1969–70 Vehicle & General Australasian knock-out competition

1969–70 V & G Australasian Knock-Out Competition
Administrator(s)	Australian Cricket Board
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
	1970–71 →

The 1969–70 Vehicle & General Australasian knock-out competition was a 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
New Zealand

BYE

Fixtures

First round

22 November 1969
Scorecard

Tasmania 9/130 (40 overs)	v	Victoria 2/131 (20.7 overs)
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

South Australia 8/187 (40 overs)	v	Western Australia 8/188 (39.7 overs)
Robert Gilbourne 68 (82) Ian Brayshaw 3/28 (8 overs)		Ian Brayshaw 58* (96) Ken Cunningham 3/32 (8 overs)

Western Australia won by 2 wickets
WACA Ground, Perth
Player of the match: Ian Brayshaw (WA)

No Toss

7 December 1969
Scorecard

New South Wales 8/227 (40 overs)	v	Queensland 195 (36.7 overs)
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

New South Wales 150 (33.7 overs)	v	New Zealand 6/153 (33.4 overs)
Alan Turner 66 (?) Hedley Howarth 5/22 (5.7 overs)		Brian Hastings 56* (?) Ross Collins 2/29 (6.4 overs)

New Zealand won by 4 wickets
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
Player of the match: Hedley Howarth (NZ)

New South Wales won the toss and elected to bat.

30 December 1969
Scorecard

Victoria 157 (37.2 overs)	v	Western Australia 59 (21.3 overs)
Bob Cowper 33 (49) Ian Brayshaw 3/47 (8 overs)		Ross Edwards 21 (32) Graeme Watson 5/20 (6.3 overs)

Victoria won by 98 runs
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
Player of the match: Alan Thomson (Vic)

Western Australia won the toss and elected to field.

Final

1 January 1970
Scorecard

Victoria 129 (34.6 overs)	v	New Zealand 4/130 (31.4 overs)
Les Joslin 29 (?) Bob Cunis 3/26 (8 overs)		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.

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