Final: Queensland v Western Australia at Melbourne, Feb 6, 1971

List A match

V & G Australasian Knock-Out Competition - Final Queensland v Western Australia

1970/71 season

Played at Melbourne Cricket Ground on 6 February 1971 (40-over match) Result Western Australia won by 91 runs

	Western Australia innings (40 overs maximum)			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
		D Chadwick	c Graveney b Dell	0	6	7	0	0	0.00
		KJ McAullay	c Maclean b Albury	3	19	5	0	0	60.00
		RJ Inverarity	c Carlson b Dell	90	183	153	9	0	58.82
		R Edwards	run out (Jones/Trimble)	4	13	12	0	0	33.33
		JT Irvine	c Albury b Carlson	37	57	50	5	0	74.00
		RW Marsh	c Maclean b Jones	0	4	2	0	0	0.00
		L Varis	c Maclean b Jones	11	27	35	2	0	31.42
		GD McKenzie	run out (Rathie/Maclean)	4	12	12	0	0	33.33
		DK Lillee	b Surti	14	40	28	2	0	50.00
		GAR Lock	c Jones b Albury	1	4	3	0	0	33.33
		RAL Massie	not out	0	6	2	0	0	0.00
		Extras	(lb 3, nb 3)	6
		Total	(all out; 38.2 overs; 190 mins)	170	(3.33 runs per 6 balls)

Fall of wickets1-0 (Chadwick), 2-4 (McAullay), 3-13 (Edwards), 4-87 (Irvine), 5-91 (Marsh), 6-112 (Varis), 7-121 (McKenzie), 8-164 (Lillee), 9-169 (Lock), 10-170 (Inverarity)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	AR Dell	7.2	2	18	2	1.86
	WD Albury	7	0	23	2	2.46
	PH Carlson	8	0	45	1	4.21
	KE Dudgeon	4	0	27	0	5.06
	AR Jones	8	1	28	2	2.62
	RF Surti	4	0	23	1	4.31	(3nb)

	Queensland innings (target: 171 runs from 40 overs)			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
		SC Trimble	b McKenzie	0	12	5	0	0	0.00
		JFC Loxton	b McKenzie	8	24	28	0	0	28.57
		DS Rathie	c Marsh b Varis	12	76	58	0	0	20.68
		RF Surti	c Marsh b Massie	8	23	19	0	0	42.10
		TW Graveney	b Massie	0	2	4	0	0	0.00
		PH Carlson	run out (Marsh/Lock)	23	59	45	1	0	51.11
		KE Dudgeon	st Marsh b Lock	19	13	21	2	0	90.47
		JA Maclean	b Lock	1	9	3	0	0	33.33
		AR Jones	b McKenzie	0	9	3	0	0	0.00
		WD Albury	c Marsh b McKenzie	1	3	3	0	0	33.33
		AR Dell	not out	1	3	1	0	0	100.00
		Extras	(lb 1, w 1, nb 4)	6
		Total	(all out; 23.5 overs; 121 mins)	79	(2.50 runs per 6 balls)

Fall of wickets1-7 (Trimble), 2-12 (Loxton), 3-21 (Surti), 4-21 (Graveney), 5-48 (Rathie), 6-69 (Dudgeon), 7-77 (Carlson), 8-77 (Maclean), 9-78 (Albury), 10-79 (Jones)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	GD McKenzie	6.5	1	13	4	1.47	(2nb)
	RAL Massie	6	2	12	2	1.50	(2nb)
	DK Lillee	3	0	9	0	2.25
	L Varis	5	0	25	1	3.75	(1w)
	GAR Lock	3	0	14	2	3.50

Balls per over 8 Toss Queensland, who chose to field first Series Western Australia won the 1970/71 V & G Australasian Knock-Out Competition Player of the match RJ Inverarity (Western Australia) Umpires AT Godson and MG O'Connell

Match notes

• JRF Duncan was selected in the Queensland team but was forced to withdraw when he jarred his foot in the just completed Test match. He was replaced by AR Jones.
• Scorers: BW Bright (Queensland) and MP Ringham (Western Australia)
• 12th Men: JB Gannon (Western Australia) and RG Paulsen (Queensland)
• Attendance: 5,595