f21596 ps240	Central Districts v Northern Districts
	Plunket Shield 1956/57
Venue	Pukekura Park, New Plymouth on 29th, 31st December 1956 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Central Districts won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Central Districts won by an innings and 120 runs
Points	Central Districts 8; Northern Districts 0
Umpires	GS Glenday, HEB Newton
Close of play day 1	Central Districts (1) 312/8 (Cave 16*, Brown 6*)

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Central Districts first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DN Macleod	c Everest b Lissette	22
JW Guy	lbw b Ferrow	34
EM Meuli	c Gray b Ferrow	100
KFH Smith	b Hoskin	17
NS Harford	b Ferrow	53
GT Buist	c Gray b Hough	41
DW Bowden	b Hough	7
DD Beard	c Lissette b Hough	0
*HB Cave	not out	16
RE Brown	not out	6
+IA Colquhoun	did not bat
Extras	(9 b, 7 lb)	16
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 143 overs)	312
Fall of wickets:
1-45, 2-69, 3-107, 4-195, 5-274, 6-290, 7-290, 8-290

Northern Districts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hoskin	23	5	44	1	-	-
Hough	43	8	91	3	-	-
Ferrow	45	20	77	3	-	-
Lissette	25	6	63	1	-	-
Puna	7	1	21	0	-	-

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Northern Districts first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JK Everest	c Colquhoun b Cave	24
BN Graham	lbw b Cave	20
JL Wyatt	c Beard b Cave	0
TE Shaw	c Bowden b Cave	12
*+EC Petrie	b Beard	2
N Puna	lbw b Beard	15
KW Hough	c Brown b Cave	10
AF Lissette	c Brown b Beard	4
DJ Ferrow	c Beard b Cave	0
DC Hoskin	b Cave	7
DJ Gray	not out	2
Extras	(2 b, 7 lb, 1 nb)	10
Total	(all out, 72.1 overs)	106
Fall of wickets:
1-51, 2-51, 3-60, 4-65, 5-77, 6-86, 7-94, 8-96, 9-100, 10-106 (72.1 ov)

Central Districts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Beard	25	11	36	3	-	-
Cave	30.1	14	33	7	-	-
Brown	13	5	16	0	-	-
Harford	4	1	11	0	-	-

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Northern Districts second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JK Everest	c Smith b Beard	6
BN Graham	c Beard b Cave	0
JL Wyatt	lbw b Beard	21
TE Shaw	c Beard b Brown	16
*+EC Petrie	lbw b Brown	2
N Puna	c Cave b Beard	11
KW Hough	b Brown	6
AF Lissette	c Buist b Beard	8
DJ Ferrow	lbw b Brown	0
DC Hoskin	c Colquhoun b Brown	10
DJ Gray	not out	2
Extras	(3 b, 1 nb)	4
Total	(all out, 51.4 overs)	86
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-10, 3-40, 4-48, 5-55, 6-63, 7-69, 8-70, 9-78, 10-86 (51.4 ov)

Central Districts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Beard	20	7	27	4	-	-
Cave	10	3	17	1	-	-
Brown	19.4	6	29	5	-	-
Buist	2	0	9	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> TE Shaw made his debut in Plunket Shield matches
--> TE Shaw made his debut in First-Class matches
--> EM Meuli (1) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 96
--> KW Hough achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Central Districts first innings (previous best was 0-24)
--> KW Hough achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Plunket Shield matches in the Central Districts first innings (previous best was 0-24)
--> DD Beard reached 100 wickets in Plunket Shield matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Northern Districts first innings
--> RE Brown achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Northern Districts second innings (previous best was 4-29)
--> RE Brown achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the Northern Districts second innings
--> RE Brown achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Plunket Shield matches in the Northern Districts second innings (previous best was 4-29)
--> RE Brown achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Plunket Shield matches in the Northern Districts second innings

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