Gillette Cup (Australia), 1973/74, Final
New Zealand v Western Australia
Melbourne Cricket Ground
3 February 1974 (40-over match)

Result: Western Australia won by 7 wickets
Series: Western Australia wins the 1973/74 Gillette Cup (Australia)

Toss: Western Australia
Umpires: JR Collins and WJ Copeland
Man of the match: GD McKenzie

Balls per over: 8

New Zealand innings (40 overs maximum)                          R   M   B  4 6
JM Parker             c Yardley          b Baker               11  55      0 0
GM Turner             c Watson           b McKenzie             0   1   1  0 0
MJF Shrimpton         lbw                b McKenzie             2  30      0 0
BF Hastings                          c & b Clark                2   7      0 0
*BE Congdon           c Marsh            b Clark                7  28      0 0
JFM Morrison                             b Clark               50 131      3 0
+KJ Wadsworth         c R Edwards        b Baker               21  17      3 0
RJ Hadlee             c WJ Edwards       b McKenzie            30  64      2 0
DR Hadlee             run out (McKenzie/Marsh)                  7  18      0 0
DR O'Sullivan         c Marsh            b Yardley              0   1      0 0
BL Cairns             not out                                  11  13      1 0
Extras                (lb 6, w 1, nb 2)                         9
Total                 (all out, 36.3 overs, 187 mins)         150

FoW: 1-1 (Turner), 2-12 (Shrimpton), 3-15 (Hastings),
     4-21 (Parker), 5-35 (Congdon), 6-60 (Wadsworth),
     7-116 (RJ Hadlee), 8-130 (DR Hadlee), 9-130 (O'Sullivan),
     10-150 (Morrison).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
McKenzie                     8      1     20      3 (1nb)
Baker                        8      0     22      2
Clark                        6.3    0     38      3
Yardley                      8      1     28      1 (1nb, 1w)
Watson                       5      0     25      0
Brayshaw                     1      0      8      0

Western Australia innings (target: 151 runs from 40 overs)      R   M   B  4 6
GD Watson                                b Cairns              15  28      1 0
WJ Edwards            lbw                b Congdon             54  56      5 0
*RJ Inverarity        not out                                  31  94      2 0
R Edwards                                b Congdon             18  42      1 0
RS Langer             not out                                  27  23      4 1
Extras                (b 1, lb 1, nb 4)                         6
Total                 (3 wickets, 26.6 overs, 123 mins)       151

DNB: +RW Marsh, IJ Brayshaw, B Yardley, GD McKenzie, DJ Baker,
     WM Clark.

FoW: 1-39 (Watson), 2-74 (WJ Edwards), 3-112 (R Edwards).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
RJ Hadlee                    5      0     37      0 (3nb)
Cairns                       4      0     19      1 (1nb)
DR Hadlee                    6      0     36      0
Congdon                      8      3     31      2
O'Sullivan                   3.6    0     22      0

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

• Scorers: BW Bright (Western Australia) and MP Ringham (New Zealand)

Domestic Season Index

Team Pages: New Zealand, Western Australia.

Ground Page: Melbourne Cricket Ground

New Zealand Player Pages: JM Parker, GM Turner, MJF Shrimpton, BF Hastings, BE Congdon, JFM Morrison, KJ Wadsworth, RJ Hadlee, DR Hadlee, DR O'Sullivan, BL Cairns.

Western Australia Player Pages: GD Watson, WJ Edwards, RJ Inverarity, R Edwards, RS Langer, RW Marsh, IJ Brayshaw, B Yardley, GD McKenzie, DJ Baker, WM Clark.

Match Officials' Pages: JR Collins, WJ Copeland.