f23011 ps283	Central Districts v Wellington
	Plunket Shield 1959/60
Venue	Cook's Gardens, Wanganui on 25th, 26th, 28th December 1959 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Match drawn
Points	Central Districts 5; Wellington 1
Umpires	RL Allen, RW Collins
Close of play day 1	Central Districts (1) 124/2 (MacLeod 38*, Smith 8*)
Close of play day 2	Wellington (1) 207/7 (Behrent 14*, Butler 8*)

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Central Districts first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LB Reade	c McMahon b Butler	45
GE Lowans	c and b JR Reid	26
DN MacLeod	c Preston b Blair	75
KFH Smith	st McMahon b Preston	108
*RT Barber	run out	26
EM Meuli	c McMahon b Preston	4
IB Leggat	lbw b Preston	15
BW Yuile	run out	1
DD Beard	run out	5
DC Currie	not out	6
+IA Colquhoun	b Blair	9
Extras	(13 b, 5 lb, 2 nb)	20
Total	(all out, 133.4 overs)	340
Fall of wickets:
1-64, 2-82, 3-236, 4-290, 5-295, 6-305, 7-322, 8-323, 9-323, 10-340 (133.4 ov)

Wellington bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Blair	29.4	10	81	2	-	-
RE Reid	16	5	32	0	-	-
Butler	19	6	46	1	-	-
JR Reid	12	6	18	1	-	-
Dempster	22	14	32	0	-	-
Preston	20	8	52	3	-	-
Sigley	5	2	25	0	-	-
Behrent	10	1	34	0	-	-

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Wellington first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AH Preston	c Colquhoun b Currie	40
+TG McMahon	lbw b Beard	42
BW Sinclair	run out	52
EW Dempster	c Colquhoun b Beard	21
*JR Reid	b Beard	8
A Roberts	lbw b Currie	8
JD Behrent	c Lowans b Currie	14
EJ Sigley	st Colquhoun b Currie	2
LC Butler	not out	65
RW Blair	c Colquhoun b Currie	8
RE Reid	c Colquhoun b Beard	30
Extras	(10 b, 2 lb, 1 nb)	13
Total	(all out, 108 overs)	303
Fall of wickets:
1-81, 2-107, 3-137, 4-151, 5-168, 6-192, 7-194, 8-207, 9-222, 10-303 (108 ov)

Central Districts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Beard	43	15	96	4	-	-
Leggat	16	6	34	0	-	-
Yuile	13	2	58	0	-	-
Currie	36	9	102	5	-	-

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Central Districts second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LB Reade	lbw b Sigley	13
GE Lowans	lbw b Dempster	39
DN MacLeod	not out	102
KFH Smith	b Blair	2
*RT Barber	c Preston b Blair	0
EM Meuli	run out	5
IB Leggat	c JR Reid b Blair	10
BW Yuile	b Dempster	9
DD Beard	c JR Reid b Dempster	27
DC Currie	not out	0
+IA Colquhoun	did not bat
Extras	(18 b, 5 lb, 2 nb)	25
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 88.3 overs)	232
Fall of wickets:
1-34, 2-64, 3-82, 4-82, 5-98, 6-126, 7-145, 8-222

Wellington bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Blair	23.3	9	49	3	-	-
RE Reid	6	4	14	0	-	-
Dempster	31	13	54	3	-	-
Preston	5	1	24	0	-	-
Sigley	10	4	29	1	-	-
Behrent	13	2	37	0	-	-

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Wellington second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AH Preston	not out	34
+TG McMahon	run out	7
BW Sinclair	c Lowans b Yuile	8
EW Dempster	did not bat
*JR Reid	did not bat
JD Behrent	did not bat
A Roberts	did not bat
EJ Sigley	did not bat
LC Butler	did not bat
RW Blair	did not bat
RE Reid	did not bat
Extras	(2 lb, 3 nb)	5
Total	(2 wickets, 21.4 overs)	54
Fall of wickets:
1-25, 2-54 (21.4 ov)

Central Districts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Beard	3	0	4	0	-	-
Leggat	4	2	8	0	-	-
Yuile	10.4	2	34	1	-	-
Currie	2	2	0	0	-	-
Smith	1	1	0	0	-	-
MacLeod	1	0	3	0	-	-

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Notes
--> Day 2 Lunch: Central Districts (1) ?/?
--> LB Reade (1) passed his previous highest score of 30 in first-class matches
--> LB Reade (1) passed his previous highest score of 30 in Plunket Shield matches
--> GE Lowans made his debut in first-class matches
--> GE Lowans made his debut in Plunket Shield matches
--> BW Yuile made his debut in Plunket Shield matches
--> BW Yuile made his debut in first-class matches
--> DC Currie made his debut in first-class matches
--> DC Currie made his debut in Plunket Shield matches
--> TG McMahon (1) passed his previous highest score of 30 in first-class matches
--> BW Sinclair (1) passed his previous highest score of 44 in Plunket Shield matches
--> BW Sinclair (1) passed his previous highest score of 44 in first-class matches
--> A Roberts made his debut in first-class matches
--> A Roberts made his debut in Plunket Shield matches
--> JD Behrent made his debut in Plunket Shield matches
--> JD Behrent made his debut in first-class matches
--> EJ Sigley made his debut in first-class matches
--> EJ Sigley made his debut in Plunket Shield matches
--> LC Butler (1) passed his previous highest score of 35 in Plunket Shield matches
--> LC Butler (1) passed his previous highest score of 35 in first-class matches
--> EM Meuli made his last appearance in first-class matches
--> EM Meuli made his last appearance in Plunket Shield matches
--> AH Preston (2) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 29
--> BW Sinclair (2) passed 500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 2
--> RT Barber made his debut for Central Districts in first-class matches
--> RT Barber made his debut for Central Districts in Plunket Shield matches
--> DC Currie achieved his first five wickets in an innings in first-class matches in the Wellington first innings
--> DC Currie achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Plunket Shield matches in the Wellington first innings
--> RW Blair reached 200 wickets in Plunket Shield matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Central Districts second innings

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