f18575 ps173	Otago v Auckland
	Plunket Shield 1949/50
Venue	Carisbrook, Dunedin on 31st December 1949, 2nd, 3rd, 4th January 1950 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Otago won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Otago 4; Auckland 2
Umpires	HP Thomson, SB Tomkinson
Close of play day 1	Otago (1) 400/4 (Sutcliffe 257*, Haig 30*)
Close of play day 2	Auckland (1) 158/4 (Scott 95*, Marsdon 4*)
Close of play day 3	Auckland (2) ?/3 (Hardstaff 91*, Cleal 5*)

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Otago first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Sutcliffe	b Blane	355		485	38	-
RT Hunt	c Kent b Donaldson	9
AW Roberts	b Hardstaff	29
+GH Mills	c Marsdon b Cleal	14
SN McGregor	b Hemmingson	36
WS Haig	b Donaldson	67
*LD Smith	c Cleal b Donaldson	5
LJ Groves	c Scott b Hemmingson	3
EA Watson	not out	2
GWF Overton	did not bat
IA Walsh	did not bat
Extras	(26 b, 9 lb, 3 nb)	38
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 178.2 overs)	558
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-113, 3-163, 4-278, 5-544, 6-548, 7-553, 8-558 (178.2 ov)

Auckland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Dollery	8	3	10	0	-	-
Donaldson	41	5	105	3	-	-
Hemmingson	42.2	12	99	2	-	-
Blane	26	3	74	1	-	-
Hardstaff	26	4	102	1	-	-
Cleal	19	2	67	1	-	-
Marsdon	11	3	45	0	-	-
Coleman	4	0	14	0	-	-
Scott	1	0	4	0	-	-

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Auckland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DL Perry	c Mills b Overton	3
*VJ Scott	c Hunt b Roberts	116		245	2	-
DD Coleman	run out	5
J Hardstaff	c Mills b Overton	11
OC Cleal	c Roberts b Overton	32
JP Marsdon	st Mills b Smith	8
JP Blane	b Overton	32
+LAW Kent	c Watson b Overton	12
JB Donaldson	b Smith	0
KR Dollery	lbw b Smith	0
FE Hemmingson	not out	0
Extras	(7 b, 5 lb)	12
Total	(all out, 96.1 overs)	231
Fall of wickets:
1-21, 2-34, 3-69, 4-149, 5-164, 6-205, 7-226, 8-227, 9-231, 10-231 (96.1 ov)

Otago bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Walsh	23	5	47	0	-	-
Overton	37	7	95	5	-	-
Watson	4	0	6	0	-	-
Smith	13.1	0	36	3	-	-
Groves	8	0	20	0	-	-
Roberts	11	5	15	1	-	-

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Auckland second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DL Perry	st Mills b Watson	23
JP Blane	lbw b Roberts	7
DD Coleman	c Roberts b Overton	74
J Hardstaff	c and b Smith	135		273	8	-
OC Cleal	c Walsh b Watson	81
*VJ Scott	not out	5
JP Marsdon	not out	2
+LAW Kent	did not bat
JB Donaldson	did not bat
KR Dollery	did not bat
FE Hemmingson	did not bat
Extras	(12 b, 3 lb)	15
Total	(5 wickets, 114 overs)	342
Fall of wickets:
1-26, 2-36, 3-208, 4-335, 5-335

Otago bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Walsh	12	1	45	0	-	-
Overton	20	3	53	1	-	-
Watson	24	7	59	2	-	-
Smith	19	3	44	1	-	-
Groves	18	2	77	0	-	-
Roberts	18	3	40	1	-	-
Sutcliffe	3	0	9	0	-	-

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Notes
--> LJ Groves made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> LJ Groves made his last appearance in Plunket Shield matches
--> IA Walsh made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> IA Walsh made his last appearance in Plunket Shield matches
--> J Hardstaff made his last appearance in Plunket Shield matches
--> JP Blane made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> JP Blane made his last appearance in Plunket Shield matches
--> JB Donaldson made his last appearance in Plunket Shield matches
--> KR Dollery made his last appearance in Plunket Shield matches
--> B Sutcliffe (1) passed his previous highest score of 141 in Plunket Shield matches
--> B Sutcliffe (1) passed his previous highest score of 243 in First-Class matches
--> B Sutcliffe (1) passed 5500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 263
--> JP Blane (1) passed his previous highest score of 22 in First-Class matches
--> JP Blane (1) passed his previous highest score of 22 in Plunket Shield matches
--> DD Coleman (2) passed his previous highest score of 25 in Plunket Shield matches
--> DD Coleman (2) passed his previous highest score of 25 in First-Class matches
--> J Hardstaff (2) passed his previous highest score of 81 in Plunket Shield matches
--> J Hardstaff (2) made his first century in Plunket Shield matches
--> OC Cleal (2) passed his previous highest score of 59 in Plunket Shield matches
--> GWF Overton reached 50 wickets in Plunket Shield matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Auckland second innings

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