f21591 ps237	Central Districts v Wellington
	Plunket Shield 1956/57
Venue	Cook's Gardens, Wanganui on 25th, 26th, 27th December 1956 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Wellington won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Central Districts 4; Wellington 2
Umpires	C Matson, HEB Newton
Close of play day 1	Wellington (1) 290/9 (Beck 15*)
Close of play day 2	Central Districts (1) 314/6 (Harford 29*, Cave 13*)

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Wellington first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LSM Miller	c Beard b Brown	50
AH Preston	c Colquhoun b Beard	18
BW Sinclair	c and b Jones	7
RA Vance	c Guy b Jones	109
*RT Barber	b Harford	70
JEF Beck	c MacLeod b Cave	15
EW Dempster	lbw b Harford	0
LA Clark	lbw b Harford	0
RW Blair	b Beard	11
+WM Curtis	c and b Beard	0
BD Morrison	not out	0
Extras	(2 b, 8 lb)	10
Total	(all out, 95.1 overs)	290
Fall of wickets:
1-57, 2-75, 3-115, 4-232, 5-263, 6-263, 7-267, 8-286, 9-290, 10-290 (95.1 ov)

Central Districts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jones	18	1	55	2	-	-
Cave	21.1	6	67	1	-	-
Beard	31	11	65	3	-	-
Buist	4	0	13	0	-	-
Brown	7	2	32	1	-	-
Harford	9	3	19	3	-	-
Smith	5	0	29	0	-	-

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Central Districts first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JW Guy	c Morrison b Blair	50
DN MacLeod	run out	117
EM Meuli	lbw b Dempster	30
KFH Smith	b Preston	26
NS Harford	not out	29
GT Buist	c Morrison b Blair	7
DD Beard	lbw b Morrison	19
*HB Cave	not out	13
RE Brown	did not bat
+IA Colquhoun	did not bat
JF Jones	did not bat
Extras	(10 b, 3 lb, 10 nb)	23
Total	(6 wickets, 135 overs)	314
Fall of wickets:
1-112, 2-178, 3-243, 4-243, 5-254, 6-294

Wellington bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Blair	27	10	52	2	-	-
Morrison	29	14	50	1	-	-
Clark	26	5	70	0	-	-
Dempster	29	7	61	1	-	-
Beck	2	1	4	0	-	-
Preston	22	6	54	1	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> RA Vance (1) passed his previous highest score of 75 in first-class matches
--> RA Vance (1) made his first century in first-class matches
--> RA Vance (1) passed his previous highest score of 75 in Plunket Shield matches
--> RA Vance (1) made his first century in Plunket Shield matches
--> RA Vance (1) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 29
--> RT Barber (1) passed 1000 runs in Plunket Shield matches when he reached 13
--> DN MacLeod (1) made his first century in first-class matches
--> DN MacLeod (1) made his first century in Plunket Shield matches
--> DN MacLeod made his debut in first-class matches
--> DN MacLeod made his debut in Plunket Shield matches
--> GT Buist made his debut in Plunket Shield matches
--> GT Buist made his debut in first-class matches
--> NS Harford achieved his best innings bowling analysis in first-class matches in the Wellington first innings (previous best was 2-0)
--> NS Harford achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Plunket Shield matches in the Wellington first innings (previous best was 1-11)

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