misc603037	Dunedin Metropolitan v Otago Country Associations and Southland
	Other matches in New Zealand 1968/69
Venue	Logan Park, Dunedin on 24th, 25th, 26th November 1968 (2-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Dunedin Metropolitan won by 7 wickets
Umpires	EW Dempster, LHG Harmer, R McHardy, LF Thomas
Close of play day 1	Otago Country Associations and Southland (1) 132/6 (Barrie 71*, Mahoney 4*; 41 overs)
Close of play day 2	Otago Country Associations and Southland (2) 14/2 (Verrall 8*, Robertson 2*; 5 overs)

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Otago Country Associations and Southland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RS Payne	b Webb	8
SG McKnight	c Hendry b Cushen	5
RJ Verrall	c Parker b Cushen	11
WA Robertson	lbw b McDonald	5
DJ Vear	b McKechnie	12
J Barrie	c Blair b McDonald	79		125	13	2
GD Alabaster	c Milburn b McDonald	4
AJ Mahoney	c Webb b Cushen	52			7	-
+NR Thompson	c Milburn b McDonald	3
AG Cartwright	not out	56			9	-
M Barclay	not out	40		57	8	-
Extras	(15 b, 6 lb, 9 nb)	30
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 75 overs)	305
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-24, 3-34, 4-34, 5-59, 6-69, 7-141, 8-147, 9-223

Dunedin Metropolitan bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Webb	16	1	83	1	-	-
Cushen	20	6	60	3	-	-
McDonald	17	4	68	4	-	-
McKechnie	21	7	55	1	-	-
McGregor	1	0	9	0	-	-

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Dunedin Metropolitan first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WL Blair	c Verrall b Alabaster	30		70
WJ Mitchell	c Barrie b Cartwright	73		108	10	2
R Hendry	lbw b Mahoney	56		64	6	2
*SN McGregor	c Verrall b Mahoney	22
NM Parker	c Vear b Mahoney	48		66	7	1
RD Stewart	c Vear b Mahoney	13
DEC McKechnie	c Barclay b Alabaster	0
CJ McDonald	c Robertson b Alabaster	8
+BD Milburn	b Alabaster	0
JAJ Cushen	not out	2
MG Webb	not out	1
Extras	(10 b, 5 lb, 4 nb)	19
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 60 overs)	272
Fall of wickets:
1-92 (Blair), 2-137 (Mitchell), 3-178, 4-223, 5-260, 6-261, 7-261, 8-261, 9-271

Otago Country Associations and Southland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Barclay	9	2	43	0	-	-
Cartwright	10	2	36	1	-	-
Vear	9	0	51	0	-	-
Alabaster	18	1	68	4	-	-
Mahoney	14	1	55	4	-	-

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Otago Country Associations and Southland second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RS Payne	b Webb	0
SG McKnight	lbw b Webb	0
RJ Verrall	c Parker b McDonald	14
WA Robertson	c Milburn b McDonald	7
DJ Vear	c Webb b Cushen	33
J Barrie	b Webb	0
GD Alabaster	run out	11
AJ Mahoney	c Milburn b Cushen	6
AG Cartwright	b Cushen	4
+NR Thompson	b McDonald	0
M Barclay	not out	2
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb, 4 nb)	9
Total	(all out, 31 overs)	86
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-5, 3-22, 4-39, 5-44, 6-72, 7-72, 8-79, 9-84, 10-86 (31 ov)

Dunedin Metropolitan bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Webb	11	1	39	3	-	-
McDonald	11	6	19	3	-	-
Cushen	9	4	19	3	-	-

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Dunedin Metropolitan second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WL Blair	c Barrie b Vear	3
WJ Mitchell	b Alabaster	35
R Hendry	st Thompson b Vear	1
NM Parker	not out	47			7	-
RD Stewart	not out	29
*SN McGregor	did not bat
DEC McKechnie	did not bat
CJ McDonald	did not bat
+BD Milburn	did not bat
JAJ Cushen	did not bat
MG Webb	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb, 4 nb)	5
Total	(3 wickets, 33.6 overs)	120
Fall of wickets:
1-3 (Blair), 2-11 (Hendry), 3-53 (Mitchell)

Otago Country Associations and Southland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Barclay	6	1	25	0	-	-
Vear	12	5	27	2	-	-
Alabaster	11	3	41	1	-	-
Mahoney	4.6	1	22	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for two days but extended to three.
--> Dunedin Metropolitan first innings: 100 in 78 minutes
--> J Barrie (1) 50 in 107 minutes with 8 fours and 1 six
--> WJ Mitchell (1) 50 in 60 minutes with 9 fours and 1 six

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Rain delayed the start of the match until 2.30pm on the first day
AG Cartwright and M Barclay added 82 (undefeated) in 57 minutes for the tenth wicket in the Otago Country Associations and Southland first innings
WL Blair and WJ Mitchell put on 92 in 70 minutes for the first wicket in the Dunedin Metropolitan first innings
The combined team was made up of 1 player from Central Otago (McKnight), 2 from North Otago (Cartwright and Payne) and 8 from Southland (Alabaster, Barclay, Barrie, Mahoney, Robertson, Thompson, Vear and Verrall)
Messrs McHardy and Thomas umpired only on the first day with Messrs Dempster and Harmer umpiring on the second and third days