misc993972	Nelson Country v Marlborough
	Newman Shield 1950/51
Venue	Trafalgar Park, Nelson on 2nd, 3rd, 5th March 1951 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Nelson Country won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Marlborough won by an innings and 9 runs
Umpires	RS Challies, GNH Gillett
Close of play day 1	Marlborough (1) 126/2 (AJ Neal 73*, Forsyth 9*)
Close of play day 2	Nelson Country (2) ?/1 (Newman ?*, McMurray ?*)

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Nelson Country first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
K Hill	not out	14
R Knapp	c TR Neal b GF Cresswell	1
H McMurray	c Forsyth b GF Cresswell	0	1	1	-	-
IH Ching	b GF Cresswell	5
*A Newman	b GF Cresswell	12
LB Reade	b TR Neal	8
JL Ching	lbw b TR Neal	2
CA Davies	c TR Neal b GF Cresswell	4
B Reade	c AJ Neal b GF Cresswell	0	1	1	-	-
W Paris	lbw b GF Cresswell	0	1	1	-	-
JL Hall	b GF Cresswell	1
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb, 2 nb)	4
Total	(all out, 32.1 overs)	51
Fall of wickets:
1-1 (Knapp), 2-1 (McMurray), 3-7 (IH Ching), 4-27 (Newman), 5-36 (LB Reade), 6-40 (JL Ching), 7-44 (Davies), 8-45 (B Reade), 9-45 (Paris), 10-51 (Hall, 32.1 ov)

Marlborough bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
GF Cresswell	16.1	5	28	8	-	-
AE Cresswell	10	4	8	0	-	-
TR Neal	6	2	11	2	-	-

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Marlborough first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JJ Maher	b Paris	7
JR Barnett	lbw b LB Reade	23
*AJ Neal	c Hall b Knapp	79
J Forsyth	b Knapp	12
O Nixon	c Davies b Hall	27
RB Neal	c Newman b Knapp	5
AH Jellyman	b B Reade	0
GH Bonsall	lbw b Knapp	18
AE Cresswell	c B Reade b Knapp	3
GF Cresswell	not out	0
TR Neal	run out	4
Extras		19
Total	(all out, 93 overs)	197
Fall of wickets:
1-12 (Maher), 2-99 (Barnett), 3-134, 4-135, 5-147, 6-152, 7-188, 8-193, 9-193, 10-197 (93 ov)

Nelson Country bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hall	21	9	30	1	-	-
B Reade	13	5	19	1	-	-
Paris	9	3	23	1	-	-
Davies	5	0	22	0	-	-
Knapp	23	7	41	5	-	-
IH Ching	9	4	10	0	-	-
LB Reade	9	2	32	1	-	-
McMurray	4	3	1	0	-	-

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Nelson Country second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*A Newman	lbw b AE Cresswell	36
K Hill	b AJ Neal	27
H McMurray	b AE Cresswell	7
IH Ching	b GF Cresswell	14
R Knapp	b AE Cresswell	0
JL Ching	b AE Cresswell	34
LB Reade	c TR Neal b GF Cresswell	6
CA Davies	c TR Neal b GF Cresswell	0
B Reade	b GF Cresswell	1
W Paris	not out	4
JL Hall	b AE Cresswell	0
Extras	(3 b, 3 lb, 2 nb)	8
Total	(all out, 81.3 overs)	137
Fall of wickets:
1-45 (Hill), 2-55 (McMurray), 3-78 (IH Ching), 4-79 (Knapp), 5-114 (Newman), 6-124 (LB Reade), 7-124 (Davies), 8-129, 9-129, 10-137 (81.3 ov)

Marlborough bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
GF Cresswell	36	7	59	4	-	-
AE Cresswell	27.3	11	31	5	-	-
TR Neal	10	2	24	0	-	-
AJ Neal	8	2	14	1	-	-

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Notes
--> Day 3 Lunch: Nelson Country (2) 114/5 (JL Ching ?*)
--> Bowling in the Nelson Country second innings adds 1 run under
--> GF Cresswell completed a hat-trick in the Nelson Country first innings (C Davies, B Reade, W Paris)

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Two days of heavy rain prior to the match meant it did not start until 1pm on the first day to allow the pitch to dry out
K Hill carried his bat through the Nelson Country first innings
The match finished just before 2.30pm on the third day
Marlborough won the Newman Shield