hawke504	Marlborough v North Canterbury
	Hawke Cup 1975/76 (Elimination Match)
Venue	Horton Park, Blenheim on 6th, 7th December 1975 (2-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	North Canterbury won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn (North Canterbury won on first innings)
Umpires	TB Lowe, Wratt
Close of play day 1	Marlborough (1) 18/1 (Dryland 10, Aberhart 0)

North Canterbury first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+PR Williams	c Francis b Thomas	30		154	-	-
AJ Jenkins	c Hill b Kerr	29		80	4	-
PW Jenkins	c Hill b Hutchison	38		56	5	-
PC Devlin	c Francis b Hutchison	1		41	-	-
RJ Sowden	c Francis b Thomas	14		32	2	-
RC Merrin	not out	85		187	9	1
*SJ Ryan	lbw b Aberhart	14		61	2	-
TJ Masefield	c GR Neal b Sowman	2		30	-	-
WH Newton	run out	3		22	-	-
CJ Heslop	run out (Hill)	7		30	1	-
SR McNally	b Kerr	7		36	1	-
Extras	(6 b, 6 lb)	12
Total	(all out, 96.2 overs)	242
Fall of wickets:
1-49 (AJ Jenkins), 2-98 (PW Jenkins), 3-102 (Williams), 4-116 (Devlin), 5-118 (Sowden), 6-151 (Ryan), 7-170 (Masefield), 8-182 (Newton), 9-209 (Heslop), 10-242 (McNally, 96.2 ov)

Marlborough first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MD Catley	c Sowden b Heslop	6		37	-	-
OF Dryland	b Merrin	17		70	2	-
DC Aberhart	b Sowden	19		68	4	-
AJ Hill	c Williams b Heslop	32		131	4	-
DW Neal	b Sowden	0	3	4	-	-
RW Hutchison	c and b Heslop	17		54	2	-
GR Neal	c AJ Jenkins b Heslop	24		74	2	-
RI Thomas	c Newton b Heslop	19		17	4	-
*AT Sowman	not out	43		93	5	1
B Kerr	c Williams b McNally	29		85	5	-
+P Francis	c Merrin b McNally	0		5	-	-
Extras	(3 b, 1 lb, 5 nb)	9
Total	(all out, 75.1 overs)	215
Fall of wickets:
1-18 (Catley), 2-43 (Dryland), 3-46 (Aberhart), 4-46 (DW Neal), 5-79 (Hutchison), 6-115 (Hill), 7-139 (Thomas), 8-141 (GR Neal), 9-214 (Kerr), 10-215 (Francis, 75.1 ov)

Gaining the first innings lead meant that North Canterbury qualified for a Hawke Cup Challenge