misc632217	Otago XI v Southland
	Other matches in New Zealand 1947/48
Venue	Carisbrook, Dunedin on 7th, 8th, 9th January 1948 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Southland won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Close of play day 1	Otago XI (1) 168/2 (Watt 54*, Milnes 1*; 49 overs)
Close of play day 2	Otago XI (1) 209/3 (Watt 75*, Smith 14*; 64 overs)

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Southland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*ASH Cutler	b Valentine	0	3	2	-	-
TN Forde	c Mills b Valentine	1
AW Gilbertson	b McArley	5
CV Shirley	b Valentine	37		53	5	-
JA Gill	b Freeman	20		40	1	1
ES Calvert	b Freeman	41		83	5	-
+MP Grace	b Valentine	0
L Ward	b Valentine	35		54	2	-
JJ Boyle	not out	44		58	4	-
IS Stephens	b Smith	11
GWF Overton	b Morrison	4
Extras	(3 b, 3 lb, 1 nb)	7
Total	(all out, 189 minutes, 60.4 overs)	205
Fall of wickets:
1-0 (Cutler, 0.3 ov), 2-7, 3-11, 4-64, 5-66, 6-66, 7-142, 8-148, 9-192, 10-205 (60.4 ov)

Otago XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Valentine	19	7	38	5	-	-
McArley	12	3	33	1	-	1
Morrison	8.4	0	55	1	-	-
Freeman	12	2	34	2	-	-
Smith	6	0	30	1	-	-
Payne	3	0	8	0	-	-

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Otago XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LC Baker	c Grace b Overton	0	2	2	-	-
L Watt	not out	75			7	-
RT Hunt	b Shirley	93		138	4	-
LA Milnes	c and b Boyle	7
*LD Smith	not out	14
IW Payne	did not bat
VAC McArley	did not bat
DA Morrison	did not bat
TA Freeman	did not bat
+GH Mills	did not bat
J Valentine	did not bat
Extras	(10 b, 7 lb, 3 nb)	20
Total	(3 wickets, 64 overs)	209
Fall of wickets:
1-2 (Baker, 0.3 ov), 2-167 (Hunt), 3-176 (Milnes)

Southland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Overton	15	3	54	1	-	-
Ward	7	0	20	0	-	3
Cutler	15	2	31	0	-	-
Boyle	13	4	27	1	-	-
Forde	7	0	24	0	-	-
Shirley	3	1	2	1	-	-
Stephens	4	0	31	0	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> Day 1 Lunch: Southland (1) 141/6 (Calvert 39*, Ward 34*)
--> Southland first innings: 100 in 102 minutes
--> Otago XI first innings: 50 in 47 minutes
--> Otago XI first innings: 100 in 90 minutes
--> Otago XI first innings: 200 in 177 minutes
--> L Watt (1) 50 in 140 minutes
--> RT Hunt (1) 50 in 78 minutes

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On the second day a heavy downpour forced the players from the field after just 45 minutes play and although the weather cleared a little in the early afternoon and the covers were removed with a view to resuming play there was another downpour and play was abandoned for the day at 3.30pm
Rain prevented any play on the third day

 

 

 

 

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