f19887 ps203	Otago v Central Districts
	Plunket Shield 1952/53
Venue	Carisbrook, Dunedin on 16th, 17th, 19th, 20th January 1953 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Otago won by 5 wickets
Points	Otago 8; Central Districts 0
Umpires	DR McKay, SB Tomkinson
Close of play day 1	Otago (1) 323/5 (Smith 61*, Gilbertson 30*)
Close of play day 2	Central Districts (1) 178/8 (Miller 76*, Cave 22*)
Close of play day 3	Central Districts (2) 352/8 (Cave 105*, Leggat 127*)

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Otago first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Sutcliffe	b Brown	37
EA Watson	c Turner b Leggat	95
WS Haig	lbw b Meuli	35
T Flaws	st Botting b Meuli	0
L Watt	c Miller b Leggat	49
*LD Smith	c Kivell b Meuli	109
AW Gilbertson	b Rowe	34
+GH Mills	b Meuli	44
AM Moir	not out	32
FW Stanley	b Meuli	2
GWF Overton	st Botting b Meuli	5
Extras	(12 b, 8 lb)	20
Total	(all out, 160.5 overs)	462
Fall of wickets:
1-64, 2-139, 3-139, 4-216, 5-248, 6-338, 7-423, 8-424, 9-434, 10-462 (160.5 ov)

Central Districts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Leggat	40	4	120	2	-	-
Cave	41	8	111	0	-	-
Brown	41	4	91	1	-	-
Hunter	3	0	9	0	-	-
Rowe	21	3	44	1	-	-
Meuli	14.5	2	67	6	-	-

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Central Districts first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AA Hunter	c Mills b Overton	10
BA Turner	run out	1
EM Meuli	lbw b Overton	5
LSM Miller	c Mills b Stanley	77
IH Ching	c and b Sutcliffe	47
*CG Rowe	run out	0
DS Kivell	b Sutcliffe	0
RE Brown	b Sutcliffe	5
IB Leggat	b Moir	4
HB Cave	b Moir	40
+GS Botting	not out	11
Extras	(7 b, 2 nb)	9
Total	(all out, 91.2 overs)	209
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-16, 3-19, 4-92, 5-93, 6-94, 7-100, 8-117, 9-189, 10-209 (91.2 ov)

Otago bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Stanley	18	6	38	1	-	-
Overton	18	9	31	2	-	-
Smith	17	2	35	0	-	-
Moir	23.2	4	61	2	-	-
Sutcliffe	13	3	31	3	-	-
Watson	2	1	4	0	-	-

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Central Districts second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AA Hunter	c Moir b Stanley	9
BA Turner	b Stanley	4
EM Meuli	b Smith	27
LSM Miller	c Haig b Moir	31
HB Cave	b Stanley	118
IH Ching	b Smith	0
*CG Rowe	b Moir	5
DS Kivell	b Moir	0
RE Brown	lbw b Sutcliffe	32
IB Leggat	not out	142
+GS Botting	run out	1
Extras	(9 b, 6 lb, 1 nb)	16
Total	(all out, 122.1 overs)	385
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-28, 3-54, 4-54, 5-65, 6-90, 7-90, 8-141, 9-380, 10-385 (122.1 ov)

Otago bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Stanley	32	10	91	3	-	-
Overton	14	3	47	0	-	-
Smith	27	8	76	2	-	-
Moir	39.1	8	104	3	-	-
Sutcliffe	6	1	30	1	-	-
Watson	4	0	21	0	-	-

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Otago second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Sutcliffe	lbw b Rowe	62
EA Watson	b Cave	10
WS Haig	b Cave	3
T Flaws	c Leggat b Miller	19
L Watt	c Leggat b Rowe	13
*LD Smith	not out	11
+GH Mills	not out	14
AW Gilbertson	did not bat
AM Moir	did not bat
FW Stanley	did not bat
GWF Overton	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 1 lb)	3
Total	(5 wickets, 41.3 overs)	135
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-42, 3-92, 4-104, 5-113

Central Districts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Leggat	4	0	25	0	-	-
Cave	17	2	45	2	-	-
Brown	1	0	1	0	-	-
Rowe	14.3	0	36	2	-	-
Meuli	2	0	7	0	-	-
Miller	3	0	18	1	-	-

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Notes
--> L Watt (1) passed 1000 runs in Plunket Shield matches when he reached 1
--> LD Smith (1) passed his previous highest score of 89 in first-class matches
--> LD Smith (1) made his first century in first-class matches
--> LD Smith (1) passed his previous highest score of 89 in Plunket Shield matches
--> LD Smith (1) made his first century in Plunket Shield matches
--> IH Ching (1) passed his previous highest score of 39 in Plunket Shield matches
--> IH Ching (1) passed his previous highest score of 39 in first-class matches
--> DS Kivell made his debut in first-class matches
--> DS Kivell made his debut in Plunket Shield matches
--> RE Brown made his debut in first-class matches
--> RE Brown made his debut in Plunket Shield matches
--> HB Cave (1) passed his previous highest score of 33 in Plunket Shield matches
--> HB Cave (1) passed his previous highest score of 36 in first-class matches
--> IB Leggat (2) passed his previous highest score of 36 in first-class matches
--> IB Leggat (2) made his first century in first-class matches
--> IB Leggat (2) passed his previous highest score of 36 in Plunket Shield matches
--> IB Leggat (2) made his first century in Plunket Shield matches
--> HB Cave (2) passed his previous highest score of 40 in first-class matches
--> HB Cave (2) made his first century in first-class matches
--> HB Cave (2) passed his previous highest score of 40 in Plunket Shield matches
--> HB Cave (2) made his first century in Plunket Shield matches
--> EM Meuli achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Plunket Shield matches in the Otago first innings (previous best was 0-3)
--> EM Meuli achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Plunket Shield matches in the Otago first innings
--> EM Meuli achieved his best innings bowling analysis in first-class matches in the Otago first innings (previous best was 0-3)
--> EM Meuli achieved his first five wickets in an innings in first-class matches in the Otago first innings
--> B Sutcliffe achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Plunket Shield matches in the Central Districts first innings (previous best was 3-35)

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