	2
BD Smith	not out	51			7	-
BW Cederwall	did not bat
*BR Taylor	did not bat
T Vaikvee	did not bat
SB Cater	did not bat
+IH Storkey	did not bat
DJ Alpe	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(3 wickets, declared, 37.2 overs)	182
Fall of wickets:
1-10 (Bilby), 2-23 (RW Smith), 3-68 (Malcon)

Hutt Valley bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Chatfield	8	0	36	2	-	-
Johnson	8	2	14	0	-	-
Robinson	6.2	1	35	0	-	-
McGregor	2	1	2	0	-	-
Newdick	9	1	58	1	-	-
Coley	4	0	36	0	-	-

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Hutt Valley second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BJ Middleton	c Vaikvee b Alpe	35
GA Newdick	c Bilby b Alpe	0
BD Coley	c Taylor b BD Smith	44		77	5	-
AR Hewson	b Vaikvee	1
PB McGregor	st Storkey b Vaikvee	0
*IR Mason	b Taylor	19
+IJ Therkleson	b Taylor	50		34	8	-
RD Cox	lbw b Taylor	0
EJ Chatfield	lbw b BD Smith	11
RH Robinson	not out	3
GP Johnson	c Cater b BD Smith	1
Extras	(2 b, 3 lb)	5
Total	(all out, 30 overs)	169
Fall of wickets:
1-0 (Newdick), 2-71 (Middleton), 3-74 (Hewson), 4-76 (McGregor), 5-94 (Coley), 6-144 (Mason), 7-144 (Cox), 8-157 (Therkleson), 9-167 (Chatfield), 10-169 (Johnson, 29.8 ov)

Wellington City bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cater	6	1	39	0	-	-
Alpe	7	2	21	2	-	-
Taylor	3	0	14	3	-	-
BD Smith	7	0	45	3	-	-
Vaikvee	6	1	35	2	-	-
Coney	1	0	10	0	-	-

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Heavy rain delayed the start of the match until 1.20pm on the first day
JV Coney and BD Smith added 102 (undefeated) for the fourth wicket in the Wellington City second innings
Hutt Valley were given 130 minutes to score 173 to win the match outright
SB Cater effected a well-judged running catch on the square leg boundary from the last ball of the match which gave Wellington City the outright win