f28962 ps462	Northern Districts v Central Districts
	Plunket Shield 1971/72
Venue	Seddon Park, Hamilton on 30th, 31st December 1971, 1st January 1972 (3-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Central Districts won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Northern Districts 3 (Batting 2, Bowling 1); Central Districts 4 (Batting 2, Bowling 2)
Umpires	PP Heath, RW Norris
Close of play day 1	Northern Districts (1) 6/0 (Schuster 1*, Hooton 4*)
Close of play day 2	Northern Districts (1) 90/3 (Roberts 10*, Patel 10*)

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Central Districts first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*DH Payton	c Mountain b Gillott	48
HC Sampson	lbw b Unka	47
MJF Shrimpton	run out	19
MP Baker	c Gibson b Unka	142
RA Pierce	c and b Dunning	48
+KJ Wadsworth	b Patel	11
BW Yuile	run out	25
RH Ellis	b Beatson	11
BDM Furlong	not out	1
JH Howell	c Mountain b Unka	0
AB Jordan	c Mountain b Beatson	0
Extras	(1 b, 6 lb, 1 nb)	8
Total	(all out, 105.7 overs)	360
Fall of wickets:
1-75, 2-115, 3-115, 4-227, 5-262, 6-311, 7-357, 8-359, 9-359, 10-360 (105.7 ov)

Northern Districts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Unka	22	4	71	3	-	-
Dunning	16	2	41	1	-	-
Gillott	21	5	90	1	-	-
McGill	16	4	51	0	-	-
Beatson	12.7	2	34	2	-	-
Patel	15	2	59	1	-	-
Roberts	3	1	6	0	-	-

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Northern Districts first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HT Schuster	c Sampson b Yuile	20
RC Hooton	c Payton b Yuile	23
JG Gibson	b Yuile	24
ADG Roberts	run out	10
DU Patel	c Wadsworth b Howell	39
*B Dunning	not out	71
+LS Mountain	not out	6
EK Gillott	did not bat
TG Beatson	did not bat
R McGill	did not bat
H Unka	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 5 lb, 2 nb)	12
Total	(5 wickets, 63 overs)	205
Fall of wickets:
1-34, 2-53, 3-78, 4-96, 5-191

Central Districts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jordan	14	4	38	0	-	-
Howell	14	4	30	1	-	-
Yuile	21	4	71	3	-	-
Furlong	9	2	36	0	-	-
Baker	3	0	12	0	-	-
Shrimpton	2	0	6	0	-	-

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Notes
--> MP Baker (1) passed his previous highest score of 44 in Plunket Shield matches
--> MP Baker (1) made his first century in Plunket Shield matches
--> MP Baker (1) passed his previous highest score of 52 in first-class matches
--> MP Baker (1) made his first century in first-class matches
--> RA Pierce (1) passed his previous highest score of 11 in first-class matches
--> RA Pierce (1) passed his previous highest score of 11 in Plunket Shield matches
--> DU Patel made his debut in Plunket Shield matches
--> DU Patel (1) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 6
--> EK Gillott made his debut in first-class matches
--> EK Gillott made his debut in Plunket Shield matches
--> TG Beatson made his debut in Plunket Shield matches
--> R McGill made his last appearance in first-class matches
--> R McGill made his last appearance in Plunket Shield matches
--> DU Patel made his debut for Northern Districts in first-class matches
--> TG Beatson made his debut for Northern Districts in first-class matches
--> DU Patel made his debut in New Zealand in first-class matches

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