misc602159	Dunedin Metropolitan and North Otago v Otago Country Associations and Southland
	Other matches in New Zealand 1955/56
Venue	University Oval, Dunedin on 8th, 9th December 1955 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	JD Harwood, D McDonald, G McDonald
Close of play day 1	Otago Country Associations and Southland (1) 53/1 (Gill 27*, Johnston 7*; 28 overs)

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Dunedin Metropolitan and North Otago first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GM Aim	b Hill	133		217	15	-
EA Watson	b Kitson	16		49
GD Alabaster	c and b Overton	46
CG Graham	c Hill b JAN Blakely	18
+IT Geddes	lbw b Hill	9
*WS Haig	c and b Morton	14
D Malloch	st Gill b JAN Blakely	4
BW Collie	not out	11
BC Allan	not out	5
FJ Cameron	did not bat
WD Frame	did not bat
Extras	(22 b, 5 lb)	27
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 99 overs)	283
Fall of wickets:
1-45 (Watson), 2-156 (Alabaster), 3-210, 4-238, 5-255, 6-261, 7-272

Otago Country Associations and Southland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Morton	15	2	57	1	-	-
Overton	27	5	73	1	-	-
Hill	33	6	67	2	-	-
JAN Blakely	19	5	38	2	-	-
RJM Blakely	3	1	13	0	-	-
Kitson	2	1	8	1	-	-

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Otago Country Associations and Southland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+JA Gill	run out (Collie)	32
SG McKnight	c Allan b Frame	8
CP Johnston	b Watson	36
GW Kitson	c Watson b Haig	1
NR Thompson	c Watson b Haig	16
OM Becker	lbw b Cameron	11
RJM Blakely	st +Graham b Haig	1
EC Morton	c +Graham b Watson	3
JAN Blakely	c Watson b Cameron	39
*GWF Overton	not out	2
J Hill	c Collie b Watson	4
Extras	(29 b, 1 nb)	30
Total	(all out, 83.5 overs)	183
Fall of wickets:
1-33 (McKnight), 2-69 (Gill), 3-75 (Kitson), 4-105 (Johnston), 5-109 (Thompson), 6-110 (RJM Blakely), 7-113 (Morton), 8-172 (Becker), 9-175 (JAN Blakely), 10-183 (Hill, 83.5 ov)

Dunedin Metropolitan and North Otago bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cameron	15	7	22	2	-	-
Allan	14	2	31	0	-	-
Frame	19	11	25	1	-	-
Alabaster	10	2	24	0	-	-
Haig	16	7	21	3	-	-
Watson	8.5	1	23	3	-	-
Malloch	1	0	7	0	-	-

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Otago Country Associations and Southland second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+JA Gill	c Geddes b Graham	71		134	8	-
SG McKnight	b Frame	35			4	-
CP Johnston	lbw b Haig	10
GW Kitson	c and b Graham	1
NR Thompson	not out	19
OM Becker	not out	14
RJM Blakely	did not bat
EC Morton	did not bat
JAN Blakely	did not bat
*GWF Overton	did not bat
J Hill	did not bat
Extras	(9 b, 4 lb)	13
Total	(4 wickets, 51 overs)	163
Fall of wickets:
1-72 (McKnight), 2-111, 3-112, 4-139

Dunedin Metropolitan and North Otago bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cameron	9	4	19	0	-	-
Allan	6	2	8	0	-	-
Frame	7	2	23	1	-	-
Haig	10	1	37	1	-	-
Watson	4	1	12	0	-	-
Graham	12	1	37	2	-	-
Alabaster	3	0	14	0	-	-

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Notes
--> Otago Country Associations and Southland first innings: 100 in 164 minutes

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GM Aim and GD Alabaster added 111 in 98 minutes for the second wicket in the Dunedin Metropolitan and North Otago first innings
IT Geddes, the Dunedin Metropolitan and North Otago wicket-keeper, received a nasty blow on the nose which also broke his glasses during the morning session on the second day in the Otago Country Associations and Southland first innings when a ball from Haig lifted sharply. CG Graham took over as the wicket-keeper.
Geddes resumed the wicket-keeping duties in the Otago Country Associations and Southland second innings
D McDonald umpired on the first day but was replaced by JD Harwood on the second day

 

 

 

 

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