f32882 ps610	Otago v Auckland
	Shell Trophy 1979/80
Venue	Molyneux Park, Alexandra on 31st December 1979, 1st, 2nd January 1980 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Otago won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Otago 8 (Batting 4, Bowling 4); Auckland -1 (Bowling 1, slow over-rate -2)
Umpires	D Cummings, NF Tapper
Close of play day 1	Auckland (1) 25/0 (Parsons 6*, Webb 19*)
Close of play day 2	Auckland (2) 127/6 (Stott 11*, McIntyre 12*)
Man of the Match	GM Turner

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Otago first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GM Turner	lbw b Stott	136
SJ McCullum	c Reid b Stott	26
IA Rutherford	c Arblaster b Troup	29
WL Blair	not out	82
BR Blair	run out	26
*+WK Lees	not out	12
BL Cairns	did not bat
JG Bracewell	did not bat
SL Boock	did not bat
GB Thomson	did not bat
TD Sutherland	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 9 lb, 1 nb)	14
Total	(4 wickets, innings closed, 100 overs)	325
Fall of wickets:
1-65, 2-133, 3-234, 4-303

Auckland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Troup	19	1	62	1	-	-
Cushen	14	4	41	0	-	-
Stott	30	9	85	2	-	-
McIntyre	18	2	70	0	-	-
Rewcastle	19	3	53	0	-	-

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Auckland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AEW Parsons	c WL Blair b Thomson	9
PN Webb	c Boock b Bracewell	57
+JF Reid	c Rutherford b Boock	8
*JR Wiltshire	c and b Boock	19
RG Arblaster	lbw b Bracewell	11
LJ Rewcastle	c BR Blair b Boock	14
LW Stott	c Cairns b Bracewell	2
JM McIntyre	c McCullum b Bracewell	5
GB Troup	c WL Blair b Bracewell	5
JAJ Cushen	not out	0
RC Hooton	absent hurt
Extras	(4 lb, 1 nb)	5
Total	(all out, 85.2 overs)	135
Fall of wickets:
1-34, 2-51, 3-97, 4-97, 5-111, 6-115, 7-126, 8-135, 9-135 (85.2 ov)

Otago bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thomson	17	6	33	1	-	-
Cairns	17	5	40	0	-	-
Boock	31.2	17	41	3	-	-
Bracewell	20	13	16	5	-	-

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Auckland second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AEW Parsons	lbw b Thomson	0
PN Webb	c Turner b Cairns	24
+JF Reid	c Turner b Bracewell	12
*JR Wiltshire	c Turner b Boock	26
RG Arblaster	lbw b Bracewell	18
LJ Rewcastle	b Bracewell	6
LW Stott	not out	29
JM McIntyre	not out	27
GB Troup	did not bat
JAJ Cushen	did not bat
RC Hooton	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 8 lb, 12 nb)	22
Total	(6 wickets, 83 overs)	164
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-38, 3-59, 4-85, 5-93, 6-97

Otago bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thomson	4	2	3	1	-	-
Cairns	16	8	37	1	-	-
Boock	29	19	28	1	-	-
Bracewell	30	11	65	3	-	-
BR Blair	4	1	9	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The first innings of the match was limited to 100 overs; the total overs for both teams first innings was limited to 200 overs
--> IA Rutherford (1) passed 2500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 23
--> WL Blair (1) passed 2000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 1
--> BR Blair (1) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 4
--> TD Sutherland made his debut in first-class matches
--> TD Sutherland made his debut in Plunket Shield matches
--> JF Reid (1) passed 1500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 8
--> LJ Rewcastle made his debut in first-class matches
--> LJ Rewcastle made his debut in Plunket Shield matches
--> JG Bracewell achieved his best innings bowling analysis in first-class matches in the Auckland first innings (previous best was 5-18)
--> JG Bracewell achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Plunket Shield matches in the Auckland first innings (previous best was 5-18)

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