hawke181	Nelson v Marlborough
	Hawke Cup 1950/51 (Elimination Match)
Venue	Memorial Park, Motueka on 8th, 9th December 1950 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Marlborough won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Nelson won by 7 wickets
Umpires	EF Bisley, GNH Gillett
Close of play day 1	Marlborough (2) 19/1 (Maher 5*, AJ Neal 9*)

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Marlborough first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JJ Maher	b Ching	23		73
JR Barnett	c Leggat b Challies	4
AJ Neal	c Hunter b Challies	16
GK Millard	lbw b Challies	2
J Forsyth	b Challies	7
J Griffiths	b Leggat	8
AC Arnesen	b Leggat	4
*GF Cresswell	c Ching b Leggat	7
R Knight	b Leggat	7
TR Neal	not out	1
KH Robinson	c Newport b Leggat	4
Extras	(10 b, 4 lb)	14
Total	(all out, 55.1 overs)	97
Fall of wickets:
1-33 (Maher), 2-39 (Barnett), 3-49 (Millard), 4-54 (AJ Neal), 5-63 (Forsyth), 6-71 (Griffiths), 7-74 (Arnesen), 8-86 (Knight), 9-91 (Cresswell), 10-97 (Robinson, 55.1 ov)

Nelson bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Leggat	14.1	5	33	5	-	-
Hall	6	3	4	0	-	-
Ching	15	8	15	1	-	-
Challies	20	8	31	4	-	-

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Nelson first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AA Hunter	b TR Neal	8			1	-
KIW Newport	b TR Neal	4			1	-
S Wilde	lbw b TR Neal	0			-	-
IH Ching	b Cresswell	6
*A Newman	lbw b Robinson	20
FJ Bowers	lbw b Cresswell	1
IB Leggat	b Cresswell	49
BG Gully	b TR Neal	6
+GS Botting	b TR Neal	0	1	1	-	-
RS Challies	c TR Neal b Cresswell	1
JL Hall	not out	3
Extras	(1 b, 5 lb)	6
Total	(all out, 45.1 overs)	104
Fall of wickets:
1-12 (Newport), 2-12 (Wilde), 3-17 (Hunter), 4-23 (Ching), 5-25 (Bowers), 6-73 (Newman), 7-100 (Gully), 8-100 (Botting), 9-101 (Challies), 10-104 (Leggat, 45.1 ov)

Marlborough bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cresswell	21.1	5	49	4	-	-
TR Neal	19	4	29	5	-	-
Robinson	5	1	20	1	-	-

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Marlborough second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JJ Maher	b Challies	34		120
JR Barnett	c Leggat b Hall	4
AJ Neal	lbw b Challies	11
GK Millard	st Botting b Challies	0
J Forsyth	b Leggat	3
J Griffiths	b Leggat	22		126		1
AC Arnesen	b Leggat	18
*GF Cresswell	c Botting b Leggat	0
R Knight	b Leggat	0
TR Neal	not out	14
KH Robinson	b Hall	1
Extras	(11 b, 1 lb, 1 nb)	13
Total	(all out, 59.3 overs)	120
Fall of wickets:
1-5 (Barnett), 2-24 (AJ Neal), 3-28 (Millard), 4-33 (Forsyth), 5-61 (Maher), 6-94 (Arnesen), 7-94 (Cresswell), 8-94 (Knight), 9-117 (Griffiths), 10-120 (Robinson, 59.3 ov)

Nelson bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Leggat	20	8	25	5	-	-
Hall	8.3	3	14	2	-	-
Challies	18	3	40	3	-	-
Hunter	8	3	25	0	-	-
Ching	5	2	3	0	-	-

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Nelson second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
KIW Newport	b Robinson	24		62
AA Hunter	b TR Neal	0
S Wilde	lbw b TR Neal	1
IH Ching	not out	75		80	13	-
*A Newman	not out	7
FJ Bowers	did not bat
IB Leggat	did not bat
BG Gully	did not bat
+GS Botting	did not bat
RS Challies	did not bat
JL Hall	did not bat
Extras	(11 b)	11
Total	(3 wickets, 27.2 overs)	118
Fall of wickets:
1-1 (Hunter), 2-17 (Wilde), 3-62 (Newport)

Marlborough bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
TR Neal	8	0	50	2	-	-
Cresswell	10	3	29	0	-	-
Robinson	6	0	21	1	-	-
AJ Neal	3.2	1	7	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> Day 1 Lunch: Marlborough (1) 58/4 (Forsyth 4*, Griffiths 2*; 39 overs)
--> Day 2 Lunch: Marlborough (2) 94/5 (Griffiths ?*, Arnesen 18*)
--> Nelson first innings: 50 in 85 minutes

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