| f31460 | |
| Venue | Basin Reserve, Wellington on 5th, 6th, 7th February 1977 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 8 |
| Toss | Wellington won the toss and decided to field |
| Result | Australians won by 50 runs |
| Umpires | DEA Copps, WRC Gardiner |
| Close of play day 1 | Wellington (1) 138/6 (Gray 5*, Vance 10*; 27 overs) |
| Close of play day 2 | Australians (2) 280/2 (McCosker 89*, Chappell 130*; 61 overs) |
| Australians first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| IC Davis | c Morrison b Cederwall | 23 | 56 | 56 | 4 | - | |
| A Turner | c Vance b Chatfield | 7 | 26 | 43 | 1 | - | |
| RB McCosker | c Cederwall b Chatfield | 23 | 81 | 116 | 1 | - | |
| *GS Chappell | c Currie b Cederwall | 17 | 49 | 58 | 3 | - | |
| KJ Hughes | c Vance b Chatfield | 0 | 9 | 7 | - | - | |
| KD Walters | b Chatfield | 5 | 15 | 16 | 1 | - | |
| +RW Marsh | b Chatfield | 5 | 14 | 13 | 1 | - | |
| GJ Gilmour | c Morrison b Cederwall | 25 | 23 | 38 | 4 | - | |
| KJ O'Keeffe | c Edgar b Chatfield | 0 | 2 | 2 | - | - | |
| RJ Bright | b Chatfield | 18 | 21 | 34 | 3 | - | |
| AG Hurst | not out | 0 | 4 | 7 | - | - | |
| Extras | (8 b, 4 lb, 5 nb) | 17 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 198 minutes, 36.4 overs) | 140 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-29 (Turner, 8.4 ov), 2-35 (Davis, 11.1 ov), 3-67 (Chappell, 21.2 ov), 4-68 (Hughes, 22.5 ov), 5-82 (Walters, 26.1 ov), 6-88 (Marsh, 28.8 ov), 7-91 (McCosker, 30.4 ov), 8-91 (O'Keeffe, 30.6 ov), 9-129 (Gilmour, 35.2 ov), 10-140 (Bright, 36.4 ov) | |||||||
| Wellington bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Chatfield | 15.4 | 4 | 45 | 7 | - | - | |
| Cater | 6 | 1 | 24 | 0 | - | 8 | |
| Cederwall | 15 | 5 | 54 | 3 | - | - | |
| Wellington first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RW Smith | b Hurst | 0 | 11 | 18 | - | - | |
| BA Edgar | c Turner b Bright | 61 | 64 | 75 | 7 | 1 | |
| JFM Morrison | c Hughes b Hurst | 1 | 11 | 9 | - | - | |
| *JV Coney | st Marsh b Bright | 21 | 30 | 59 | 3 | - | |
| CJ Currie | c Bright b O'Keeffe | 21 | 47 | 53 | 2 | - | |
| BD Smith | c Turner b Bright | 0 | 4 | 2 | - | - | |
| EJ Gray | c and b O'Keeffe | 14 | 73 | 85 | 3 | - | |
| +RH Vance | b Bright | 15 | 45 | 33 | 3 | - | |
| BW Cederwall | b O'Keeffe | 24 | 37 | 33 | 5 | - | |
| SB Cater | c Chappell b O'Keeffe | 16 | 39 | 33 | 3 | - | |
| EJ Chatfield | not out | 14 | 8 | 15 | 3 | - | |
| Extras | (5 lb, 14 nb, 1 w) | 20 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 215 minutes, 44.2 overs) | 207 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-12 (RW Smith, 2.8 ov), 2-20 (Morrison, 4.6 ov), 3-92 (Edgar, 11.8 ov), 4-98 (Coney, 15.1 ov), 5-98 (BD Smith, 15.5 ov), 6-124 (Currie, 22.1 ov), 7-149 (Vance, 31.3 ov), 8-165 (Gray, 36.3 ov), 9-184 (Cederwall, 40.6 ov), 10-207 (Cater, 44.2 ov) | |||||||
| Australians bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Hurst | 6 | 1 | 38 | 2 | - | 7 | |
| Gilmour | 8 | 2 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |
| Chappell | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | |
| Bright | 18 | 5 | 78 | 4 | - | - | |
| O'Keeffe | 11.2 | 3 | 39 | 4 | - | 2 | |
| Australians second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| A Turner | c Morrison b Chatfield | 28 | 97 | 101 | - | - | |
| IC Davis | c Vance b Chatfield | 28 | 51 | 55 | 6 | - | |
| RB McCosker | not out | 135 | 246 | 307 | 17 | - | |
| *GS Chappell | retired out | 130 | 164 | 176 | 24 | - | |
| KJ Hughes | c Edgar b Chatfield | 2 | 14 | 17 | - | - | |
| KD Walters | c Vance b Cederwall | 27 | 45 | 59 | 4 | - | |
| +RW Marsh | not out | 2 | 5 | 7 | - | - | |
| GJ Gilmour | did not bat | ||||||
| KJ O'Keeffe | did not bat | ||||||
| RJ Bright | did not bat | ||||||
| AG Hurst | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (3 b, 2 nb, 1 w) | 6 | |||||
| Total | (5 wickets, declared, 364 minutes, 77 overs) | 358 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-37 (Davis, 12.3 ov), 2-71 (Turner, 20.8 ov), 3-280 (Chappell, 60.8 ov), 4-292 (Hughes, 64.4 ov), 5-352 (Walters, 75.6 ov) | |||||||
| Wellington bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Chatfield | 24 | 2 | 94 | 3 | - | - | |
| Cater | 12 | 1 | 77 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
| Gray | 10 | 2 | 41 | 0 | - | - | |
| BD Smith | 6 | 2 | 25 | 0 | - | - | |
| Cederwall | 22 | 4 | 97 | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Coney | 3 | 0 | 18 | 0 | - | - | |
| Wellington second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RW Smith | c Chappell b Bright | 25 | 38 | 42 | 5 | - | |
| BA Edgar | b O'Keeffe | 70 | 125 | 149 | 11 | - | |
| JFM Morrison | b O'Keeffe | 64 | 111 | 119 | 8 | 1 | |
| *JV Coney | c Walters b O'Keeffe | 0 | 4 | 3 | - | - | |
| CJ Currie | c Marsh b Bright | 1 | 11 | 23 | - | - | |
| BD Smith | c Davis b O'Keeffe | 23 | 30 | 27 | 5 | - | |
| EJ Gray | not out | 13 | 45 | 61 | 3 | - | |
| +RH Vance | c Gilmour b Bright | 1 | 3 | 12 | - | - | |
| BW Cederwall | st Marsh b O'Keeffe | 16 | 28 | 20 | 1 | - | |
| SB Cater | b Hurst | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | - | |
| EJ Chatfield | c Hurst b O'Keeffe | 5 | 8 | 8 | 1 | - | |
| Extras | (7 b, 4 lb, 6 nb) | 17 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 239 minutes, 49.6 overs) | 241 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-40 (RW Smith, 7.6 ov), 2-164 (Edgar, 31.2 ov), 3-164 (Coney, 31.6 ov), 4-171 (Morrison, 33.6 ov), 5-183 (Currie, 36.5 ov), 6-199 (BD Smith, 39.8 ov), 7-204 (Vance, 42.2 ov), 8-227 (Cederwall, 47.2 ov), 9-236 (Cater, 48.2 ov), 10-241 (Chatfield, 49.6 ov) | |||||||
| Australians bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Hurst | 11 | 1 | 61 | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Gilmour | 7 | 1 | 30 | 0 | - | 6 | |
| Bright | 14 | 2 | 59 | 3 | - | 3 | |
| O'Keeffe | 17.6 | 0 | 74 | 6 | - | - | |
Notes
--> Day 1 Lunch: Australians (1) 67/3 (McCosker 9*, Hughes 0*; 22 overs)
--> Day 1 Tea: Wellington (1) 32/2 (Edgar 22*, Coney 0*; 6 overs)
--> Day 2 Lunch: Australians (2) 21/0 (Turner 6*, Davis 15*; 10 overs)
--> Day 2 Tea: Australians (2) 103/2 (McCosker 33*, Chappell 10*; 36 overs)
--> Day 3 Lunch: Wellington (2) 16/0 (RW Smith 9*, Edgar 5*; 4 overs)
--> Day 3 Tea: Wellington (2) 153/1 (Edgar 62*, Morrison 56*; 30 overs)
--> RW Smith made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> CJ Currie made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> BD Smith made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> IC Davis (1) passed 2500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 11
--> BA Edgar (1) passed his previous highest score of 55 in First-Class matches
--> RB McCosker (2) passed 4000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 13
--> BA Edgar (2) passed his previous highest score of 61 in First-Class matches
--> BA Edgar (2) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 37
BA Edgar scored 1 five in the Wellington first innings
RB McCosker and GS Chappell added 209 in 176 minutes for the third wicket in the Australians second innings
Wellington were given 263 minutes to score 292 to win the match outright
BA Edgar and JFM Morrison added 124 in 106 minutes for the second wicket in the Wellington second innings
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