f21670	Central Districts v Australians
	Australia in New Zealand 1956/57
Venue	Pukekura Park, New Plymouth on 23rd, 25th, 26th March 1957 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Australians won the toss and decided to field
Result	Australians won by 10 wickets
Umpires	C Matson, LC Quinton
Close of play day 1	Australians (1) 44/3 (O'Neill 9*, Burge 1*)
Close of play day 2	Central Districts (2) 43/2 (Meuli 24*, Smith 0*)

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Central Districts first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DN Macleod	b Benaud	55
JW Guy	st Jarman b Benaud	21
EM Meuli	b Martin	6
KFH Smith	b Martin	0
NS Harford	b Martin	8
GT Buist	b Martin	6
DD Beard	c Jarman b Benaud	57
*HB Cave	b Drennan	8
+IA Colquhoun	b Drennan	3
RE Brown	not out	3
DR Tarrant	lbw b Benaud	0
Extras	(7 lb, 2 nb)	9
Total	(all out, 69.5 overs)	176
Fall of wickets:
1-22, 2-29, 3-29, 4-51, 5-78, 6-159, 7-162, 8-170, 9-175, 10-176 (69.5 ov)

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gaunt	5	1	15	0	-	-
Drennan	9	4	12	2	-	-
Benaud	24.5	7	47	4	-	-
Martin	18	7	41	4	-	-
Kline	8	1	32	0	-	-
Harvey	5	1	20	0	-	-

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Australians first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WJ Watson	b Tarrant	12
RB Simpson	c Colquhoun b Tarrant	0
*RN Harvey	c Tarrant b Cave	18
NCL O'Neill	st Colquhoun b Brown	63
PJP Burge	b Tarrant	7
R Benaud	b Tarrant	113
JW Martin	b Harford	19
+BN Jarman	b Beard	9
J Drennan	b Harford	4
LF Kline	not out	10
RA Gaunt	c Tarrant b Beard	9
Extras	(4 b, 3 lb, 1 nb)	8
Total	(all out, 97.1 overs)	272
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-19, 3-42, 4-58, 5-144, 6-232, 7-249, 8-249, 9-253, 10-272 (97.1 ov)

Central Districts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Tarrant	23	6	65	4	-	-
Beard	29.1	9	68	2	-	-
Cave	21	8	70	1	-	-
Brown	14	8	26	1	-	-
Harford	10	2	35	2	-	-

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Central Districts second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DN Macleod	b Drennan	0
JW Guy	c and b Benaud	73
EM Meuli	b Martin	37
KFH Smith	lbw b Drennan	12
NS Harford	c Gaunt b Benaud	8
GT Buist	b Drennan	1
DD Beard	c Kline b Benaud	11
*HB Cave	b Gaunt	0
+IA Colquhoun	c Jarman b Benaud	0
RE Brown	not out	2
DR Tarrant	c Harvey b Gaunt	5
Extras	(4 nb)	4
Total	(all out, 74.4 overs)	153
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-40, 3-58, 4-95, 5-103, 6-143, 7-144, 8-145, 9-148, 10-153 (74.4 ov)

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gaunt	11.4	3	19	2	-	-
Drennan	13	7	11	3	-	-
Benaud	32	10	75	4	-	-
Martin	15	5	37	1	-	-
Kline	3	0	7	0	-	-

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Australians second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RB Simpson	not out	20
*RN Harvey	not out	31
WJ Watson	did not bat
NCL O'Neill	did not bat
PJP Burge	did not bat
R Benaud	did not bat
JW Martin	did not bat
+BN Jarman	did not bat
J Drennan	did not bat
LF Kline	did not bat
RA Gaunt	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 2 nb)	7
Total	(no wicket, 12.2 overs)	58

Central Districts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Tarrant	4	1	15	0	-	-
Beard	3	0	17	0	-	-
Brown	3	0	11	0	-	-
Harford	2	1	4	0	-	-
Macleod	0.2	0	4	0	-	-

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Notes
--> WJ Watson (1) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 4
--> JW Martin achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Central Districts first innings (previous best was 3-68)
--> JW Guy retired hurt in the Central Districts second innings having scored 8 (team had lost 1 wickets) - he returned when the score was 58/3

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