f31367 ps546	Northern Districts v Canterbury
	Shell Cup 1976/77
Venue	Cobham Oval, Whangarei on 26th, 27th, 28th December 1976 (3-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Northern Districts won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Points	Northern Districts 8 (Batting 4, Bowling 4); Canterbury 9 (Batting 5, Bowling 4)
Umpires	BA Bricknell, RW Norris
Close of play day 1	Northern Districts (1) 31/0 (Turner 13*, Howarth 14*)
Close of play day 2	Canterbury (2) 64/1 (Coman 32*, Congdon 1*)
Player of the Match	ML Ryan

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Canterbury first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BG Hadlee	lbw b Stimpson	6
PG Coman	c MJE Wright b Stimpson	26
BE Congdon	c MJE Wright b Cunis	88
BF Hastings	c Turner b Roberts	25
NM Parker	b Stimpson	5
DW Stead	c Parker b Stimpson	2
*+ML Ryan	not out	93
RJ Hadlee	c MJE Wright b Collinge	32
DR Hadlee	b Collinge	10
SL Boock	b Roberts	16
LJ Forde	did not bat
Extras	(9 b, 17 lb)	26
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 66.3 overs)	329
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-41, 3-112, 4-133, 5-135, 6-182, 7-253, 8-279, 9-329 (66.3 ov)

Northern Districts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Collinge	19	3	93	2	-	-
Stimpson	17	0	89	4	-	-
Cunis	15	1	57	1	-	-
Roberts	6.3	0	19	2	-	-
Dickeson	9	0	45	0	-	-

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Northern Districts first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GM Turner	c Parker b Boock	89
GP Howarth	c Ryan b DR Hadlee	24
JG Wright	lbw b DR Hadlee	28
JM Parker	c Ryan b DR Hadlee	2
ADG Roberts	lbw b DR Hadlee	29
RW Fulton	b RJ Hadlee	54
+MJE Wright	c Boock b Congdon	18
CW Dickeson	run out	9
RO Collinge	c Parker b DR Hadlee	2
AJP Stimpson	not out	0
RS Cunis	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 7 lb, 8 nb)	18
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 74.2 overs)	273
Fall of wickets:
1-56, 2-119, 3-125, 4-183, 5-183, 6-227, 7-263, 8-267, 9-273 (74.2 ov)

Canterbury bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
RJ Hadlee	21.2	2	73	1	-	-
Forde	10	2	25	0	-	-
DR Hadlee	23	4	75	5	-	-
Boock	15	4	57	1	-	-
Congdon	5	1	25	1	-	-

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Canterbury second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BG Hadlee	c MJE Wright b Cunis	27
PG Coman	c JG Wright b Cunis	104
BE Congdon	c MJE Wright b Stimpson	12
BF Hastings	b Dickeson	38
NM Parker	not out	43
DW Stead	did not bat
*+ML Ryan	did not bat
RJ Hadlee	did not bat
DR Hadlee	did not bat
SL Boock	did not bat
LJ Forde	did not bat
Extras	(7 lb, 1 nb)	8
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 54 overs)	232
Fall of wickets:
1-62, 2-77, 3-156, 4-232 (54 ov)

Northern Districts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Collinge	5	1	20	0	-	-
Stimpson	18	1	95	1	-	-
Cunis	14	2	43	2	-	-
Roberts	5	0	15	0	-	-
Dickeson	12	1	51	1	-	-

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Northern Districts second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JG Wright	not out	11
+MJE Wright	st Ryan b Boock	7
GP Howarth	not out	4
*GM Turner	did not bat
JM Parker	did not bat
ADG Roberts	did not bat
RW Fulton	did not bat
CW Dickeson	did not bat
RO Collinge	did not bat
AJP Stimpson	did not bat
RS Cunis	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb, 1 nb)	6
Total	(1 wicket, 8.1 overs)	28
Fall of wickets:
1-23 (MJE Wright)

Canterbury bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
RJ Hadlee	4.1	1	11	0	-	-
Forde	3	2	5	0	-	-
Boock	1	0	6	1	-	-

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Notes
--> Each first innings was limited to 75 overs
--> ML Ryan (1) passed 2000 runs in Plunket Shield matches when he reached 72
--> GM Turner (1) passed 23500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 55
--> PG Coman (2) passed his previous highest score of 103 in First-Class matches
--> PG Coman (2) passed his previous highest score of 103 in Plunket Shield matches
--> DR Hadlee reached 250 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Northern Districts first innings

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