f27083 ps408	Otago v Northern Districts
	Plunket Shield 1967/68
Venue	Carisbrook, Dunedin on 1st, 2nd, 3rd January 1968 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Otago won by 6 wickets
Points	Otago 10; Northern Districts 0
Umpires	ASH Cutler, RC Scott
Close of play day 1	Otago (1) 139/9 (Milburn 3*, Webster 1*)
Close of play day 2	Otago (2) 76/3 (Hutchison 10*, Semple 20*)

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Northern Districts first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MJ Horton	b JC Alabaster	39
GA Rose	lbw b Webster	8
JW Guy	c Milburn b Webster	1
GV Giles	b GD Alabaster	13
JR Carson	lbw b Webster	21
*HT Schuster	run out	11
PD Stone	c Beer b JC Alabaster	3
N Puna	not out	25
+LS Mountain	lbw b JC Alabaster	8
JD Smith	b JC Alabaster	5
KD Kennedy	b JC Alabaster	0
Extras	(1 b, 2 lb)	3
Total	(all out, 69.1 overs)	137
Fall of wickets:
1-29, 2-31, 3-57, 4-65, 5-94, 6-98, 7-98, 8-115, 9-137, 10-137 (69.1 ov)

Otago bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Webster	16	3	41	3	-	-
Matatumua	5	1	14	0	-	-
JC Alabaster	29.1	15	43	5	-	-
GD Alabaster	19	7	36	1	-	-

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Otago first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WL Blair	lbw b Kennedy	27
GD Beer	b Giles	11
*SN McGregor	b Puna	28
RW Hutchison	c Carson b Puna	9
PC Semple	c Kennedy b Puna	33
GD Alabaster	c Smith b Kennedy	4
KO Campbell	b Puna	0
AM Matatumua	lbw b Kennedy	1
JC Alabaster	c and b Puna	11
+BD Milburn	lbw b Puna	6
RV Webster	not out	42
Extras	(5 b, 8 lb, 1 w)	14
Total	(all out, 73.4 overs)	186
Fall of wickets:
1-23, 2-71, 3-83, 4-92, 5-123, 6-123, 7-123, 8-135, 9-135, 10-186 (73.4 ov)

Northern Districts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	12	3	35	0	-	-
Giles	4	1	14	1	-	-
Puna	32.4	10	74	6	-	-
Kennedy	25	6	49	3	-	-

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Northern Districts second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*HT Schuster	c and b JC Alabaster	46
GA Rose	c McGregor b JC Alabaster	18
JW Guy	lbw b GD Alabaster	26
GV Giles	b JC Alabaster	15
JR Carson	st Milburn b GD Alabaster	7
PD Stone	c Matatumua b GD Alabaster	9
N Puna	c McGregor b GD Alabaster	11
+LS Mountain	b JC Alabaster	26
JD Smith	b GD Alabaster	1
KD Kennedy	not out	4
MJ Horton	b JC Alabaster	0
Extras	(3 b, 2 lb)	5
Total	(all out, 105.5 overs)	168
Fall of wickets:
1-47, 2-82, 3-98, 4-108, 5-122, 6-124, 7-156, 8-164, 9-168, 10-168 (105.5 ov)

Otago bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Webster	6	1	21	0	-	-
Matatumua	2	0	2	0	-	-
JC Alabaster	45.5	19	79	5	-	-
GD Alabaster	45	24	52	5	-	-
Campbell	7	2	9	0	-	-

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Otago second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WL Blair	c Kennedy b Puna	10
GD Beer	st Mountain b Puna	35
*SN McGregor	run out	0
RW Hutchison	st Mountain b Stone	17
PC Semple	not out	51
GD Alabaster	not out	6
KO Campbell	did not bat
AM Matatumua	did not bat
JC Alabaster	did not bat
+BD Milburn	did not bat
RV Webster	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(4 wickets, 62.4 overs)	120
Fall of wickets:
1-42, 2-42, 3-52, 4-98

Northern Districts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	3	0	18	0	-	-
Puna	30.4	14	47	2	-	-
Kennedy	21	6	39	0	-	-
Stone	7	2	14	1	-	-
Carson	1	0	1	0	-	-

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Notes
--> RV Webster (1) passed his previous highest score of 11 in Plunket Shield matches
--> GD Beer (2) passed 500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 2
--> PC Semple (2) passed 500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 35
--> JC Alabaster reached 200 wickets in Plunket Shield matches when taking his 5th wicket in the Northern Districts first innings
--> N Puna reached 200 wickets in Plunket Shield matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Otago first innings

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