misc602106	Otago Country Associations v Southland
	Other matches in New Zealand 1954/55
Venue	University Oval, Dunedin on 7th, 8th December 1954 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Southland won by 1 wicket
Umpires	JD Harwood, G McDonald
Close of play day 1	Otago Country Associations (2) 20/3 (DJ Blakely 2*, Becker 3*; 14 overs)

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Otago Country Associations first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RJM Blakely	c Gill b Giles	3
SG Dunn	c Gill b Giles	8
OM Becker	c Lucas b Rewcastle	8
*DJ Blakely	c Giles b Overton	14
CP Johnston	st Gill b Alabaster	7
JAN Blakely	c Giles b Alabaster	4
SG McKnight	c O'Connell b Alabaster	11
+AR Haig	c Wills b Alabaster	1
F Bowers	b Overton	10
E Cameron	c Giles b Overton	11
M Ryder	not out	0
Extras	(10 b, 1 lb)	11
Total	(all out, 57.5 overs)	88
Fall of wickets:
1-12, 2-17, 3-29, 4-37, 5-44, 6-53, 7-57, 8-67, 9-85, 10-88 (57.5 ov)

Southland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Overton	17.5	12	5	3	-	-
Giles	17	8	25	2	-	-
Rewcastle	7	1	16	1	-	-
Alabaster	16	6	31	4	-	-

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Southland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CV Shirley	c Johnston b Cameron	14
+JA Gill	c Ryder b RJM Blakely	45		80	4	-
L Lucas	run out	0
EC Earwaker	c Haig b Cameron	32
AJ O'Connell	c DJ Blakely b JAN Blakely	22
AR Wills	c Haig b Cameron	9
NR Thompson	c DJ Blakely b JAN Blakely	3
JC Alabaster	b JAN Blakely	0
PS Giles	c RJM Blakely b JAN Blakely	2
RW Rewcastle	b Cameron	0
*GWF Overton	not out	1
Extras	(7 b, 1 lb)	8
Total	(all out, 54.3 overs)	136
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-118, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-136 (54.3 ov)

Otago Country Associations bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cameron	25.3	8	43	4	-	-
Ryder	13	2	31	0	-	-
Bowers	3	1	15	0	-	-
JAN Blakely	9	1	20	4	-	-
RJM Blakely	4	0	19	1	-	-

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Otago Country Associations second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SG Dunn	lbw b Overton	3
RJM Blakely	c and b Alabaster	10
SG McKnight	b Overton	2
*DJ Blakely	st +Thompson b Alabaster	41
OM Becker	c and b Rewcastle	14
CP Johnston	c Wills b Rewcastle	5
JAN Blakely	c Shirley b Overton	84
F Bowers	c Shirley b Overton	0
+AR Haig	b Overton	2
E Cameron	st +Thompson b Alabaster	11
M Ryder	not out	11
Extras	(10 b, 2 lb)	12
Total	(all out, 55.3 overs)	195
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-15, 3-17, 4-44, 5-54, 6-104, 7-111, 8-118, 9-153, 10-195 (55.3 ov)

Southland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Giles	9	2	16	0	-	-
Overton	13.3	2	32	5	-	-
Alabaster	16	0	77	3	-	-
Rewcastle	14	2	47	2	-	-
Lucas	3	0	11	0	-	-

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Southland second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CV Shirley	st Haig b JAN Blakely	21
+JA Gill	c Johnston b DJ Blakely	47		90	7	-
L Lucas	c DJ Blakely b Cameron	11
EC Earwaker	c McKnight b JAN Blakely	9
AJ O'Connell	lbw b Cameron	7
PS Giles	c Dunn b Cameron	29
NR Thompson	lbw b Cameron	0
AR Wills	not out	24
JC Alabaster	c Johnston b Cameron	0
*GWF Overton	c Haig b JAN Blakely	4
RW Rewcastle	not out	0
Extras	(1 b)	1
Total	(9 wickets, 52 overs)	153
Fall of wickets:
1-35 (Shirley), 2-56 (Lucas), 3-85, 4-89, 5-115, 6-124, 7-124, 8-124, 9-142

Otago Country Associations bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cameron	20	5	38	5	-	-
Ryder	6	1	18	0	-	-
JAN Blakely	19	5	72	3	-	-
RJM Blakely	1	0	10	0	-	-
DJ Blakely	6	2	14	1	-	-

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Notes
--> Southland first innings: 50 in 55 minutes
--> Southland first innings: 100 in 100 minutes

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NR Thompson kept wicket in the Otago Country Associations second innings