misc603942	Northland v Midlands and Thames Valley
	Other matches in New Zealand 1978/79
Venue	Galloway Park, Hamilton on 7th, 8th December 1978 (2-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Match drawn (Northland won on first innings)
Close of play day 1	Midlands and Thames Valley (1) 70/9 (McLeod 20*, O'Connor 1*; 31 overs)

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Northland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JC McLeod	lbw b Vagg	4
MJB Deaker	b O'Connor	4
BG Cooper	c McLeod b Brooke	42		69	6	-
*DP Lloyd	b O'Connor	20		52	4	-
A Beasley	b Vagg	0
JM Chitty	not out	18
CM Presland	c Brooke b O'Connor	9
WP Fowler	lbw b O'Connor	0
+NL Child	b O'Connor	6
MJ Child	b Vagg	21		35	5	-
SJ Scott	b Vagg	0
Extras	(1 lb, 3 nb)	4
Total	(all out, 40.5 overs)	128
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-19, 3-68, 4-69, 5-81, 6-86, 7-86, 8-96, 9-128, 10-128 (40.5 ov)

Midlands and Thames Valley bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Vagg	11.5	1	37	4	-	-
O'Connor	13	4	36	5	-	-
Mead	4	0	28	0	-	-
Brooke	12	5	23	1	-	-

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Midlands and Thames Valley first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DJ Morrison	b Scott	4
BG O'Neil	lbw b MJ Child	0
CA Webb	b Scott	34		126	4	-
GF Brooks	lbw b MJ Child	1
RE Baigent	b Scott	9
B Thomas	lbw b Scott	0
RJ McLeod	b Scott	20
G Mead	c Beasley b Scott	0
MJ Brooke	c NL Child b Scott	0
MA Vagg	c MJ Child b Scott	0
JF O'Connor	not out	3
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(all out, 32.7 overs)	72
Fall of wickets:
1-0 (O'Neil), 2-6 (Morrison), 3-9 (Brooks), 4-38 (Baigent), 5-38 (Thomas), 6-61 (Webb), 7-61 (Mead), 8-61 (Brooke), 9-69 (Vagg), 10-72 (McLeod, 32.7 ov)

Northland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Scott	16.7	5	31	8	-	-
MJ Child	11	4	27	2	-	-
Fowler	5	1	13	0	-	-

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Northland second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JC McLeod	not out	18
MJB Deaker	not out	6
BG Cooper	did not bat
*DP Lloyd	did not bat
A Beasley	did not bat
JM Chitty	did not bat
CM Presland	did not bat
WP Fowler	did not bat
+NL Child	did not bat
MJ Child	did not bat
SJ Scott	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(no wicket)	24

Midlands and Thames Valley bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Vagg	?	?	13	0	-	-
O'Connor	?	?	11	0	-	-

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Rain stopped play at 12.30pm on the second day
The Combined team consisted of 2 players from Midlands (McLeod and Thomas) and 9 from Thames Valley (Baigent, Brooke, Brooks, Mead, Morrison, O'Connor, O'Neil, Vagg and Webb)
This was a third round match in the annual Northern Districts tournament
Points: Midlands and Thames Valley 1, Northland 5
Northland won the tournament