misc31693	North Island Minor Associations v South Island Minor Associations
	Other matches in New Zealand 1952/53
Venue	Basin Reserve, Wellington on 19th, 20th, 21st March 1953 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	North Island Minor Associations won the toss and decided to bat
Result	North Island Minor Associations won by 225 runs
Umpires	LG Clark, DP Dumbleton
Close of play day 1	South Island Minor Associations (1) 78/8 (Bowers 10*, Launder 1*; 42 overs)
Close of play day 2	South Island Minor Associations (1) 89/9 (Bowers 17*, Guy 0*)

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North Island Minor Associations first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LG Williams	c Phillips b Kiddey	9
NS Harford	c Jenkins b Alabaster	50		91
JEF Beck	c Griffiths b Alabaster	47		77
*JP Blane	c Edwards b Alabaster	21
+MM Strawbridge	lbw b Launder	4
EL Child	not out	62		86	10	-
S Munro	c Griffiths b Launder	2
BD Morrison	lbw b Hoar	11
RE Brine	b Hoar	0
ME Allen	b Alabaster	0
RJ Blewden	c Griffiths b Bowers	15
Extras	(2 b, 4 lb, 3 nb)	9
Total	(all out, 204 minutes, 70.3 overs)	230
Fall of wickets:
1-21 (Williams), 2-104 (Harford), 3-116 (Beck), 4-133, 5-139, 6-141, 7-165, 8-170, 9-171, 10-230 (70.3 ov)

South Island Minor Associations bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Launder	18	4	38	2	-	-
Kiddey	15	2	43	1	-	-
Hoar	10	2	38	2	-	-
Alabaster	20	2	74	4	-	-
Bowers	7.3	1	28	1	-	-

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South Island Minor Associations first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PF Edwards	lbw b Allen	12
RP Phillips	c Munro b Blewden	9
+IJ Griffiths	b Blane	8
SG McKnight	c Blane b Morrison	3
AB Jenkins	b Harford	6
*NR Hoar	b Harford	0
JWF Kiddey	b Child	17
JC Alabaster	b Harford	0
W Bowers	c Strawbridge b Allen	18
RI Launder	c Strawbridge b Harford	2
JW Guy	not out	0
Extras	(2 b, 7 lb, 6 nb)	15
Total	(all out, 49.1 overs)	90
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-35, 3-38, 4-49, 5-49, 6-49, 7-50, 8-76, 9-79, 10-90 (49.1 ov)

North Island Minor Associations bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Blewden	11	2	22	1	-	-
Morrison	9	5	9	1	-	-
Blane	7	2	10	1	-	-
Harford	10	6	7	4	-	-
Allen	7.1	5	9	2	-	-
Child	3	1	12	1	-	-
Brine	2	0	6	0	-	-

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North Island Minor Associations second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JEF Beck	c Alabaster b Kiddey	5
EL Child	st Griffiths b Bowers	35
LG Williams	b Alabaster	88		70	8	4
NS Harford	c McKnight b Bowers	20
S Munro	lbw b Alabaster	11
*JP Blane	st Griffiths b Alabaster	39
+MM Strawbridge	b Alabaster	20
BD Morrison	c Hoar b Kiddey	12
RE Brine	c Jenkins b Alabaster	3
RJ Blewden	not out	4
ME Allen	did not bat
Extras	(2 b)	2
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 54.3 overs)	239
Fall of wickets:
1-6 (Beck), 2-128, 3-128, 4-154, 5-162, 6-209, 7-222, 8-232, 9-239 (54.3 ov)

South Island Minor Associations bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hoar	4	1	17	0	-	-
Kiddey	15	2	62	2	-	-
Launder	8	1	40	0	-	-
Alabaster	16.3	2	60	5	-	-
Bowers	11	1	58	2	-	-

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South Island Minor Associations second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PF Edwards	c Allen b Brine	17
RP Phillips	c Strawbridge b Allen	44
+IJ Griffiths	c Beck b Allen	2
JW Guy	b Brine	29
SG McKnight	c sub b Harford	17
AB Jenkins	b Brine	2
*NR Hoar	b Brine	2
JWF Kiddey	b Allen	25
JC Alabaster	b Allen	4
W Bowers	c Blane b Morrison	3
RI Launder	not out	0
Extras	(6 b, 2 lb, 1 nb)	9
Total	(all out, 140 minutes, 56.3 overs)	154
Fall of wickets:
1-62, 2-65, 3-72, 4-102, 5-108, 6-112, 7-125, 8-146, 9-151, 10-154 (56.3 ov)

North Island Minor Associations bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Blewden	4	1	8	0	-	-
Morrison	10.3	0	35	1	-	-
Blane	3	0	19	0	-	-
Harford	3	0	4	1	-	-
Brine	17	4	63	4	-	-
Allen	19	3	16	4	-	-

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NS Harford and JEF Beck added 83 in 69 minutes for the second wicket in the North Island Minor Associations first innings
JW Guy was called in to the South Island Minor Associations at late notice and arrived in time for the second day
Only a few minutes play was possible on the second day
EL Child and LG Williams added 122 for the second wicket in the North Island Minor Associations second innings
The teams were made up only of players who had not played Plunket Shield cricket during the season.
The North Island Minor Associations team consisted of 1 player from Hawke's Bay (Blewden), 2 from Hutt Valley (Morrison and Williams), 1 from King Country (Allen) 1 from Manawatu (Harford), 2 from Northland (Child and Munro), 1 from Poverty Bay (Blane), 2 from Taranaki (Brine and Strawbridge) and 1 from Wellington (Beck).
The South Island Minor Associations team consisted of 1 player from Ashburton County (Griffiths), 1 from Central Otago (McKnight), 1 from Linton Military Camp (Launder), 4 from Nelson (Bowers, Edwards, Guy and Hoar), 2 from Southland (Alabaster and Jenkins), 1 from South Canterbury (Phillips) and 1 from West Coast (Kiddey).

 

 

 

 

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