f4386	Otago v Canterbury
	Other First-Class matches in New Zealand 1895/96
Venue	Carisbrook, Dunedin on 15th, 17th February 1896 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Canterbury won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Otago won by 6 wickets
Umpires	A Glen, CR Smith
Close of play day 1	Canterbury (2) 0/1 (TW Reese 0*, Malone 0*)

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Canterbury first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*LA Cuff	b Downes	14
RD Harman	c Spraggon b Downes	24
HS de Maus	b Fisher	5
F Wilding	b Parker	13
+JN Fowke	b Fisher	6
AE Ridley	lbw b Hope	32
CR Clark	c Haydon b Downes	5
D Reese	b Fisher	3
TW Reese	c and b Fisher	32
J MacFarlane	c Haydon b Downes	3
TJ Malone	not out	0
Extras	(1 b, 7 lb)	8
Total	(all out, 82.1 overs)	145
Fall of wickets:
1-20 (Cuff), 2-27 (de Maus), 3-44 (Wilding), 4-62 (Fowke), 5-72 (Harman), 6-78 (Clark), 7-81 (D Reese), 8-133 (TW Reese), 9-138 (MacFarlane), 10-145 (Ridley, 82.1 ov)

Otago bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Downes	41	21	58	4	-	-
Fisher	28	12	49	4	-	-
Parker	9	2	26	1	-	-
Hope	4.1	1	4	1	-	-

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Otago first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
J Baker	c Clark b MacFarlane	53
W Johnston	b D Reese	0
HA Boddington	b de Maus	9
RD Spraggon	b de Maus	7
AE Clarke	b Cuff	43
AH Fisher	c Fowke b Cuff	4
WH Parker	b Cuff	2
AD Downes	c Clark b D Reese	34
*FD Clayton	not out	11
J Hope	c Fowke b D Reese	5
+WH Haydon	c Fowke b D Reese	3
Extras	(12 b, 3 lb, 2 nb)	17
Total	(all out, 54.1 overs)	188
Fall of wickets:
1-12 (Johnston), 2-34 (Boddington), 3-50 (Spraggon), 4-90 (Baker), 5-106 (Fisher), 6-120 (Parker), 7-141 (Clarke), 8-159 (Downes), 9-166 (Hope), 10-188 (Haydon, 54.1 ov)

Canterbury bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Malone	14	6	34	0	-	-
D Reese	10.1	1	29	4	-	-
de Maus	6	1	31	2	-	-
MacFarlane	9	0	35	1	-	-
Cuff	15	4	42	3	-	-

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Canterbury second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RD Harman	b Downes	0
TW Reese	b Downes	8
TJ Malone	b Downes	0
*LA Cuff	c Fisher b Downes	0
AE Ridley	c Spraggon b Downes	19
HS de Maus	c Spraggon b Fisher	52
F Wilding	c and b Hope	4
CR Clark	b Downes	9
+JN Fowke	c Haydon b Baker	13
D Reese	lbw b Baker	0
J MacFarlane	not out	0
Extras	(6 b, 3 lb)	9
Total	(all out, 65.4 overs)	114
Fall of wickets:
1-0 (Harman), 2-4 (Malone), 3-4 (Cuff), 4-13 (TW Reese), 5-36 (Ridley), 6-42 (Wilding), 7-59 (Clark), 8-108 (Fowke), 9-114 (de Maus), 10-114 (D Reese, 65.4 ov)

Otago bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Downes	27	9	46	6	-	-
Fisher	22	12	22	1	-	-
Parker	1	0	5	0	-	-
Hope	11	3	21	1	-	-
Baker	4.4	1	11	2	-	-

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Otago second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
J Baker	c Wilding b Clark	18
W Johnston	b Malone	8
HA Boddington	c Wilding b Malone	7
RD Spraggon	c Ridley b Malone	3
AE Clarke	not out	24
AH Fisher	not out	2
WH Parker	did not bat
AD Downes	did not bat
*FD Clayton	did not bat
J Hope	did not bat
+WH Haydon	did not bat
Extras	(8 b, 2 w)	10
Total	(4 wickets, 22 overs)	72
Fall of wickets:
1-31 (Johnston), 2-36 (Baker), 3-43 (Spraggon), 4-47 (Boddington)

Canterbury bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Malone	10	3	25	3	-	-
de Maus	1	0	4	0	-	-
Cuff	6	2	14	0	-	-
Clark	5	1	19	1	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> CR Clark made his debut in first-class matches
--> TW Reese (1) passed his previous highest score of 15 in first-class matches
--> TJ Malone made his debut in first-class matches
--> WH Haydon made his debut in first-class matches
--> J MacFarlane made his last appearance in first-class matches
--> HA Boddington made his last appearance in first-class matches
--> AD Downes reached 100 wickets in first-class matches when he dismissed CR Clark, his 3rd wicket in the Canterbury first innings

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