misc603757	Poverty Bay v Midlands and Thames Valley
	Other matches in New Zealand 1976/77
Venue	Harry Barker Reserve, Gisborne on 30th November, 1st December 1976 (2-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Match drawn (Midlands and Thames Valley won on first innings)
Close of play day 1	Midlands and Thames Valley (1) 198/7 (Griffiths 10*, Collier 1*; 61 overs)

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Midlands and Thames Valley first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AR Williams	lbw b Barton	23
DJ Morrison	c Morley b Allen	6
DJ Knowles	c Morley b Barton	1
BC Speechlay	lbw b Barton	2
+WT Murdock	c Broughton b Hansen	95			11	-
RJ Nixon	c Morley b Barton	44			6	-
RJ Griffiths	[dismissal not known]	18
TG Beatson	lbw b Hansen	0
AR Collier	[dismissal not known]	8
JF O'Connor	not out	5
PJ Davison	[dismissal not known]	3
Extras		18
Total	(all out)	223
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-50, 5-171, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-223

Poverty Bay bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Allen	8	0	26	1	-	-
Barton	?	?	60	5	-	-
Broughton	4	0	13	0	-	-
Hansen	?	?	54	4	-	-
Masefield	9	0	52	0	-	-

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Poverty Bay first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TW Payne	c Davison b O'Connor	10
RD Broughton	lbw b Griffiths	23
*RW Fulton	c Morrison b Collier	30			6	-
KC White	b Griffiths	0
NP Singh	b Griffiths	0
PH Barton	c Williams b Collier	45			5	-
RV Masefield	b Collier	8
RD Corbin	b Griffiths	12
PC Hansen	not out	11
+D Morley	c Williams b Collier	1
K Allen	absent hurt
Extras		6
Total	(all out, 55 overs)	146
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-146 (55 ov)

Midlands and Thames Valley bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Griffiths	13	3	32	4	-	-
O'Connor	7	2	20	1	-	-
Davison	15	6	28	0	-	-
Collier	17	6	48	4	-	-
Beatson	3	0	12	0	-	-

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Midlands and Thames Valley second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AR Williams	not out	49			7	-
DJ Morrison	not out	40			8	-
DJ Knowles	did not bat
BC Speechlay	did not bat
+WT Murdock	did not bat
RJ Nixon	did not bat
RJ Griffiths	did not bat
TG Beatson	did not bat
AR Collier	did not bat
JF O'Connor	did not bat
PJ Davison	did not bat
Extras		10
Total	(no wicket, 24 overs)	99

Poverty Bay bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Masefield	12	6	27	0	-	-
Broughton	4	1	16	0	-	-
Corbin	5	0	26	0	-	-
White	3	0	20	0	-	-

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WT Murdock and RJ Nixon added 121 for the fifth wicket in the Midlands and Thames Valley first innings
On the first day rain stopped play at 3.25pm
The continuation of the Midlands and Thames Valley first innings on the second morning was not included in the newspaper report with Barton taking 1 more wicket and Hansen 2 wickets (their bowling figures on the first day were: Barton 20 overs, 6 maidens, 56 runs, 4 wickets; Hansen 20, 6, 35, 2)
AR Williams and DJ Morrison put on 99 (undefeated) for the first wicket in the Midlands and Thames Valley second innings
The combined team contained 5 players from Midlands (Beatson, Griffiths, Murdock, Nixon and Williams) and 6 from Thames Valley (Collier, Davison, Knowles, Morrison, O'Connor and Speechlay)
This was a second round match in the annual Northern Districts tournament
Points: Poverty Bay 1, Midlands and Thames Valley 5