misc603402	North Canterbury v Nelson
	Other matches in New Zealand 1972/73
Venue	Dudley Park, Rangiora on 16th, 17th December 1972 (2-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Match drawn
Close of play day 1	Nelson (1) 37/1 (Reade 16*, Rackley 16*; 16 overs)

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North Canterbury first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PR Williams	lbw b Morris	7		40	1	-
PC Devlin	c Horne b Morris	6		47	-	-
*SJ Blakely	c Burrows b Kinsella	42		116	5	-
RJ Sowden	c Burrows b Hampton	16		43	1	-
JJ Ryan	lbw b Douglas	16		87	1	-
TA Turner	b Herron	22		82	3	-
+RW Newton	c Burrows b Douglas	9		35	1	-
RC Merrin	b Douglas	3		6	-	-
WH Newton	b Hampton	39		75	6	-
CJ Heslop	c Rackley b Herron	5		23	1	-
MJ Beecroft	not out	11		31	2	-
Extras	(6 b, 11 lb, 1 nb)	18
Total	(all out, 76.7 overs)	193
Fall of wickets:
1-17 (Williams), 2-18 (Devlin), 3-50 (Sowden), 4-94 (Blakely), 5-100 (Ryan), 6-122 (RW Newton), 7-134 (Merrin), 8-142 (Turner), 9-162 (Heslop), 10-193 (WH Newton, 76.7 ov)

Nelson bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Kinsella	18	6	37	1	-	-
Morris	23	6	63	2	-	1
Douglas	17	7	31	3	-	-
Hampton	8.7	3	17	2	-	-
Herron	10	2	27	2	-	-

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Nelson first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LB Reade	not out	16		67	-	-
GN Edwards	run out	1		2	-	-
JS Rackley	not out	16		64	2	-
RA Pierce	did not bat
*BL Hampton	did not bat
GW Douglas	did not bat
TB Horne	did not bat
LR Herron	did not bat
+DN Burrows	did not bat
CR Morris	did not bat
DA Kinsella	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 2 lb)	4
Total	(1 wicket, 67 minutes, 16 overs)	37
Fall of wickets:
1-2 (Edwards)

North Canterbury bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Merrin	8	3	10	0	-	-
Sowden	4	2	15	0	-	-
Beecroft	2	0	8	0	-	-
Heslop	2	2	0	0	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> North Canterbury first innings batting adds 1 run over

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Rain prevented any play on the second day