a849	Central Districts v Wellington
	New Zealand Motor Corporation Knockout Tournament 1972/73 (1st Round)
Venue	Sportsground, Palmerston North on 3rd December 1972 (40-over match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Central Districts won by 7 wickets
Player of the Match	PJC Coutts

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Wellington innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
GA Newdick	c O'Sullivan b Cairns	12
PJ Malcon	b Cairns	10
RW Smith	b Stewart	30
JFM Morrison	run out	8
BD Smith	c and b Cairns	2
*BR Taylor	c Snook b Cairns	19
JV Coney	not out	36
+IJ Therkleson	c Cairns b Howell	22
WA Greenstreet	b Jordan	3
AR Hounsell	c Sampson b Howell	5
MJ Coles	b Jordan	0
Extras	(15 lb, 1 nb)	16
Total	(all out, 38.4 overs)	163
Fall of wickets:
1-24, 2-31, 3-51, 4-56, 5-86, 6-96, 7-138, 8-148, 9-162, 10-163 (38.4 ov)

Central Districts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Jordan	7.4	1	22	2	-	-	30.00	2.93
Stewart	8	2	34	1	-	-	64.00	4.25
Cairns	8	0	42	4	-	-	16.00	5.25
O'Sullivan	8	1	29	0	-	-	-	3.62
Howell	7	2	21	2	-	-	28.00	3.00

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Central Districts innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
DH Payton	c Therkleson b Coles	21
PJC Coutts	not out	82
HC Sampson	c Therkleson b Greenstreet	12
DW Neal	c Therkleson b Coles	17
*MJF Shrimpton	not out	28
+IR Snook	did not bat
DR O'Sullivan	did not bat
BL Cairns	did not bat
AB Jordan	did not bat
BA Stewart	did not bat
JH Howell	did not bat
Extras	(5 lb)	5
Total	(3 wickets, 36.5 overs)	165
Fall of wickets:
1-38, 2-66, 3-102

Wellington bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Taylor	6.5	2	28	0	-	-	-	4.23
Hounsell	7	0	23	0	-	-	-	3.29
Coles	8	0	33	2	-	-	32.00	4.12
Greenstreet	6	0	31	1	-	-	48.00	5.17
Coney	6	0	27	0	-	-	-	4.50
Morrison	3	0	18	0	-	-	-	6.00

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Notes
--> Bowling in the Wellington innings adds 1 run over
--> PJ Malcon made his debut in List A matches
--> RW Smith made his debut in List A matches
--> JV Coney made his debut in List A matches
--> MJ Coles made his debut in List A matches
--> PJC Coutts made his debut in List A matches
--> DW Neal made his debut in List A matches
--> IR Snook made his debut in List A matches
--> BL Cairns made his debut in List A matches
--> BA Stewart made his debut in List A matches
--> PJ Malcon made his last appearance in List A matches
--> IJ Therkleson passed his previous highest score of 17 in List A matches
--> DR O'Sullivan made his debut for Central Districts in List A matches
--> AR Hounsell made his debut for Wellington in List A matches
--> DR O'Sullivan made his debut in New Zealand in List A matches

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