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f20949 Wellington v Otago

Plunket Shield 1955/56

Venue Basin Reserve, Wellington on 20th, 21st, 23rd January 1956 (3-day match)

Balls per over 6

Toss Otago won the toss and decided to bat

Result Wellington won by 8 wickets

Points Wellington 8; Otago 0

Umpires RE Dore, JM McLellan

Close of play day 1 Wellington (1) 76/1 (Miller 35*, Sinclair 6*)

Close of play day 2 Wellington (2) 21/1 (Miller 12*, Sinclair 4*)

Otago first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
EA Watson	lbw b Dempster	13
L Watt	b Preston	25
WS Haig	c Preston b Morrison	25
+JA Gill	c St John b Clark	14
PJ Hall	run out	33
*LD Smith	c Curtis b Clark	34
GM Aim	c Curtis b Morrison	3
GD Alabaster	lbw b Challies	24
CG Graham	b Morrison	22
FJ Cameron	c St John b Dempster	3
AE Berry	not out	9
Extras	(9 b, 5 lb)	14
Total	(all out, 112.3 overs)	219
Fall of wickets: 1-36, 2-42, 3-78, 4-110, 5-122, 6-129, 7-163, 8-206, 9-206, 10-219 (112.3 ov)

Wellington bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Clark	29	14	32	2	-	-
Morrison	29	11	69	3	-	-
Dempster	17.3	7	26	2	-	-
Preston	15	5	27	1	-	-
Challies	22	6	51	1	-	-

Wellington first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AH Preston	lbw b Cameron	31
LSM Miller	c Berry b Cameron	75
BW Sinclair	lbw b Hall	25
JEF Beck	c Haig b Watson	58
*RT Barber	lbw b Cameron	12
DS St John	lbw b Haig	2
EW Dempster	b Haig	0
LA Clark	not out	45
+WM Curtis	c Haig b Watson	1
BD Morrison	b Cameron	7
RS Challies	c Graham b Cameron	3
Extras	(6 b, 2 lb, 4 nb)	12
Total	(all out, 93 overs)	271
Fall of wickets: 1-61, 2-112, 3-157, 4-183, 5-215, 6-215, 7-219, 8-226, 9-245, 10-271 (93 ov)

Otago bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cameron	29	6	66	5	-	-
Berry	3	0	20	0	-	-
Watson	20	6	58	2	-	-
Smith	13	3	34	0	-	-
Haig	18	4	45	2	-	-
Hall	10	2	36	1	-	-

Otago second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
EA Watson	lbw b Morrison	15
L Watt	c Curtis b Dempster	18
WS Haig	c Curtis b Dempster	4
+JA Gill	c and b Challies	6
PJ Hall	b Preston	30
*LD Smith	b Dempster	4
GM Aim	not out	2
GD Alabaster	c Miller b Dempster	5
CG Graham	lbw b Morrison	14
FJ Cameron	lbw b Morrison	0
AE Berry	lbw b Morrison	0
Extras	(4 b)	4
Total	(all out, 65.3 overs)	102
Fall of wickets: 1-28, 2-32, 3-59, 4-73, 5-75, 6-79, 7-100, 8-102, 9-102, 10-102 (65.3 ov)

Wellington bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Clark	8	4	14	0	-	-
Morrison	13.3	3	25	4	-	-
Dempster	20	8	31	4	-	-
Preston	20	13	25	1	-	-
Challies	4	2	3	1	-	-

Wellington second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AH Preston	c Gill b Cameron	0
LSM Miller	not out	21
BW Sinclair	c Alabaster b Cameron	15
EW Dempster	not out	10
JEF Beck	did not bat
*RT Barber	did not bat
DS St John	did not bat
LA Clark	did not bat
+WM Curtis	did not bat
BD Morrison	did not bat
RS Challies	did not bat
Extras	(5 b)	5
Total	(2 wickets, 19.5 overs)	51
Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-38

Otago bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cameron	10	1	17	2	-	-
Haig	7.5	1	22	0	-	-
Hall	2	0	7	0	-	-

Notes
--> BW Sinclair (1) passed his previous highest First-Class Matches score of 15
--> LA Clark (1) passed his previous highest First-Class Matches score of 32
--> WM Curtis made his debut in First-Class Matches
--> FJ Cameron reached 50 wickets in First-Class Matches when he dismissed , his 5th wicket in the Wellington first innings

f20949	Wellington v Otago
	Plunket Shield 1955/56
Venue	Basin Reserve, Wellington on 20th, 21st, 23rd January 1956 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Otago won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Wellington won by 8 wickets
Points	Wellington 8; Otago 0
Umpires	RE Dore, JM McLellan
Close of play day 1	Wellington (1) 76/1 (Miller 35, Sinclair 6)
Close of play day 2	Wellington (2) 21/1 (Miller 12, Sinclair 4)