misc28333	Southland v Australians
	Australia in New Zealand 1956/57
Venue	Queen's Park, Invercargill on 20th, 21st February 1957 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Australians won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	RW Pollok, P Traynor
Close of play day 1	Australians (1) 237/6 (Harvey 23*)

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Southland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CV Shirley	c Jarman b Gaunt	6
JA Gill	b Meckiff	24
SG Morton	c Simpson b Gaunt	2
+NR Thompson	b Gaunt	0
AW Gilbertson	st Jarman b Kline	17
WA Cochrane	b Meckiff	0
GW Kitson	b Meckiff	0
*JC Alabaster	not out	13
EC Morton	c Jarman b Gaunt	0
J Hill	c Martin b Gaunt	0
GWF Overton	b Gaunt	0
Extras	(9 b, 4 lb, 8 nb, 1 w)	22
Total	(all out, 40 overs)	84
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-19, 3-44, 4-55, 5-60, 6-60, 7-83, 8-84, 9-84, 10-84 (40 ov)

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Meckiff	13	6	14	3	-	-
Gaunt	12	5	23	6	-	-
Kline	9	5	10	1	-	-
Harvey	1	1	0	0	-	-
Martin	5	2	15	0	-	-

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Australians first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LE Favell	lbw b EC Morton	81
WJ Watson	c Gill b Hill	74
RB Simpson	c SG Morton b Hill	27
NCL O'Neill	run out	3
JW Martin	b Hill	19
*ID Craig	c Shirley b Hill	0
RN Harvey	not out	23
+BN Jarman	did not bat
LF Kline	did not bat
RA Gaunt	did not bat
I Meckiff	did not bat
Extras	(8 b, 2 lb)	10
Total	(6 wickets, 73.2 overs)	237
Fall of wickets:
1-120, 2-176, 3-191, 4-198, 5-198, 6-237 (73.2 ov)

Southland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Overton	20	2	68	0	-	-
EC Morton	15	4	36	1	-	-
Hill	24.2	6	79	4	-	-
Alabaster	14	3	44	0	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> RA Gaunt completed a hat-trick in the Southland first innings (Morton, Hill, Overton)

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There was no play on the second day because of weather and ground conditions.