f21616 ps246	Wellington v Northern Districts
	Plunket Shield 1956/57
Venue	Basin Reserve, Wellington on 12th, 14th, 15th January 1957 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Wellington won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Wellington won by 9 wickets
Points	Wellington 8; Northern Districts 0
Umpires	RH Barlow, LG Clark
Close of play day 1	Northern Districts (1) 7/0 (Wyatt 6*, Everest 0*)
Close of play day 2	Northern Districts (2) 71/1 (Everest 38*, Gray 2*)

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Wellington first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AH Preston	c Petrie b Lissette	122
LSM Miller	b Lissette	57
BW Sinclair	lbw b Hoskin	33
RA Vance	run out	46
*RT Barber	b Clarke	16
JEF Beck	c Petrie b Clarke	5
EW Dempster	c and b Clarke	52
LA Clark	c Gray b Lissette	0
RW Blair	run out	15
+WM Curtis	c Shaw b Clarke	13
BD Morrison	not out	1
Extras	(7 b, 4 lb, 8 nb)	19
Total	(all out, 123.3 overs)	379
Fall of wickets:
1-98, 2-179, 3-264, 4-283, 5-291, 6-306, 7-310, 8-341, 9-360, 10-379 (123.3 ov)

Northern Districts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hough	32	6	68	0	-	-
Clarke	29.3	2	108	4	-	-
Hoskin	16	2	44	1	-	-
Lissette	33	10	98	3	-	-
Puna	13	2	42	0	-	-

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Northern Districts first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JL Wyatt	c Curtis b Blair	54
JK Everest	c Preston b Morrison	61
DJ Gray	c Morrison b Blair	1
TE Shaw	b Morrison	1
N Puna	c Dempster b Blair	22
PH Smith	c Miller b Morrison	12
*+EC Petrie	c Clark b Morrison	27
DB Clarke	b Blair	1
AF Lissette	lbw b Morrison	2
KW Hough	c Beck b Blair	0
DC Hoskin	not out	0
Extras	(2 b, 5 lb, 7 nb)	14
Total	(all out, 105.5 overs)	195
Fall of wickets:
1-109, 2-124, 3-128, 4-129, 5-146, 6-181, 7-193, 8-193, 9-193, 10-195 (105.5 ov)

Wellington bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Blair	31	18	36	5	-	-
Morrison	35.5	15	58	5	-	-
Clark	14	3	44	0	-	-
Dempster	20	10	29	0	-	-
Preston	5	2	14	0	-	-

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Northern Districts second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JL Wyatt	c Beck b Clark	29
JK Everest	lbw b Blair	59
DJ Gray	b Blair	4
TE Shaw	b Blair	37
N Puna	c Curtis b Blair	36
PH Smith	c Dempster b Morrison	15
*+EC Petrie	b Morrison	7
DB Clarke	not out	34
AF Lissette	lbw b Dempster	11
KW Hough	run out	1
DC Hoskin	c Curtis b Blair	23
Extras	(16 b, 5 lb, 3 nb)	24
Total	(all out, 101 overs)	280
Fall of wickets:
1-55, 2-76, 3-87, 4-114, 5-160, 6-195, 7-199, 8-228, 9-279, 10-280 (101 ov)

Wellington bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Blair	26	6	80	5	-	-
Morrison	29	9	73	2	-	-
Clark	23	8	55	1	-	-
Dempster	21	7	43	1	-	-
Preston	2	0	5	0	-	-

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Wellington second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AH Preston	lbw b Clarke	8
LSM Miller	not out	44
BW Sinclair	not out	41
RA Vance	did not bat
*RT Barber	did not bat
JEF Beck	did not bat
EW Dempster	did not bat
LA Clark	did not bat
RW Blair	did not bat
+WM Curtis	did not bat
BD Morrison	did not bat
Extras	(3 lb, 1 nb)	4
Total	(1 wicket, 35.4 overs)	97
Fall of wickets:
1-32 (Preston)

Northern Districts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hough	13	5	21	0	-	-
Clarke	7	1	17	1	-	-
Hoskin	7	2	21	0	-	-
Lissette	7	3	25	0	-	-
Everest	1.4	0	9	0	-	-

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Notes
--> JL Wyatt made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> JL Wyatt made his last appearance in Plunket Shield matches
--> JK Everest made his last appearance in Plunket Shield matches
--> JK Everest made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> PH Smith made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> PH Smith made his last appearance in Plunket Shield matches
--> AH Preston (1) passed his previous highest score of 63 in Plunket Shield matches
--> AH Preston (1) made his first century in Plunket Shield matches
--> AH Preston (1) passed his previous highest score of 63 in First-Class matches
--> AH Preston (1) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> LSM Miller (1) passed 2500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 29
--> RA Vance (1) passed 1000 runs in Plunket Shield matches when he reached 17
--> EW Dempster (1) passed 1000 runs in Plunket Shield matches when he reached 12
--> JL Wyatt (1) passed his previous highest score of 37 in First-Class matches
--> JL Wyatt (1) passed his previous highest score of 37 in Plunket Shield matches
--> TE Shaw (2) passed his previous highest score of 16 in First-Class matches
--> TE Shaw (2) passed his previous highest score of 16 in Plunket Shield matches
--> DB Clarke (2) passed his previous highest score of 25 in Plunket Shield matches
--> DB Clarke (2) passed his previous highest score of 25 in First-Class matches
--> DC Hoskin (2) passed his previous highest score of 10 in First-Class matches
--> DC Hoskin (2) passed his previous highest score of 10 in Plunket Shield matches
--> BW Sinclair (2) passed his previous highest score of 40 in Plunket Shield matches
--> BW Sinclair (2) passed his previous highest score of 40 in First-Class matches
--> DB Clarke made his debut for Northern Districts in First-Class matches
--> DB Clarke made his debut for Northern Districts in Plunket Shield matches

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