misc28334	Ashburton County, South Canterbury and North Otago v Australians
	Australia in New Zealand 1956/57
Venue	Caledonian Ground, Timaru on 27th February 1957 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Australians won the toss and decided to field
Result	Australians won by an innings and 18 runs
Umpires	JP Lang, FJ Rush

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Ashburton County, South Canterbury and North Otago first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JS White	b Meckiff	4
IJ Griffiths	lbw b Meckiff	1
TA Dennis	b Meckiff	12
JB Carleton	b Drennan	0
*WM McDonald	b Meckiff	0
EM Flaherty	b Meckiff	2
WS Ashworth	c Martin b Meckiff	11
+JT Ward	b Meckiff	0
MF Sandri	run out	0
MW Jack	not out	2
HN Dellow	b Meckiff	0
Extras	(5 b, 5 lb, 1 nb)	11
Total	(all out, 25 overs)	43
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-9, 3-22, 4-26, 5-27, 6-32, 7-32, 8-32, 9-43, 10-43 (25 ov)

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Meckiff	13	6	19	8	-	-
Gaunt	3	1	2	0	-	-
Drennan	9	4	11	1	-	-

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Australians first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WJ Watson	lbw b Sandri	13
R Benaud	c Jack b Dellow	12
NCL O'Neill	b Sandri	0
*ID Craig	c Carleton b Sandri	27
PJP Burge	st Ward b Jack	12
RB Simpson	b Dellow	7
JW Martin	c Dellow b Sandri	15
+BN Jarman	not out	29
J Drennan	b Ashworth	13
I Meckiff	not out	2
RA Gaunt	did not bat
Extras	(7 b)	7
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 44 overs)	137
Fall of wickets:
1-25, 2-25, 3-25, 4-45, 5-54, 6-90, 7-91, 8-120

Ashburton County, South Canterbury and North Otago bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sandri	10	2	36	4	-	-
Dellow	14	3	41	2	-	-
Jack	13	3	45	1	-	-
Ashworth	7	2	8	1	-	-

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Ashburton County, South Canterbury and North Otago second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
IJ Griffiths	b Gaunt	0
JS White	c Meckiff b Gaunt	0
JB Carleton	b Martin	20
TA Dennis	b Martin	0
*WM McDonald	b Gaunt	0
EM Flaherty	lbw b Gaunt	4
WS Ashworth	not out	28
+JT Ward	st Jarman b Benaud	5
MF Sandri	b Benaud	4
MW Jack	b Benaud	6
HN Dellow	b Benaud	0
Extras	(8 b, 1 lb)	9
Total	(all out, 30.4 overs)	76
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-5, 3-16, 4-21, 5-21, 6-30, 7-56, 8-64, 9-76, 10-76 (30.4 ov)

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gaunt	12	9	4	4	-	-
Drennan	5	4	4	0	-	-
Martin	10	1	52	2	-	-
Benaud	3.4	0	7	4	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for two days but completed in one.

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The local team was made up of South Canterbury, Ashburton County and North Otago, three of whom had appeared in first-class cricket (Dellow, Jack and Sandri).