misc603812	North Canterbury v Buller
	Other matches in New Zealand 1976/77
Venue	Dudley Park, Rangiora on 26th February 1977 (2-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Toss not known
Result	North Canterbury won by 9 wickets

North Canterbury first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TA Turner	c Atkin b Campbell	0			-	-
PC Devlin	b McGuire	54			5	-
MT Johnston	run out	13			1	-
RJ Sowden	c Mordy b Campbell	23			5	-
*RC Merrin	b McGuire	49			5	1
+PR Williams	not out	11			1	-
BF Hawkins	not out	1			-	-
CJ Heslop	did not bat
MM Stapylton-Smith	did not bat
AJ Devlin	did not bat
SR McNally	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 3 lb, 1 w)	9
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 32 overs)	160
Fall of wickets:
1-0 (Turner), 2-31 (Johnston), 3-73 (Sowden), 4-134 (PC Devlin), 5-153 (Merrin)

Buller second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
KP Scanlon	b Merrin	3			-	-
RP Mumm	b McNally	2			-	-
BW McGuire	b McNally	4			-	-
RM Atkin	c PC Devlin b AJ Devlin	8			-	-
*A Ireland	b Merrin	33			3	-
RJ Hibbs	b AJ Devlin	0			-	-
MH Mordy	b AJ Devlin	33			3	-
PM Dooley	run out	2			-	-
I Campbell	b Merrin	0			-	-
J Bonner	c Turner b Sowden	4			-	-
WB Townrow	not out	1			-	-
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb, 6 nb)	8
Total	(all out, 32.2 overs)	98
Fall of wickets:
1-6 (Mumm), 2-13 (Scanlon), 3-13 (McGuire), 4-31 (Atkin), 5-31 (Hibbs), 6-63 (Ireland), 7-70 (Dooley), 8-71 (Campbell), 9-92 (Bonner), 10-98 (Mordy, 32.2 ov)

North Canterbury second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CJ Heslop	run out	2			-	-
MM Stapylton-Smith	not out	1		3	-	-
+PR Williams	not out	0	0		-	-
TA Turner	did not bat
PC Devlin	did not bat
MT Johnston	did not bat
RJ Sowden	did not bat
*RC Merrin	did not bat
BF Hawkins	did not bat
AJ Devlin	did not bat
SR McNally	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(1 wicket, 3 minutes, 0.7 overs)	3
Fall of wickets:
1-2 (Heslop)

Notes
--> The match was scheduled for two days but completed in one.