f13725 ps92	Canterbury v Otago
	Plunket Shield 1931/32
Venue	Lancaster Park, Christchurch on 25th, 26th, 28th, 29th December 1931 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Otago won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Canterbury won by 3 wickets
Points	Canterbury 8; Otago 0
Umpires	JL Forrester, HE Lawrence
Close of play day 1	Canterbury (1) 20/0 (Kerr 11*, Hamilton 4*)
Close of play day 2	Canterbury (1) 472 all out
Close of play day 3	Otago (2) 555/9 (Blunt 315*, Hawksworth 16*)

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Otago first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FT Badcock	b Cromb	19
RWH Cherry	c Hamilton b Talbot	1
RC Blunt	c Kerr b Cromb	32
WA Priest	b Talbot	0
AR Knight	b Cromb	38
HD Smith	b Merritt	11
*JA Dunning	c Hamilton b Burrows	9
DAR Moloney	b Merritt	5
RW Coupland	lbw b Cromb	8
CJ Elmes	not out	19
+W Hawksworth	lbw b Burrows	3
Extras	(10 b, 2 lb, 4 nb)	16
Total	(all out, 65 overs)	161
Fall of wickets:
1-25 (Badcock), 2-25 (Cherry), 3-25 (Priest), 4-95 (Blunt), 5-108 (Knight), 6-119 (Dunning), 7-126 (Smith), 8-138 (Moloney), 9-138 (Coupland), 10-161 (Hawksworth, 65 ov)

Canterbury bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cromb	25	7	54	4	-	-
Burrows	8	3	22	2	-	-
Talbot	9	1	19	2	-	-
Merritt	16	3	28	2	-	-
Lester	7	1	22	0	-	-

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Canterbury first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JL Kerr	c Badcock b Moloney	89
IM Hamilton	lbw b Blunt	16
AW Roberts	c Hawksworth b Smith	77
RO Talbot	c Moloney b Coupland	72
*ML Page	c Elmes b Coupland	24
IB Cromb	lbw b Blunt	51
SG Lester	run out	42
JL Powell	b Badcock	30
WE Merritt	c Elmes b Coupland	20
+RC Burns	b Badcock	27
JT Burrows	not out	8
Extras	(9 b, 7 lb)	16
Total	(all out, 150.3 overs)	472
Fall of wickets:
1-72 (Hamilton), 2-149 (Kerr), 3-229 (Roberts), 4-273 (Page), 5-296 (Talbot), 6-374 (Lester), 7-391 (Cromb), 8-437 (Powell), 9-439 (Merritt), 10-472 (Burns, 150.3 ov)

Otago bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	20	3	58	1	-	-
Moloney	18	1	73	1	-	-
Badcock	22.3	5	57	2	-	-
Dunning	33	7	84	0	-	-
Blunt	22	2	71	2	-	-
Elmes	16	3	41	0	-	-
Coupland	19	2	72	3	-	-

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Otago second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FT Badcock	c Powell b Cromb	105			11	-
RWH Cherry	c Page b Cromb	13			-	-
RC Blunt	not out	338		320	41	-
AR Knight	c Hamilton b Burrows	9			-	-
WA Priest	c Hamilton b Cromb	0			-	-
CJ Elmes	lbw b Talbot	24			4	-
HD Smith	b Burrows	15			1	-
*JA Dunning	lbw b Burrows	5			1	-
DAR Moloney	c Page b Merritt	5			-	-
RW Coupland	b Burrows	13			-	-
+W Hawksworth	lbw b Merritt	21			3	-
Extras	(24 b, 12 lb, 5 nb)	41
Total	(all out, 143 overs)	589
Fall of wickets:
1-49 (Cherry), 2-176 (Badcock), 3-211 (Knight), 4-212 (Priest), 5-272 (Elmes), 6-336 (Smith), 7-350 (Dunning), 8-363 (Moloney), 9-405 (Coupland), 10-589 (Hawksworth, 143 ov)

Canterbury bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cromb	28	7	144	3	-	-
Burrows	32	10	68	4	-	-
Talbot	13	0	78	1	-	-
Merritt	38	3	143	2	-	-
Lester	16	2	47	0	-	-
Roberts	12	1	54	0	-	-
Page	4	1	14	0	-	-

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Canterbury second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JL Kerr	c Smith b Blunt	86
IM Hamilton	lbw b Badcock	30
AW Roberts	b Dunning	9
RO Talbot	lbw b Blunt	6
*ML Page	run out	26
IB Cromb	c and b Coupland	46
SG Lester	b Coupland	26
JL Powell	not out	6
WE Merritt	not out	14
+RC Burns	did not bat
JT Burrows	did not bat
Extras	(28 b, 2 lb)	30
Total	(7 wickets, 107.3 overs)	279
Fall of wickets:
1-47 (Hamilton), 2-74 (Roberts), 3-132 (Talbot), 4-166 (Page), 5-174 (Kerr), 6-256 (Cromb), 7-259 (Lester)

Otago bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	15	4	32	0	-	-
Moloney	1	1	0	0	-	-
Badcock	45	17	82	1	-	-
Dunning	20	6	42	1	-	-
Blunt	15	1	55	2	-	-
Elmes	7	0	24	0	-	-
Coupland	4.3	1	14	2	-	-

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Notes
--> WA Priest made his debut in Plunket Shield matches
--> WA Priest made his debut in First-Class matches
--> HD Smith made his debut in Plunket Shield matches
--> HD Smith made his debut in First-Class matches
--> JL Kerr (1) passed his previous highest score of 73 in Plunket Shield matches
--> JL Kerr (1) passed his previous highest score of 88 in First-Class matches
--> RC Burns (1) passed his previous highest score of 23 in Plunket Shield matches
--> RC Burns (1) passed his previous highest score of 23 in First-Class matches
--> RC Blunt (2) passed his previous highest score of 221 in Plunket Shield matches
--> RC Blunt (2) passed his previous highest score of 225 in First-Class matches
--> RC Blunt (2) passed 7500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 166
--> AR Knight (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 5
--> RW Coupland achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Plunket Shield matches when he dismissed WE Merritt in the Canterbury first innings (previous best was 2-8)
--> RC Blunt reached 200 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed IB Cromb, his 2nd wicket in the Canterbury first innings
--> RW Coupland achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches when he dismissed WE Merritt in the Canterbury first innings (previous best was 2-8)
--> RO Talbot reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed CJ Elmes, his 1st wicket in the Otago second innings
--> JT Burrows achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches when he dismissed JA Dunning in the Otago second innings (previous best was 2-22)
--> JT Burrows achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Plunket Shield matches when he dismissed JA Dunning in the Otago second innings (previous best was 2-22)

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