f23573 ps301	Auckland v Otago
	Plunket Shield 1960/61
Venue	Eden Park, Auckland on 2nd, 3rd, 4th January 1961 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Otago won by 56 runs
Points	Auckland 0; Otago 10
Umpires	W Heard, EM McLeod
Close of play day 1	Auckland (1) 14/1 (Harris 4*)
Close of play day 2	Auckland (2) 17/0 (Gedye 6*, Harris 9*)

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Otago first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RI Long	c Deas b Clark	8
JW D'Arcy	c Deas b Sparling	31
RA Procter	st Tovey b Norman	7
SN McGregor	st Tovey b Sparling	71
WA Robertson	lbw b Clark	4
*B Sutcliffe	c Gedye b Harris	89
JC Alabaster	c Tovey b Clark	11
AM Moir	lbw b Cunis	3
+T Flaws	b Sparling	27
FJ Cameron	not out	8
DJ Vear	not out	1
Extras	(7 b, 2 lb)	9
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 146 overs)	269
Fall of wickets:
1-38, 2-40, 3-60, 4-74, 5-171, 6-194, 7-200, 8-257, 9-261

Auckland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cunis	22	7	56	1	-	-
Norman	32	13	54	1	-	-
Clark	38	16	51	3	-	-
Sparling	43	15	84	3	-	-
Deas	6	1	11	0	-	-
Harris	5	3	4	1	-	-

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Auckland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SG Gedye	c Flaws b Cameron	10
RM Harris	c Sutcliffe b Moir	45
KR Deas	run out	9
JT Sparling	hit wkt b Moir	19
RW Morgan	b Alabaster	2
PB McGregor	c McGregor b Moir	27
+ER Tovey	b Moir	6
JG Kemp	c Procter b Moir	6
WB Norman	run out	5
*LA Clark	not out	7
RS Cunis	b Moir	5
Extras	(3 b, 3 lb)	6
Total	(all out, 79.1 overs)	147
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-33, 3-81, 4-90, 5-90, 6-101, 7-119, 8-133, 9-141, 10-147 (79.1 ov)

Otago bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cameron	9	3	21	1	-	-
Vear	11	5	11	0	-	-
Long	1	0	1	0	-	-
Moir	30.1	12	53	6	-	-
Alabaster	27	10	50	1	-	-
Sutcliffe	1	0	5	0	-	-

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Otago second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RI Long	run out	19
JW D'Arcy	lbw b Norman	3
RA Procter	b Norman	4
SN McGregor	b Clark	1
WA Robertson	b Sparling	2
*B Sutcliffe	not out	31
JC Alabaster	b Sparling	7
AM Moir	b Clark	0
+T Flaws	c Norman b Clark	0
FJ Cameron	lbw b Clark	0
DJ Vear	c Kemp b Sparling	12
Extras	(7 b, 8 lb)	15
Total	(all out, 55.5 overs)	94
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-26, 3-26, 4-28, 5-30, 6-46, 7-53, 8-53, 9-67, 10-94 (55.5 ov)

Auckland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cunis	11	2	31	0	-	-
Norman	15	11	5	2	-	-
Clark	17	10	10	4	-	-
Sparling	12.5	6	33	3	-	-

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Auckland second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SG Gedye	c Vear b Moir	11
RM Harris	b Moir	40
JT Sparling	c Long b Moir	2
RW Morgan	c and b Alabaster	1
KR Deas	b Moir	44
PB McGregor	b Moir	0
*LA Clark	b Alabaster	17
+ER Tovey	b Moir	3
JG Kemp	hit wkt b Alabaster	5
WB Norman	b Alabaster	15
RS Cunis	not out	7
Extras	(5 b, 10 lb)	15
Total	(all out, 96.3 overs)	160
Fall of wickets:
1-47, 2-54, 3-61, 4-64, 5-64, 6-123, 7-133, 8-137, 9-144, 10-160 (96.3 ov)

Otago bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cameron	11	4	9	0	-	-
Vear	8	3	11	0	-	-
Moir	37	15	62	6	-	-
Alabaster	36.3	15	54	4	-	-
Sutcliffe	4	0	9	0	-	-

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Notes
--> SN McGregor (1) passed 2000 runs in Plunket Shield matches when he reached 53
--> AM Moir (1) passed 1000 runs in Plunket Shield matches when he reached 1
--> T Flaws (1) passed his previous highest score of 22 in Plunket Shield matches
--> RM Harris (1) passed 1000 runs in Plunket Shield matches when he reached 32
--> PB McGregor (1) passed his previous highest score of 12 in Plunket Shield matches
--> FJ Cameron reached 150 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Auckland first innings

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