f28051 ps438	Otago v Northern Districts
	Plunket Shield 1969/70
Venue	Carisbrook, Dunedin on 2nd, 3rd, 5th January 1970 (3-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Otago won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Otago 3; Northern Districts 3
Umpires	ASH Cutler, RC Scott
Close of play day 1	Northern Districts (1) 8/0 (Horton 6*, Hooton 2*; 6 overs)
Close of play day 2	Northern Districts (1) 244/6 (Gibson 56*, Blackmore 50*)

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Otago first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LR Pearson	c Dunning b Horton	45
NM Parker	c Roberts b Horton	13
BT Freeman	c and b Kennedy	57
RW Hutchison	lbw b Horton	40
KO Campbell	c Gibson b Horton	1
PC Semple	c Dunning b Kennedy	2
*GD Alabaster	c Lloyd b Dunning	20
LD Hollands	not out	66
JC Alabaster	not out	67
MG Webb	did not bat
+BD Milburn	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 5 lb, 6 nb, 1 w)	18
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 107 overs)	329
Fall of wickets:
1-51, 2-70, 3-164, 4-167, 5-167, 6-173, 7-211

Northern Districts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Beuth	12	4	40	0	-	-
Dunning	10	1	39	1	-	-
Horton	40	9	109	4	-	-
Roberts	7	1	20	0	-	-
Kennedy	37	10	100	2	-	-
Blackmore	1	0	3	0	-	-

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Northern Districts first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*MJ Horton	c Hutchison b Webb	6
RC Hooton	c Webb b GD Alabaster	18
DP Lloyd	b GD Alabaster	32
RW Anderson	b JC Alabaster	22
JG Gibson	not out	56
ADG Roberts	c Webb b GD Alabaster	38
B Dunning	c Parker b GD Alabaster	0
JH Blackmore	not out	50
KD Kennedy	did not bat
+LS Mountain	did not bat
AJ Beuth	did not bat
Extras	(16 b, 5 lb, 1 nb)	22
Total	(6 wickets, 89 overs)	244
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-38, 3-83, 4-87, 5-145, 6-146

Otago bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Webb	15	2	52	1	-	-
JC Alabaster	26	4	66	1	-	-
Campbell	17	8	39	0	-	-
GD Alabaster	29	4	64	4	-	-
Hutchison	2	1	1	0	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> AJ Beuth made his last appearance in Plunket Shield matches
--> AJ Beuth made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> LR Pearson (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 20
--> BT Freeman (1) passed his previous highest score of 23 in Plunket Shield matches
--> BT Freeman (1) passed his previous highest score of 23 in First-Class matches
--> LD Hollands (1) passed his previous highest score of 32 in First-Class matches
--> LD Hollands (1) passed his previous highest score of 32 in Plunket Shield matches
--> JC Alabaster (1) passed his previous highest score of 62 in Plunket Shield matches
--> JG Gibson (1) passed his previous highest score of 50 in Plunket Shield matches
--> JG Gibson (1) passed his previous highest score of 50 in First-Class matches
--> JH Blackmore (1) passed his previous highest score of 18 in Plunket Shield matches
--> JH Blackmore (1) passed his previous highest score of 37 in First-Class matches

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