misc28327	Southland v West Indians
	West Indies in New Zealand and Fiji 1955/56
Venue	Queen's Park, Invercargill on 31st January, 1st February 1956 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Southland won the toss and decided to bat
Result	West Indians won by 5 wickets
Umpires	GR Ayres, RW Pollok
Close of play day 1	West Indians (1) 131/8 (Roberts 4*)

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Southland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+CV Shirley	c Smith b Atkinson	29
SG Morton	run out	9
JA Gill	c Atkinson b Smith	12
AW Gilbertson	c Weekes b Sobers	14
JC Alabaster	c Binns b Edun	34
EC Morton	c Binns b Edun	10
DG McDermott	b Edun	0
GT Murray	b Sobers	13
GW Kitson	not out	3
*GWF Overton	b Atkinson	0
J Hill	b Atkinson	2
Extras	(12 b, 1 nb)	13
Total	(all out, 76.4 overs)	139
Fall of wickets:
1-20, 2-40, 3-52, 4-110, 5-110, 6-120, 7-121, 8-136, 9-137, 10-139 (76.4 ov)

West Indians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Dewdney	8	4	8	0	-	-
Edun	13	6	18	3	-	-
Atkinson	25.4	10	40	3	-	-
Sobers	15	9	25	2	-	-
Smith	7	2	16	1	-	-
Ramadhin	8	2	19	0	-	-

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West Indians first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HA Furlonge	c Kitson b Hill	36
+AP Binns	b Hill	19
*DS Atkinson	c Kitson b Overton	5
GS Sobers	c and b Hill	33
OG Smith	c and b Hill	0
CC Depeiaza	b Hill	10
ED Weekes	c Gill b Hill	8
AT Roberts	lbw b Alabaster	8
WV Edun	c Gill b Hill	4
S Ramadhin	c Murray b Hill	12
DT Dewdney	not out	6
Extras	(7 b, 5 lb)	12
Total	(all out, 50.1 overs)	153
Fall of wickets:
1-49, 2-54, 3-60, 4-64, 5-94, 6-102, 7-123, 8-131, 9-137, 10-153 (50.1 ov)

Southland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Overton	11	1	41	1	-	-
EC Morton	4	1	13	0	-	-
Hill	21.1	4	55	8	-	-
Alabaster	14	4	32	1	-	-

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Southland second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+CV Shirley	c Weekes b Dewdney	0
SG Morton	lbw b Dewdney	0
JA Gill	c Edun b Dewdney	11
AW Gilbertson	run out	40
JC Alabaster	c sub (FM King) b Atkinson	0
EC Morton	c and b Dewdney	6
DG McDermott	b Dewdney	0
GT Murray	c and b Dewdney	3
GW Kitson	lbw b Depeiaza	1
*GWF Overton	c Binns b Dewdney	4
J Hill	not out	0
Extras	(2 lb)	2
Total	(all out, 38.3 overs)	67
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-1, 3-19, 4-24, 5-55, 6-55, 7-61, 8-63, 9-63, 10-67 (38.3 ov)

West Indians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Dewdney	14.3	4	30	7	-	-
Edun	7	3	8	0	-	-
Sobers	5	0	11	0	-	-
Atkinson	6	1	11	1	-	-
Smith	1	0	2	0	-	-
Depeiaza	5	3	3	1	-	-

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West Indians second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HA Furlonge	b Overton	8
+AP Binns	c Gilbertson b Overton	14
GS Sobers	lbw b Hill	0
ED Weekes	c Alabaster b Overton	4
OG Smith	c Gill b Overton	4
CC Depeiaza	not out	7
*DS Atkinson	not out	17
AT Roberts	did not bat
WV Edun	did not bat
S Ramadhin	did not bat
DT Dewdney	did not bat
Extras	(5 b)	5
Total	(5 wickets, 13.3 overs)	59
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-9, 3-22, 4-29, 5-40

Southland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Overton	7	2	21	4	-	-
Hill	6	1	25	1	-	-
Alabaster	0.3	0	8	0	-	-

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