1969–70 Vehicle & General Australasian knock-out competition
Administrator(s) | Australian Cricket Board |
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Cricket format | Limited overs cricket |
Tournament format(s) | knockout |
Champions | New Zealand (1st title) |
Participants | 7 |
Matches | 6 |
Attendance | 20,780 (3,463 per match) |
Most runs | Ross Collins (NSW) 98 runs |
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The 1969–70 Vehicle & General Australasian knock-out competition was an List A tournament took place from November 1969 to January 1970. It was the first season of the Australian domestic limited-overs cricket tournament. Seven teams representing the six states in Australia, and a New Zealand team, took part in the competition in a knockout format. The competition began on 22 November 1969 when Victoria took on Tasmania at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
After five matches were played, the final took placed on 1 January 1970 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground between Victoria and New Zealand. After winning the toss, Victoria were bowled out for 129, with New Zealand chasing the total down with six wickets to spare.
Format
The first season of the competition was a straight knockout competition between the six states of Australia and a team that represented New Zealand at domestic level.
First Round | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
22 November – Melbourne | ||||||||||
Victoria | 2/131 | |||||||||
30 December – Melbourne | ||||||||||
Tasmania | 130 | |||||||||
Victoria | 157 | |||||||||
30 November – Perth | ||||||||||
Western Australia | 59 | |||||||||
Western Australia | 8/188 | |||||||||
1 January – Melbourne | ||||||||||
South Australia | 187 | |||||||||
Victoria | 129 | |||||||||
7 December – Sydney | ||||||||||
New Zealand | 4/130 | |||||||||
New South Wales | 8/227 | |||||||||
30 December – Sydney | ||||||||||
Queensland | 195 | |||||||||
New South Wales | 150 | |||||||||
New Zealand | 6/153 | |||||||||
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Fixtures
First round
22 November 1969 Scorecard |
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Stephen Howard 39 (62) Graeme Watson 3/32 (8 overs) | Ken Eastwood 69 (81) Harold Allen 2/37 (7 overs) |
Victoria won by 8 wickets Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Attendance: 4,052 Player of the match: Stephen Howard (Tas) |
- Victoria won the toss and elected to field.
30 November 1969 Scorecard |
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- No Toss
7 December 1969 Scorecard |
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Ross Collins 69* (?) Ian King 5/33 (8 overs) | Sam Trimble 56 (?) Ross Collins 3/48 (8 overs) |
New South Wales won by 32 runs Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Attendance: 2,490 Player of the match: Ross Collins (NSW) |
- Queensland won the toss and elected to field.
Semi-finals
30 December 1969 Scorecard |
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Alan Turner 66 (?) Hedley Howarth 5/22 (5.7 overs) |
- New South Wales won the toss and elected to bat.
30 December 1969 Scorecard |
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Ross Edwards 21 (32) Graeme Watson 5/20 (6.3 overs) |
- Western Australia won the toss and elected to field.
Final
1 January 1970 Scorecard |
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Bevan Congdon 69 (133) Alan Thomson 2/44 (8 overs) |
New Zealand won by 6 wickets Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Attendance: 14,238 Player of the match: Bevan Congdon (NZ) |
- Victoria won the toss and elected to bat.
See also
References
External links
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