f21215	Central Districts v West Indians
	West Indies in New Zealand and Fiji 1955/56
Venue	Cook's Gardens, Wanganui on 24th, 25th, 27th February 1956 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	West Indians won the toss and decided to bat
Result	West Indians won by 147 runs
Umpires	C Matson, LC Quinton
Close of play day 1	Central Districts (1) 92/3 (Meuli 25*, Kivell 10*)
Close of play day 2	West Indians (2) 289 all out

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West Indians first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BH Pairaudeau	c Spence b Harford	80
AP Binns	c and b Beard	29
JDC Goddard	b Leggat	9
ED Weekes	b Blair	43
AT Roberts	c Spence b Blair	19
*DS Atkinson	b Blair	28
+CC Depeiaza	c and b Beard	8
S Ramadhin	b Beard	10
FM King	c Colquhoun b Blair	2
DT Dewdney	b Blair	0
AL Valentine	not out	1
Extras	(11 b, 5 lb, 1 nb)	17
Total	(all out, 74.3 overs)	246
Fall of wickets:
1-60, 2-78, 3-142, 4-191, 5-208, 6-223, 7-243, 8-243, 9-245, 10-246 (74.3 ov)

Central Districts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Blair	21.3	3	82	5	-	-
Beard	24	6	52	3	-	-
Cave	16	8	32	0	-	-
Leggat	9	2	48	1	-	-
Harford	4	1	15	1	-	-

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Central Districts first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DW Bowden	b Dewdney	15
KFH Smith	c Depeiaza b Valentine	20
EM Meuli	b Ramadhin	27
NS Harford	b Ramadhin	13
DS Kivell	b King	10
IB Leggat	c Depeiaza b Dewdney	10
DD Beard	c King b Ramadhin	25
DV Spence	c Depeiaza b Ramadhin	2
RW Blair	b Atkinson	18
*HB Cave	b Atkinson	7
+IA Colquhoun	not out	1
Extras	(5 b, 8 lb, 1 nb)	14
Total	(all out, 86 overs)	162
Fall of wickets:
1-31, 2-49, 3-76, 4-94, 5-94, 6-114, 7-132, 8-134, 9-149, 10-162 (86 ov)

West Indians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
King	19	5	33	1	-	-
Dewdney	14	2	33	2	-	-
Atkinson	8	4	12	2	-	-
Ramadhin	30	16	42	4	-	-
Valentine	15	6	28	1	-	-

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West Indians second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BH Pairaudeau	b Blair	2
AP Binns	c Harford b Cave	34
JDC Goddard	b Leggat	34
ED Weekes	st Colquhoun b Beard	56
*DS Atkinson	b Harford	12
AT Roberts	c Kivell b Leggat	45
+CC Depeiaza	run out	66
S Ramadhin	b Blair	8
FM King	b Blair	16
DT Dewdney	not out	0
AL Valentine	b Beard	1
Extras	(10 b, 5 lb)	15
Total	(all out, 77.1 overs)	289
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-49, 3-105, 4-132, 5-154, 6-237, 7-255, 8-284, 9-289, 10-289 (77.1 ov)

Central Districts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Blair	16	1	73	3	-	-
Beard	26.1	14	59	2	-	-
Cave	12	2	41	1	-	-
Leggat	12	1	49	2	-	-
Harford	6	0	27	1	-	-
Spence	5	0	25	0	-	-

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Central Districts second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DW Bowden	c Pairaudeau b King	0
KFH Smith	lbw b King	3
EM Meuli	c Pairaudeau b Ramadhin	57
NS Harford	c Binns b Dewdney	41
DS Kivell	run out	2
IB Leggat	c Atkinson b Valentine	0
DD Beard	b Ramadhin	67
DV Spence	lbw b Atkinson	15
RW Blair	run out	0
*HB Cave	c Roberts b Atkinson	24
+IA Colquhoun	not out	0
Extras	(14 b, 2 lb, 1 nb)	17
Total	(all out, 115.2 overs)	226
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-20, 3-90, 4-97, 5-97, 6-115, 7-158, 8-172, 9-226, 10-226 (115.2 ov)

West Indians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
King	13	3	30	2	-	-
Dewdney	16	6	29	1	-	-
Atkinson	20	13	22	2	-	-
Ramadhin	26.2	7	74	2	-	-
Valentine	37	21	54	1	-	-
Goddard	3	3	0	0	-	-

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Notes
--> DD Beard (1) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 22
--> HB Cave (1) passed 1500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 1
--> AT Roberts (2) passed his previous highest score of 34 in first-class matches
--> CC Depeiaza (2) passed 500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 13
--> DS Kivell made his last appearance in first-class matches

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