hawke159	West Coast (South Island) v Nelson
	Hawke Cup 1947/48 (Elimination Match)
Venue	Recreation Ground, Greymouth on 3rd, 4th January 1948 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	West Coast (South Island) won by 1 wicket
Umpires	R Baird, ER Neale
Close of play day 1

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Nelson first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WAC Smith	b Abelson	2
+GS Botting	b Dewar	19
IB Leggat	lbw b Abelson	0
A Newman	run out	5
CA Davies	c Lee b Lindley	41
BG Gully	st Vernon b Lindley	7
IH Ching	c Donaldson b Lindley	5
TAM Vass	st Vernon b Lindley	7
*J Newman	b Lindley	9
JL Hall	run out	0
WD Irvine	not out	0
Extras	(5 b, 2 lb)	7
Total	(all out, 51.2 overs)	102
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-14, 3-22, 4-72, 5-76, 6-81, 7-86, 8-100, 9-100, 10-102 (51.2 ov)

West Coast (South Island) bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Abelson	15	5	21	2	-	-
Lee	6	0	17	0	-	-
Dewar	9	3	22	1	-	-
Lindley	18.2	6	27	5	-	-
Peake	3	1	8	0	-	-

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West Coast (South Island) first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WA Meates	lbw b Hall	2
FW Pascoe	st Botting b Leggat	9
OJ Morris	b Hall	0
ML Marshall	lbw b J Newman	6
RH Donaldson	b A Newman	14
JW Peake	run out	3
CD Dewar	lbw b Leggat	12
LC Lindley	lbw b J Newman	1
+HMR Vernon	c Vass b Hall	4
AJ Abelson	b J Newman	2
R Lee	not out	7
Extras	(2 b, 5 lb, 2 nb)	9
Total	(all out, 44.5 overs)	69
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-2, 3-10, 4-31, 5-38, 6-38, 7-40, 8-49, 9-53, 10-69 (44.5 ov)

Nelson bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hall	15	7	13	3	-	2
J Newman	19	6	30	3	-	-
Leggat	7.5	3	12	2	-	-
A Newman	3	1	5	1	-	-

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Nelson second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WAC Smith	b Lee	0
+GS Botting	b Dewar	9
IB Leggat	c Meates b Dewar	13
A Newman	hit wkt b Lindley	10
CA Davies	b Lindley	9
BG Gully	b Lindley	21
IH Ching	b Abelson	0
TAM Vass	c Donaldson b Lindley	12
*J Newman	b Lindley	5
JL Hall	not out	8
WD Irvine	c Marshall b Lindley	1
Extras	(5 b, 10 lb)	15
Total	(all out, 55.3 overs)	103
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-26, 3-30, 4-43, 5-57, 6-63, 7-75, 8-89, 9-92, 10-103 (55.3 ov)

West Coast (South Island) bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Abelson	12	5	17	1	-	-
Lee	12	4	19	1	-	-
Dewar	11	1	27	2	-	-
Lindley	20.3	11	25	6	-	-

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West Coast (South Island) second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WA Meates	c and b J Newman	11
FW Pascoe	b J Newman	0
OJ Morris	b J Newman	4
ML Marshall	st Botting b Leggat	1
RH Donaldson	c Smith b J Newman	1
JW Peake	c Smith b Leggat	13
CD Dewar	not out	60
LC Lindley	c Hall b J Newman	1
+HMR Vernon	b Gully	33
AJ Abelson	c A Newman b J Newman	6
R Lee	not out	5
Extras	(2 b, 4 lb, 2 nb)	8
Total	(9 wickets, 53 overs)	143
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-10, 3-13, 4-14, 5-21, 6-43, 7-44, 8-106, 9-123

Nelson bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hall	17	4	48	0	-	2
J Newman	22	6	38	6	-	-
Leggat	6	0	18	2	-	-
A Newman	5	2	13	0	-	-
Gully	3	0	18	1	-	-

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Notes
--> West Coast (South Island) batted on after winning
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.

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