misc1209	Wellington v Northern Districts
	Other matches in New Zealand 1955/56
Venue	Basin Reserve, Wellington on 24th, 26th, 27th December 1955 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Wellington won by an innings and 1 run
Umpires	CW Franks, EWT Tindill
Close of play day 1
Close of play day 2

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Northern Districts first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*BB Higgins	b Morrison	1
FH Albrechtsen	c Edgar b Haskell	7
DJ Gray	c Dempster b Haskell	1
PH Smith	c Preston b Clark	29
HW Larmer	c Challies b Clark	11
WR Playle	c Haskell b Morrison	5
MC Langdon	c St John b Morrison	5
KW Hough	b Morrison	0
+JWH Kelly	b Morrison	15
WP Bradburn	not out	5
DC Hoskin	b Morrison	2
Extras	(5 b, 10 lb)	15
Total	(all out, 45.4 overs)	96
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-8, 3-15, 4-52, 5-57, 6-66, 7-66, 8-79, 9-90, 10-96 (45.4 ov)

Wellington bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Haskell	12	5	15	2	-	-
Morrison	17.4	5	33	6	-	-
Clark	9	6	7	2	-	-
Dempster	5	2	12	0	-	-
Challies	2	0	14	0	-	-

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Wellington first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DS St John	lbw b Langdon	10
+AJ Edgar	run out	39
LSM Miller	b Hoskin	0
JEF Beck	st Kelly b Higgins	48
*RT Barber	b Hough	3
EW Dempster	lbw b Langdon	63
AH Preston	run out	59
LA Clark	b Hough	10
WJR Haskell	b Hough	0
BD Morrison	b Hough	31
RS Challies	not out	0
Extras	(11 b, 3 lb)	14
Total	(all out, 77 overs)	277
Fall of wickets:
1-15 (St John), 2-16 (Miller), 3-74, 4-82, 5-138, 6-194, 7-229, 8-238, 9-270, 10-277 (77 ov)

Northern Districts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hoskin	20	1	78	1	-	-
Langdon	15	0	51	2	-	-
Hough	23	6	55	4	-	-
Bradburn	7	0	41	0	-	-
Higgins	12	2	38	1	-	-

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Northern Districts second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*BB Higgins	lbw b Preston	15
FH Albrechtsen	b Haskell	1
DJ Gray	b Preston	37
PH Smith	st Edgar b Preston	5
HW Larmer	c Dempster b Challies	28
WR Playle	c Dempster b Preston	15
MC Langdon	lbw b Dempster	10
KW Hough	c Preston b Dempster	6
+JWH Kelly	c Morrison b Challies	17
WP Bradburn	not out	25
DC Hoskin	c Barber b Challies	0
Extras	(18 b, 3 lb)	21
Total	(all out, 85.5 overs)	180
Fall of wickets:
1-6 (Albrechtsen), 2-35 (Higgins), 3-49, 4-76, 5-98, 6-105, 7-126, 8-132, 9-180, 10-180 (85.5 ov)

Wellington bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Haskell	4	0	5	1	-	-
Morrison	20	9	30	0	-	-
Clark	7	4	3	0	-	-
Dempster	18	8	29	2	-	-
Challies	9.5	1	37	3	-	-
Preston	27	10	55	4	-	-

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