f18618	Otago v Australians
	Australia in New Zealand 1949/50
Venue	Carisbrook, Dunedin on 10th, 11th, 13th March 1950 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Australians won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Australians won by an innings and 356 runs
Umpires	AE Jelley, SB Tomkinson
Close of play day 1	Australians (1) 334/4 (Howard 46*, Duldig 2*)
Close of play day 2	Otago (1) 84/5 (Haig 7*, Mills 6*)

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Australians first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
KD Meuleman	b Smith	86
JW Burke	c Sutcliffe b Overton	5
*WA Brown	b Freeman	184		271	24	-
R Howard	b Watson	141		263	14	-
PL Ridings	run out	1
LD Duldig	b Smith	37
+D Tallon	not out	70
DT Ring	c Hunt b Watson	16
LJ Johnson	not out	9
CW Puckett	did not bat
JB Iverson	did not bat
Extras	(17 b, 2 lb)	19
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 178 overs)	568
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-188, 3-329, 4-330, 5-442, 6-497, 7-539

Otago bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Overton	45	14	94	1	-	-
Freeman	39	9	108	1	-	-
Moir	35	6	150	0	-	-
Watson	32	8	80	2	-	-
Smith	25	2	108	2	-	-
Sutcliffe	2	0	9	0	-	-

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Otago first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Sutcliffe	c Tallon b Iverson	43
L Watt	c Tallon b Puckett	14
RT Hunt	b Puckett	0
SN McGregor	b Ring	7
WS Haig	b Puckett	12
EA Watson	b Ring	3
+GH Mills	c Tallon b Puckett	13
*LD Smith	b Puckett	0
AM Moir	st Tallon b Iverson	16
TA Freeman	b Iverson	0
GWF Overton	not out	1
Extras	(3 b, 4 lb)	7
Total	(all out, 66 overs)	116
Fall of wickets:
1-46, 2-46, 3-64, 4-66, 5-73, 6-90, 7-98, 8-105, 9-113, 10-116 (66 ov)

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Johnson	5	0	15	0	-	-
Puckett	24	13	24	5	-	-
Ridings	9	3	16	0	-	-
Iverson	13	2	30	3	-	-
Ring	15	6	24	2	-	-

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Otago second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Sutcliffe	c Burke b Iverson	44
L Watt	c sub (AK Davidson) b Ridings	4
WS Haig	b Iverson	1
RT Hunt	c sub (AK Davidson) b Iverson	7
AM Moir	st Tallon b Iverson	9
SN McGregor	b Iverson	5
+GH Mills	b Ring	2
EA Watson	st Tallon b Ring	0
*LD Smith	not out	12
TA Freeman	b Iverson	1
GWF Overton	b Ring	0
Extras	(6 b, 5 lb)	11
Total	(all out, 46 overs)	96
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-9, 3-33, 4-68, 5-72, 6-77, 7-79, 8-80, 9-83, 10-96 (46 ov)

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Puckett	3	0	3	0	-	-
Ridings	6	2	6	1	-	-
Iverson	20	3	47	6	-	-
Ring	17	8	29	3	-	-

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Notes
--> TA Freeman made his last appearance in first-class matches
--> R Howard (1) passed his previous highest score of 132 in first-class matches
--> R Howard (1) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 58
--> LD Smith reached 50 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Australians first innings
--> CW Puckett reached 100 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Otago first innings

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