f19880 ps201	Otago v Wellington
	Plunket Shield 1952/53
Venue	Carisbrook, Dunedin on 9th, 10th, 12th, 13th January 1953 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Wellington won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Otago won by 1 wicket
Points	Otago 8; Wellington 0
Umpires	JD Harwood, AE Jelley
Close of play day 1	Otago (1) 104/5 (Sutcliffe 74*, Smith 9*)
Close of play day 2	Otago (2) 69/4 (Haig 9*, Smith 0*)
Close of play day 3	Otago (2) 148/6 (Haig 39*, Flaws 8*)

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Wellington first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RA Vance	b Overton	25
PM McCaw	c Watson b Overton	18
T Meale	b Stanley	17
*JR Reid	b Moir	6
DS St John	b Moir	6
+FLH Mooney	lbw b Stanley	52
RT Barber	b Overton	52
BWH Sergent	b Overton	4
FE Fisher	not out	23
LC Butler	b Stanley	2
RW Blair	b Smith	4
Extras	(12 b, 1 lb)	13
Total	(all out, 79 overs)	222
Fall of wickets:
1-46, 2-47, 3-56, 4-64, 5-108, 6-189, 7-189, 8-197, 9-202, 10-222 (79 ov)

Otago bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Overton	20	5	44	4	-	-
Stanley	22	4	65	3	-	-
Smith	12	4	20	1	-	-
Moir	17	1	68	2	-	-
Sutcliffe	8	1	12	0	-	-

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Otago first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Sutcliffe	st Mooney b Butler	88
L Watt	c Reid b Blair	1
EA Watson	b Blair	0
WS Haig	c Fisher b Blair	5
+GH Mills	b Blair	0
T Flaws	c Meale b Reid	6
*LD Smith	not out	25
AW Gilbertson	b Blair	0
AM Moir	c Mooney b Blair	1
FW Stanley	c Fisher b Blair	2
GWF Overton	b Blair	0
Extras	(4 b, 4 lb, 3 nb)	11
Total	(all out, 62.4 overs)	139
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-7, 3-13, 4-13, 5-40, 6-122, 7-123, 8-125, 9-129, 10-139 (62.4 ov)

Wellington bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Blair	19.4	7	36	8	-	-
Reid	17	4	48	1	-	-
Fisher	8	2	14	0	-	-
Sergent	10	4	13	0	-	-
Butler	8	3	17	1	-	-

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Wellington second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RA Vance	lbw b Stanley	10
PM McCaw	b Stanley	15
T Meale	lbw b Moir	19
*JR Reid	b Moir	20
DS St John	b Moir	12
+FLH Mooney	c Watson b Moir	6
RT Barber	lbw b Stanley	12
BWH Sergent	b Moir	0
FE Fisher	b Stanley	2
LC Butler	c Smith b Moir	23
RW Blair	not out	1
Extras		0
Total	(all out, 59.3 overs)	120
Fall of wickets:
1-22, 2-31, 3-59, 4-68, 5-79, 6-88, 7-91, 8-92, 9-108, 10-120 (59.3 ov)

Otago bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Overton	18	8	27	0	-	-
Stanley	21	4	51	4	-	-
Smith	1	1	0	0	-	-
Moir	19.3	4	42	6	-	-

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Otago second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Sutcliffe	c Reid b Blair	46
L Watt	b Fisher	0
EA Watson	c Mooney b Reid	13
WS Haig	b Fisher	51
+GH Mills	c Butler b Fisher	0
T Flaws	b Reid	21
*LD Smith	lbw b Fisher	1
AW Gilbertson	not out	22
AM Moir	c Mooney b Blair	26
FW Stanley	lbw b Reid	0
GWF Overton	not out	5
Extras	(21 b, 1 nb)	22
Total	(9 wickets, 102.5 overs)	207
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-45, 3-46, 4-64, 5-72, 6-118, 7-172, 8-177, 9-182

Wellington bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Blair	23.5	6	42	2	-	-
Reid	26	6	61	3	-	-
Fisher	44	17	61	4	-	-
Sergent	6	2	12	0	-	-
Butler	3	1	9	0	-	-

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Notes
--> RT Barber (1) passed 500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 18
--> PM McCaw made his last appearance in Plunket Shield matches
--> PM McCaw made his last appearance in first-class matches
--> LC Butler (2) passed his previous highest score of 19 in first-class matches
--> LC Butler (2) passed his previous highest score of 19 in Plunket Shield matches
--> GWF Overton reached 100 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Wellington first innings
--> RW Blair achieved his best innings bowling analysis in first-class matches in the Otago first innings (previous best was 3-30)
--> RW Blair achieved his first five wickets in an innings in first-class matches in the Otago first innings
--> RW Blair achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Plunket Shield matches in the Otago first innings (previous best was 3-30)
--> RW Blair achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Plunket Shield matches in the Otago first innings

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