f21202	Wellington v West Indians
	West Indies in New Zealand and Fiji 1955/56
Venue	Basin Reserve, Wellington on 10th, 11th, 13th February 1956 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	West Indians won the toss and decided to bat
Result	West Indians won by an innings and 87 runs
Umpires	J Cowie, JM McLellan
Close of play day 1	West Indians (1) 429/5 (Weekes 119*, Roberts 9*)
Close of play day 2	Wellington (2) 25/1 (Sinclair 9*, Dempster 0*; 12 overs)

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West Indians first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HA Furlonge	b Haskell	65
BH Pairaudeau	run out	104
GS Sobers	b Morrison	34
ED Weekes	not out	119
OG Smith	lbw b Dempster	80
*DS Atkinson	b Morrison	6
AT Roberts	not out	9
+CC Depeiaza	did not bat
DT Dewdney	did not bat
WV Edun	did not bat
S Ramadhin	did not bat
Extras	(8 b, 3 lb, 1 nb)	12
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 130 overs)	429
Fall of wickets:
1-141, 2-199, 3-211, 4-381, 5-392

Wellington bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Haskell	30	7	93	1	-	-
Morrison	38	9	96	2	-	-
Clark	18	3	69	0	-	-
Dempster	24	4	85	1	-	-
Preston	20	1	74	0	-	-

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Wellington first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AH Preston	lbw b Dewdney	13
LSM Miller	c Sobers b Edun	114
EW Dempster	b Dewdney	2
JEF Beck	c Depeiaza b Smith	25
*RT Barber	b Dewdney	12
LA Clark	lbw b Ramadhin	10
DS St John	c Sobers b Edun	52
BW Sinclair	b Atkinson	11
WJR Haskell	lbw b Dewdney	0
+TG McMahon	not out	6
BD Morrison	st Depeiaza b Atkinson	0
Extras	(9 b, 4 lb)	13
Total	(all out, 109.2 overs)	258
Fall of wickets:
1-21, 2-27, 3-90, 4-107, 5-136, 6-236, 7-243, 8-246, 9-258, 10-258 (109.2 ov)

West Indians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Dewdney	25	6	70	4	-	-
Edun	13	4	21	2	-	-
Sobers	10	3	32	0	-	-
Ramadhin	19	6	35	1	-	-
Smith	21	7	56	1	-	-
Atkinson	21.2	9	31	2	-	-

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Wellington second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AH Preston	b Ramadhin	16
BW Sinclair	c Depeiaza b Dewdney	14
EW Dempster	b Edun	1
LSM Miller	c Furlonge b Dewdney	3
JEF Beck	c Pairaudeau b Ramadhin	12
*RT Barber	b Edun	0
LA Clark	b Edun	0
DS St John	b Atkinson	19
WJR Haskell	not out	7
+TG McMahon	lbw b Atkinson	0
BD Morrison	st Depeiaza b Ramadhin	11
Extras	(1 b)	1
Total	(all out, 35.2 overs)	84
Fall of wickets:
1-25, 2-31, 3-33, 4-35, 5-36, 6-36, 7-65, 8-65, 9-65, 10-84 (35.2 ov)

West Indians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Dewdney	9	3	14	2	-	-
Edun	12	4	28	3	-	-
Sobers	2	2	0	0	-	-
Ramadhin	7.2	3	15	3	-	-
Atkinson	5	0	26	2	-	-

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Notes
--> JEF Beck (1) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 1
--> WJR Haskell made his debut in first-class matches
--> DS St John made his last appearance in first-class matches
--> DT Dewdney achieved his best innings bowling analysis in first-class matches in the Wellington first innings (previous best was 4-125)
--> DS Atkinson reached 100 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Wellington first innings
--> WV Edun achieved his best innings bowling analysis in first-class matches in the Wellington second innings (previous best was 2-21)

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