1st ever cricket match.
Went with Uncle Rob & Michael
Sat in the Hill Stand, but Michael and I were down on the boundary for the whole match.
Kim Hughes picked up nuts and bolts off the field and gave them to Michael.
Rodney Marsh breaking a bat off Lance Cairns bowling.
Geoff Howard copping it while fielding by the boundary. ("Hello Howard.....How are you?")
Australia hit a ball to the boundary and a spectator jumped the fence and threw it back to the keeper. Australia only ran 2 and the umpire did not signal 4. It cost Australia the game. (However this was not reported in the next day's paper, so I could well be wrong).
Match details
Toss: New Zealand, who chose to bat
Result: New Zealand 8/220 (50 overs). Australia 7/219 (50 overs). New Zealand won by 1 run.
Players of the Match: Jeffrey Wright (New Zealand)Result: New Zealand 8/220 (50 overs). Australia 7/219 (50 overs). New Zealand won by 1 run.
Crowd: 20,855
Sydney Morning Herald Report - 14 January 1981
