f23578 ps304	Central Districts v Auckland
	Plunket Shield 1960/61
Venue	Cook's Gardens, Wanganui on 6th, 7th, 9th January 1961 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Auckland won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Central Districts 5; Auckland 1
Umpires	RW Collins, E Singleton
Close of play day 1	Central Districts (1) 50/2 (Lowans 21*, Hastings 8*)
Close of play day 2	Auckland (2) 32/0 (Gedye 18*, Harris 12*)

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Auckland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SG Gedye	lbw b Smith	43
RM Harris	c Leggat b Beard	19
JT Sparling	c Lowans b Beard	0
KR Deas	c Leggat b Smith	12
WR Playle	st Colquhoun b Smith	13
PB McGregor	retired hurt	5
*LA Clark	run out	0
JG Kemp	c Bartlett b Beard	48
WB Norman	c Leggat b Beard	23
+ER Tovey	c Colquhoun b Bartlett	22
LD Andersen	not out	6
Extras	(9 b, 2 lb, 6 nb)	17
Total	(all out, 78.3 overs)	208
Fall of wickets:
1-68, 2-69, 3-70, 4-93, 5-98, 6-98, 7-175, 8-184, 9-208 (78.3 ov)

Central Districts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bartlett	13.3	0	42	1	-	-
Beard	36	13	65	4	-	-
Leggat	5	2	27	0	-	-
Smith	21	9	37	3	-	-
Yuile	3	0	20	0	-	-

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Central Districts first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GE Lowans	c Harris b Clark	54
LB Reade	b Andersen	1
DN MacLeod	lbw b Sparling	15
BF Hastings	b Sparling	26
KFH Smith	c Tovey b Andersen	23
RG Small	c Playle b Sparling	5
IB Leggat	c Sparling b Norman	74
BW Yuile	st Tovey b Clark	54
DD Beard	b Norman	18
GA Bartlett	c Tovey b Norman	14
*+IA Colquhoun	not out	25
Extras	(17 b, 9 lb, 1 nb)	27
Total	(all out, 143.5 overs)	336
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-37, 3-88, 4-123, 5-134, 6-146, 7-237, 8-256, 9-274, 10-336 (143.5 ov)

Auckland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Andersen	34	10	100	2	-	-
Norman	27	13	53	3	-	-
Clark	38.5	12	69	2	-	-
Sparling	37	20	64	3	-	-
Harris	3	2	5	0	-	-
Deas	4	0	18	0	-	-

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Auckland second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SG Gedye	b Yuile	59
RM Harris	c Colquhoun b Beard	93
JT Sparling	b Smith	84
KR Deas	c Small b Yuile	11
WR Playle	c Small b Smith	9
PB McGregor	retired hurt	8
JG Kemp	b Bartlett	0
WB Norman	not out	11
*LA Clark	did not bat
+ER Tovey	did not bat
LD Andersen	did not bat
Extras	(25 b, 4 lb, 4 nb)	33
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 134.5 overs)	308
Fall of wickets:
1-153, 2-177, 3-216, 4-255, 5-264, 6-308 (134.5 ov)

Central Districts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bartlett	21	7	64	1	-	-
Beard	45	18	91	1	-	-
Leggat	6	3	9	0	-	-
Smith	27.5	13	54	2	-	-
Yuile	33	16	55	2	-	-
MacLeod	2	0	2	0	-	-

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Central Districts second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LB Reade	b Norman	36
DN MacLeod	run out	15
IB Leggat	b Andersen	31
GA Bartlett	b Harris	13
*+IA Colquhoun	not out	4
GE Lowans	did not bat
BF Hastings	did not bat
KFH Smith	did not bat
RG Small	did not bat
BW Yuile	did not bat
DD Beard	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 4 lb)	9
Total	(4 wickets, 30.5 overs)	108
Fall of wickets:
1-35, 2-80, 3-94, 4-108 (30.5 ov)

Auckland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Andersen	10	2	22	1	-	-
Norman	6	0	18	1	-	-
Clark	9	0	20	0	-	-
Harris	0.5	0	6	1	-	-
Deas	5	0	33	0	-	-

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Notes
--> JG Kemp (1) passed his previous highest score of 17 in Plunket Shield matches
--> JG Kemp (1) passed his previous highest score of 27 in first-class matches
--> ER Tovey (1) passed his previous highest score of 18 in first-class matches
--> LD Andersen made his debut in Plunket Shield matches
--> BW Yuile (1) passed his previous highest score of 39 in first-class matches
--> BW Yuile (1) passed his previous highest score of 39 in Plunket Shield matches
--> JT Sparling (2) passed 1000 runs in Plunket Shield matches when he reached 82
--> KR Deas (2) passed 500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 5
--> LB Reade (2) passed 500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 9
--> WB Norman achieved his best innings bowling analysis in first-class matches in the Central Districts first innings (previous best was 2-5)
--> WB Norman achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Plunket Shield matches in the Central Districts first innings (previous best was 2-5)
--> GA Bartlett reached 50 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Auckland second innings
--> PB McGregor retired hurt in the Auckland first innings having scored 5 (team score 98/4)

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