f29462 ps483	Wellington v Central Districts
	Plunket Shield 1972/73
Venue	Basin Reserve, Wellington on 1st, 2nd, 3rd January 1973 (3-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Central Districts won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Points	Wellington 7 (Batting 2, Bowling 5); Central Districts 5 (Batting 2, Bowling 3)
Umpires	DEA Copps, M Rangi
Close of play day 1	Central Districts (1) 37/2 (Coutts 9*)
Close of play day 2	Wellington (2) 157/3 (BD Smith 16*, Therkleson 5*)

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Wellington first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BAG Murray	c Payton b Jordan	1
GA Newdick	b Shrimpton	25
RW Smith	b Cairns	3
JFM Morrison	lbw b O'Sullivan	66
JV Coney	b Jordan	62
BD Smith	c Snook b Shrimpton	4
*BR Taylor	b O'Sullivan	20
+IJ Therkleson	c Snook b O'Sullivan	23
WA Greenstreet	not out	22
RO Collinge	c Howell b Jordan	4
AR Hounsell	c Schofield b Cairns	9
Extras	(1 b, 13 lb, 3 nb)	17
Total	(all out, 77.7 overs)	256
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-7, 3-60, 4-124, 5-139, 6-167, 7-208, 8-243, 9-247, 10-256 (77.7 ov)

Central Districts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jordan	16	2	58	3	-	-
Cairns	13.7	3	33	2	-	-
Howell	19	3	58	0	-	-
Shrimpton	12	3	39	2	-	-
O'Sullivan	17	5	51	3	-	-

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Central Districts first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DH Payton	lbw b Collinge	10
PJC Coutts	c Therkleson b Collinge	15
HC Sampson	c Therkleson b Collinge	12
*MJF Shrimpton	b Collinge	9
DW Neal	not out	85
IR Snook	c Greenstreet b Collinge	4
DR O'Sullivan	c Murray b Greenstreet	1
+RM Schofield	c Murray b Greenstreet	0
BL Cairns	c Newdick b Greenstreet	10
JH Howell	c Therkleson b BD Smith	29
AB Jordan	lbw b Hounsell	10
Extras	(2 b, 6 lb, 3 nb)	11
Total	(all out, 52.2 overs)	196
Fall of wickets:
1-20, 2-37, 3-43, 4-56, 5-68, 6-73, 7-75, 8-95, 9-165, 10-196 (52.2 ov)

Wellington bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Collinge	17	7	37	5	-	-
Taylor	17	2	72	0	-	-
Greenstreet	10	2	44	3	-	-
Hounsell	5.2	1	18	1	-	-
BD Smith	3	0	14	1	-	-

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Wellington second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BAG Murray	b Shrimpton	46
GA Newdick	c Schofield b O'Sullivan	14
*BR Taylor	b Shrimpton	72
BD Smith	c Snook b O'Sullivan	55
+IJ Therkleson	c Sampson b Shrimpton	43
JFM Morrison	not out	6
WA Greenstreet	not out	2
RW Smith	did not bat
JV Coney	did not bat
RO Collinge	did not bat
AR Hounsell	did not bat
Extras	(5 lb, 4 nb)	9
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 62 overs)	247
Fall of wickets:
1-25, 2-123, 3-144, 4-234, 5-239

Central Districts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jordan	15	2	52	0	-	-
Cairns	17	2	62	0	-	-
Howell	4	0	21	0	-	-
Shrimpton	14	1	57	3	-	-
O'Sullivan	12	3	46	2	-	-

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Central Districts second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DH Payton	c Coney b Collinge	8
PJC Coutts	c Therkleson b BD Smith	26
*MJF Shrimpton	c Therkleson b Collinge	140
HC Sampson	b Taylor	24
BL Cairns	c Morrison b Hounsell	8
DW Neal	b Greenstreet	37
JH Howell	c Murray b Greenstreet	3
IR Snook	not out	13
+RM Schofield	not out	11
DR O'Sullivan	did not bat
AB Jordan	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 7 lb, 2 nb)	10
Total	(7 wickets, 77.4 overs)	280
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-94, 3-146, 4-167, 5-230, 6-234, 7-259

Wellington bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Collinge	10	1	41	2	-	-
Taylor	15	3	36	1	-	-
Greenstreet	17	5	62	2	-	-
Hounsell	8	0	27	1	-	-
BD Smith	13.4	5	58	1	-	-
Murray	13	1	42	0	-	-
Morrison	1	0	4	0	-	-

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Notes
--> Wellington score at 65 overs in the first innings was 193-6
--> DW Neal (1) passed his previous highest score of 41 in first-class matches
--> DW Neal (1) passed his previous highest score of 41 in Plunket Shield matches

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