f29935 ps498	Wellington v Otago
	Plunket Shield 1973/74
Venue	Basin Reserve, Wellington on 30th, 31st December 1973, 1st January 1974 (3-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Otago won the toss and decided to field
Result	Wellington won by 79 runs
Points	Wellington 15 (Bowling 5); Otago 5 (Bowling 5)
Umpires	WT Martin, RL Monteith
Close of play day 1	Otago (1) 85/8 (Milburn 15*, Boock 2*)
Close of play day 2	Otago (2) 39/1 (Sampson 14*, Anderson 12*)

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Wellington first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GA Newdick	c Milburn b Webb	13
BJ Middleton	c Lees b Webb	0
RW Smith	c Lees b Powell	24
*GP Bilby	b Webb	17
BD Smith	c Sampson b Powell	3
PB McGregor	lbw b Powell	0
HA Morgan	c Anderson b Powell	22
T Vaikvee	b Powell	6
+IJ Therkleson	b Webb	4
RO Collinge	not out	8
EJ Chatfield	lbw b Webb	5
Extras	(7 b, 5 lb, 7 nb)	19
Total	(all out, 34.4 overs)	121
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-23, 3-60, 4-66, 5-66, 6-68, 7-87, 8-106, 9-107, 10-121 (34.4 ov)

Otago bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Webb	13.4	2	48	5	-	-
Thomson	7	3	9	0	-	-
Powell	14	1	45	5	-	-

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Otago first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WL Blair	c Therkleson b Morgan	22
RN Stewart	c Therkleson b Chatfield	9
RW Anderson	b Collinge	0
HC Sampson	c BD Smith b Chatfield	17
WK Lees	c Bilby b Chatfield	8
*R Hendry	c Bilby b Chatfield	0
+BD Milburn	not out	17
GA Powell	b Chatfield	2
MG Webb	c Therkleson b BD Smith	3
SL Boock	c BD Smith b Chatfield	19
GB Thomson	c Therkleson b Chatfield	0
Extras	(3 b, 6 lb, 3 nb)	12
Total	(all out, 49.7 overs)	109
Fall of wickets:
1-32, 2-33, 3-34, 4-51, 5-61, 6-62, 7-64, 8-73, 9-109, 10-109 (49.7 ov)

Wellington bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Collinge	15	6	39	1	-	-
Chatfield	16.7	5	34	7	-	-
Morgan	11	8	21	1	-	-
BD Smith	7	5	3	1	-	-

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Wellington second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GA Newdick	c Lees b Webb	30
BJ Middleton	b Webb	0
RW Smith	c Blair b Thomson	16
*GP Bilby	b Webb	6
BD Smith	c Lees b Powell	21
PB McGregor	c Sampson b Powell	81
HA Morgan	run out	9
T Vaikvee	c Lees b Thomson	2
+IJ Therkleson	not out	49
RO Collinge	b Boock	2
EJ Chatfield	b Powell	0
Extras	(5 b, 2 lb, 2 nb, 2 w)	11
Total	(all out, 56.5 overs)	227
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-34, 3-45, 4-60, 5-93, 6-105, 7-114, 8-223, 9-226, 10-227 (56.5 ov)

Otago bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Webb	18	0	87	3	-	-
Thomson	11	1	42	2	-	-
Powell	13.5	2	41	3	-	-
Boock	14	1	46	1	-	-

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Otago second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WL Blair	c BD Smith b Collinge	10
HC Sampson	c Bilby b Chatfield	76
RW Anderson	c Bilby b Morgan	30
WK Lees	c Bilby b Chatfield	11
*R Hendry	b BD Smith	1
RN Stewart	run out	0
+BD Milburn	c BD Smith b Chatfield	7
GA Powell	c Therkleson b Chatfield	0
MG Webb	not out	5
SL Boock	c Newdick b Chatfield	0
GB Thomson	run out	8
Extras	(2 b, 10 lb)	12
Total	(all out, 53.6 overs)	160
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-73, 3-94, 4-96, 5-111, 6-141, 7-143, 8-148, 9-148, 10-160 (53.6 ov)

Wellington bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Collinge	13	2	44	1	-	-
Chatfield	18	5	53	5	-	-
Morgan	16.6	6	44	1	-	-
BD Smith	6	3	7	1	-	-

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Notes
--> BJ Middleton made his last appearance in first-class matches
--> BJ Middleton made his last appearance in Plunket Shield matches
--> PB McGregor (2) passed 1000 runs in Plunket Shield matches when he reached 7
--> WL Blair (2) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 6
--> GA Powell achieved his best innings bowling analysis in first-class matches in the Wellington first innings (previous best was 3-27)
--> GA Powell achieved his first five wickets in an innings in first-class matches in the Wellington first innings
--> GA Powell achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Plunket Shield matches in the Wellington first innings (previous best was 3-27)
--> GA Powell achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Plunket Shield matches in the Wellington first innings
--> EJ Chatfield achieved his best innings bowling analysis in first-class matches in the Otago first innings (previous best was 3-5)
--> EJ Chatfield achieved his first five wickets in an innings in first-class matches in the Otago first innings
--> EJ Chatfield achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Plunket Shield matches in the Otago first innings (previous best was 3-5)
--> EJ Chatfield achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Plunket Shield matches in the Otago first innings

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