hawke529	Southland v Hutt Valley
	Hawke Cup 1976/77 (Challenge Match)
Venue	Queen's Park, Invercargill on 14th, 15th, 16th January 1977 (3-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Southland won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	RG Condliffe, AJ Watkins
Close of play day 1
Close of play day 2	Hutt Valley (1) 12/1 (RW Smith 6*, Topp 3*; 9 overs)

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Southland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CW Lindsay	c RW Smith b Forde	5
+NR Thompson	c McGregor b Ridley	26
RW Anderson	b McGregor	43
RJ Verrall	c White b McGregor	35
BJ McKechnie	c Hewson b Ridley	20
DS Cocks	c Forde b Ridley	2
*GD Alabaster	c Topp b BD Smith	20
RJ Hill	not out	30
KA Nicholson	lbw b Forde	18
GB Thomson	lbw b Ridley	9
C Hampton	c Hewson b White	0
Extras	(5 b, 13 lb, 1 nb)	19
Total	(all out, 102.7 overs)	227
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-65, 3-113, 4-123, 5-130, 6-156, 7-164, 8-186, 9-217, 10-227 (102.7 ov)

Hutt Valley bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
White	10.7	0	33	1	-	-
Forde	12	3	31	2	-	-
Ridley	38	13	67	4	-	-
McGregor	24	9	41	2	-	-
BD Smith	16	6	36	1	-	-
FP Smith	2	2	0	0	-	-

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Hutt Valley first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RW Smith	[dismissal not known]	6
GA Newdick	[dismissal not known]	3
JP Topp	[dismissal not known]	3
BD Smith	did not bat
BAH Forward	did not bat
*PB McGregor	did not bat
AR Hewson	did not bat
HM Ridley	did not bat
FP Smith	did not bat
RG White	did not bat
JF Forde	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(1 wicket, 9 overs)	12
Fall of wickets:
1-8

Southland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thomson	5	1	12	0	-	-
Nicholson	4	4	0	1	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.

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