f27588 ps423	Central Districts v Northern Districts
	Plunket Shield 1968/69
Venue	Pukekura Park, New Plymouth on 3rd, 4th, 6th January 1969 (3-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Central Districts won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Central Districts 5; Northern Districts 1
Umpires	RL Allen, SA Copelin
Close of play day 1	Central Districts (1) 409/6 (Yuile 38*, Schofield 6*)
Close of play day 2	Northern Districts (2) 106/3 (Horton 60*, Schuster 0*)

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Central Districts first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PJC Coutts	b Dunning	108
ML Ryan	st Mountain b Carson	48
BE Congdon	c Bradburn b Carson	5
MJF Shrimpton	run out	133
*V Pollard	c Stone b Bradburn	32
KJ Wadsworth	b Horton	27
BW Yuile	not out	63
+RM Schofield	b Unka	18
B Andrews	c and b Dunning	0
JH Howell	did not bat
D Beuth	did not bat
Extras	(10 b, 5 lb, 1 nb)	16
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 128.7 overs)	450
Fall of wickets:
1-104, 2-118, 3-213, 4-281, 5-345, 6-383, 7-445, 8-450 (128.7 ov)

Northern Districts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Unka	22	4	66	1	-	-
Dunning	18.7	1	78	2	-	-
Stone	5	1	30	0	-	-
Horton	23	2	81	1	-	-
Puna	25	6	80	0	-	-
Carson	22	6	58	2	-	-
Bradburn	13	5	41	1	-	-

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Northern Districts first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*MJ Horton	c Shrimpton b Howell	7
JH Blackmore	c Schofield b Andrews	0
DP Lloyd	c Wadsworth b Andrews	4
HT Schuster	b Howell	0
JR Carson	c sub b Howell	32
WP Bradburn	c Congdon b Yuile	27
B Dunning	c and b Yuile	4
PD Stone	c sub b Yuile	36
N Puna	c Yuile b Pollard	6
+LS Mountain	not out	19
H Unka	lbw b Yuile	1
Extras	(10 b, 2 lb, 1 nb)	13
Total	(all out, 52.3 overs)	149
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-11, 3-11, 4-11, 5-72, 6-72, 7-87, 8-120, 9-132, 10-149 (52.3 ov)

Central Districts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Andrews	6	2	18	2	-	-
Howell	17	8	37	3	-	-
Beuth	4	1	16	0	-	-
Yuile	18	7	45	4	-	-
Pollard	7.3	1	20	1	-	-

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Northern Districts second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*MJ Horton	not out	60
JH Blackmore	c Schofield b Andrews	18
DP Lloyd	b Shrimpton	11
JR Carson	lbw b Shrimpton	8
HT Schuster	not out	0
WP Bradburn	did not bat
B Dunning	did not bat
PD Stone	did not bat
N Puna	did not bat
+LS Mountain	did not bat
H Unka	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb, 3 nb)	9
Total	(3 wickets, 43 overs)	106
Fall of wickets:
1-34, 2-66, 3-96

Central Districts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Andrews	9	2	24	1	-	-
Howell	4	0	14	0	-	-
Yuile	13	3	22	0	-	-
Pollard	10	4	23	0	-	-
Shrimpton	7	2	14	2	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> D Beuth made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> D Beuth made his last appearance in Plunket Shield matches

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