misc602202	Dunedin Metropolitan and North Otago v Central Otago and Southland
	Other matches in New Zealand 1956/57
Venue	University Oval, Dunedin on 6th, 7th December 1956 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Dunedin Metropolitan and North Otago won by 4 wickets
Umpires	JD Harwood, AR Knight
Close of play day 1	Dunedin Metropolitan and North Otago (1) 148/8 (Graves 2*, Cameron 5*; 78 overs)

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Central Otago and Southland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+JA Gill	c Flaws b Cameron	19
SG Morton	c Geddes b Graves	5
SG McKnight	b Sandri	14
CG Graham	b Haig	41		110
AW Gilbertson	b Sandri	8
RI Long	c Watson b Smith	13
OM Becker	c and b Smith	0
*JC Alabaster	c and b Smith	8
JAN Blakely	c and b Smith	5
J Hill	c and b Smith	17
GS Harford	not out	4
Extras	(6 b, 1 lb, 2 nb)	9
Total	(all out, 70.3 overs)	143
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-143 (70.3 ov)

Dunedin Metropolitan and North Otago bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cameron	11	4	23	1	-	-
Graves	8	2	14	1	-	-
Sandri	11	1	24	2	-	-
Watson	14	5	27	0	-	-
Smith	13.3	3	25	5	-	-
Haig	13	3	21	1	-	-

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Dunedin Metropolitan and North Otago first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WS Haig	c Morton b Hill	18
GM Aim	lbw b Alabaster	24
EA Watson	c Morton b Hill	22
AE Dick	c Gill b Harford	39
GD Alabaster	c Long b Alabaster	6
+T Flaws	c Long b Alabaster	23
IT Geddes	lbw b Harford	0
*LD Smith	c Graham b Hill	6
JN Graves	not out	2
FJ Cameron	not out	5
MF Sandri	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb, 1 w)	3
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 78 overs)	148
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?

Central Otago and Southland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Harford	14	6	25	2	-	-
Hill	33	12	51	3	-	-
Alabaster	25	6	44	3	-	-
Long	6	1	25	0	-	-

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Central Otago and Southland second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+JA Gill	b Watson	17
SG Morton	c Aim b Graves	6
SG McKnight	b Graves	7
CG Graham	c Geddes b Sandri	47		65
AW Gilbertson	st Flaws b Smith	15
RI Long	c and b Smith	1
OM Becker	c Haig b Sandri	11
*JC Alabaster	c Watson b Smith	28
JAN Blakely	run out	7
J Hill	not out	0
GS Harford	b Sandri	0
Extras	(15 b, 2 lb)	17
Total	(all out, 61.3 overs)	156
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-156 (61.3 ov)

Dunedin Metropolitan and North Otago bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Graves	9	3	28	2	-	-
Sandri	15.3	4	27	3	-	-
Cameron	8	4	13	0	-	-
Watson	8	4	17	1	-	-
Smith	17	2	46	3	-	-
Haig	4	2	8	0	-	-

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Dunedin Metropolitan and North Otago second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GM Aim	lbw b Blakely	43
WS Haig	b Alabaster	21
EA Watson	c sub b Blakely	26
IT Geddes	lbw b Blakely	12
AE Dick	c Gill b Harford	1
GD Alabaster	lbw b Harford	10
+T Flaws	not out	13
*LD Smith	not out	31
JN Graves	did not bat
FJ Cameron	did not bat
MF Sandri	did not bat
Extras	(1 b)	1
Total	(6 wickets, 52 overs)	158
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?

Central Otago and Southland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Harford	15	3	46	2	-	-
Hill	6	1	28	0	-	-
Alabaster	15	2	41	1	-	-
Long	8	2	16	0	-	-
Blakely	8	0	26	3	-	-

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Notes
--> Dunedin Metropolitan and North Otago batted on after winning

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This was the final trial match before the selection of the Otago team for their Plunket Shield campaign starting on Christmas Day