1970–71 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 | Western Australia (1st title) |
Participants | 7 |
Matches | 6 |
Attendance | 35,010 (5,835 per match) |
Most runs | Ian Chappell (SA) (176 runs) |
Most wickets | Graham McKenzie (WA) (8 wickets) |
← 1969–70 1971–72 → |
The 1970–71 Vehicle & General Australasian knock-out competition was the second edition of the official List A domestic tournament in Australia. Seven teams representing six states in Australia and New Zealand took part in the knock-out competition. The competition began on 18 October 1970 when South Australia took on Victoria at the Adelaide Oval.
The 1970–71 cup final was played on 6 February 1971 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground between Queensland and Western Australia, with Western Australia recording an 91 run victory over Queensland. Ian Chappell scored the most runs in the tournament with 176 runs with Graham McKenzie from Western Australia taking the most wickets with eight.
Format
The second season of the competition was a straight knockout competition between the six states of Australia and a team that represented New Zealand at the domestic level.
First Round | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
18 October – Adelaide | ||||||||||
South Australia | 5/202 | |||||||||
6 December – Adelaide | ||||||||||
Victoria | 9/199 | |||||||||
South Australia | 6/261 | |||||||||
1 November – Brisbane | ||||||||||
Queensland | 6/264 | |||||||||
Queensland | 3/156 | |||||||||
6 February – Melbourne | ||||||||||
New South Wales | 155 | |||||||||
Queensland | 79 | |||||||||
4 December – Launceston | ||||||||||
Western Australia | 170 | |||||||||
Tasmania | 205 | |||||||||
31 January – Perth | ||||||||||
Western Australia | 8/218 | |||||||||
Western Australia | 123/7 | |||||||||
New Zealand | 120 | |||||||||
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Fixtures
First round
18 October 1970 Scorecard |
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Robert Rowan 47 (?) Kevin McCarthy 2/28 (8 overs) |
South Australia won by 5 wickets Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Attendance: 6,921 Player of the match: Ian Chappell (SA) |
- Victoria won the toss and elected to field.
1 November 1970 Scorecard |
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John Gleeson 32 (57) Rusi Surti 4/29 (6.2 overs) |
Queensland won by 7 wickets The Gabba, Brisbane Attendance: 4,513 Player of the match: Rusi Surti (Qld) |
- Queensland won the toss and elected to field.
4 November 1970 Scorecard |
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Western Australia won by 13 runs NTCA Ground, Launceston Attendance: 2,000 Player of the match: Ross Edwards (WA) |
- Western Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
Semi-finals
6 December 1970 Scorecard |
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Queensland won by 4 wickets Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Attendance: 11,303 Player of the match: Tom Graveney (QLD) |
- Queensland won the toss and elected to field.
31 January 1971 Scorecard |
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Western Australia won by 3 wickets WACA Ground, Perth Attendance: 4,678 Player of the match: John Inverarity (WA) |
- New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
Final
6 February 1971 Scorecard |
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Western Australia won by 91 runs Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Attendance: 5,595 Player of the match: John Inverarity (WA) |
- Queensland won the toss and elected to field.
See also
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