f22060 ps252	Wellington v Central Districts
	Plunket Shield 1957/58
Venue	Basin Reserve, Wellington on 25th, 26th, 27th December 1957 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Match drawn
Points	Wellington 4; Central Districts 2
Umpires	J Cowie, RE Dore
Close of play day 1	Central Districts (1) 12/0 (MacLeod 6*, Smith 6*)
Close of play day 2	No play

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Wellington first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LSM Miller	b Tarrant	2
AF Nightingale	b Beard	42
*RT Barber	lbw b Cave	31
BW Sinclair	b Cave	0
PH Standidge	c Colquhoun b Beard	32
AH Preston	c Harford b Cave	45
LC Butler	b Beard	5
+WM Curtis	lbw b Beard	0
LA Clark	lbw b Beard	4
RW Blair	c Harford b Beard	1
BD Morrison	not out	2
Extras	(8 b, 2 lb, 1 nb)	11
Total	(all out, 85.2 overs)	175
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-45, 3-51, 4-107, 5-133, 6-147, 7-147, 8-157, 9-173, 10-175 (85.2 ov)

Central Districts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Tarrant	16	2	35	1	-	-
Cave	28	12	44	3	-	-
Beard	26.2	11	33	6	-	-
Smith	4	2	6	0	-	-
Park	11	2	46	0	-	-

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Central Districts first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
KFH Smith	c Butler b Morrison	8
DN MacLeod	c Curtis b Preston	19
EM Meuli	c Curtis b Blair	2
DW Bowden	c Barber b Morrison	7
NS Harford	c Standidge b Blair	39
GT Buist	b Preston	0
DD Beard	c Standidge b Preston	18
*HB Cave	b Morrison	3
+IA Colquhoun	b Blair	1
DR Tarrant	c Barber b Morrison	1
D Park	not out	0
Extras	(2 b, 1 nb, 1 w)	4
Total	(all out, 62.1 overs)	102
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-17, 3-36, 4-44, 5-44, 6-70, 7-80, 8-101, 9-102, 10-102 (62.1 ov)

Wellington bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Blair	16.1	6	22	3	-	-
Morrison	31	11	44	4	-	-
Preston	15	6	32	3	-	-

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Wellington second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LSM Miller	lbw b Park	49
AF Nightingale	c Bowden b Beard	5
*RT Barber	b Harford	7
BW Sinclair	c Colquhoun b Park	12
PH Standidge	lbw b Cave	1
AH Preston	not out	5
LC Butler	not out	1
+WM Curtis	did not bat
LA Clark	did not bat
RW Blair	did not bat
BD Morrison	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 4 lb, 1 nb)	9
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 47 overs)	89
Fall of wickets:
1-29, 2-46, 3-82, 4-83, 5-83

Central Districts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Tarrant	3	0	9	0	-	-
Cave	8	4	13	1	-	-
Beard	15	7	18	1	-	-
Park	8	2	9	2	-	-
Harford	13	3	31	1	-	-

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Central Districts second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
KFH Smith	c Clark b Morrison	3
DN MacLeod	c Curtis b Blair	10
NS Harford	not out	2
DD Beard	not out	4
EM Meuli	did not bat
DW Bowden	did not bat
GT Buist	did not bat
*HB Cave	did not bat
+IA Colquhoun	did not bat
DR Tarrant	did not bat
D Park	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb)	2
Total	(2 wickets, 17 overs)	21
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-14

Wellington bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Blair	9	5	9	1	-	-
Morrison	4	1	8	1	-	-
Clark	4	3	2	0	-	-

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Notes
--> AF Nightingale (1) passed his previous highest score of 10 in Plunket Shield matches
--> AF Nightingale (1) passed his previous highest score of 10 in first-class matches
--> PH Standidge made his debut in first-class matches
--> PH Standidge made his debut in Plunket Shield matches
--> D Park made his debut in first-class matches
--> D Park made his debut in Plunket Shield matches
--> DW Bowden made his last appearance in first-class matches
--> DW Bowden made his last appearance in Plunket Shield matches
--> AH Preston achieved his best innings bowling analysis in first-class matches in the Central Districts first innings (previous best was 2-32)
--> AH Preston achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Plunket Shield matches in the Central Districts first innings (previous best was 2-32)

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