f27596 ps425	Northern Districts v Otago
	Plunket Shield 1968/69
Venue	Smallbone Park, Rotorua on 7th, 8th, 9th January 1969 (3-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Otago won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Points	Northern Districts 5; Otago 1
Umpires	RW Norris, JC Robinson
Close of play day 1	No play
Close of play day 2	Otago (1) 54/2 (Hendry 18*, McGregor 0*)

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Northern Districts first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*MJ Horton	b Dunne	80
JH Blackmore	lbw b Flaherty	3
DP Lloyd	c Blair b Alabaster	7
JR Carson	lbw b Alabaster	47
WP Bradburn	c Dunne b Alabaster	6
B Dunning	lbw b Alabaster	0
PD Stone	lbw b Alabaster	8
N Puna	run out	20
+LS Mountain	c Milburn b Alabaster	2
JD Smith	c Turner b Alabaster	1
H Unka	not out	0
Extras	(5 b, 2 lb, 13 nb)	20
Total	(all out, 70.6 overs)	194
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-44, 3-144, 4-147, 5-152, 6-161, 7-170, 8-187, 9-194, 10-194 (70.6 ov)

Otago bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cushen	8	1	28	0	-	-
Flaherty	5	1	15	1	-	-
Alabaster	27.6	8	74	7	-	-
Dunne	21	7	46	1	-	-
Turner	9	4	11	0	-	-

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Otago first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GM Turner	b Stone	27
WL Blair	c Lloyd b Puna	7
R Hendry	c Bradburn b Horton	19
*SN McGregor	c Dunning b Horton	4
RW Hutchison	c Stone b Horton	10
RD Stewart	c Mountain b Stone	0
GD Alabaster	b Horton	55
JAJ Cushen	run out	27
RS Dunne	c Bradburn b Smith	7
+BD Milburn	b Horton	0
JP Flaherty	not out	4
Extras	(5 b, 4 lb, 4 nb)	13
Total	(all out, 73.7 overs)	173
Fall of wickets:
1-20, 2-54, 3-60, 4-63, 5-64, 6-82, 7-94, 8-153, 9-165, 10-173 (73.7 ov)

Northern Districts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	10.7	3	24	1	-	-
Unka	2	0	10	0	-	-
Horton	29	15	35	5	-	-
Puna	13	1	43	1	-	-
Stone	9	2	34	2	-	-
Carson	4	0	12	0	-	-
Bradburn	6	5	2	0	-	-

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Northern Districts second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DP Lloyd	not out	48
WP Bradburn	run out	14
B Dunning	b Alabaster	0
JH Blackmore	not out	9
*MJ Horton	did not bat
JR Carson	did not bat
PD Stone	did not bat
N Puna	did not bat
+LS Mountain	did not bat
JD Smith	did not bat
H Unka	did not bat
Extras	(7 b, 3 nb)	10
Total	(2 wickets, 32 overs)	81
Fall of wickets:
1-39, 2-45

Otago bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cushen	6	3	7	0	-	-
Flaherty	4	1	10	0	-	-
Alabaster	12	4	28	1	-	-
Hutchison	10	5	26	0	-	-

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Notes
--> JAJ Cushen (1) passed his previous highest score of 23 in first-class matches
--> JAJ Cushen (1) passed his previous highest score of 23 in Plunket Shield matches
--> DP Lloyd (2) passed his previous highest score of 22 in first-class matches
--> DP Lloyd (2) passed his previous highest score of 22 in Plunket Shield matches
--> MJ Horton reached 800 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Otago first innings
--> MJ Horton achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Plunket Shield matches in the Otago first innings (previous best was 2-33)
--> MJ Horton achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Plunket Shield matches in the Otago first innings

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