Gillette Cup (Australia), 1974/75, Final
New Zealand v Western Australia
Melbourne Cricket Ground
2 February 1975 (40-over match)

Result: New Zealand won by 8 wickets
Series: New Zealand wins the 1974/75 Gillette Cup (Australia)

Toss: New Zealand
Umpires: JR Collins and RC Isherwood
Man of the match: RO Collinge

Balls per over: 8

Western Australia innings (40 overs maximum)                    R   M   B  4 6
WJ Edwards                               b Chatfield            5  21  16  0 0
BM Laird              run out (?/Collinge)                      0   2   0  0 0
GD Watson             c Morrison         b Collinge             1  11   8  0 0
*RJ Inverarity        c Morrison         b Chatfield            5  37  30  0 0
+RW Marsh                                b Collinge             1   3   3  0 0
R Edwards             lbw                b Chatfield            4  16  10  0 0
RS Langer                                b Collinge            40  86  57  3 0
IJ Brayshaw                              b Congdon              2  19  18  0 0
DK Lillee                                b Congdon              1   7   8  0 0
MF Malone             c Wadsworth        b Collinge            14  56  51  0 0
TM Alderman           not out                                   1   7  10  0 0
Extras                (lb 1, nb 1)                              2
Total                 (all out, 26.1 overs, 137 mins)          76

FoW: 1-1 (Laird), 2-6 (Watson), 3-8 (WJ Edwards), 4-9 (Marsh),
     5-16 (R Edwards), 6-19 (Inverarity), 7-24 (Brayshaw),
     8-26 (Lillee), 9-74 (Langer), 10-76 (Malone).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Collinge                     7.1    0     20      4
Chatfield                    5      0      5      3
Hadlee                       8      1     21      0 (1nb)
Congdon                      5      1     19      2
HJ Howarth                   1      0      9      0

New Zealand innings (target: 77 runs from 40 overs)             R   M   B  4 6
JFM Morrison          c Marsh            b Lillee               8  22  17  0 0
GN Edwards            c Langer           b Lillee              12  36  27  2 0
*BE Congdon           not out                                  40  65  64  4 1
BF Hastings           not out                                  12  51  29  1 0
Extras                (b 4, nb 1)                               5
Total                 (2 wickets, 17 overs, 88 mins)           77

DNB: GP Howarth, JM Parker, +KJ Wadsworth, DR Hadlee, HJ Howarth,
     RO Collinge, EJ Chatfield.

FoW: 1-12 (Morrison), 2-27 (Edwards).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Lillee                       6      0     27      2
Alderman                     4      1      9      0 (1nb)
Watson                       2      0     15      0
Malone                       4      0     17      0
Langer                       1      0      4      0

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

• Scorers: ICG Kelaart (New Zealand) and MP Ringham (Western Australia)
• 12th Men: ? (Western Australia) and BL Cairns (New Zealand)
• Attendance: 4,462 ($3161.00)

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Team Pages: New Zealand, Western Australia.

Ground Page: Melbourne Cricket Ground

Western Australia Player Pages: WJ Edwards, BM Laird, GD Watson, RJ Inverarity, RW Marsh, R Edwards, RS Langer, IJ Brayshaw, DK Lillee, MF Malone, TM Alderman.

New Zealand Player Pages: JFM Morrison, GN Edwards, BE Congdon, BF Hastings, GP Howarth, JM Parker, KJ Wadsworth, DR Hadlee, HJ Howarth, RO Collinge, EJ Chatfield.

Match Officials' Pages: JR Collins, RC Isherwood.