misc603137	Hutt Valley v Wellington City
	Other matches in New Zealand 1969/70
Venue	Hutt Recreation Ground, Lower Hutt on 26th, 27th November 1969 (2-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Hutt Valley won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	[unknown], AC Keegan
Close of play day 1	Hutt Valley (1) 227/6 (Dick 23*, Murphy 0*; 66 overs)

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Hutt Valley first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PJC Coutts	lbw b Moss	13
GA Newdick	c Tindill b Bolton	62	188	231	5	-
IR Mason	b Moss	0	3	2	-	-
BD Smith	c Coles b Beban	66		112	10	-
DML Airey	c Smith b Beban	23
*AE Dick	b Bolton	23
+IJ Therkleson	c Smith b Beban	34
GB Murphy	c and b Bolton	7
GT McConnell	run out	12
IR Wheeler	not out	3
AM Reid	c Tindill b Bolton	0
Extras	(1 lb, 5 nb)	6
Total	(all out, 78.7 overs)	249
Fall of wickets:
1-17 (Coutts), 2-17 (Mason), 3-116 (Smith), 4-170 (Newdick), 5-170 (Airey), 6-219 (Therkleson), 7-227 (Dick), 8-245, 9-249, 10-249 (78.7 ov)

Wellington City bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Coles	12	2	44	0	-	-
Moss	7	0	26	2	-	-
Gowland	4	0	39	0	-	-
Beban	32	8	85	3	-	-
Bolton	23.7	6	49	4	-	-

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Wellington City first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JWJ Schofer	b Wheeler	4			1	-
RG Jefferson	c Therkleson b Reid	29	102	123
RW Smith	c Therkleson b Reid	5
JFM Morrison	c Newdick b Smith	58	147	151	5	-
JD Riley	c Smith b Murphy	6
*BA Bolton	b Murphy	22
+P Tindill	not out	5	92	75
MA Beban	c Newdick b Smith	0
MJ Coles	c Therkleson b Murphy	1
JR Moss	b Murphy	0
GH Gowland	b Smith	9
Extras	(11 b, 4 lb)	15
Total	(all out, 253 minutes, 63.6 overs)	154
Fall of wickets:
1-5 (Schofer), 2-14 (Smith), 3-61 (Jefferson), 4-76 (Riley), 5-121 (Morrison), 6-139 (Bolton), 7-140 (Beban), 8-141 (Coles), 9-141 (Moss), 10-154 (Gowland, 63.6 ov)

Hutt Valley bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Reid	13	2	39	2	-	-
Wheeler	10	0	34	1	-	-
Murphy	23	10	40	4	-	-
Smith	17.6	7	26	3	-	-

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Hutt Valley second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PJC Coutts	b Moss	22
GA Newdick	not out	22
IR Mason	not out	5
BD Smith	did not bat
DML Airey	did not bat
*AE Dick	did not bat
+IJ Therkleson	did not bat
GB Murphy	did not bat
GT McConnell	did not bat
IR Wheeler	did not bat
AM Reid	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb, 2 nb)	3
Total	(1 wicket, 13 overs)	52
Fall of wickets:
1-37 (Coutts)

Wellington City bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Coles	6	1	19	0	-	-
Moss	6	1	26	1	-	-
Gowland	1	0	4	0	-	-

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Notes
--> Day 1 Lunch: Hutt Valley (1) 116/2 (Newdick 34*, Smith 66*; 27 overs)
--> Day 2 Lunch: Wellington City (1) 41/2 (Jefferson 19*, Morrison 10*)
--> BD Smith (1) 50 in 84 minutes with 8 fours

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The match started 15 minutes late to allow mopping up operations to be completed following overnight rain
Despite light drizzle falling for much of the first day only 107 minutes were lost of the scheduled 420 minutes with play called off 55 minutes early when the drizzle turned to rain
GA Newdick and BD Smith added 99 in 112 minutes for the third wicket in the Hutt Valley first innings
IJ Therkleson scored 1 five in the Hutt Valley first innings when the bowler fielded the ball with a rag in his hand that Therkleson had played defensively back along the pitch
GT McConnell pulled a leg muscle during his innings of 12 and was unable to take his place in the field in the Wellington City first innings