f21155 ps229	Wellington v Central Districts
	Plunket Shield 1955/56
Venue	Basin Reserve, Wellington on 31st December 1955, 2nd, 3rd January 1956 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Central Districts won by 26 runs
Points	Wellington 0; Central Districts 8
Umpires	LG Clark, J Cowie
Close of play day 1	Wellington (1) 1/0 (St John 1*, Edgar 0*)
Close of play day 2	Central Districts (2) 103/8 (Beard 12*, Ching 7*)

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Central Districts first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
EM Meuli	lbw b Morrison	44
KFH Smith	c St John b Morrison	54
DV Spence	c Edgar b Morrison	10
*DW Bowden	c Preston b Clark	29
BA Turner	b Morrison	0
DS Kivell	c Barber b Dempster	26
RW Blair	b Morrison	40
DD Beard	b Morrison	56
DE Brian	lbw b Morrison	0
+IH Ching	run out	6
DR Tarrant	not out	1
Extras	(12 b, 7 lb)	19
Total	(all out, 141.3 overs)	285
Fall of wickets:
1-89, 2-113, 3-120, 4-120, 5-164, 6-184, 7-235, 8-235, 9-278, 10-285 (141.3 ov)

Wellington bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Morrison	45.3	18	68	7	-	-
Clark	22	11	40	1	-	-
Cook	9	4	21	0	-	-
Challies	11	3	41	0	-	-
Dempster	31	11	50	1	-	-
Preston	23	10	46	0	-	-

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Wellington first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DS St John	c Ching b Beard	29
+AJ Edgar	lbw b Blair	16
LSM Miller	c Bowden b Beard	34
JEF Beck	b Blair	1
*RT Barber	c Ching b Beard	69
EW Dempster	c Tarrant b Beard	2
AH Preston	c Ching b Blair	13
LA Clark	c Meuli b Blair	0
AJ Cook	not out	31
BD Morrison	b Blair	8
RS Challies	c Smith b Blair	0
Extras	(8 b, 8 lb)	16
Total	(all out, 72.3 overs)	219
Fall of wickets:
1-45, 2-45, 3-49, 4-162, 5-163, 6-172, 7-172, 8-179, 9-197, 10-219 (72.3 ov)

Central Districts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Blair	30.3	6	95	6	-	-
Tarrant	11	2	42	0	-	-
Beard	29	14	55	4	-	-
Brian	2	0	11	0	-	-

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Central Districts second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
EM Meuli	c Morrison b Clark	8
KFH Smith	c Morrison b Clark	20
DV Spence	c Edgar b Clark	10
*DW Bowden	lbw b Clark	2
BA Turner	lbw b Morrison	12
DS Kivell	b Clark	2
RW Blair	c Preston b Morrison	6
DD Beard	lbw b Preston	30
DE Brian	b Morrison	11
+IH Ching	b Dempster	12
DR Tarrant	not out	3
Extras	(10 b, 5 lb)	15
Total	(all out, 76.3 overs)	131
Fall of wickets:
1-17, 2-34, 3-40, 4-47, 5-53, 6-59, 7-70, 8-86, 9-114, 10-131 (76.3 ov)

Wellington bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Morrison	30	12	35	3	-	-
Clark	32	13	52	5	-	-
Challies	2	1	5	0	-	-
Dempster	12	5	23	1	-	-
Preston	0.3	0	1	1	-	-

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Wellington second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DS St John	c and b Blair	26
+AJ Edgar	c Ching b Tarrant	0
LSM Miller	c Turner b Beard	65
JEF Beck	b Tarrant	3
*RT Barber	c Kivell b Spence	20
EW Dempster	lbw b Spence	4
AH Preston	c Smith b Spence	0
LA Clark	not out	25
AJ Cook	c Turner b Spence	10
BD Morrison	c Bowden b Spence	3
RS Challies	b Beard	6
Extras	(2 b, 1 lb, 6 nb)	9
Total	(all out, 59.3 overs)	171
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-68, 3-82, 4-121, 5-127, 6-127, 7-127, 8-141, 9-147, 10-171 (59.3 ov)

Central Districts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Blair	16	3	54	1	-	-
Tarrant	8	2	36	2	-	-
Beard	20.3	10	32	2	-	-
Smith	3	2	2	0	-	-
Spence	12	3	38	5	-	-

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Notes
--> KFH Smith (1) passed 500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 22
--> DS Kivell (1) passed his previous highest score of 12 in first-class matches
--> DS Kivell (1) passed his previous highest score of 12 in Plunket Shield matches
--> RW Blair (1) passed 500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 16
--> AJ Edgar made his debut in first-class matches
--> AJ Edgar made his debut in Plunket Shield matches
--> AH Preston made his debut in first-class matches
--> AH Preston made his debut in Plunket Shield matches
--> LA Clark made his debut in first-class matches
--> LA Clark made his debut in Plunket Shield matches
--> AJ Cook made his debut in first-class matches
--> AJ Cook made his debut in Plunket Shield matches
--> DE Brian made his last appearance in Plunket Shield matches
--> DE Brian made his last appearance in first-class matches
--> IH Ching made his last appearance in first-class matches
--> IH Ching made his last appearance in Plunket Shield matches
--> RT Barber (2) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 4
--> LA Clark achieved his first five wickets in an innings in first-class matches in the Central Districts second innings
--> LA Clark achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Plunket Shield matches in the Central Districts second innings
--> DV Spence achieved his best innings bowling analysis in first-class matches in the Wellington second innings (previous best was 1-5)
--> DV Spence achieved his first five wickets in an innings in first-class matches in the Wellington second innings
--> DV Spence achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Plunket Shield matches in the Wellington second innings (previous best was 1-5)
--> DV Spence achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Plunket Shield matches in the Wellington second innings

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