hawke563	Southland v Central Otago
	Hawke Cup 1977/78 (Elimination Match)
Venue	Queen's Park, Invercargill on 10th, 11th December 1977 (2-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Match drawn (Central Otago won on first innings)
Umpires	NF Tapper, AJ Watkins
Close of play day 1	Southland (1) 23/2 (Murdoch ?*, McKechnie ?*)

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Central Otago first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CW Buttar	c McKechnie b Stevenson	35
+JH McCall	c Murdoch b Thomson	6
J Barrie	c Stevenson b McKechnie	3
BK McSkimming	c Verrall b Thomson	7
NT Muir	b Stevenson	26
TD Sutherland	run out	20
LE Anderson	b Stevenson	14
SH McSkimming	c Verrall b Thomson	3
DM McCall	not out	20
L Robertson	b Hills	6
AJ McHutchon	c Stevenson b McKechnie	1
Extras	(6 b, 6 lb, 1 nb)	13
Total	(all out, 65.2 overs)	154
Fall of wickets:
1-13 (JH McCall), 2-20 (Barrie), 3-27 (BK McSkimming), 4-69, 5-100, 6-109, 7-119, 8-122, 9-147, 10-154 (65.2 ov)

Southland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thomson	20	7	28	3	-	-
McKechnie	12.2	4	29	2	-	-
Stevenson	20	4	47	3	-	-
Hills	11	3	33	1	-	-
Cocks	2	0	4	0	-	-

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Southland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GJ Dawson	c Muir b Anderson	7
RJ Verrall	lbw b Sutherland	10
DR Murdoch	b Anderson	19
BJ McKechnie	c JH McCall b Anderson	11
IH Donaldson	b Anderson	4
+RN Hoskin	lbw b McHutchon	20
JK Lindsay	c SH McSkimming b Sutherland	14		22
*DS Cocks	c JH McCall b McHutchon	8
GB Thomson	b McHutchon	2
PW Hills	c McHutchon b Sutherland	3
JS Stevenson	not out	0
Extras	(1 b, 3 lb, 7 nb, 1 w)	12
Total	(all out, 39.3 overs)	110
Fall of wickets:
1-9 (Dawson), 2-21 (Verrall), 3-41, 4-58, 5-63, 6-87, 7-94, 8-105, 9-110, 10-110 (39.3 ov)

Central Otago bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sutherland	20	7	54	3	-	-
Anderson	15	4	36	4	-	-
McHutchon	4.3	1	8	3	-	-

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Central Otago second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+JH McCall	lbw b Stevenson	7
CW Buttar	b McKechnie	2
J Barrie	not out	106		160	14	-
BK McSkimming	not out	36
NT Muir	did not bat
TD Sutherland	did not bat
LE Anderson	did not bat
SH McSkimming	did not bat
DM McCall	did not bat
L Robertson	did not bat
AJ McHutchon	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 2 lb, 2 nb)	7
Total	(2 wickets, 44 overs)	158
Fall of wickets:
1-5 (Buttar), 2-38 (JH McCall)

Southland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thomson	10	7	19	0	-	-
McKechnie	7	2	19	1	-	-
Hills	6	1	23	0	-	-
Stevenson	9	2	35	1	-	-
Lindsay	9	1	37	0	-	-
Cocks	3	0	17	0	-	-

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Notes
--> Bowling in the Central Otago second innings adds 1 run under

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On the first day rain interrupted play for 82 minutes during the first session and there were several other short interruptions during the match
J Barrie and BK McSkimming added 120 (undefeated) for the third wicket in the Central Otago second innings