f30423 ps509	Northern Districts v Otago
	Plunket Shield 1974/75
Venue	Harry Barker Reserve, Gisborne on 30th, 31st December 1974, 1st January 1975 (3-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Otago won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Northern Districts 6 (Batting 4, Bowling 2); Otago 6 (Batting 5, Bowling 1)
Umpires	DF Collinge, JBR Hastie
Close of play day 1	Northern Districts (1) 37/0 (Howarth 26*, Fulton 11*)
Close of play day 2	Otago (2) 125/2 (Turner 64*)

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Otago first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GM Turner	b Howarth	135
IA Rutherford	b Unka	1
RW Anderson	c Fulton b Hounsell	76
+WK Lees	c Howarth b Dickeson	16
KO Campbell	not out	43
HC Sampson	not out	30
GH Murdoch	did not bat
BJ McKechnie	did not bat
GD Alabaster	did not bat
SL Boock	did not bat
GA Powell	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 5 lb, 2 w)	11
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 76 overs)	312
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-192, 3-215, 4-243

Northern Districts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Stimpson	12	2	59	0	-	-
Unka	14	3	50	1	-	-
Hounsell	18	1	74	1	-	-
Fulton	2	0	14	0	-	-
Dickeson	19	2	70	1	-	-
Howarth	11	1	34	1	-	-

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Northern Districts first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GP Howarth	b Alabaster	26
RW Fulton	c Rutherford b Murdoch	106
GW Taylor	lbw b Alabaster	45
+JM Parker	c Powell b McKechnie	81
ADG Roberts	c Lees b Murdoch	47
B Dunning	not out	7
MJF Shrimpton	not out	3
CW Dickeson	did not bat
AJP Stimpson	did not bat
AR Hounsell	did not bat
H Unka	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 2 lb, 1 w)	5
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 87 overs)	320
Fall of wickets:
1-37, 2-119, 3-231, 4-298, 5-309

Otago bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Powell	13	2	59	0	-	-
McKechnie	6	1	25	1	-	-
Alabaster	31	7	92	2	-	-
Boock	21	3	81	0	-	-
Murdoch	16	2	58	2	-	-

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Otago second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GM Turner	c Howarth b Dickeson	108
IA Rutherford	c sub b Dickeson	41
RW Anderson	c Parker b Hounsell	14
KO Campbell	c Parker b Hounsell	0
HC Sampson	c Dickeson b Howarth	37
+WK Lees	c Unka b Dickeson	28
GH Murdoch	not out	15
BJ McKechnie	not out	34
GD Alabaster	did not bat
SL Boock	did not bat
GA Powell	did not bat
Extras	(12 b, 2 lb, 1 nb)	15
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 71 overs)	292
Fall of wickets:
1-87, 2-125, 3-129, 4-201, 5-224, 6-249

Northern Districts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Stimpson	5	0	27	0	-	-
Unka	4	1	13	0	-	-
Hounsell	12	2	40	2	-	-
Dickeson	31	8	95	3	-	-
Howarth	19	1	102	1	-	-

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Northern Districts second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GP Howarth	c Lees b McKechnie	137
RW Fulton	c Lees b Boock	53
+JM Parker	c Powell b Boock	1
MJF Shrimpton	b Boock	23
B Dunning	not out	12
ADG Roberts	st Lees b Boock	11
GW Taylor	run out	1
CW Dickeson	c Murdoch b Boock	0
AJP Stimpson	not out	1
AR Hounsell	did not bat
H Unka	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 4 lb)	7
Total	(7 wickets, 61 overs)	246
Fall of wickets:
1-151, 2-155, 3-215, 4-221, 5-237, 6-239, 7-239

Otago bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Powell	5	0	29	0	-	-
McKechnie	13	2	48	1	-	-
Alabaster	13	2	56	0	-	-
Boock	19	5	67	5	-	-
Murdoch	11	1	39	0	-	-

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Notes
--> Otago score at 65 overs in the first innings was 257-4
--> Northern Districts score at 65 overs in the first innings was 230-2
--> GM Turner (1) passed 17500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 127
--> RW Anderson (1) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 21
--> RW Fulton (1) passed his previous highest score of 32 in Plunket Shield matches
--> RW Fulton (1) made his first century in Plunket Shield matches
--> RW Fulton (1) passed his previous highest score of 32 in First-Class matches
--> RW Fulton (1) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> ADG Roberts (1) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 9
--> WK Lees (2) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 5
--> BJ McKechnie (2) passed his previous highest score of 29 in Plunket Shield matches
--> BJ McKechnie (2) equalled his previous highest score of 34 in First-Class matches
--> GP Howarth (2) passed his previous highest score of 71 in Plunket Shield matches
--> GP Howarth (2) made his first century in Plunket Shield matches
--> CW Dickeson achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Plunket Shield matches in the Otago second innings (previous best was 2-95)
--> SL Boock achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Northern Districts second innings (previous best was 2-37)
--> SL Boock achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the Northern Districts second innings
--> SL Boock achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Plunket Shield matches in the Northern Districts second innings (previous best was 2-37)
--> SL Boock achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Plunket Shield matches in the Northern Districts second innings

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