misc602157	Otago Country Associations v Southland
	Other matches in New Zealand 1955/56
Venue	University Oval, Dunedin on 6th, 7th December 1955 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	D McDonald, G McDonald
Close of play day 1	Otago Country Associations (1) 114/3 (Johnston 62*, Becker 0*; 37 overs)

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Southland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CV Shirley	lbw b JAN Blakely	14		30
JA Gill	c Long b Smith	48		122
GW Kitson	b Smith	59		145	7	-
AW Gilbertson	c Long b JAN Blakely	31
+NR Thompson	c JAN Blakely b Long	10
ID Payne	st McDonald b JAN Blakely	5
EC Morton	c Becker b Long	27
GT Murray	not out	29
J Hill	c RJM Blakely b Smith	2
L Ward	did not bat
*GWF Overton	did not bat
Extras	(27 b, 2 lb)	29
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 97 overs)	254
Fall of wickets:
1-39 (Shirley), 2-115 (Gill), 3-178, 4-181, 5-196, 6-196, 7-246, 8-254 (97 ov)

Otago Country Associations bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McPherson	4	3	11	0	-	-
Smith	30	12	61	3	-	-
JAN Blakely	28	11	62	3	-	-
Long	23	10	42	2	-	-
RJM Blakely	11	2	48	0	-	-
Hailes	1	0	4	0	-	-

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Otago Country Associations first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SG McKnight	c Ward b Hill	16
CP Johnston	c sub b Overton	81
*RJM Blakely	lbw b Morton	29		49	4	-
RI Long	lbw b Hill	4
OM Becker	c Shirley b Morton	7
JF Hailes	b Morton	0
JAN Blakely	b Overton	0
JD Buttar	st Thompson b Murray	5
C Smith	not out	1
+W McDonald	b Murray	1
I McPherson	c Kitson b Murray	6
Extras	(7 b, 4 lb)	11
Total	(all out, 66 overs)	161
Fall of wickets:
1-26 (McKnight), 2-97 (RJM Blakely), 3-114 (Long), 4-135, 5-137, 6-142, 7-145, 8-151, 9-155, 10-161 (66 ov)

Southland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ward	8	1	22	0	-	-
Morton	19	5	33	3	-	-
Hill	13	6	20	2	-	-
Payne	1	0	11	0	-	-
Overton	18	6	35	2	-	-
Murray	7	0	29	3	-	-

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Southland second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CV Shirley	c Becker b JAN Blakely	18
JA Gill	c and b Johnston	0
GW Kitson	c and b JAN Blakely	12
ID Payne	c Long b Smith	9
+NR Thompson	not out	55		90	6	2
EC Morton	run out	6
GT Murray	c and b JAN Blakely	8
AW Gilbertson	c McDonald b Long	0
L Ward	not out	2
J Hill	did not bat
*GWF Overton	did not bat
Extras	(6 b)	6
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 42 overs)	116
Fall of wickets:
1-4 (Gill), 2-32, 3-35, 4-50, 5-64, 6-93, 7-94

Otago Country Associations bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	14	2	31	1	-	-
Johnston	2	0	9	1	-	-
JAN Blakely	16	4	36	3	-	-
Hailes	2	0	2	0	-	-
Long	5	1	16	1	-	-
RJM Blakely	3	0	16	0	-	-

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Otago Country Associations second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SG McKnight	lbw b Morton	7
CP Johnston	c Kitson b Hill	13
*RJM Blakely	st Thompson b Hill	1
RI Long	c Thompson b Murray	14
OM Becker	b Murray	27
JF Hailes	b Morton	3
JAN Blakely	b Overton	18
JD Buttar	c Overton b Murray	6
C Smith	not out	11
+W McDonald	b Overton	0
I McPherson	not out	3
Extras	(1 b)	1
Total	(9 wickets, 53 overs)	104
Fall of wickets:
1-20, 2-20, 3-25, 4-45, 5-66, 6-68, 7-90, 8-92, 9-100

Southland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Morton	10	3	18	2	-	-
Overton	15	4	26	2	-	-
Hill	10	4	9	2	-	-
Ward	2	0	6	0	-	-
Murray	16	4	44	3	-	-

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Notes
--> Bowling in the Southland first innings adds 3 runs over
--> Otago Country Associations first innings: 50 in 55 minutes
--> Otago Country Associations first innings: 100 in 95 minutes

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