f43396	Northern Conference v Central Conference
	Shell Conference 1997/98
Venue	Eden Park Outer Oval, Auckland on 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th December 1997 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Central Conference won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Points	Northern Conference 2; Central Conference 0
Umpires	DB Cowie, RS Dunne
Close of play day 1	Northern Conference (1) 175/5 (Hart 18*, Nash 22*)
Close of play day 2	Northern Conference (1) 241/6 (Nash 47*, Hopkins 19*)
Close of play day 3	Central Conference (1) 113/5 (Walker 6*, Hart 1*)

---

Northern Conference first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PJB Chandler	lbw b Bulfin	35	38	49	6	-
ME Parlane	lbw b Jonas	64	89	140	12	-
MD Bailey	c Hart b Jefferson	19	29	34	3	-
RA Jones	c Hart b Hotter	2	13	16	-	-
AC Barnes	c Hart b Jonas	4	14	19	1	-
MN Hart	lbw b Walker	39	76	116	7	-
*DJ Nash	lbw b Jonas	107	220	293	17	-
+GJ Hopkins	b Jonas	28	91	109	4	-
AR Tait	c Walker b Jefferson	33	67	90	4	-
MJ Haslam	not out	0	9	11	-	-
CJ Drum	c Hart b Jonas	0	4	5	-	-
Extras	(3 b, 10 lb, 6 nb, 1 w)	20
Total	(all out, 107.4 overs)	351
Fall of wickets:
1-57, 2-99, 3-113, 4-130, 5-139, 6-214, 7-280, 8-351, 9-351, 10-351 (107.4 ov)

Central Conference bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hotter	22	3	68	1	-	1
Jonas	35.4	8	102	5	1	-
Bulfin	8.4	3	43	1	-	2
Walker	22.2	4	66	1	-	-
Jefferson	19	4	59	2	-	-

---

Central Conference first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MD Bell	b Tait	4	10	7	1	-
CM Spearman	b Drum	8	14	28	1	-
MS Sinclair	lbw b Tait	13	22	27	2	-
MW Douglas	lbw b Nash	51	91	140	9	-
*MJ Greatbatch	b Drum	25	91	126	4	-
MDJ Walker	lbw b Tait	20	39	67	3	-
+RG Hart	not out	52	105	140	6	-
MR Jefferson	b Tait	6	12	11	1	-
SJ Hotter	c Tait b Haslam	15	42	52	3	-
CE Bulfin	not out	4	5	14	1	-
GR Jonas	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb, 6 nb)	8
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 71.2 overs)	206
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-27, 3-27, 4-105, 5-111, 6-148, 7-154, 8-190

Northern Conference bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Drum	20.2	4	72	2	-	2
Tait	21	5	57	4	-	-
Nash	14	3	37	1	-	-
Barnes	11	2	29	0	-	1
Haslam	5	1	9	1	-	-

---

Northern Conference second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PJB Chandler	not out	47	118	142	4	-
ME Parlane	lbw b Jonas	0	7	12	-	-
MD Bailey	lbw b Jonas	4	11	10	1	-
RA Jones	lbw b Hotter	9	19	27	-	-
AC Barnes	lbw b Hotter	2	14	15	-	-
+GJ Hopkins	not out	40	55	74	6	-
MN Hart	did not bat
*DJ Nash	did not bat
AR Tait	did not bat
MJ Haslam	did not bat
CJ Drum	did not bat
Extras	(2 lb, 4 nb)	6
Total	(4 wickets, 37 overs)	108
Fall of wickets:
1-8 (Parlane), 2-12 (Bailey), 3-33 (Jones), 4-45 (Barnes)

Central Conference bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hotter	11	4	24	2	-	1
Jonas	10	2	32	2	-	-
Jefferson	13	2	42	0	-	1
Walker	2	0	5	0	-	-
Greatbatch	1	0	3	0	-	-

---

Notes
--> GJ Hopkins made his debut in First-Class matches
--> ME Parlane (1) 50 in 109 minutes
--> DJ Nash (1) 50 in 113 balls, 148 minutes
--> DJ Nash (1) passed his previous highest score of 76 in First-Class matches
--> DJ Nash (1) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> DJ Nash (1) 100 in 203 balls, 273 minutes
--> MW Douglas (1) 50 in 87 balls, 123 minutes with 9 fours
--> RG Hart (1) 50 in 103 balls, 139 minutes with 8 fours

---

CE Bulfin injured while bowling during Northern 1st innings and the remaining 2 balls of his over were completed by MDJ Walker.
Rain reduced play to a total of 185 minutes on Day 1.
Rain reduced play to a total of 96 minutes on.