hawke154	Marlborough v Nelson
	Hawke Cup 1947/48 (Elimination Match)
Venue	Horton Park, Blenheim on 19th, 20th December 1947 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Nelson won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Nelson won by an innings and 22 runs
Close of play day 1	Marlborough (1) 94 all out

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Nelson first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+GS Botting	lbw b AJ Neal	15		37
TR Vaughan	lbw b Gemmell	19		20
FC Congdon	run out	19
CA Davies	b Sowman	25
BG Gully	b Sowman	24
WAC Smith	st Bonsall b Sowman	45
IB Leggat	lbw b Sowman	0
NE Avery	b Fisher	69
IH Ching	b Fisher	31
ED Cederman	b AJ Neal	0
*J Newman	not out	6
Extras	(18 b, 2 lb, 2 nb)	22
Total	(all out, 94 overs)	275
Fall of wickets:
1-25 (Vaughan), 2-34 (Botting), 3-71 (Davies), 4-83 (Congdon), 5-125 (Gully), 6-127 (Leggat), 7-199 (Smith), 8-255, 9-262, 10-275 (94 ov)

Marlborough bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sowman	32	3	90	4	-	-
Gemmell	23	3	71	1	-	-
AJ Neal	22	5	50	2	-	-
Roche	3	1	8	0	-	-
Fisher	10	3	19	2	-	-
RB Neal	4	0	15	0	-	-

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Marlborough first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
J Laird	lbw b Newman	9
J Griffiths	b Avery	2
AJ Neal	b Newman	55
RB Neal	b Newman	0	1	1	-	-
+GH Bonsall	b Newman	0	1	1	-	-
DW Gemmell	b Newman	5
IA Neal	b Leggat	7
B Fisher	lbw b Newman	8
GT Sowman	b Newman	0
G Thorpe	b Cederman	2
WM Roche	not out	0
Extras	(6 b)	6
Total	(all out, 36 overs)	94
Fall of wickets:
1-9 (Griffiths), 2-19 (Laird), 3-19 (RB Neal), 4-19 (Bonsall), 5-33 (Gemmell), 6-44 (IA Neal), 7-57 (Fisher), 8-65 (Sowman), 9-83 (Thorpe), 10-94 (AJ Neal, 36 ov)

Nelson bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Avery	7	1	22	1	-	-
Newman	15	5	18	7	-	-
Leggat	8	0	29	1	-	-
Cederman	3	2	1	1	-	-
Gully	3	0	18	0	-	-

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Marlborough second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
J Laird	b Newman	1
J Griffiths	run out	21
AJ Neal	c Botting b Davies	30
DW Gemmell	c Botting b Leggat	15
+GH Bonsall	c Newman b Davies	5
G Thorpe	c Newman b Avery	41
RB Neal	lbw b Newman	25
IA Neal	b Newman	8
B Fisher	st Botting b Newman	0	1	1	-	-
GT Sowman	b Newman	0	1	1	-	-
WM Roche	not out	8
Extras	(2 b, 2 lb, 1 nb)	5
Total	(all out, 64.1 overs)	159
Fall of wickets:
1-13 (Laird), 2-43 (Griffiths), 3-53 (AJ Neal), 4-59 (Bonsall), 5-86 (Gemmell), 6-142 (RB Neal), 7-150 (IA Neal), 8-150 (Fisher), 9-150 (Sowman), 10-159 (Thorpe, 64.1 ov)

Nelson bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Leggat	15	3	31	1	-	-
Newman	21	7	44	5	-	1
Avery	6.1	1	9	1	-	-
Davies	8	1	11	2	-	-
Gully	10	0	49	0	-	-
Congdon	3	0	9	0	-	-
Smith	1	0	1	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> J Newman completed a hat-trick in the Marlborough first innings (J Laird, RB Neal, GH Bonsall)
--> J Newman completed a hat-trick in the Marlborough second innings (IA Neal, B Fisher, GT Sowman)

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