hawke546	North Canterbury v Nelson
	Hawke Cup 1977/78 (Elimination Match)
Venue	Dudley Park, Rangiora on 12th, 13th November 1977 (2-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Match drawn (Nelson won on first innings)
Umpires	IC Higginson, DG McAllister
Close of play day 1

North Canterbury first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+PR Williams	c Guthardt b Aberhart	22		60	1	-
PC Devlin	c Schwass b Abbott	36		130	4	-
RJ Kerr	c Guthardt b Abbott	5		38	-	-
RJ Sowden	c Toynbee b Aberhart	7		36	1	-
MT Johnston	b Jamieson	2		36	-	-
AJ Jenkins	b Abbott	39		78	7	-
AJ Devlin	c and b Jamieson	18		128	2	-
*RC Merrin	c Guthardt b Jamieson	16		44	3	-
CJ Heslop	c Abbott b Jamieson	1		6	-	-
CM Abbott	c Briasco b Jamieson	8		38	1	-
MM Stapylton-Smith	not out	0		7	-	-
Extras	(7 b, 6 lb, 4 nb)	17
Total	(all out, 302 minutes, 62.3 overs)	171
Fall of wickets:
1-46 (Williams), 2-57 (Kerr), 3-78 (PC Devlin), 4-78 (Sowden), 5-94 (Johnston), 6-135 (Jenkins), 7-155 (Merrin), 8-157 (Heslop), 9-164 (AJ Devlin), 10-171 (Abbott, 62.3 ov)

Nelson first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JS Rackley	c Sowden b Merrin	9		18	2	-
BG Schwass	c Williams b Abbott	4		28	-	-
MH Toynbee	b Heslop	44		134	5	-
C Dodd	b Abbott	36		94	2	-
TB Horne	not out	46		113	5	-
PS Briasco	lbw b Merrin	11		37	1	-
*+DJ Guthardt	c Williams b Sowden	10		28	-	-
SJ Abbott	not out	12		20	2	-
MD Jamieson	did not bat
WM Aberhart	did not bat
LR Herron	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 3 nb)	4
Total	(6 wickets, 238 minutes, 48 overs)	176
Fall of wickets:
1-13 (Rackley), 2-21 (Schwass), 3-90 (Dodd), 4-108 (Toynbee), 5-131 (Briasco), 6-155 (Guthardt)

Rain prevented any play after lunch on the second day