V & G Australasian Knock-Out Competition, 1969/70, Final
Victoria v New Zealand
Melbourne Cricket Ground
1 January 1970 (40-over match)

Result: New Zealand won by 6 wickets
Series: New Zealand wins the 1969/70 V & G Australasian Knock-Out Competition

Toss: Victoria
Umpires: JR Collins and WJ Smyth
Man of the match: BE Congdon

Balls per over: 8

Victoria innings (40 overs maximum)                             R   M   B  4 6
KH Eastwood                              b Collinge             8
*RM Cowper                               b Burgess             23  60
LR Joslin             run out                                  29
PLA Bedford                              b Cunis                2
GD Watson                                b Cunis                3
WJ Scholes                               b Cunis               11
JD Swanson                               b Howarth             14
+NM Carlyon           not out                                  22
RK Rowan              c Collinge         b Howarth              0
BM Campbell           c Hadlee           b Howarth             13
AL Thomson                               b Collinge             0
Extras                (lb 3, nb 1)                              4
Total                 (all out, 34.6 overs, 180 mins)         129

FoW: 1-16 (Eastwood), 2-52 (Cowper), 3-61 (Bedford),
     4-64 (Joslin), 5-70 (Watson), 6-83 (Scholes),
     7-97 (Swanson), 8-97 (Rowan), 9-124 (Campbell),
     10-129 (Thomson).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Collinge                     6.6    1     17      2
Hadlee                       6      1     26      0
Cunis                        8      1     25      3 (1nb)
Burgess                      3      0     15      1
Howarth                      8      1     26      3
Congdon                      3      0     16      0

New Zealand innings (target: 130 runs from 40 overs)            R   M   B  4 6
*GT Dowling           c Watson           b Thomson              4  25      0 0
GM Turner             c Joslin           b Thomson              2   2      0 0
BE Congdon            lbw                b Bedford             69 134 133  5 0
BF Hastings           c Cowper           b Swanson             13  47
BW Sinclair           not out                                  34  65
MG Burgess            not out                                   1   1   1  0 0
Extras                (b 2, lb 1, nb 4)                         7
Total                 (4 wickets, 31.4 overs, 139 mins)       130

DNB: +KJ Wadsworth, DR Hadlee, HJ Howarth, RO Collinge, RS Cunis.

FoW: 1-3 (Turner), 2-18 (Dowling), 3-56 (Hastings),
     4-129 (Congdon).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Thomson                      8      0     44      2 (4nb)
Rowan                        8      2     16      0
Swanson                      8      2     29      1
Campbell                     5      0     26      0
Watson                       2      0      6      0
Bedford                      0.4    0      2      1

Note: Wides count as Balls Faced in the batsmens' analyses

• 12th Men: E Shade (Victoria) and GE Vivian (New Zealand).
• Attendance: 14,238

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Team Pages: Victoria, New Zealand.

Ground Page: Melbourne Cricket Ground

Victoria Player Pages: KH Eastwood, RM Cowper, LR Joslin, PLA Bedford, GD Watson, WJ Scholes, JD Swanson, NM Carlyon, RK Rowan, BM Campbell, AL Thomson.

New Zealand Player Pages: GT Dowling, GM Turner, BE Congdon, BF Hastings, BW Sinclair, MG Burgess, KJ Wadsworth, DR Hadlee, HJ Howarth, RO Collinge, RS Cunis.

Match Officials' Pages: JR Collins, WJ Smyth.