misc602062	Southland v Otago XI
	Other matches in New Zealand 1952/53
Venue	Queen's Park, Invercargill on 20th, 21st February 1953 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Otago XI won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Southland won by 2 wickets
Close of play day 1	Otago XI (2) 5/1 (Aim 0, Fraser 0; 7 overs)

Otago XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GM Aim	c and b Overton	3		30	-	-
RAJ Blair	c Gilbertson b Giles	39			4	-
TC Fraser	c Payne b Giles	20
B Sutcliffe	c and b Alabaster	14
LD Smith	b Alabaster	8
IW Payne	c Semmens b Payne	31			3	-
P Duncan	b Rewcastle	8
+T Flaws	lbw b Rewcastle	3
BC Allan	c McDermott b Rewcastle	0
AM Moir	not out	2
FJ Cameron	run out	0
Extras		7
Total	(all out, 65.3 overs)	135
Fall of wickets:
1-11 (Aim), 2-64 (Blair), 3-? (Fraser), 4-? (Sutcliffe), 5-? (Smith), 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-135 (65.3 ov)

Otago XI second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GM Aim	c Payne b Giles	30		108
RAJ Blair	c Gilbertson b Rewcastle	2
TC Fraser	c Alabaster b Overton	5
B Sutcliffe	c McDermott b Rewcastle	11		14	2	-
P Duncan	c McDermott b Payne	4
LD Smith	run out (Gilbertson)	4
AM Moir	c Overton b Giles	1
+T Flaws	b Overton	23
IW Payne	b Giles	1
BC Allan	c Rewcastle b Giles	16
FJ Cameron	not out	0
Extras		13
Total	(all out, 60 overs)	110
Fall of wickets:
1-? (Blair), 2-12 (Fraser), 3-? (Sutcliffe), 4-37 (Duncan), 5-48 (Smith), 6-? (Moir), 7-? (Aim), 8-? (Payne), 9-?, 10-110 (60 ov)

Southland second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JA Gill	c Flaws b Smith	38
*CV Shirley	b Smith	15
AW Gilbertson	b Smith	0
ID Payne	not out	15		73
AB Jenkins	hit wkt b Smith	2
DG McDermott	c Payne b Moir	0		20	-	-
KS Semmens	b Smith	1
JC Alabaster	run out	4
PS Giles	c Fraser b Smith	22		10	2	2
RW Rewcastle	not out	1
GWF Overton	did not bat
Extras		6
Total	(8 wickets, 42.1 overs)	104
Fall of wickets:
1-43 (Shirley), 2-? (Gilbertson), 3-? (Gill), 4-? (Jenkins), 5-69 (McDermott), 6-? (Semmens), 7-79 (Alabaster), 8-103 (Giles)

Notes
--> Day 1 Lunch: Otago XI (1) 86/3 (Sutcliffe ?*, Smith ?*)