f27634	North Island v South Island
	Other First-Class matches in New Zealand 1968/69
Venue	Pukekura Park, New Plymouth on 13th, 14th, 15th February 1969 (3-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	South Island won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	RL Allen, CDH Hunt
Close of play day 1
Close of play day 2

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South Island first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GT Dowling	c Speed b Cunis	167
GM Turner	b Cunis	17
BE Congdon	c Ryan b Cunis	55
BF Hastings	c Murray b Collinge	116
JW Burtt	b Yuile	40
K Thomson	c Collinge b Yuile	4
GD Alabaster	not out	25
BR Taylor	b Cunis	5
RC Motz	c Ryan b Cunis	10
JM McIntyre	run out	1
+BD Milburn	not out	2
Extras	(3 b, 10 lb, 6 nb)	19
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 136 overs)	461
Fall of wickets:
1-39, 2-158, 3-343, 4-394, 5-417, 6-418, 7-424, 8-444, 9-454

North Island bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Collinge	27	7	74	1	-	-
Cunis	36	9	93	5	-	-
Yuile	29	7	86	2	-	-
Pollard	11	1	37	0	-	-
Howarth	16	0	80	0	-	-
Morgan	12	1	49	0	-	-
Shrimpton	5	0	23	0	-	-

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North Island first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BAG Murray	b Motz	33
ML Ryan	lbw b Taylor	22
RW Morgan	c Taylor b Motz	4
MG Burgess	c Turner b Motz	5
MJF Shrimpton	c Motz b Alabaster	28
*V Pollard	b McIntyre	11
BW Yuile	run out	44
+SR Speed	c Motz b Alabaster	17
RO Collinge	not out	30
RS Cunis	b Taylor	1
HJ Howarth	b Taylor	0
Extras	(5 b, 5 lb, 1 nb)	11
Total	(all out, 66.4 overs)	206
Fall of wickets:
1-58, 2-60, 3-68, 4-69, 5-93, 6-123, 7-162, 8-183, 9-206, 10-206 (66.4 ov)

South Island bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Motz	12	5	31	3	-	-
Taylor	9.4	1	32	3	-	-
Alabaster	23	5	60	2	-	-
McIntyre	15	6	32	1	-	-
Burtt	7	0	40	0	-	-

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North Island second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BAG Murray	lbw b Alabaster	25
ML Ryan	c Thomson b Alabaster	24
RW Morgan	not out	66
MG Burgess	c Dowling b Alabaster	8
MJF Shrimpton	not out	43
*V Pollard	did not bat
BW Yuile	did not bat
+SR Speed	did not bat
RO Collinge	did not bat
RS Cunis	did not bat
HJ Howarth	did not bat
Extras	(8 b, 2 nb)	10
Total	(3 wickets, 49 overs)	176
Fall of wickets:
1-54, 2-59, 3-69

South Island bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Motz	5	0	20	0	-	-
Taylor	6	2	30	0	-	-
Alabaster	15	4	55	3	-	-
McIntyre	13	7	18	0	-	-
Burtt	5	0	25	0	-	-
Thomson	2	0	10	0	-	-
Turner	3	1	8	0	-	-

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Notes
--> BF Hastings (1) passed 2500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 83
--> JW Burtt (1) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 18
--> MJF Shrimpton (2) passed 2000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 6

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