f30464 ps519	Wellington v Central Districts
	Plunket Shield 1974/75
Venue	Basin Reserve, Wellington on 18th, 19th, 20th January 1975 (3-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Wellington won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Points	Wellington 6 (Batting 3, Bowling 3); Central Districts 8 (Batting 3, Bowling 5)
Umpires	RL Monteith, SA Thorburn
Close of play day 1	Wellington (1) 56/0 (RW Smith 34*, Newdick 22*)
Close of play day 2	Central Districts (2) 135/3 (Neal 37*, Burtt 5*)

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Central Districts first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WT Murdock	lbw b Coles	19
DH Payton	c Cederwall b BD Smith	93
RA Pierce	c BD Smith b Coles	4
JW Burtt	lbw b Coles	2
DW Neal	c BD Smith b Coles	6
*IR Snook	c Cederwall b BD Smith	51
RH Ellis	b Vaikvee	1
DR O'Sullivan	c Cederwall b Morgan	62
+RM Schofield	c and b BD Smith	0
AB Jordan	not out	8
MF Gill	b Coles	2
Extras	(4 b, 8 lb, 4 nb)	16
Total	(all out, 85.4 overs)	264
Fall of wickets:
1-58, 2-78, 3-84, 4-96, 5-158, 6-161, 7-230, 8-243, 9-261, 10-264 (85.4 ov)

Wellington bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cater	8	4	14	0	-	-
Coles	18.4	2	61	5	-	-
Morgan	7	0	27	1	-	-
Cederwall	10	0	32	0	-	-
BD Smith	25	6	73	3	-	-
Vaikvee	17	1	41	1	-	-

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Wellington first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RW Smith	c Payton b Jordan	59
GA Newdick	c Payton b O'Sullivan	22
JV Coney	c Murdock b O'Sullivan	58
BD Smith	c Pierce b Ellis	6
*GP Bilby	c Schofield b Ellis	4
BW Cederwall	b O'Sullivan	0
HA Morgan	c Schofield b Jordan	20
+RW Newton	b Ellis	21
SB Cater	c Pierce b Jordan	1
T Vaikvee	not out	13
MJ Coles	run out	3
Extras	(6 lb, 1 nb)	7
Total	(all out, 61.1 overs)	214
Fall of wickets:
1-56, 2-97, 3-114, 4-123, 5-124, 6-162, 7-192, 8-193, 9-201, 10-214 (61.1 ov)

Central Districts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jordan	19	3	55	3	-	-
Gill	4	0	29	0	-	-
O'Sullivan	20.1	3	62	3	-	-
Ellis	18	3	61	3	-	-

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Central Districts second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WT Murdock	lbw b Morgan	42
DH Payton	c Newton b Morgan	25
DW Neal	not out	37
RA Pierce	c Newton b BD Smith	26
JW Burtt	not out	4
*IR Snook	did not bat
RH Ellis	did not bat
DR O'Sullivan	did not bat
+RM Schofield	did not bat
AB Jordan	did not bat
MF Gill	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(3 wickets, 35 overs)	135
Fall of wickets:
1-67, 2-68, 3-124

Wellington bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cater	8	2	24	0	-	-
Coles	9	0	39	0	-	-
Morgan	9	1	32	2	-	-
BD Smith	5	0	18	1	-	-
Vaikvee	4	0	21	0	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> DR O'Sullivan (1) passed his previous highest score of 52 in first-class matches
--> DR O'Sullivan (1) passed his previous highest score of 52 in Plunket Shield matches
--> MF Gill made his debut in first-class matches
--> MF Gill made his debut in Plunket Shield matches
--> RW Smith (1) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 11
--> JV Coney (1) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 41
--> RW Newton made his last appearance in Plunket Shield matches
--> WT Murdock made his last appearance in first-class matches
--> WT Murdock made his last appearance in Plunket Shield matches
--> JW Burtt made his last appearance in first-class matches
--> JW Burtt made his last appearance in Plunket Shield matches
--> RH Ellis made his last appearance in Plunket Shield matches
--> RM Schofield made his last appearance in first-class matches
--> RM Schofield made his last appearance in Plunket Shield matches

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