f24102 ps314	Central Districts v Wellington
	Plunket Shield 1961/62
Venue	Pukekura Park, New Plymouth on 29th, 30th December 1961 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Wellington won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Wellington won by an innings and 159 runs
Points	Central Districts 0; Wellington 10
Umpires	RL Allen, RW Collins
Close of play day 1	Central Districts (1) 24/4 (Congdon 16*, Leggat 0*)

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Wellington first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BAG Murray	c Colquhoun b Kinsella	133
+TG McMahon	b Hampton	20
BW Sinclair	run out	12
AH Preston	c Colquhoun b Spence	51
*RA Vance	b Mummery	0
JEF Beck	not out	103
LC Butler	not out	101
GT McConnell	did not bat
RW Blair	did not bat
JS Parson	did not bat
BD Morrison	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 3 lb)	9
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 113.1 overs)	429
Fall of wickets:
1-40, 2-84, 3-193, 4-194, 5-242

Central Districts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Kinsella	19	7	61	1	-	-
Hampton	20	4	81	1	-	-
Leggat	19	7	48	0	-	-
Congdon	5	2	28	0	-	-
Mummery	25	7	85	1	-	-
Spence	18.1	4	87	1	-	-
Kelly	7	0	30	0	-	-

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Central Districts first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GE Lowans	c McMahon b Blair	4
LB Reade	c Beck b Blair	2
BE Congdon	c Beck b Blair	17
RA Kelly	b Blair	0
DV Spence	c Preston b Blair	0
IB Leggat	c Beck b Morrison	12
EL Mummery	c Butler b Parson	4
MJF Shrimpton	c Butler b McConnell	16
BL Hampton	b McConnell	15
*+IA Colquhoun	b Parson	0
DA Kinsella	not out	6
Extras	(3 lb, 3 nb)	6
Total	(all out, 46 overs)	82
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-18, 3-18, 4-24, 5-26, 6-42, 7-42, 8-71, 9-74, 10-82 (46 ov)

Wellington bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Blair	15	10	22	5	-	-
Morrison	18	9	22	1	-	-
Parson	8	2	28	2	-	-
McConnell	5	3	4	2	-	-

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Central Districts second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GE Lowans	c Murray b McConnell	62
LB Reade	c and b Blair	0
BE Congdon	c Butler b McConnell	34
RA Kelly	c Vance b Butler	17
DV Spence	b Butler	30
IB Leggat	b Butler	0
EL Mummery	c Parson b Butler	0
MJF Shrimpton	run out	1
BL Hampton	b Preston	25
*+IA Colquhoun	not out	4
DA Kinsella	st McMahon b Butler	0
Extras	(8 b, 7 lb)	15
Total	(all out, 84 overs)	188
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-97, 3-98, 4-107, 5-131, 6-131, 7-135, 8-174, 9-188, 10-188 (84 ov)

Wellington bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Blair	13	7	18	1	-	-
Morrison	14	6	33	0	-	-
Parson	10	3	34	0	-	-
McConnell	18	5	35	2	-	-
Butler	18	7	34	5	-	-
Preston	11	3	19	1	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> BAG Murray (1) passed his previous highest score of 53 in Plunket Shield matches
--> BAG Murray (1) made his first century in Plunket Shield matches
--> BAG Murray (1) passed his previous highest score of 53 in first-class matches
--> BAG Murray (1) made his first century in first-class matches
--> LC Butler (1) passed his previous highest score of 66 in Plunket Shield matches
--> LC Butler (1) made his first century in Plunket Shield matches
--> LC Butler (1) passed his previous highest score of 66 in first-class matches
--> LC Butler (1) made his first century in first-class matches
--> RA Kelly made his debut in first-class matches
--> RA Kelly made his debut in Plunket Shield matches
--> EL Mummery made his debut in first-class matches
--> EL Mummery made his debut in Plunket Shield matches
--> MJF Shrimpton made his debut in Plunket Shield matches
--> MJF Shrimpton made his debut in first-class matches
--> BL Hampton made his debut in first-class matches
--> BL Hampton made his debut in Plunket Shield matches
--> DA Kinsella made his debut in first-class matches
--> DA Kinsella made his debut in Plunket Shield matches
--> RW Blair reached 250 wickets in Plunket Shield matches when taking his 5th wicket in the Central Districts first innings
--> LC Butler reached 50 wickets in Plunket Shield matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Central Districts second innings
--> LC Butler achieved his best innings bowling analysis in first-class matches in the Central Districts second innings (previous best was 4-41)
--> LC Butler achieved his first five wickets in an innings in first-class matches in the Central Districts second innings
--> LC Butler achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Plunket Shield matches in the Central Districts second innings (previous best was 4-41)
--> LC Butler achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Plunket Shield matches in the Central Districts second innings

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