f20737 ps221	Wellington v Canterbury
	Plunket Shield 1954/55
Venue	Basin Reserve, Wellington on 3rd, 4th, 5th January 1955 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Canterbury won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Wellington won by 5 wickets
Points	Wellington 8; Canterbury 0
Umpires	RG Currie, MF Pengelly
Close of play day 1	Wellington (1) 66/4 (Miller 38*, Barber 11*)
Close of play day 2	Canterbury (2) 97/7 (Guillen 15*, Burtt 20*)

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Canterbury first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MB Poore	b Morrison	24
JG Leggat	lbw b Morrison	12
*PGZ Harris	c Morrison b Reid	62
ME Chapple	lbw b Dempster	64
RT Dowker	c Barton b Blair	35
GG Coull	lbw b Reid	0
AR MacGibbon	b Reid	17
+SC Guillen	c Mooney b Blair	16
TB Burtt	not out	29
JA Hayes	lbw b Dempster	17
HN Dellow	b Reid	1
Extras	(7 b, 2 lb)	9
Total	(all out, 107.1 overs)	286
Fall of wickets:
1-33, 2-38, 3-157, 4-171, 5-175, 6-203, 7-220, 8-237, 9-266, 10-286 (107.1 ov)

Wellington bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Blair	17	3	53	2	-	-
Reid	33.1	12	62	4	-	-
Morrison	18	4	62	2	-	-
Broom	11	3	31	0	-	-
Dempster	28	11	69	2	-	-

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Wellington first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DS St John	b MacGibbon	5
RA Vance	lbw b MacGibbon	1
LSM Miller	b Burtt	68
+FLH Mooney	c Guillen b MacGibbon	2
PT Barton	b Poore	2
RT Barber	b Hayes	71
*JR Reid	b Hayes	26
EW Dempster	not out	46
RW Blair	c and b Burtt	1
RF Broom	b Poore	21
BD Morrison	c Harris b Burtt	0
Extras	(5 b, 8 lb, 8 nb, 1 w)	22
Total	(all out, 79 overs)	265
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-23, 3-39, 4-42, 5-139, 6-176, 7-190, 8-191, 9-264, 10-265 (79 ov)

Canterbury bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hayes	22	5	62	2	-	-
MacGibbon	24	4	68	3	-	-
Poore	10	1	33	2	-	-
Burtt	19	8	54	3	-	-
Dellow	4	0	26	0	-	-

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Canterbury second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MB Poore	c Barton b Blair	4
JG Leggat	lbw b Reid	2
*PGZ Harris	b Blair	9
ME Chapple	c Vance b Broom	30
RT Dowker	c Mooney b Blair	0
GG Coull	b Broom	13
AR MacGibbon	c Reid b Broom	4
+SC Guillen	not out	30
TB Burtt	lbw b Morrison	32
JA Hayes	b Morrison	0
HN Dellow	c Mooney b Blair	4
Extras	(5 b, 1 lb)	6
Total	(all out, 81.2 overs)	134
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-9, 3-15, 4-15, 5-53, 6-57, 7-64, 8-112, 9-112, 10-134 (81.2 ov)

Wellington bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Blair	18.2	6	28	4	-	-
Reid	22	12	27	1	-	-
Morrison	19	9	24	2	-	-
Broom	9	3	18	3	-	-
Dempster	13	6	31	0	-	-

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Wellington second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DS St John	b MacGibbon	20
RA Vance	c Guillen b Dellow	45
LSM Miller	c Leggat b Burtt	2
PT Barton	b Dellow	27
RT Barber	b MacGibbon	9
*JR Reid	not out	30
EW Dempster	not out	12
+FLH Mooney	did not bat
RW Blair	did not bat
RF Broom	did not bat
BD Morrison	did not bat
Extras	(7 b, 1 lb, 3 nb)	11
Total	(5 wickets, 45.4 overs)	156
Fall of wickets:
1-35, 2-44, 3-92, 4-112, 5-129

Canterbury bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hayes	6	2	19	0	-	-
MacGibbon	16	2	41	2	-	-
Burtt	13	3	40	1	-	-
Dellow	10.4	0	45	2	-	-

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Notes
--> RT Dowker (1) passed 500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 32
--> GG Coull made his debut in Plunket Shield matches
--> GG Coull made his debut in first-class matches
--> AR MacGibbon (1) passed 1500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 9
--> HN Dellow made his debut in first-class matches
--> HN Dellow made his debut in Plunket Shield matches
--> LSM Miller (1) passed 1500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 19
--> RF Broom made his debut in first-class matches
--> RF Broom made his debut in Plunket Shield matches
--> PT Barton (2) passed his previous highest score of 20 in first-class matches
--> PT Barton (2) passed his previous highest score of 20 in Plunket Shield matches

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