misc5250	Queensland Country v New South Wales Country
	National Country Cricket Championships 1984/85
Venue	Dauth Park, Beenleigh on 26th, 27th January 1985 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	New South Wales Country won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Points	Queensland Country 0; New South Wales Country 1
Umpires	CS Aiken, WR Jackson
Close of play day 1	New South Wales Country (1) 5/0 (Pyke 11*, Neal 0*)

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Queensland Country first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Staff	b Brady	38
TG Oliver	lbw b Neal	62
SJ Scuderi	c and b Irvine	44
LJ Schulte	lbw b Iffland	15
*CR Page	c and b Irvine	26
+BW Hartley	c Iffland b Irvine	0
WJ Brown	c Bennett b Budden	7
GL Stanley	c Everingham b Brady	8
AR Tickle	c Everingham b Budden	1
BH Drinkwater	not out	35
PM Ryan	c Everingham b Iffland	0
Extras	(2 b, 11 lb, 8 nb, 4 w)	25
Total	(all out, 93.5 overs)	261
Fall of wickets:
1-98, 2-123, 3-146, 4-202, 5-206, 6-213, 7-215, 8-218, 9-258, 10-261 (93.5 ov)

New South Wales Country bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Budden	21	6	72	2	1	-
Brady	20	4	45	2	4	1
Irvine	13	7	18	3	-	2
Iffland	14.5	1	46	2	3	1
Pyke	4	0	12	0	-	-
Neal	21	5	55	1	-	-

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New South Wales Country first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JK Pyke	b Drinkwater	36
R Neal	b Ryan	0
DR Tink	lbw b Drinkwater	70
PJ Solway	lbw b Drinkwater	0
AL Sharpe	c Scuderi b Brown	22
*GR Bennett	not out	64
GR Irvine	c Hartley b Tickle	31
+BR Everingham	lbw b Brown	2
MJ Brady	not out	26
NS Budden	did not bat
SP Iffland	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 5 lb, 4 nb, 1 w)	15
Total	(7 wickets, 71 overs)	266
Fall of wickets:
1-18, 2-70, 3-70, 4-128, 5-141, 6-202, 7-218

Queensland Country bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Tickle	11	1	64	1	4	1
Ryan	13	2	51	1	-	-
Drinkwater	19	4	78	3	-	-
Stanley	17	4	39	0	-	-
Brown	11	4	24	2	-	-

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BH Drinkwater hit four fours and one six in his innings. By winning this match New South Wales Country won the first National Country Cricket Championships. No score book has been located for this match and as a result of the very limited press description it has not been possible to list all of the batsman dismissed at the fall of each wicket in the Queensland Country innings.