hawke478	Southland v Central Otago
	Hawke Cup 1973/74 (Challenge Match)
Venue	Turnbull Thomson Park, Invercargill on 15th, 16th, 17th December 1973 (3-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Southland won by 344 runs
Umpires	ASH Cutler, BD Dawson
Close of play day 1
Close of play day 2

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Southland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+NR Thompson	b Anderson	4
KJ O'Connor	c McSkimming b Petherick	23
RW Anderson	lbw b McHutchon	154		243	28	-
GH Murdoch	c Buttar b McHutchon	0
BJ McKechnie	c McHutchon b Woods	17
DM Crombie	c McKnight b Petherick	52
LD Hollands	c Buttar b Woods	9
AJ Mahoney	b Petherick	4
KA Nicholson	c Barrie b Petherick	7
*JC Alabaster	c McSkimming b Woods	0
GA Ashby	not out	0
Extras	(12 b, 13 lb, 7 nb)	32
Total	(all out, 89.2 overs)	302
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-84, 3-104, 4-155, 5-247, 6-281, 7-286, 8-295, 9-302, 10-302 (89.2 ov)

Central Otago bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Anderson	18	3	55	1	-	-
Woods	32	12	97	3	-	-
Buttar	6	2	17	0	-	-
Petherick	15.2	1	31	4	-	-
McHutchon	7	1	46	2	-	-
McKnight	9	1	18	0	-	-
Barrie	1	0	5	0	-	-
McSkimming	1	0	1	0	-	-

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Central Otago first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CW Buttar	b Ashby	4
RJ Maxwell	c McKechnie b Mahoney	42
J Barrie	c Thompson b Alabaster	44
OM Becker	c Thompson b Nicholson	0
SG McKnight	c and b Alabaster	15
SH McSkimming	b Mahoney	10
LE Anderson	c McKechnie b Alabaster	0
M Hanson	b Alabaster	0
AW McHutchon	lbw b Mahoney	18
PJ Petherick	c McKechnie b Alabaster	0
NT Woods	not out	0
Extras	(5 b, 1 nb)	6
Total	(all out, 39.2 overs)	139
Fall of wickets:
1-34, 2-48, 3-88, 4-96, 5-115, 6-116, 7-116, 8-123, 9-139, 10-139 (39.2 ov)

Southland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nicholson	5	2	22	1	-	-
Ashby	6	1	42	1	-	-
Alabaster	14.2	4	34	5	-	-
McKechnie	2	0	14	0	-	-
Mahoney	12	4	21	3	-	-

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Southland second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+NR Thompson	lbw b McKnight	45
KJ O'Connor	c McSkimming b Woods	9
RW Anderson	not out	168			25	3
GH Murdoch	not out	10
BJ McKechnie	did not bat
DM Crombie	did not bat
LD Hollands	did not bat
AJ Mahoney	did not bat
KA Nicholson	did not bat
*JC Alabaster	did not bat
GA Ashby	did not bat
Extras	(8 b, 3 lb)	11
Total	(2 wickets, declared, 69 overs)	243
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-170

Central Otago bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Anderson	10	4	18	0	-	-
Woods	20	7	62	1	-	-
Petherick	13	1	53	0	-	-
McHutchon	3	1	20	0	-	-
McKnight	10	0	41	1	-	-
Barrie	13	6	38	0	-	-

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Central Otago second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PJ Petherick	hit wkt b Ashby	7
RJ Maxwell	c Crombie b Ashby	6
J Barrie	b Ashby	0
OM Becker	lbw b Alabaster	5
SG McKnight	st Thompson b Alabaster	12
SH McSkimming	c Thompson b Ashby	0
LE Anderson	c McKechnie b Ashby	2
CW Buttar	b Ashby	14
M Hanson	b Alabaster	3
AW McHutchon	not out	12
NT Woods	b Ashby	0
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(all out, 27.3 overs)	62
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-11, 3-16, 4-18, 5-18, 6-22, 7-45, 8-50, 9-62, 10-62 (27.3 ov)

Southland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nicholson	4	2	6	0	-	-
Ashby	9.3	3	23	7	-	-
Alabaster	9	4	22	3	-	-
Mahoney	5	2	10	0	-	-

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