f21605 ps243	Northern Districts v Otago
	Plunket Shield 1956/57
Venue	Seddon Park, Hamilton on 3rd, 4th, 5th January 1957 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Otago won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Otago won by an innings and 62 runs
Points	Northern Districts 0; Otago 8
Umpires	GA Pool, LR Spurdle
Close of play day 1	Otago (1) 294/6 (Sutcliffe 102*, JC Alabaster 14*)
Close of play day 2	Northern Districts (2) 58/3 (Petrie 41*)

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Otago first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SN McGregor	c Ferrow b Hoskin	50
WS Haig	run out	45
GD Alabaster	lbw b Ferrow	20
*JR Reid	c Petrie b Ferrow	41
B Sutcliffe	not out	152
AE Dick	c Petrie b Hough	2
EA Watson	b Hoskin	12
JC Alabaster	b Hough	25
BC Allan	b Hough	6
+T Flaws	c Petrie b Hough	0
FJ Cameron	not out	6
Extras	(11 b, 7 lb)	18
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 171 overs)	377
Fall of wickets:
1-80, 2-115, 3-140, 4-193, 5-202, 6-261, 7-326, 8-356, 9-360

Northern Districts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hoskin	48	10	93	2	-	-
Puna	4	1	17	0	-	-
Ferrow	22	5	56	2	-	-
Hough	55	12	101	4	-	-
Lissette	36	14	71	0	-	-
Shaw	6	0	21	0	-	-

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Northern Districts first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JK Everest	b JC Alabaster	30
BN Graham	c Flaws b Allan	1
TE Shaw	lbw b JC Alabaster	1
DJ Gray	b JC Alabaster	22
PH Smith	b Reid	10
N Puna	c Reid b JC Alabaster	5
*+EC Petrie	run out	0
KW Hough	b Reid	1
AF Lissette	not out	12
DC Hoskin	b Reid	2
DJ Ferrow	absent hurt
Extras	(7 b, 2 lb, 5 nb)	14
Total	(all out, 62.1 overs)	98
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-13, 3-57, 4-72, 5-78, 6-80, 7-83, 8-89, 9-98 (62.1 ov)

Otago bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cameron	14	5	14	0	-	-
Allan	9	3	18	1	-	-
JC Alabaster	28	16	37	4	-	-
Reid	11.1	4	15	3	-	-

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Northern Districts second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JK Everest	b JC Alabaster	5
*+EC Petrie	b Sutcliffe	55
TE Shaw	b JC Alabaster	6
DJ Gray	b Sutcliffe	0
BN Graham	c Haig b Sutcliffe	56
PH Smith	st Flaws b Sutcliffe	14
N Puna	c Watson b Allan	62
KW Hough	c JC Alabaster b Sutcliffe	0
DC Hoskin	run out	2
AF Lissette	not out	8
DJ Ferrow	absent hurt
Extras	(5 b, 4 lb)	9
Total	(all out, 99.4 overs)	217
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-49, 3-58, 4-79, 5-109, 6-160, 7-170, 8-180, 9-217 (99.4 ov)

Otago bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cameron	5	3	3	0	-	-
Allan	5.4	2	5	1	-	-
JC Alabaster	40	17	79	2	-	-
Reid	6	3	4	0	-	-
Watson	5	2	12	0	-	-
Haig	4	3	3	0	-	-
Sutcliffe	34	7	102	5	-	-

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Notes
--> BN Graham (2) passed his previous highest score of 22 in First-Class matches
--> BN Graham (2) passed his previous highest score of 22 in Plunket Shield matches
--> PH Smith (2) equalled his previous highest score of 14 in Plunket Shield matches
--> PH Smith (2) equalled his previous highest score of 14 in First-Class matches
--> N Puna (2) passed his previous highest score of 18 in First-Class matches
--> N Puna (2) passed his previous highest score of 18 in Plunket Shield matches
--> KW Hough achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Otago first innings (previous best was 3-91)
--> KW Hough achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Plunket Shield matches in the Otago first innings (previous best was 3-91)
--> B Sutcliffe achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Northern Districts second innings (previous best was 4-67)
--> B Sutcliffe achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the Northern Districts second innings
--> B Sutcliffe reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Northern Districts second innings
--> B Sutcliffe achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Plunket Shield matches in the Northern Districts second innings (previous best was 3-31)
--> B Sutcliffe achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Plunket Shield matches in the Northern Districts second innings

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