f31430 ps561	Otago v Central Districts
	Shell Trophy 1976/77 (Final)
Venue	Carisbrook, Dunedin on 28th, 29th, 30th, 31st January 1977 (4-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Otago won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Otago won by 65 runs
Umpires	EW Dempster, SJ Woodward
Close of play day 1	Otago (1) 114/6 (Facoory 20*, Cairns 23*)
Close of play day 2	Central Districts (1) 139/7 (Bracewell 15*, O'Sullivan 12*)
Close of play day 3	Central Districts (2) 6/0 (Payton 6*, Atkinson 0*)
Player of the Match	BL Cairns

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Otago first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
IA Rutherford	b O'Sullivan	17
SJ McCullum	c Edwards b Kay	10
RW Anderson	c Edwards b Thomas	7
BJ McKechnie	c O'Sullivan b Kay	9
PR Facoory	c Payton b Thomas	38
*+WK Lees	run out	20
GJ Williams	c Payton b Bracewell	0
BL Cairns	b O'Sullivan	78
RJ Hill	not out	17
DEC McKechnie	c Kay b O'Sullivan	8
PJ Petherick	c Edwards b Kay	1
Extras	(4 b, 11 lb, 3 nb)	18
Total	(all out, 84 overs)	223
Fall of wickets:
1-26, 2-34, 3-38, 4-56, 5-88, 6-89, 7-191, 8-197, 9-221, 10-223 (84 ov)

Central Districts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Kay	20.6	1	60	3	-	-
Thomas	25	2	76	2	-	-
O'Sullivan	35	13	53	3	-	-
Bracewell	3	1	16	1	-	-
Shrimpton	0.2	0	0	0	-	-

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Central Districts first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DH Payton	b BJ McKechnie	10
+GN Edwards	b Petherick	27
*MJF Shrimpton	b BJ McKechnie	0
CMH Atkinson	c BJ McKechnie b Petherick	43
GJ Langridge	b Cairns	0
PJ Holland	lbw b Hill	25
DC Aberhart	c and b Petherick	0
DW Bracewell	b Cairns	33
DR O'Sullivan	b Cairns	30
RI Thomas	run out	9
DJ Kay	not out	2
Extras	(14 lb)	14
Total	(all out, 84.1 overs)	193
Fall of wickets:
1-21, 2-21, 3-44, 4-45, 5-95, 6-103, 7-109, 8-165, 9-187, 10-193 (84.1 ov)

Otago bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cairns	29.1	7	64	3	-	-
BJ McKechnie	25	6	57	2	-	-
Petherick	17	9	23	3	-	-
DEC McKechnie	6	1	18	0	-	-
Hill	7	1	17	1	-	-

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Otago second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
IA Rutherford	c Edwards b Kay	2
SJ McCullum	b Thomas	0
RW Anderson	lbw b Kay	1
BJ McKechnie	c Atkinson b Kay	16
PR Facoory	st Edwards b O'Sullivan	18
*+WK Lees	c Kay b O'Sullivan	1
GJ Williams	c Thomas b Kay	0
BL Cairns	c Edwards b Shrimpton	59
RJ Hill	c Kay b O'Sullivan	1
DEC McKechnie	not out	27
PJ Petherick	b O'Sullivan	1
Extras	(5 b, 10 lb)	15
Total	(all out, 62.2 overs)	141
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-3, 3-4, 4-39, 5-42, 6-42, 7-44, 8-46, 9-138, 10-141 (62.2 ov)

Central Districts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Kay	16	5	38	4	-	-
Thomas	13	4	33	1	-	-
O'Sullivan	22.2	6	43	4	-	-
Shrimpton	11	5	12	1	-	-

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Central Districts second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DH Payton	c Cairns b Petherick	44
CMH Atkinson	b Cairns	11
+GN Edwards	b Cairns	0
*MJF Shrimpton	c Lees b Cairns	7
GJ Langridge	b Petherick	6
PJ Holland	c Anderson b Petherick	0
DC Aberhart	lbw b Cairns	1
DW Bracewell	b Petherick	14
DR O'Sullivan	not out	14
RI Thomas	c Williams b Cairns	4
DJ Kay	b Petherick	0
Extras	(3 b, 2 lb)	5
Total	(all out, 57.7 overs)	106
Fall of wickets:
1-33, 2-35, 3-51, 4-68, 5-73, 6-73, 7-77, 8-89, 9-98, 10-106 (57.7 ov)

Otago bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cairns	29	12	49	5	-	-
BJ McKechnie	5	0	15	0	-	-
Petherick	23.7	8	37	5	-	-

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Notes
--> Each first innings was limited to 85 overs
--> RJ Hill made his debut in First-Class matches
--> RJ Hill made his debut in Plunket Shield matches
--> GJ Williams made his last appearance in Plunket Shield matches
--> DH Payton made his last appearance in Plunket Shield matches
--> CMH Atkinson made his last appearance in Plunket Shield matches
--> PJ Petherick reached 50 wickets in Plunket Shield matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Central Districts first innings

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