misc602211	Canterbury XI v Central Otago
	Other matches in New Zealand 1956/57
Venue	Hagley Oval, Christchurch on 31st December 1956, 1st January 1957 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Canterbury XI won by 5 wickets
Close of play day 1

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Central Otago first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SG McKnight	lbw b Heseltine	31
CP Johnston	b Gunn	25
RJM Blakely	lbw b Gunn	0
OM Becker	lbw b Flint	3
RA Procter	lbw b Harper	19
JD Buttar	c Gunn b Wright	3
JAN Blakely	c Heseltine b Harper	0
+K Faulks	b Flint	14
JG Flannery	b Black	15
N Harris	c Percival b Black	2
GS Harford	not out	0
Extras		7
Total	(all out, 69.1 overs)	119
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-119 (69.1 ov)

Canterbury XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Heseltine	13	7	17	1	-	-
Gunn	11	5	18	2	-	-
Harper	7	3	5	2	-	-
Wright	15	7	19	1	-	-
Black	16.1	3	43	2	-	-
Percival	1	0	5	0	-	-
Flint	6	4	5	2	-	-

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Canterbury XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BM Pankhurst	c McKnight b JAN Blakely	38
JE Le Comte	c [unknown] b Harford	0
M Flint	b Johnston	21
*RG Condliffe	c and b Harford	0
JB Percival	c Buttar b JAN Blakely	45			9	-
AF Wright	c Buttar b JAN Blakely	26
G Harper	c Buttar b Harford	17
B Heseltine	b Harford	10
L Dunn	c Procter b JAN Blakely	0
R Black	not out	1
DS Gunn	b Harford	0
Extras	(10 b, 1 lb)	11
Total	(all out, 48 overs)	169
Fall of wickets:
1-1 (Le Comte), 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-169 (48 ov)

Central Otago bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Harford	22	9	59	5	-	-
Johnston	9	2	33	1	-	-
Buttar	3	0	29	0	-	-
JAN Blakely	14	3	37	4	-	-

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Central Otago second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SG McKnight	c and b Wright	4
CP Johnston	c Pankhurst b Black	23
RJM Blakely	lbw b Wright	23
OM Becker	c Gunn b Heseltine	14
RA Procter	run out	3
JD Buttar	lbw b Heseltine	4
N Harris	b Heseltine	53			5	2
JAN Blakely	b Black	42
+K Faulks	b Black	0
GS Harford	c and b Heseltine	3
JG Flannery	not out	19
Extras		2
Total	(all out, 61 overs)	190
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-190 (61 ov)

Canterbury XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wright	11	4	41	2	-	-
Gunn	10	3	36	0	-	-
Heseltine	12	2	34	4	-	-
Black	20	7	49	3	-	-
Flint	2	0	5	0	-	-
Harper	6	0	23	0	-	-

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Canterbury XI second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AF Wright	b Harford	37
DS Gunn	run out	39
BM Pankhurst	c Faulks b Harford	8
*RG Condliffe	c Buttar b JAN Blakely	0
JE Le Comte	st Faulks b JAN Blakely	0
JB Percival	not out	51			6	2
G Harper	not out	0
M Flint	did not bat
B Heseltine	did not bat
L Dunn	did not bat
R Black	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 4 lb)	7
Total	(5 wickets, 97 minutes, 26.3 overs)	142
Fall of wickets:
1-? (Wright), 2-? (Pankhurst), 3-? (Condliffe), 4-69 (Le Comte), 5-138 (Gunn)

Central Otago bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Harford	13.3	1	61	2	-	-
JAN Blakely	13	0	74	2	-	-

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In the Canterbury XI first innings JE Le Comte was caught by Blakely but it is not known which Blakely took the catch
N Harris and JAN Blakely added 75 for the seventh wicket in the Central Otago second innings
DS Gunn and JB Percival added 69 for the fifth wicket in the Canterbury XI second innings
Canterbury XI had 105 minutes to score 141 to win the match outright and reached their target with 8 minutes to spare