misc602047	Dunedin Metropolitan v Otago Country Associations and Southland
	Other matches in New Zealand 1952/53
Venue	University Oval, Dunedin on 5th, 6th December 1952 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Dunedin Metropolitan won by 5 wickets
Umpires	JD Harwood, A King
Close of play day 1	Otago Country Associations and Southland (2) 70/3 (AW Gilbertson 15*, IG Gilbertson 9*; 29 overs)

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Otago Country Associations and Southland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DJ Blakely	b Craig	25
*CV Shirley	c Moir b Watson	37			3	1
+JA Gill	c Smith b Craig	15
AW Gilbertson	lbw b Moir	0
IG Gilbertson	b Moir	0
AR Wills	c Haig b Moir	2
MA Gavan	not out	45
PS Giles	b Stanley	7
J Woods	b Moir	5
F Fraser	c Haig b Moir	0
E Collings	lbw b Moir	0
Extras	(4 b, 5 lb)	9
Total	(all out, 43.5 overs)	145
Fall of wickets:
1-? (Blakely), 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-145 (43.5 ov)

Dunedin Metropolitan bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Stanley	7	0	44	1	-	-
Craig	10	2	33	2	-	-
Smith	3	0	9	0	-	-
Moir	18.5	6	31	6	-	-
Watson	4	1	12	1	-	-
Alabaster	1	0	7	0	-	-

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Dunedin Metropolitan first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Sutcliffe	lbw b Collings	5
L Watt	c Gill b Giles	31
+T Flaws	c Wills b Woods	15
WS Haig	lbw b Woods	6
EA Watson	b Giles	0
JC Alabaster	run out	5
GH Mills	lbw b Woods	1
*LD Smith	b Collings	43		68	3	1
AM Moir	b Giles	31
FW Stanley	c IG Gilbertson b Giles	11
K Craig	not out	0
Extras	(7 b, 3 lb)	10
Total	(all out, 44.4 overs)	158
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-158 (44.4 ov)

Otago Country Associations and Southland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Giles	18.4	3	65	4	-	-
Collings	12	1	34	2	-	-
Woods	10	4	13	3	-	-
Fraser	4	0	36	0	-	-

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Otago Country Associations and Southland second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*CV Shirley	c and b Moir	23
DJ Blakely	b Stanley	21
AW Gilbertson	c Watson b Smith	60		90
+JA Gill	st Flaws b Smith	1
IG Gilbertson	b Alabaster	26
AR Wills	c Watson b Sutcliffe	2
MA Gavan	c Smith b Moir	20
PS Giles	c Alabaster b Moir	17
J Woods	c Haig b Alabaster	1
F Fraser	b Moir	0
E Collings	not out	3
Extras	(9 b, 1 lb)	10
Total	(all out, 69.2 overs)	184
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-184 (69.2 ov)

Dunedin Metropolitan bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Craig	7	0	24	0	-	-
Watson	4	0	21	0	-	-
Stanley	13	2	21	1	-	-
Moir	17	3	40	4	-	-
Smith	8	4	18	2	-	-
Sutcliffe	5	2	17	1	-	-
Alabaster	12.2	4	18	2	-	-
Haig	3	0	7	0	-	-

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Dunedin Metropolitan second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
L Watt	lbw b IG Gilbertson	4
WS Haig	c Fraser b Collings	30
EA Watson	not out	76				3
JC Alabaster	c Gill b Collings	9
GH Mills	c Woods b Giles	4
B Sutcliffe	c Gavan b Fraser	40
+T Flaws	not out	4
*LD Smith	did not bat
AM Moir	did not bat
FW Stanley	did not bat
K Craig	did not bat
Extras	(5 b)	5
Total	(5 wickets, 49 overs)	172
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?

Otago Country Associations and Southland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Woods	6	3	23	0	-	-
IG Gilbertson	6	0	26	1	-	-
Giles	17	5	44	1	-	-
Collings	15	2	56	2	-	-
Fraser	5	0	18	1	-	-

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Notes
--> Bowling in the Otago Country Associations and Southland second innings adds 8 runs under
--> Otago Country Associations and Southland first innings: 50 in 25 minutes
--> EA Watson (2) 50 in 82 minutes

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A thunderstorm at 2pm on the second day during the Dunedin Metropolitan second innings delayed play for nearly 2 hours but Dunedin Metropolitan won with half an hour to spare
The Otago Country Associations and Southland players were all from Southland except for DJ Blakely and E Collings