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Sunday, January 31, 1971

Semi Final: Western Australia v New Zealand at Perth, Jan 31, 1971

List A match
V & G Australasian Knock-Out Competition - Semi Final
Western Australia v New Zealand
1970/71 season

Played at W.A.C.A. Ground, Perth, on 31 January 1971 (40-over match)

Result Western Australia won by 3 wickets (with 33 balls remaining)

New Zealand innings (40 overs maximum) R M 4s 6s

GM Turner c wicketkeeperEdwards b Gannon 13 52 0 0

GT Dowling c Inverarity b Gannon 27 65 2 0
captain BE Congdon c wicketkeeperEdwards b Varis 8 31 2 0

RW Morgan b Gannon 4 8 0 0

MG Burgess c wicketkeeperEdwards b Varis 7 35 0 0

GE Vivian c wicketkeeperEdwards b Gannon 0 3 0 0
wicketkeeper KJ Wadsworth b Lock 40 98 1 1

BR Taylor b McKenzie 5 20 0 0

RS Cunis hit wicket b McKenzie 2 32 0 0

RO Collinge c wicketkeeperEdwards b Brayshaw 0 8 0 0

HJ Howarth not out 5 19 1 0

Extras (lb 2, nb 7) 9









Total (all out; 35.1 overs; 200 mins) 120 (2.56 runs per 6 balls)

Fall of wickets1-44 (Turner), 2-55 (Dowling), 3-59 (Morgan), 4-63 (Congdon), 5-64 (Vivian), 6-68 (Burgess), 7-80 (Taylor), 8-98 (Cunis), 9-107 (Collinge), 10-120 (Wadsworth)

Bowling O M R W Econ

GD McKenzie 8 2 17 2 1.59 (3nb)

RAL Massie 8 0 31 0 2.90 (4nb)

GAR Lock 1.1 0 6 1 4.00

JB Gannon 8 0 21 4 1.96

L Varis 8 1 26 2 2.43

IJ Brayshaw 2 0 10 1 3.75

Western Australia innings (target: 121 runs from 40 overs) R M 4s 6s

D Chadwick c wicketkeeperWadsworth b Taylor 7 32 0 0

KJ McAullay lbw b Collinge 3 37 0 0

RJ Inverarity not out 53 149 5 0

L Varis c Collinge b Howarth 11 24 1 0
wicketkeeper R Edwards c Burgess b Howarth 7 6 1 0

IJ Brayshaw c wicketkeeperWadsworth b Congdon 4 8 0 0

BL Hanna run out 8 28 1 0

GD McKenzie c Congdon b Collinge 25 54 3 0

RAL Massie not out 0 14 0 0

Extras (b 1, lb 4) 5









Total (7 wickets; 35.7 overs; 183 mins) 123 (2.57 runs per 6 balls)

Did not bat captainGAR Lock, JB Gannon

Fall of wickets1-11 (Chadwick), 2-11 (McAullay), 3-28 (Varis), 4-35 (Edwards), 5-40 (Brayshaw), 6-69 (Hanna), 7-113 (McKenzie)

Bowling O M R W Econ

RO Collinge 8 3 10 2 0.93

BR Taylor 8 0 21 1 1.96

HJ Howarth 8 1 28 2 2.62

BE Congdon 7 0 39 1 4.17

GT Dowling 4 0 16 0 3.00

MG Burgess 0.7 0 4 0 3.42

Balls per over 8

Toss New Zealand, who chose to bat first

Player of the match RJ Inverarity (Western Australia)

Umpires WI Carter and NE Townsend

Match notes

  • 12th Men: AL Mann (Western Australia) and TW Jarvis (New Zealand)
  • Attendance: 4,678 ($2,675.40)

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