a2576	Otago v Wellington
	National Knockout 1979/80 (Semi-Final)
Venue	Logan Park, Dunedin on 9th December 1979 (50-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Otago won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Otago won by losing fewer wickets
Umpires	RW Hall, AL Turner
Player of the Match	WL Blair

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Otago innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
GM Turner	c Taylor b Chatfield	8
SJ McCullum	b Taylor	8
IA Rutherford	c Wilson b Coney	17
WL Blair	c Vance b Chatfield	102
BR Blair	not out	67
BL Cairns	c Edgar b Coney	7
*+WK Lees	not out	11
PW Hills	did not bat
GC Osborne	did not bat
GB Thomson	did not bat
SL Boock	did not bat
Extras	(3 lb)	3
Total	(5 wickets, innings closed, 50 overs)	223
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-17, 3-94, 4-182, 5-189

Wellington bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Chatfield	10	1	38	2	-	-	30.00	3.80
Taylor	10	2	15	1	-	-	60.00	1.50
Cater	7	1	29	0	-	-	-	4.14
Allen	6	0	38	0	-	-	-	6.33
Coney	10	0	59	2	-	-	30.00	5.90
Gray	6	0	31	0	-	-	-	5.17
Morrison	1	0	10	0	-	-	-	10.00

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Wellington innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
AM Wilson	c Turner b Cairns	0
GA Newdick	c Hills b Osborne	66
+RH Vance	c McCullum b Osborne	32
BR Taylor	lbw b Osborne	1
BA Edgar	lbw b Thomson	29
JV Coney	c Lees b Cairns	52
*JFM Morrison	c Osborne b Thomson	5
EJ Gray	not out	22
GS Allen	lbw b Thomson	3
SB Cater	run out	1
EJ Chatfield	did not bat
Extras	(12 lb)	12
Total	(9 wickets, innings closed, 50 overs)	223
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-63, 3-67, 4-126, 5-145, 6-151, 7-204, 8-218, 9-223 (50 ov)

Otago bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Cairns	10	2	45	2	-	-	30.00	4.50
Hills	10	1	42	0	-	-	-	4.20
Boock	10	2	22	0	-	-	-	2.20
Osborne	10	0	63	3	-	-	20.00	6.30
Thomson	10	1	39	3	-	-	20.00	3.90

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Notes
--> AM Wilson made his debut in List A matches
--> AM Wilson made his last appearance in List A matches
--> GS Allen made his last appearance in List A matches
--> WL Blair passed his previous highest score of 42 in List A matches
--> WL Blair made his first century in List A matches
--> BR Blair passed his previous highest score of 32 in List A matches
--> GA Newdick passed his previous highest score of 56 in List A matches

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