f31437	Northern Districts v Australians
	Australia in New Zealand 1976/77
Venue	Seddon Park, Hamilton on 1st, 2nd, 3rd February 1977 (3-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Australians won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Australians won by 113 runs
Umpires	JBR Hastie, RL Monteith
Close of play day 1	Northern Districts (1) 32/2 (Parker 1*, Collier 1*)
Close of play day 2	Australians (2) 78/4 (Hughes 20*, O'Keeffe 0*)

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Australians first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
IC Davis	c MJE Wright b Cunis	68
A Turner	lbw b Stimpson	28
RB McCosker	c Fulton b Collier	16
KJ Hughes	b Cunis	22
GJ Cosier	lbw b Roberts	93
KD Walters	not out	67
*+RW Marsh	c Collier b Roberts	0
KJ O'Keeffe	not out	12
AG Hurst	did not bat
MHN Walker	did not bat
RJ Bright	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 5 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	9
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 58 overs)	315
Fall of wickets:
1-60, 2-88, 3-138, 4-153, 5-291, 6-291

Northern Districts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Collinge	10	0	66	0	-	-
Stimpson	12	0	70	1	-	-
Collier	15	0	102	1	-	-
Cunis	11	2	30	2	-	-
Roberts	10	1	38	2	-	-

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Northern Districts first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JG Wright	run out	14
*GM Turner	c Marsh b Walker	11
JM Parker	c McCosker b O'Keeffe	51
AR Collier	c Walters b O'Keeffe	17
GP Howarth	lbw b Walker	25
ADG Roberts	c Walker b Bright	27
RW Fulton	b Bright	58
+MJE Wright	lbw b O'Keeffe	5
RO Collinge	b O'Keeffe	0
AJP Stimpson	c Hughes b O'Keeffe	1
RS Cunis	not out	0
Extras	(2 b, 6 lb, 6 nb)	14
Total	(all out, 63.3 overs)	223
Fall of wickets:
1-22, 2-31, 3-59, 4-100, 5-129, 6-181, 7-222, 8-222, 9-222, 10-223 (63.3 ov)

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hurst	14	5	45	0	-	-
Walker	13	2	31	2	-	-
O'Keeffe	17.3	4	70	5	-	-
Bright	19	4	63	2	-	-

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Australians second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RB McCosker	run out	29
A Turner	c Parker b Collinge	1
IC Davis	lbw b Collinge	5
KJ Hughes	st MJE Wright b Howarth	76
GJ Cosier	b Howarth	23
KJ O'Keeffe	c Roberts b Cunis	16
KD Walters	not out	2
*+RW Marsh	not out	6
AG Hurst	did not bat
MHN Walker	did not bat
RJ Bright	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 6 lb)	7
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 39 overs)	165
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-10, 3-45, 4-72, 5-157, 6-157

Northern Districts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Collinge	11	1	35	2	-	-
Stimpson	7	0	37	0	-	-
Cunis	12	0	51	1	-	-
Roberts	4	1	15	0	-	-
Howarth	5	0	20	2	-	-

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Northern Districts second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JG Wright	c Walters b O'Keeffe	47
*GM Turner	c Hurst b Walker	7
GP Howarth	b Walker	29
JM Parker	c Marsh b Walker	2
ADG Roberts	c Hughes b O'Keeffe	27
RW Fulton	lbw b Bright	0
+MJE Wright	not out	4
RO Collinge	lbw b O'Keeffe	0
AJP Stimpson	c Walters b O'Keeffe	4
RS Cunis	c Cosier b O'Keeffe	0
AR Collier	c Cosier b Bright	8
Extras	(11 b, 4 lb, 1 nb)	16
Total	(all out, 32.2 overs)	144
Fall of wickets:
1-12, 2-56, 3-60, 4-113, 5-123, 6-123, 7-123, 8-131, 9-131, 10-144 (32.2 ov)

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hurst	4	0	41	0	-	-
Walker	10	3	18	3	-	-
O'Keeffe	13	3	55	5	-	-
Bright	5.2	2	14	2	-	-

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Notes
--> AR Collier made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> RS Cunis made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> RW Fulton (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 19
--> AG Hurst made his debut in New Zealand in First-Class matches
--> RB McCosker made his debut in New Zealand in First-Class matches
--> GJ Cosier made his debut in New Zealand in First-Class matches
--> KJ Hughes made his debut in New Zealand in First-Class matches
--> RJ Bright reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Northern Districts first innings
--> KJ O'Keeffe reached 400 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Northern Districts first innings

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