misc602228	Southland v Otago XI
	Other matches in New Zealand 1956/57
Venue	Queen's Park, Invercargill on 15th, 16th February 1957 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Otago XI won by 25 runs
Umpires	GR Ayres, WG Macara
Close of play day 1	Otago XI (2) 7/1 (McKnight 2*, Bremner 3*; 7 overs)

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Otago XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LF Watson	b LR Thompson	3
SG McKnight	run out (Payne->Gill)	24
*EA Watson	b Alabaster	39			8	-
FW Bremner	c Gill b Hill	0
PJ Hall	b Alabaster	0
ST Jones	c NR Thompson b Hill	6
GW Stewart	c Payne b Hill	6
AM Moir	c Gill b Alabaster	21			4	-
+T Flaws	b Hill	25			4	-
AE Berry	lbw b Alabaster	11
EJ Stephenson	not out	3
Extras	(3 b, 9 lb)	12
Total	(all out, 61 overs)	150
Fall of wickets:
1-11 (LF Watson), 2-67 (McKnight), 3-67, 4-70, 5-75, 6-77, 7-104, 8-133, 9-138, 10-150 (61 ov)

Southland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Morton	11	3	24	0	-	-
LR Thompson	8	1	17	1	-	-
Hill	22	11	35	4	-	-
Alabaster	20	5	62	4	-	-

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Southland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CV Shirley	b Moir	17
+JA Gill	c and b Moir	61		149	8	-
ID Payne	c LF Watson b Moir	20
NR Thompson	b Moir	1
AW Gilbertson	b Moir	0
WA Cochrane	c Stephenson b Moir	2
GW Kitson	c Stephenson b Moir	4
*JC Alabaster	c and b Moir	0
EC Morton	not out	8
J Hill	b Moir	12
LR Thompson	run out (Stephenson)	1
Extras	(12 b, 5 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	19
Total	(all out, 65.4 overs)	145
Fall of wickets:
1-43 (Shirley), 2-91 (Payne), 3-99 (NR Thompson), 4-116 (Gilbertson), 5-119 (Gill), 6-123, 7-123, 8-124, 9-141, 10-145 (65.4 ov)

Otago XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Stephenson	11	2	27	0	-	-
Berry	19	12	14	0	-	-
Hall	4	1	12	0	-	-
Moir	25.4	9	58	9	-	-
EA Watson	6	3	15	0	-	-

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Otago XI second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LF Watson	c Alabaster b Morton	2
SG McKnight	c Shirley b Hill	9
FW Bremner	b Hill	7
*EA Watson	c Payne b Hill	54		81	7	-
PJ Hall	c Hill b Alabaster	0
ST Jones	run out	15
GW Stewart	st Gill b Alabaster	11
AM Moir	c NR Thompson b Alabaster	5
+T Flaws	c Gilbertson b Alabaster	0
AE Berry	not out	14
EJ Stephenson	c Shirley b Hill	4
Extras	(13 b, 2 lb)	15
Total	(all out, 57.5 overs)	136
Fall of wickets:
1-2 (LF Watson), 2-17, 3-24, 4-29, 5-69, 6-98, 7-105, 8-109, 9-109, 10-136 (57.5 ov)

Southland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Morton	13	3	39	1	-	-
Hill	28.5	11	34	4	-	-
Alabaster	16	1	48	4	-	-

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Southland second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+JA Gill	b Moir	52		91	7	-
CV Shirley	c Flaws b Stephenson	6
ID Payne	c Moir b Stephenson	4
NR Thompson	b Stephenson	0
AW Gilbertson	b Moir	11
GW Kitson	c Moir b Berry	12
*JC Alabaster	c LF Watson b Moir	1
WA Cochrane	c and b Berry	12
EC Morton	c Stephenson b Moir	4
J Hill	st Flaws b Moir	2
LR Thompson	not out	0
Extras	(7 b, 4 lb, 1 nb)	12
Total	(all out, 41.1 overs)	116
Fall of wickets:
1-14 (Shirley), 2-20 (Payne), 3-20 (NR Thompson), 4-46 (Gilbertson), 5-92 (Gill), 6-94, 7-96, 8-110, 9-114, 10-116 (41.1 ov)

Otago XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Stephenson	9	1	35	3	-	-
Berry	15.1	3	37	2	-	-
Moir	17	4	32	5	-	-

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Otago XI retained the Warburton Shield