f29905 ps491	Otago v Northern Districts
	Plunket Shield 1973/74
Venue	Carisbrook, Dunedin on 22nd, 23rd, 24th December 1973 (3-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Northern Districts won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Otago won by 8 wickets
Points	Otago 17 (Batting 2, Bowling 5); Northern Districts 2 (Bowling 2)
Umpires	D Cummings, DE Currie
Close of play day 1	Otago (1) 109/2 (Stewart 39*, Hendry 35*)
Close of play day 2	Northern Districts (2) 97/2 (Warrington 59*, Mountain 2*)

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Northern Districts first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JG Gibson	c Milburn b Webb	30
JW Warrington	b Thomson	4
GW Taylor	b Powell	2
*B Dunning	c Milburn b Webb	50
ADG Roberts	c Milburn b Webb	0
RW Fulton	lbw b Thomson	2
DP Lloyd	st Milburn b Powell	19
+LS Mountain	c Blair b Powell	6
CW Dickeson	b Webb	5
EK Gillott	not out	5
H Unka	lbw b Webb	0
Extras	(6 lb, 2 nb)	8
Total	(all out, 56.4 overs)	131
Fall of wickets:
1-25, 2-32, 3-61, 4-61, 5-73, 6-108, 7-120, 8-121, 9-131, 10-131 (56.4 ov)

Otago bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Webb	17.4	5	44	5	-	-
Thomson	15	2	32	2	-	-
Powell	24	11	47	3	-	-

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Otago first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WL Blair	b Unka	12
RN Stewart	b Dunning	73
WK Lees	c Mountain b Dunning	8
*R Hendry	b Unka	37
HC Sampson	run out	25
BJ McKechnie	c Mountain b Unka	29
+BD Milburn	c Mountain b Unka	7
MG Webb	not out	13
SL Boock	b Unka	0
GA Powell	b Dunning	3
GB Thomson	b Unka	3
Extras	(6 b, 12 lb, 4 nb)	22
Total	(all out, 82.2 overs)	232
Fall of wickets:
1-20, 2-34, 3-114, 4-147, 5-192, 6-203, 7-216, 8-224, 9-227, 10-232 (82.2 ov)

Northern Districts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Unka	23.2	2	67	6	-	-
Dunning	17	3	54	3	-	-
Fulton	5	1	7	0	-	-
Gillott	15	2	43	0	-	-
Dickeson	20	7	32	0	-	-
Lloyd	2	0	7	0	-	-

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Northern Districts second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JG Gibson	c Sampson b Thomson	12
JW Warrington	b Boock	76
DP Lloyd	c Milburn b Webb	20
+LS Mountain	c Milburn b Boock	3
GW Taylor	lbw b Powell	12
*B Dunning	b Webb	7
ADG Roberts	lbw b Webb	2
RW Fulton	c Lees b Thomson	19
CW Dickeson	c Lees b Thomson	4
EK Gillott	b Webb	0
H Unka	not out	2
Extras	(6 b, 4 lb)	10
Total	(all out, 71.4 overs)	167
Fall of wickets:
1-19, 2-92, 3-108, 4-127, 5-129, 6-136, 7-139, 8-160, 9-165, 10-167 (71.4 ov)

Otago bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Webb	24.4	7	48	4	-	-
Thomson	12	1	41	3	-	-
Powell	7	1	12	1	-	-
McKechnie	3	0	14	0	-	-
Boock	25	11	42	2	-	-

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Otago second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WL Blair	run out	2
RN Stewart	b Dunning	2
WK Lees	not out	46
*R Hendry	not out	16
HC Sampson	did not bat
BJ McKechnie	did not bat
+BD Milburn	did not bat
MG Webb	did not bat
SL Boock	did not bat
GA Powell	did not bat
GB Thomson	did not bat
Extras	(2 lb)	2
Total	(2 wickets, 16.1 overs)	68
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-8

Northern Districts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Unka	6	1	30	0	-	-
Dunning	5	1	14	1	-	-
Dickeson	3	0	10	0	-	-
Lloyd	2.1	0	12	0	-	-

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Notes
--> Otago score at 65 overs in the first innings was 178-4
--> JW Warrington made his debut in first-class matches
--> JW Warrington made his debut in Plunket Shield matches
--> GW Taylor made his debut in Plunket Shield matches
--> GW Taylor made his debut in first-class matches
--> CW Dickeson made his debut in first-class matches
--> CW Dickeson made his debut in Plunket Shield matches
--> RN Stewart made his debut in Plunket Shield matches
--> RN Stewart made his debut in first-class matches
--> SL Boock made his debut in first-class matches
--> SL Boock made his debut in Plunket Shield matches
--> GB Thomson made his debut in first-class matches
--> GB Thomson made his debut in Plunket Shield matches
--> WK Lees (2) passed his previous highest score of 30 in Plunket Shield matches
--> WK Lees (2) equalled his previous highest score of 46 in first-class matches
--> RW Fulton made his debut for Northern Districts in first-class matches
--> RW Fulton made his debut for Northern Districts in Plunket Shield matches
--> HC Sampson made his debut for Otago in first-class matches
--> HC Sampson made his debut for Otago in Plunket Shield matches
--> H Unka achieved his best innings bowling analysis in first-class matches in the Otago first innings (previous best was 5-90)
--> H Unka achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Plunket Shield matches in the Otago first innings (previous best was 5-90)
--> MG Webb reached 100 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Northern Districts second innings

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