New South Wales v New Zealanders at Coffs Harbour, 29 Oct 1997

New Zealand in Australia, 1997/98
New South Wales v New Zealanders
Brelsford Park, Coffs Harbour
29 October 1997 (50-over match)

Result: No result

Toss: New South Wales
Umpires: KJ Burke and DB Hair
List A Debut: SR Clark (New South Wales).

Players per side: 12 (11 bat, 11 field)

New South Wales innings (50 overs maximum)                      R   M   B  4 6
*MA Taylor            c Astle            b Doull                7  28  19  0 0
R Chee Quee           c Parore           b Davis               16  39  29  3 0
CJ Richards                              b Astle               66 165 112  1 0
JP Bray               c Harris           b Vettori             23  69  59  1 0
KJ Roberts            run out                                   0   6   8  0 0
SM Thompson                              b Vettori              0   2   3  0 0
+PA Emery                            c & b Vettori             10  22  19  1 0
GR Robertson          run out                                  17  30  31  0 0
AM Stuart                                b Astle                2   8   7  0 0
SH Cook                                  b Cairns               2   6   6  0 0
SR Clark              not out                                   4   3   4  0 0
Extras                (b 1, lb 2, w 3, nb 3)                    9
Total                 (all out, 49 overs, 194 mins)           156

DNB: SCG MacGill.

FoW: 1-18 (Taylor), 2-27 (Chee Quee), 3-81 (Bray),
    4-85 (Roberts), 5-85 (Thompson), 6-109 (Emery), 7-139,
    8-145, 9-150, 10-156.

Bowling                 O       M       R       W
Doull                   4       1      12       1
O'Connor                5       1      15       0
Davis                   2       0       7       1 (1nb)
Allott                  5       0      14       0 (1w, 1nb)
Harris                 10       1      30       0 (1w)
Astle                   9       0      33       2 (1w)
Vettori                10       2      27       3
Cairns                  4       0      15       1 (1nb)

New Zealanders innings (target: 157 runs from 50 overs)         R   M   B  4 6
MJ Horne                                 b Clark               28  60  49  4 0
NJ Astle                                 b Cook                 7  12   7  1 0
CL Cairns             c Thompson         b MacGill             31  42  31  4 1
*SP Fleming           not out                                   0   5   0  0 0
CD McMillan           not out                                   0   1   0  0 0
Extras                (b 1, nb 1)                               2
Total                 (3 wickets, 14.2 overs, 61 mins)         68

DNB: CZ Harris, +AC Parore, SB Doull, HT Davis, SB O'Connor,
    DL Vettori, GI Allott.

FoW: 1-12 (Astle), 2-63, 3-68.

Bowling                 O       M       R       W
Stuart                  5       1      26       0
Cook                    6       1      24       1 (1nb)
Clark                   2.2     0      12       1
MacGill                 1       0       5       1

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• Rain stopped play at 4.12 pm and the match abandoned at 5.45 pm.

• Match played with 12 players on each side participating, but with normal limited-over field restrictions.

Queensland v New Zealanders at Cairns, 26 Oct 1997

New Zealand in Australia, 1997/98
Queensland v New Zealanders
Cazaly's Australian Rules Football Park, Cairns
26 October 1997 (50-over match)

Result: Queensland won by 127 runs

Toss: Queensland
Umpires: PD Parker and GC Zimmer
List A Debut: JH Dawes (Queensland).

Players per side: 12 (11 bat, 11 field)

Queensland innings (50 overs maximum)                           R   M   B  4 6
ML Hayden             c Parore           b O'Connor            10  16  14  2 0
JP Maher              c Davis            b Vettori             72 165 131  5 0
*SG Law               c Fleming          b O'Connor             5   8   8  1 0
A Symonds             c O'Connor         b Vettori             75  97  56  7 4
GI Foley              c Vettori          b Harris              12  30  26  0 0
ML Love                              c & b Harris               5  15  10  0 0
AJ Bichel             c Fleming          b Astle               16  23  15  0 0
SA Prestwidge         c Cairns           b Allott              23  39  35  1 1
+WA Seccombe          not out                                  13  20  17  0 0
Extras                (b 3, lb 5, w 12, nb 1)                  21
Total                 (8 wickets, 50 overs, 210 mins)         252

DNB: JH Dawes, PW Jackson, GJ Rowell.

FoW: 1-25, 2-31, 3-151, 4-181, 5-193, 6-194, 7-221, 8-252.

Bowling                 O       M       R       W
O'Connor                5       1      25       2 (2w)
Davis                   5       1      44       0 (8w)
Cairns                  6       0      18       0
Allott                  9       0      46       1 (1nb)
Harris                 10       0      39       2
Astle                   5       0      31       1
Vettori                10       0      41       2 (1w)

New Zealanders innings (target: 253 runs from 50 overs)         R   M   B  4 6
BA Young              c Rowell           b Jackson             46 104  81  6 0
NJ Astle              st Seccombe        b Jackson             11  30  17  1 0
CL Cairns                                b Dawes               21  25  21  4 0
*SP Fleming           run out (Rowell)                          7  27  10  1 0
CZ Harris             c Dawes            b Jackson              2   8   6  0 0
MJ Horne              c Rowell           b Foley               12  28  17  0 1
CD McMillan           c Law              b Jackson              1   7   6  0 0
+AC Parore            c Bichel           b Foley                2  12  10  0 0
DL Vettori            not out                                   9  43  30  2 0
SB O'Connor           lbw                b Dawes                2  19  12  0 0
HT Davis              c Hayden           b Jackson              0  20  16  0 0
Extras                (lb 3, w 8, nb 1)                        12
Total                 (all out, 36.1 overs, 166 mins)         125

DNB: GI Allott.

FoW: 1-32, 2-68, 3-83, 4-85, 5-103, 6-105, 7-109, 8-111, 9-119,
    10-125.

Bowling                 O       M       R       W
Dawes                   9       1      38       2 (1w)
Bichel                  7       0      29       0 (4w)
Jackson                 8.1     2      22       5 (2w)
Rowell                  7       0      29       0 (1nb)
Foley                   5       2       4       2 (1w)

Western Australia v South Australia at Perth, 23-26 October 1997

Sheffield Shield, 1997/98, 4th Match
Western Australia v South Australia
W.A.C.A. Ground, Perth
23,24,25,26 October 1997 (4-day match)

Result: Western Australia won by an innings and 77 runs
Points: Western Australia 6, South Australia 0

Toss: Western Australia
Umpires: TA Prue and SG Randell
First-Class Debut: KS Pickering (South Australia).

Close of Play:

Day 1: Western Australia 315/4 (Moody 70*, Gilchrist 108*) Day 2: Western Australia 477/5d, South Australia 124/6 (Nielsen 8*, Young 6*) Day 3: South Australia 142 and 251/6 (Nielsen 16*, Young 0*) Western Australia 1st innings R M B 4 6 MEK Hussey c Nielsen b George 38 168 146 3 0 RJ Campbell c Lehmann b Pickering 47 92 63 9 0 JL Langer lbw b Young 19 78 57 1 0 DR Martyn c Nielsen b Wilson 2 23 21 0 0 *TM Moody b Young 101 299 239 8 1 +AC Gilchrist not out 203 339 293 25 2 GB Hogg not out 23 58 46 2 0 Extras (b 12, lb 15, w 1, nb 16) 44 Total (5 wickets decl, 142.5 overs, 531 mins) 477 DNB: BP Julian, J Angel, MS Garnaut, B Mulder. FoW: 1-84 (Campbell), 2-128 (Hussey), 3-128 (Langer), 4-136 (Martyn), 5-409 (Moody). Bowling O M R W Wilson 32 6 109 1 (1w, 3nb) George 29 4 79 1 (3nb) Pickering 18 2 78 1 (2nb) Blewett 18 6 33 0 Young 39 8 118 2 Lehmann 6.5 1 33 0 South Australia 1st innings R M B 4 6 MP Faull lbw b Angel 0 1 2 0 0 DA Fitzgerald lbw b Moody 26 39 40 5 0 GS Blewett run out (Hussey/Gilchrist) 44 133 121 6 0 DS Lehmann run out (Campbell) 25 93 69 2 0 *JD Siddons b Angel 0 7 8 0 0 NT Adcock b Angel 0 1 1 0 0 +TJ Nielsen c Julian b Moody 11 86 69 0 0 BE Young b Moody 6 55 46 0 0 P Wilson c Mulder b Moody 11 20 21 1 0 SP George not out 0 4 0 0 0 KS Pickering lbw b Moody 0 1 1 0 0 Extras (b 2, lb 5, nb 12) 19 Total (all out, 62 overs, 239 mins) 142 FoW: 1-0 (Faull), 2-60 (Fitzgerald), 3-103 (Blewett), 4-105 (Siddons), 5-105 (Adcock), 6-106 (Lehmann), 7-124 (Young), 8-142 (Wilson), 9-142 (Nielsen), 10-142 (Pickering). Bowling O M R W Angel 19 7 34 3 Garnaut 9 2 34 0 Julian 15 5 38 0 (6nb) Moody 13 8 20 5 Mulder 5 2 9 0 Martyn 1 1 0 0 South Australia 2nd innings (following on) R M B 4 6 DA Fitzgerald c Campbell b Garnaut 9 38 33 1 0 MP Faull c Moody b Hogg 15 91 74 1 0 GS Blewett b Julian 76 211 180 10 1 DS Lehmann b Julian 40 49 38 3 1 *JD Siddons b Garnaut 69 186 151 10 1 NT Adcock c Gilchrist b Julian 4 7 6 1 0 +TJ Nielsen b Garnaut 17 76 72 3 0 BE Young c Langer b Julian 0 13 7 0 0 P Wilson not out 4 9 4 1 0 SP George b Julian 0 1 1 0 0 KS Pickering b Julian 0 1 2 0 0 Extras (b 7, lb 3, nb 14) 24 Total (all out, 93.4 overs, 349 mins) 258 FoW: 1-13 (Fitzgerald), 2-45 (Faull), 3-113 (Lehmann), 4-198 (Blewett), 5-210 (Adcock), 6-251 (Siddons), 7-254 (Nielsen), 8-258 (Young), 9-258 (George), 10-258 (Pickering). Bowling O M R W Angel 11 4 23 0 Moody 17 8 30 0 Garnaut 19 10 31 3 Julian 19.4 6 45 6 (7nb) Hogg 8 1 40 1 Mulder 14 2 66 0 Martyn 5 0 13 0 Attendance: 5149

New South Wales v Victoria at North Sydney, 26 Oct 1997

Mercantile Mutual Cup, 1997/98, 4th Match
New South Wales v Victoria
North Sydney Oval, Sydney
26 October 1997 (50-over match)

Result: New South Wales won by 37 runs
Points: New South Wales 2, Victoria 0

Toss: Victoria
Umpires: JI Cameron and IS Thomas
TV Umpire: KJ Duffy
List A Debuts: SL Flegler, LD Harper (Victoria).
Man of the Match: DS Berry

Players per side: 12 (11 bat, 11 field)

New South Wales innings (50 overs maximum)                      R   M   B  4 6
MJ Slater             c Jones            b Warne               68 106  86 10 0
*MA Taylor            lbw                b Fleming              7  28  12  0 0
SR Waugh              c Berry            b Fleming              5   9   9  0 0
ME Waugh              c Harper           b Warne               57  76  58  7 0
MG Bevan              not out                                  62 101  71  5 0
S Lee                                    b Warne                0   1   3  0 0
CJ Richards           run out (Flegler)                        32  53  37  2 0
GRJ Matthews                             b Saker               23  16  13  2 1
+PA Emery             run out (Jones)                           6  11   9  0 0
AM Stuart             st Berry           b Harvey               1   3   2  0 0
SH Cook               not out                                   0   1   1  0 0
Extras                (lb 3, w 9, nb 2)                        14
Total                 (9 wickets, 50 overs, 208 mins)         275

DNB: GD McGrath.

FoW: 1-38 (Taylor), 2-49 (SR Waugh), 3-139 (Slater),
    4-146 (ME Waugh), 5-146 (Lee), 6-218 (Richards),
    7-247 (Matthews), 8-272 (Emery), 9-275 (Stuart).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Saker                       10      0     60      1 (3w)
Fleming                      7      0     29      2 (1w)
Reiffel                      7      0     33      0 (1nb)
Harvey                      10      0     61      1 (5w)
Warne                        8      1     43      3
Flegler                      8      0     46      0


Victoria innings (target: 276 runs from 50 overs)               R   M   B  4 6
MTG Elliott           c Emery            b McGrath              0   7   7  0 0
GR Vimpani            c Emery            b Stuart              18  51  36  3 0
DM Jones              run out (ME Waugh)                        4  15   8  0 0
LD Harper             c McGrath          b Stuart              16  36  27  2 0
IJ Harvey             run out (Taylor)                          3  18   9  0 0
BJ Hodge                                 b Lee                 53  89  66  4 2
PR Reiffel            c SR Waugh         b Lee                 44  57  39  6 0
+DS Berry             not out                                  64  69  39  4 4
*SK Warne             c Taylor           b McGrath             14  26  22  0 0
SL Flegler            c Cook             b Lee                  2   7   7  0 0
DJ Saker              c Slater           b Cook                 3  12  10  0 0
Extras                (lb 8, w 3, nb 6)                        17
Total                 (all out, 44.4 overs, 200 mins)         238

DNB: DW Fleming.

FoW: 1-4 (Elliott), 2-19 (Jones), 3-40 (Vimpani),
    4-45 (Harper), 5-48 (Harvey), 6-140 (Reiffel),
    7-171 (Hodge), 8-219 (Warne), 9-227 (Flegler),
    10-238 (Saker).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
McGrath                      8      1     31      2 (1nb, 1w)
Stuart                      10      1     38      2 (1w)
Cook                         7.4    1     32      1 (1w)
Matthews                     5      1     35      0 (1nb)
Lee                          9      0     49      3 (1nb)
Bevan                        5      0     45      0

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• Scorers: ME Gorham (New South Wales) and MA Slarke (Victoria)
• Darren Berry reached his fifty from 28 deliveries - the fastest fifty in Mercantile Mutual Cup history (prev. 30 balls, MG Bevan, NSW v Victoria, Sydney 1992-93)
• In the 40th over of the Victorian innings, Berry hit three consecutive sixes from Bevan's first three deliveries.
• Attendance: 14,982.

Queensland v New Zealanders at Cairns, 22-25 Oct 1997

New Zealand in Australia, 1997-98
Queensland v New Zealanders
Cazaly's Australian Rules Football Park, Cairns
22,23,24,25 October 1997 (4-day match)

Result: Queensland won by an innings and 127 runs

Toss: Queensland
Umpires: PD Parker and GC Zimmer

Close of play:

Day 1: New Zealanders 196, Queensland 96/0 (Hayden 59*, Love 33*) Day 2: Queensland 482/6 (Foley 26*, Dale 3*) Day 3: Queensland 571, New Zealanders 190/4 (Fleming 59*, Cairns 46*) New Zealanders 1st innings R M B 4 6 BA Young c Law b Kasprowicz 10 47 37 2 0 BA Pocock c Hayden b Kasprowicz 63 177 125 7 0 MJ Horne c Healy b Kasprowicz 0 3 3 0 0 *SP Fleming c Maher b Jackson 57 110 82 7 1 NJ Astle b Jackson 2 10 11 0 0 CL Cairns c Healy b Bichel 17 70 58 0 1 +AC Parore c Foley b Bichel 5 44 33 1 0 DL Vettori b Bichel 2 8 8 0 0 SB Doull not out 28 35 26 1 2 HT Davis b Bichel 1 8 12 0 0 GI Allott c Hayden b Bichel 0 13 6 0 0 Extras (b 3, lb 4, nb 4) 11 Total (all out, 66.3 overs, 267 mins) 196 FoW: 1-24 (Young), 2-24 (Horne), 3-127 (Fleming), 4-135 (Astle), 5-137 (Pocock), 6-155 (Parore), 7-163 (Vettori), 8-168 (Cairns), 9-172 (Davis), 10-196 (Allott). Bowling O M R W Kasprowicz 17 5 42 3 (2nb) Dale 11 1 44 0 Bichel 15.3 5 31 5 Law 6 1 19 0 Jackson 17 6 53 2 Queensland 1st innings R M B 4 6 ML Hayden c Horne b Davis 73 122 97 9 2 ML Love retired hurt 201 374 281 27 3 JP Maher c Young b Cairns 114 269 183 14 0 SG Law c & b Vettori 10 26 20 2 0 A Symonds c Horne b Cairns 8 13 11 2 0 GI Foley c Young b Vettori 36 76 54 5 0 *+IA Healy c Davis b Vettori 0 6 5 0 0 AJ Bichel b Vettori 15 41 36 1 1 AC Dale c Doull b Davis 55 85 75 6 2 MS Kasprowicz c Vettori b Davis 20 73 34 1 0 PW Jackson not out 6 12 14 1 0 Extras (lb 6, w 1, nb 26) 33 Total (all out, 132.4 overs, 553 mins) 571 FoW: 1-129 (Hayden), 2-425 (Maher), 3-429, 4-437, 5-438, 6-479, 7-498 (Foley), 8-561 (Dale), 9-571 (Kasprowicz). Bowling O M R W Doull 21 4 88 0 Allott 28 2 97 0 (3nb) Davis 20.4 2 113 3 (9nb) Vettori 38 4 155 4 Cairns 16 2 77 2 (1nb) Astle 7 1 27 0 (1w) Horne 2 1 8 0 New Zealanders 2nd innings R M B 4 6 BA Pocock lbw b Dale 0 14 13 0 0 BA Young b Jackson 67 149 121 12 0 MJ Horne c Kasprowicz b Bichel 6 67 51 0 0 *SP Fleming c & b Foley 62 200 168 7 0 NJ Astle b Jackson 1 28 16 0 0 CL Cairns st Healy b Foley 46 53 73 5 1 +AC Parore lbw b Kasprowicz 9 50 39 2 0 DL Vettori c Healy b Dale 11 35 43 1 0 SB Doull c Bichel b Kasprowicz 15 17 17 2 0 HT Davis c Foley b Dale 13 3 20 1 0 GI Allott not out 0 0 0 0 0 Extras (b 4, lb 6, nb 8) 18 Total (all out, 92.5 overs, 356 mins) 248 FoW: 1-11 (Pocock), 2-48 (Horne), 3-89 (Young), 4-101 (Astle), 5-190 (Cairns), 6-199, 7-216, 8-226, 9-244, 10-248. Bowling O M R W Kasprowicz 18.5 8 51 2 Dale 21 7 63 3 Bichel 10 2 36 1 Jackson 26 12 47 2 Foley 13 3 25 2 (4nb) Law 3 0 16 0 Symonds 1 1 0 0 Twelfth Men: SA Prestwidge (Queensland) and CZ Harris (New Zealanders) ML Love retired hurt at 414/1 (hamstring) Love/Maher 285 for 2nd wkt: New 2nd wicket record for an Australian state side v New Zealand (prev. 262, JM Gregory & TJE Andrews, NSW v NZ at Sydney, 1927-28). Love/Maher/Law added 296 for the 2nd wkt. The first first-class match played at the Cazaly AFL Ground, Cairns.

New South Wales v Victoria at North Sydney, 22-25 October 1997

Sheffield Shield, 1997/98
New South Wales v Victoria
North Sydney Oval, Sydney
22,23,24,25 October 1997 (4-day match)

Result: Match drawn
Points: Victoria 2, New South Wales 0

Toss: Victoria
Umpires: SJ Davis and SJA Taufel

Close of Play:

Day 1: Victoria 364/2 (Elliott 145*, Harper 153*) Day 2: Victoria 509/6d, New South Wales 233/3 (SR Waugh 113*, Bevan 13*) Day 3: New South Wales 407/4d, Victoria 176/4 (Gardiner 39*, Harvey 61*) Victoria 1st innings R M B 4 6 MTG Elliott c SR Waugh b Lee 187 446 332 25 6 GR Vimpani st Emery b MacGill 30 69 52 4 0 DM Jones c & b MacGill 13 16 17 2 0 LD Harper c Slater b MacGill 160 351 280 22 1 GB Gardiner not out 50 105 75 6 1 IJ Harvey c SR Waugh b Lee 15 15 10 3 0 +DS Berry st Emery b Bevan 0 5 7 0 0 PR Reiffel not out 24 23 27 1 1 Extras (b 9, lb 6, w 1, nb 14) 30 Total (6 wickets decl, 132 overs, 487 mins) 509 DNB: AIC Dodemaide, *SK Warne, DJ Saker. FoW: 1-50 (Vimpani), 2-68 (Jones), 3-371 (Harper), 4-444 (Elliott), 5-469 (Harvey), 6-470 (Berry). Bowling O M R W McGrath 25 7 92 0 Stuart 18 2 91 0 (1w, 1nb) MacGill 36 8 139 3 (5nb) Matthews 21 3 63 0 (1nb) Bevan 15 1 49 1 Lee 15 3 51 2 ME Waugh 2 0 9 0 New South Wales 1st innings R M B 4 6 MJ Slater c Dodemaide b Reiffel 0 1 4 0 0 *MA Taylor b Saker 23 85 69 4 0 SR Waugh not out 202 389 304 29 0 ME Waugh c Harvey b Elliott 72 132 119 9 2 MG Bevan c Harvey b Warne 13 53 48 3 0 S Lee not out 81 116 101 7 3 Extras (lb 2, nb 14) 16 Total (4 wickets decl, 106.2 overs, 392 mins) 407 DNB: GRJ Matthews, +PA Emery, AM Stuart, SCG MacGill, GD McGrath. FoW: 1-0 (Slater), 2-56 (Taylor), 3-212 (ME Waugh), 4-245 (Bevan). Bowling O M R W Reiffel 22.2 4 77 1 (6nb) Saker 18 4 53 1 (1nb) Dodemaide 13 2 63 0 Warne 33 3 117 1 Harvey 12 0 39 0 Elliott 8 0 56 1 Victoria 2nd innings R M B 4 6 GR Vimpani c Emery b Matthews 22 64 50 3 0 MTG Elliott lbw b MacGill 22 92 76 1 0 DM Jones c Slater b MacGill 6 15 16 0 0 LD Harper b MacGill 14 36 44 1 0 GB Gardiner c ME Waugh b Stuart 56 159 139 9 0 IJ Harvey c Stuart b McGrath 109 177 153 11 3 +DS Berry c Lee b Stuart 18 41 34 0 1 *SK Warne not out 5 13 2 1 0 PR Reiffel c Taylor b Stuart 11 6 7 0 1 Extras (b 1, lb 9, nb 6) 16 Total (8 wickets decl, 84.5 overs, 303 mins) 279 DNB: AIC Dodemaide, DJ Saker. FoW: 1-37 (Vimpani), 2-48 (Jones), 3-53 (Elliott), 4-72 (Harper), 5-225 (Gardiner), 6-253 (Berry), 7-264 (Harvey), 8-279 (Reiffel). Bowling O M R W McGrath 12 2 30 1 (1nb) Stuart 7.5 0 44 3 Lee 3 0 6 0 Matthews 31 5 65 1 MacGill 25 5 93 3 (2nb) Bevan 6 0 31 0 New South Wales 2nd innings (target: 382 runs) R M B 4 6 *MA Taylor c Saker b Warne 50 113 106 5 0 MJ Slater c Warne b Dodemaide 85 165 123 13 0 SR Waugh not out 60 113 104 10 0 ME Waugh b Warne 2 20 18 0 0 MG Bevan not out 10 36 31 0 0 Extras (b 7, lb 3, nb 8) 18 Total (3 wickets, 63 overs, 227 mins) 225 DNB: S Lee, GRJ Matthews, +PA Emery, AM Stuart, SCG MacGill, GD McGrath. FoW: 1-106 (Taylor), 2-191 (Slater), 3-202 (ME Waugh). Bowling O M R W Reiffel 5 2 11 0 (3nb) Saker 5 0 19 0 Warne 25 6 78 2 Dodemaide 12 1 49 1 (1nb) Elliott 6 2 9 0 Harvey 9 1 37 0 Jones 1 0 12 0 The first Sheffield Shield match played at North Sydney Oval. Twelfth Men: SH Cook (New South Wales) and SAJ Craig (Victoria) Elliott/Harper partnership, 303 for third wicket: *** New first-class partnership record for all wickets at North Sydney (prev. 137, 2nd wkt, SM Small and ME Waugh, NSW v Wellington, 1990-91). *** Victorian 3rd wicket record v NSW (prev. 212*, WN Phillips & JD Siddons, MCG, 1990-91). SR Waugh 202*: Highest first-class score at North Sydney Oval, surpassing Elliott 187 in first innings (Best prior to this match: 126, SM Small, NSW v Wellington, 1990-91). New South Wales target for victory: 382 in approximately 73 overs. In the New South Wales 2nd innings, 5 byes were conceded when the ball struck the helmet behind the Victorian wicketkeeper (Berry). Attendance: 7822

South Australia v Tasmania at Adelaide, 19 Oct 1997

Mercantile Mutual Cup, 1997/98
South Australia v Tasmania
Adelaide Oval
19 October 1997 (50-over match)

Result: South Australia won by 69 runs
Points: South Australia 2, Tasmania 0

Toss: Tasmania
Umpires: SJ Davis and DJ Harper
TV Umpire: AJ Hunter
List A Debut: DG Wright (Tasmania).
Man of the Match: P Wilson

Players per side: 12 (11 bat, 11 field)

South Australia innings (50 overs maximum)                      R   M   B  4 6
DA Fitzgerald                            b Hutchison           27  50  37  5 0
GS Blewett            c Atkinson         b Miller              56  89  71  6 0
DS Lehmann            c Marsh            b Miller              24  36  22  4 0
NT Adcock             c Atkinson         b Tucker              57  70  60  5 3
*JD Siddons           c Tucker           b Wright              57  94  70  4 0
GR Parker             c Tucker           b Wright               8  22  16  0 0
BE Young              c sub (DF Hills)   b Wright               3  10   6  0 0
+TJ Nielsen           not out                                  23  18  14  2 0
P Wilson              not out                                  11  10   5  2 0
Extras                (lb 2, w 8, nb 2)                        12
Total                 (7 wickets, 50 overs, 203 mins)         278

DNB: SP George, BN Wigney, KS Pickering.

FoW: 1-60, 2-111, 3-111, 4-207, 5-238, 6-240, 7-250.

Bowling                 O       M       R       W
Wright                 10       2      44       3
Young                   5       0      39       0 (2w, 1nb)
Miller                 10       3      37       2 (1w)
Hutchison              10       0      60       1 (3w)
Saint                   7       0      45       0
Tucker                  5       0      29       1
Marsh                   3       0      22       0 (2w)

Tasmania innings (target: 279 runs from 50 overs)               R   M   B  4 6
J Cox                                    b Blewett             75 151 108  8 0
MJ Di Venuto          c Siddons          b Wilson              14  12  15  2 0
RT Ponting                               b Wilson               1   6   3  0 0
S Young               c Young            b Wilson               2  16  13  0 0
DJ Marsh              c Siddons          b George               7  22  15  0 0
*DC Boon              c Young            b Pickering            7  41  19  0 0
RJ Tucker                            c & b Blewett             68  90  60  3 2
+MN Atkinson          st Nielsen         b Young               16  19  25  2 0
CR Miller             st Nielsen         b Young                5  12   9  0 0
PJ Hutchison          lbw                b Blewett              3  10   6  0 0
DG Wright             not out                                   0   2   2  0 0
Extras                (lb 8, w 3)                              11
Total                 (all out, 45.5 overs, 145 mins)         209

DNB: JM Saint.

FoW: 1-16, 2-18, 3-30, 4-48, 5-81, 6-136, 7-171, 8-201, 9-208,
    10-209.

Bowling                 O       M       R       W
Wilson                  8       0      27       3
Wigney                  7.2     1      29       0 (1w)
George                 10       0      40       1 (2w)
Pickering               7.4     0      32       1
Young                   7       0      46       2
Blewett                 5.5     0      27       3

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• Blewett 50 in 83 mins, 67 balls, 5x4
• Adcock 50 in 55 mins, 51 balls, 4x4, 3x6
• Siddons 50 in 82 mins, 60 balls, 4x4
• Cox 50 in 105 mins, 78 balls, 6x4
• Tucker 50 in 77 mins, 48 balls, 2x4, 1x6
• Attendance: 3410

South Australia v Tasmania at Adelaide, 15-18 October 1997

Sheffield Shield, 1997/98
South Australia v Tasmania
Adelaide Oval
15,16,17,18 October 1997 (4-day match)

Result: Match drawn
Points: South Australia 2, Tasmania 0

Toss: Tasmania
Umpires: DB Hair and AJ Hunter
Match Referee: H Jolly
First-class Debuts: NT Adcock (South Australia); DG Wright (Tasmania).

Close of Play:

Day 1: Tasmania 264/8 (Atkinson 23*) Day 2: Tasmania 301, South Australia 336/8 (Young 2*) Day 3: South Australia 381, Tasmania 286/4 (Young 9*, Boon 9*) Tasmania 1st innings R M B 4 6 DF Hills c Blewett b McIntyre 35 108 86 3 0 J Cox lbw b Young 17 89 66 1 0 MJ Di Venuto c Adcock b Young 68 118 94 9 0 RT Ponting c Nielsen b Wilson 3 27 26 0 0 S Young c Nielsen b Blewett 58 142 123 7 1 *DC Boon lbw b Wilson 38 144 138 5 0 DJ Marsh c Blewett b McIntyre 5 18 17 0 0 +MN Atkinson not out 33 116 79 3 0 CR Miller lbw b Wigney 0 12 11 0 0 DG Wright c Blewett b Wilson 19 25 23 3 0 JP Marquet c Blewett b Wilson 8 23 18 0 0 Extras (b 2, lb 3, nb 12) 17 Total (all out, 112.1 overs, 415 mins) 301 FoW: 1-54 (Cox), 2-76 (Hills), 3-98 (Ponting), 4-162 (Di Venuto), 5-214 (Young), 6-223 (Marsh), 7-257 (Boon), 8-264 (Miller), 9-285 (Wright), 10-301 (Marquet). Bowling O M R W Wilson 26.1 12 53 4 (3nb) Wigney 22 5 73 1 Blewett 12 4 27 1 Young 24 5 61 2 McIntyre 28 9 82 2 (3nb) South Australia 1st innings R M B 4 6 MP Faull b Wright 5 17 16 0 0 DA Fitzgerald lbw b Marquet 14 23 12 3 0 GS Blewett b Miller 41 76 47 7 0 DS Lehmann c Ponting b Young 138 183 156 20 0 *JD Siddons c & b Marsh 91 199 172 13 2 NT Adcock st Atkinson b Miller 25 99 74 2 0 +TJ Nielsen c Atkinson b Miller 9 26 23 0 0 PE McIntyre lbw b Miller 0 7 8 0 0 BE Young c Boon b Miller 3 13 13 0 0 P Wilson c Marquet b Miller 25 34 36 2 0 BN Wigney not out 16 25 17 3 0 Extras (b 2, lb 5, w 1, nb 6) 14 Total (all out, 95.1 overs, 353 mins) 381 FoW: 1-16 (Faull), 2-20 (Fitzgerald), 3-122 (Blewett), 4-245 (Lehmann), 5-319 (Siddons), 6-329 (Adcock), 7-331 (McIntyre), 8-336 (Nielsen), 9-341 (Young), 10-381 (Wilson). Bowling O M R W Marquet 8 0 51 1 (1w) Wright 22 5 85 1 (2nb) Young 13 3 63 1 (1nb) Marsh 26 2 98 1 Miller 26.1 3 77 6 Tasmania 2nd innings R M B 4 6 DF Hills c Nielsen b McIntyre 26 94 61 2 0 J Cox lbw b Wigney 13 38 46 0 0 MJ Di Venuto c Faull b Young 94 214 180 8 0 RT Ponting c Lehmann b Young 121 195 169 11 1 S Young run out (Wilson) 28 116 83 3 0 *DC Boon not out 73 125 122 9 0 DJ Marsh not out 22 45 29 2 0 Extras (b 4, lb 2, w 1, nb 12) 19 Total (5 wickets decl, 114 overs, 416 mins) 396 DNB: +MN Atkinson, CR Miller, DG Wright, JP Marquet. FoW: 1-20 (Cox), 2-60 (Hills), 3-236 (Di Venuto), 4-274 (Ponting), 5-333 (Young). Bowling O M R W Wilson 20 2 66 0 (2nb) Wigney 11 2 31 1 Young 43 7 144 2 McIntyre 32 6 121 1 (1w 4nb) Lehmann 3 0 12 0 Blewett 5 1 16 0 South Australia 2nd innings (target: 317 runs) R M B 4 6 DA Fitzgerald c Hills b Marsh 41 151 129 5 0 MP Faull run out (sub [JM Saint]/Miller) 71 149 124 5 2 GS Blewett c Di Venuto b Marsh 38 45 44 1 1 DS Lehmann c Young b Miller 19 26 21 2 0 *JD Siddons not out 23 84 69 2 0 NT Adcock c & b Miller 0 2 5 0 0 +TJ Nielsen lbw b Wright 1 16 16 0 0 BE Young not out 9 47 36 0 0 Extras (lb 4, w 1) 5 Total (6 wickets, 75 overs, 262 mins) 207 DNB: PE McIntyre, P Wilson, BN Wigney. FoW: 1-112 (Faull), 2-113 (Fitzgerald), 3-152 (Lehmann), 4-182 (Blewett), 5-182 (Adcock), 6-183 (Nielsen). Bowling O M R W Marquet 10 3 18 0 Wright 10 3 24 1 (1w) Miller 31 14 63 2 Marsh 24 5 98 2 12th Men: SP George (SA) and JM Saint (Tas) Day 1 Lunch: Tasmania 83/2 (Di Venuto 25*, Ponting 5*, 32 ov) Tea: Tasmania 189/4 (Young 41*, Boon 14*, 65 ov) New Ball taken at 253/6 after 94 overs Crowd: 793 Day 2 Rain stopped play at 11.41pm until 12.03pm South Australia 12/0 (Faull 1*, Fitzgerald 10*) Lunch: South Australia 35/2 (Blewett 12*, Lehmann 1*, 9 ov) Tea: South Australia 168/3 (Lehmann 92*, Siddons 12*, 42 ov) Stumps taken at 6.09pm (scheduled for 5.52pm) Siddons passed 10,000 runs in first class cricket when he was 32* 3rd wkt: Blewett/Lehmann added 102 in 70 mins, 100 balls 4th wkt: Lehmann/Siddons added 123 in 112 mins, 195 balls Crowd: 705 Day 3 Lunch: Tasmania 45/1 (Hills 21*, Di Venuto 4*, 20 ov) Di Venuto 50 in 131 mins, 100 balls 4x4 Tea: Tasmania 179/2 (Di Venuto 71*, Ponting 56*, 54 ov) Ponting 50 in 91 mins, 82 balls 5x4 100 in 179 mins, 157 balls, 9x4 1x6 3rd wkt: Di Venuto/Ponting 50 in 54 mins, 91 balls 100 in 94 mins, 158 balls 150 in 142 mins, 247 balls 176 in 158 mins, 273 balls Crowd: 1003 Day 4 Boon 50 in 101 mins, 99 balls 6x4 South Australia were set a target of 317 to win in a minimum of 72 overs. Faull 50 in 127 mins, 103 balls, 4x4. His 11th first class fifty (no hundreds) 1st wkt: Fitzgerald/Faull 50 in 87 mins, 139 balls 100 in 142 mins, 239 balls Match drawn at 5.40 pm Crowd: 1114 (Match aggregate: 3615)

Queensland v New South Wales at Brisbane, 15-18 October 1997

Sheffield Shield, 1997/98
Queensland v New South Wales
Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane
15,16,17,18 October 1997 (4-day match)

Result: Match drawn
Points: Queensland 2, New South Wales 0

Toss: Queensland
Umpires: PD Parker and SG Randell

Close of Play:

Day 1: New South Wales 290/3 (Taylor 116*, Bevan 104*) Day 2: New South Wales 464, Queensland 133/0 (Hayden 76*, Love 52*) Day 3: Queensland 520/3 (Law 107*, Symonds 30*) New South Wales 1st innings R M B 4 6 MJ Slater c Hayden b Law 25 75 63 2 1 *MA Taylor c Hayden b Kasprowicz 124 391 331 11 0 SR Waugh run out (Symonds/Healy) 11 23 25 0 0 ME Waugh c Healy b Kasprowicz 18 53 50 1 0 MG Bevan c Healy b Kasprowicz 153 357 288 21 0 S Lee lbw b Dale 1 10 7 0 0 GRJ Matthews c Healy b Dale 35 136 114 3 0 +PA Emery c Dale b Kasprowicz 50 91 72 7 0 AM Stuart c Healy b Symonds 21 45 36 5 0 SH Cook b Dale 1 11 6 0 0 GD McGrath not out 2 5 5 0 0 Extras (lb 9, w 6, nb 8) 23 Total (all out, 165 overs, 603 mins) 464 FoW: 1-53 (Slater), 2-67 (SR Waugh), 3-104 (ME Waugh), 4-304 (Taylor), 5-307 (Lee), 6-382 (Bevan), 7-408 (Matthews), 8-445 (Stuart), 9-462 (Cook), 10-464 (Emery). Bowling O M R W Kasprowicz 43 10 129 4 (4nb, 1w) Dale 43 15 77 3 (5w) Creevey 2 0 14 0 Law 27 15 50 1 Jackson 17 4 59 0 Foley 17 0 75 0 Symonds 11 3 36 1 Maher 5 2 15 0 Queensland 1st innings R M B 4 6 ML Hayden c Emery b McGrath 181 348 270 18 2 ML Love run out (SR Waugh) 129 274 223 13 0 JP Maher lbw b Matthews 44 165 150 5 0 SG Law retired hurt 107 162 138 16 0 A Symonds c Bevan b Matthews 63 141 130 5 0 GI Foley not out 70 120 89 7 1 *+IA Healy c SR Waugh b Matthews 12 34 26 0 0 BN Creevey not out 7 13 16 0 0 Extras (b 5, lb 12, nb 20) 37 Total (5 wickets decl, 172 overs, 631 mins) 650 DNB: AC Dale, MS Kasprowicz, PW Jackson. FoW: 1-286 (Love), 2-336 (Hayden), 3-416 (Maher), 4-591 (Symonds), 5-638 (Healy). Bowling O M R W McGrath 31 6 80 1 (1nb) Stuart 13 2 63 0 (4nb) Matthews 57 10 197 3 Cook 20 4 87 0 (4nb) Lee 21 1 87 0 (1nb) ME Waugh 24 2 84 0 SR Waugh 6 0 35 0 New South Wales 2nd innings R M B 4 6 *MA Taylor c Hayden b Jackson 55 171 135 5 0 MJ Slater c Healy b Jackson 27 70 51 1 0 SR Waugh c Hayden b Kasprowicz 18 30 30 3 0 ME Waugh not out 69 108 107 11 1 MG Bevan not out 11 38 25 0 0 Extras (nb 11) 11 Total (3 wickets, 57 overs, 210 mins) 191 DNB: S Lee, GRJ Matthews, +PA Emery, AM Stuart, SH Cook, GD McGrath. FoW: 1-52 (Slater), 2-81 (SR Waugh), 3-163 (Taylor). Bowling O M R W Kasprowicz 10 2 31 1 (5nb) Dale 10 2 36 0 Foley 4 0 14 0 Jackson 16 4 42 2 Maher 8 0 30 0 Symonds 9 1 38 0 Twelfth Men: MP Mott (Queensland) and SCG MacGill (New South Wales) Taylor and Bevan, 200 partnership: new NSW Sheffield Shield 4th wicket record against Queensland at the Gabba (Previous: 195, JH Fingleton and SJ McCabe, 1931-32). Taylor, on reaching 75, became the 4th highest run-scorer for NSW in all first-class cricket (passing W Bardsley on 6419). Bevan, on reaching 28, passed 5000 fc runs for NSW, the 18th player to do so. Hayden and Love, 286 partnership: new record for the first wicket for Queensland against NSW (prev. 265, WA Brown & GG Cook at Sydney, 1938-39). SG Law retired hurt at 520/3 (overnight following Day 3) Queensland total, 5/650: Record score by Queensland against NSW at the Gabba (prev. 613 in 1963-64 season). New South Wales 2nd Innings: Boyd Williams acted as substitute fieldsman for Queensland, MP Mott having been released on the Saturday to play grade cricket. JP Maher kept wicket for Queensland for the last 30 minutes of the match. Attendance: Day 1 - 1126; Day 2 - 979; Day 3 - 1706, Day 4 - 883.

Queensland v New South Wales at Brisbane, 12 Oct 1997

Mercantile Mutual Cup, 1997/98, 2nd Match
Queensland v New South Wales
Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane
12 October 1997 (50-over match)

Result: New South Wales won by 1 wicket
Points: New South Wales 2, Queensland 0

Toss: Queensland
Umpires: AJ McQuillan and GC Zimmer
TV Umpire: PD Parker
Man of the Match: MG Bevan

Players per side: 12 (11 bat, 11 field)

Queensland innings (50 overs maximum)                           R   M   B  4 6
JP Maher              c Emery            b McGrath             22  49  30  4 0
ML Hayden             lbw                b Stuart               1   5   4  0 0
SG Law                c Emery            b McGrath             22  34  25  5 0
ML Love               c ME Waugh         b Cook                23  50  33  0 1
GI Foley              c Lee              b Stuart              34  78  59  2 0
A Symonds                            c & b Matthews             4   6   7  1 0
BN Creevey            run out (Slater/Emery)                   28  55  29  1 0
*+IA Healy            c Richards         b Matthews            15  33  24  1 0
SA Prestwidge                        c & b ME Waugh            35  49  40  2 1
MS Kasprowicz         c SR Waugh         b ME Waugh            33  38  40  2 1
AC Dale               not out                                   0   2   0  0 0
Extras                (lb 5, w 3, nb 5)                        13
Total                 (all out, 47.4 overs, 204 mins)         230

DNB: PW Jackson.

FoW: 1-6 (Hayden), 2-45 (Law), 3-50 (Maher), 4-87 (Love),
    5-94 (Symonds), 6-130 (Foley), 7-157 (Creevey),
    8-162 (Healy), 9-224 (Kasprowicz), 10-230 (Prestwidge).

Bowling                 O       M       R       W
McGrath                10       0      26       2
Stuart                 10       0      55       2 (5nb)
Matthews               10       0      38       2
Cook                    6       0      29       1
Lee                     7       0      46       0
ME Waugh                4.4     0      31       2 (3w)

New South Wales innings (target: 231 runs from 50 overs)        R   M   B  4 6
*MA Taylor            c Law              b Prestwidge          70 127  88  7 0
MJ Slater             c Symonds          b Dale                10  28  23  0 0
SR Waugh              c Healy            b Creevey             19  38  25  1 0
ME Waugh              c Foley            b Creevey             20  33  27  2 0
MG Bevan              not out                                  65 115  75  4 0
S Lee                 c Healy            b Dale                21  30  19  2 0
CJ Richards           c Healy            b Dale                 0   1   2  0 0
GRJ Matthews          lbw                b Prestwidge           8  34  24  0 0
+PA Emery             c Dale             b Prestwidge           8   8   8  1 0
AM Stuart             run out (Hayden/Prestwidge)               3   9   7  0 0
SH Cook               not out                                   0   2   0  0 0
Extras                (lb 5, w 1, nb 2)                         8
Total                 (9 wickets, 49.2 overs, 217 mins)       232

DNB: GD McGrath.

FoW: 1-28 (Slater), 2-71 (SR Waugh), 3-109 (ME Waugh), 4-133 (Taylor),
    5-175 (Lee), 6-175 (Richards), 7-207 (Matthews),
    8-219 (Emery), 9-228 (Stuart).

Bowling                 O       M       R       W
Kasprowicz             10       1      44       0
Dale                   10       1      38       3
Creevey                10       0      36       2
Foley                   5       0      27       0
Jackson                 4       0      23       0 (1w)
Prestwidge              9.2     0      55       3 (2nb)
Law                     1       0       4       0

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• Scorers: JI Harris (Queensland) and M Jensz (New South Wales)
• Attendance: 7,987.

New South Wales v South Australia at North Sydney, 5 October 1997

Mercantile Mutual Cup, 1997-98, 1st Match
New South Wales v South Australia
North Sydney Oval, Sydney
5 October 1997 (50-over match)

Result: New South Wales won by 37 runs
Points: New South Wales 2, South Australia 0

Toss: New South Wales
Umpires: DB Hair and SJA Taufel
TV Umpire: AJ Morgan
List A Debuts: NT Adcock, KS Pickering (South Australia).
Man of the Match: SR Waugh

Players per side: 12 (11 bat, 11 field)

New South Wales innings (50 overs maximum)                      R   M   B  4 6
MJ Slater             c Adcock           b Wigney              37  61  62  0 0
*MA Taylor            c Young            b Wilson              12  31  18  1 0
SR Waugh              c George           b Young               72 102  72  9 0
ME Waugh              run out (Blewett/Nielsen)                76  79  58  5 3
MG Bevan              c Fitzgerald       b Blewett             56  63  54  5 0
S Lee                                    b Wilson              35  41  27  2 1
CJ Richards                              b Blewett              6   9   7  0 0
GRJ Matthews          not out                                   2   7   5  0 0
+PA Emery             not out                                   2   5   4  0 0
Extras                (b 1, lb 11, w 5, nb 4)                  21
Total                 (7 wickets, 50 overs, 204 mins)         319

DNB: AM Stuart, SH Cook, GD McGrath.

FoW: 1-32 (Taylor), 2-70 (Slater), 3-211 (SR Waugh),
    4-220 (ME Waugh), 5-292 (Lee), 6-313 (Richards),
    7-314 (Bevan).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Wilson                      10      0     49      2 (1w)
Wigney                      10      0     33      1 (3w)
Pickering                    8      0     65      0 (2nb)
George                       5      0     39      0 (1w)
Blewett                      9      0     62      2
Young                        6      0     40      1
Parker                       2      0     19      0

South Australia innings (target: 320 runs from 50 overs)        R   M   B  4 6
GS Blewett            run out (Slater)                         45  63  45  6 0
+TJ Nielsen           run out (Bevan)                           8  23  29  0 0
DA Fitzgerald         c Matthews         b Bevan               49  81  48  5 2
DS Lehmann            c Richards         b Cook                26  28  22  5 0
*JD Siddons           c Taylor           b SR Waugh            58  88  57  6 1
NT Adcock             c Emery            b Cook                 6  19  20  1 0
GR Parker             c SR Waugh         b Lee                 36  60  38  2 2
BE Young              c Slater           b Lee                  4   7   6  0 0
SP George             c SR Waugh         b Stuart              19  26  18  1 1
P Wilson              run out (ME Waugh/Lee)                    7   6   8  1 0
BN Wigney             not out                                   7  16  11  0 0
Extras                (b 1, lb 6, w 10)                        17
Total                 (all out, 47.4 overs, 213 mins)         282

DNB: KS Pickering.

FoW: 1-20 (Nielsen), 2-81 (Blewett), 3-119 (Lehmann),
    4-137 (Fitzgerald), 5-166 (Adcock), 6-240 (Siddons),
    7-246 (Parker), 8-246 (Young), 9-255 (Wilson),
    10-282 (George).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
McGrath                      9      2     42      0
Stuart                       8.4    0     52      1 (5w)
Matthews                     4      0     43      0
Cook                        10      1     48      2 (2w)
Bevan                        4      0     33      1 (1w)
Lee                         10      0     45      2 (1w)
SR Waugh                     2      0     12      1 (1w)

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• Scorers: R Kelleher (South Australia) and MA Slarke (New South Wales)
• Attendance: 7,280