f22609	North Island v South Island
	Other First-Class matches in New Zealand 1958/59
Venue	Basin Reserve, Wellington on 13th, 14th, 16th February 1959 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	South Island won the toss and decided to bat
Result	South Island won by 52 runs
Umpires	J Cowie, ECA Mackintosh
Close of play day 1	North Island (1) 104/3 (Donald 65*, Preston 8*)
Close of play day 2	South Island (2) 196/8 (Moir 33*, Ward 1*)

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South Island first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JW D'Arcy	c and b Blair	5
BA Bolton	c Preston b Hough	0
JW Guy	b Sparling	46
SN McGregor	c Blair b Sparling	33
*B Sutcliffe	lbw b Hough	60
NR Thompson	c Playle b Blair	0
IB Leggat	lbw b Sparling	1
AM Moir	not out	52
RC Motz	c Petrie b Blair	8
+JT Ward	c Playle b Blair	5
FJ Cameron	c Petrie b Blair	0
Extras	(1 nb)	1
Total	(all out, 85.3 overs)	211
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-15, 3-79, 4-92, 5-110, 6-111, 7-164, 8-188, 9-207, 10-211 (85.3 ov)

North Island bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Blair	22.3	4	61	5	-	-
Hough	21	6	37	2	-	-
Butler	12	1	37	0	-	-
Beard	14	2	28	0	-	-
Sparling	16	2	47	3	-	-

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North Island first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RM Harris	c Ward b Motz	0
DL Donald	run out	71
WR Playle	b Leggat	13
DJ Gray	c Ward b Leggat	18
AH Preston	c Leggat b Motz	16
JT Sparling	c Leggat b Cameron	19
DD Beard	c Leggat b Cameron	8
*+EC Petrie	b Sutcliffe	11
LC Butler	c Bolton b Leggat	30
RW Blair	c Sutcliffe b Leggat	21
KW Hough	not out	6
Extras	(5 b, 2 lb, 1 nb)	8
Total	(all out, 80 overs)	221
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-34, 3-85, 4-118, 5-127, 6-144, 7-155, 8-168, 9-208, 10-221 (80 ov)

South Island bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Motz	19	3	67	2	-	-
Cameron	18	4	37	2	-	-
Leggat	16	9	21	4	-	-
Moir	22	4	56	0	-	-
Sutcliffe	5	0	32	1	-	-

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South Island second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JW D'Arcy	b Hough	57
NR Thompson	c and b Hough	2
BA Bolton	run out	37
JW Guy	c Harris b Preston	25
SN McGregor	c Petrie b Blair	11
*B Sutcliffe	b Blair	15
IB Leggat	lbw b Blair	0
AM Moir	lbw b Blair	70
RC Motz	b Butler	4
+JT Ward	not out	8
FJ Cameron	b Beard	4
Extras	(10 b, 2 lb, 2 nb)	14
Total	(all out, 106.3 overs)	247
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-90, 3-114, 4-134, 5-134, 6-136, 7-159, 8-189, 9-238, 10-247 (106.3 ov)

North Island bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Blair	31	7	71	4	-	-
Hough	27	9	52	2	-	-
Butler	10	3	28	1	-	-
Beard	16.3	7	25	1	-	-
Sparling	16	4	36	0	-	-
Preston	6	0	21	1	-	-

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North Island second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RM Harris	c Ward b Moir	28
DL Donald	run out	14
WR Playle	c Sutcliffe b Leggat	9
DJ Gray	b Moir	6
AH Preston	c Ward b Leggat	31
JT Sparling	run out	1
DD Beard	run out	10
*+EC Petrie	not out	16
LC Butler	c Motz b Leggat	19
RW Blair	c and b Sutcliffe	4
KW Hough	b Motz	42
Extras	(1 b, 4 nb)	5
Total	(all out, 65.3 overs)	185
Fall of wickets:
1-26, 2-42, 3-57, 4-71, 5-74, 6-97, 7-122, 8-127, 9-127, 10-185 (65.3 ov)

South Island bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Motz	12.3	2	31	1	-	-
Cameron	10	1	33	0	-	-
Leggat	17	7	27	3	-	-
Moir	20	6	61	2	-	-
Sutcliffe	6	1	28	1	-	-

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Notes
--> AM Moir (2) passed his previous highest score of 66 in first-class matches
--> KW Hough (2) passed his previous highest score of 38 in first-class matches
--> IB Leggat achieved his best innings bowling analysis in first-class matches in the North Island first innings (previous best was 4-38)
--> RW Blair reached 350 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the South Island second innings

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