misc602086	Ashburton County v South Canterbury
	Richards Trophy 1953/54
Venue	Ashburton Domain, Ashburton on 15th, 16th January 1954 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Ashburton County won the toss and decided to field
Result	South Canterbury won by 22 runs
Umpires	BJ Champness, WR Moodie
Scorers	DG Olds, KD Welsh
Close of play day 1

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South Canterbury first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DR Farrant	c Goodwin b Saunders	5
NJ Riley	c CGL Smith b Goodwin	8
JEC McEwen	c Goodwin b Moore	5
+EH Edrich	c Robertson b CGL Smith	129			18	-
R Bowden	c and b Moore	12
MW Jack	b Goodwin	11
P Jenkins	st Griffiths b Cullen	20
JB Carleton	c Griffiths b Moore	27
HN Dellow	c CGL Smith b Moore	8
RW Biggar	st Griffiths b Moore	8
RC Carter	not out	7
Extras	(6 b, 2 lb)	8
Total	(all out, 86.4 overs)	248
Fall of wickets:
1-12 (Riley), 2-14 (Farrant), 3-43 (McEwen), 4-83 (Bowden), 5-96 (Jack), 6-142 (Jenkins), 7-207 (Carleton), 8-231 (Dellow), 9-232 (Edrich), 10-248 (Biggar, 86.4 ov)

Ashburton County bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Saunders	24	7	47	1	-	-
Goodwin	21	8	37	2	-	-
Moore	19.4	3	55	5	-	-
CGL Smith	10	2	29	1	-	-
Cullen	12	0	72	1	-	-

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Ashburton County first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DM Smith	b Jack	26
+IJ Griffiths	b Biggar	11
HJ Cullen	c Farrant b Jack	19
CJ Harper	st Edrich b Biggar	6
CGL Smith	c and b Biggar	1
SW Goodwin	c Biggar b Jack	10
*CJT Robertson	b Jack	29
MJ Sullivan	not out	39
EM Flaherty	c Bowden b Biggar	3
AW Saunders	lbw b Biggar	14
LR Moore	b Biggar	0
Extras	(5 b, 7 lb, 1 nb)	13
Total	(all out, 75.2 overs)	171
Fall of wickets:
1-32, 2-60, 3-60, 4-66, 5-69, 6-108, 7-121, 8-140, 9-162, 10-171 (75.2 ov)

South Canterbury bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Dellow	20	7	43	0	-	-
Biggar	28.2	10	60	6	-	-
Carter	9	4	20	0	-	-
Jack	13	3	32	4	-	-
Bowden	5	3	3	0	-	-

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South Canterbury second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DR Farrant	b Saunders	35
JB Carleton	b Goodwin	7
P Jenkins	st Griffiths b Goodwin	1
MW Jack	b Goodwin	11
NJ Riley	hit wkt b Goodwin	0
R Bowden	not out	8
JEC McEwen	did not bat
+EH Edrich	did not bat
HN Dellow	did not bat
RW Biggar	did not bat
RC Carter	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 19 overs)	62
Fall of wickets:
1-20 (Carleton), 2-22 (Jenkins), 3-38 (Jack), 4-38 (Riley), 5-62 (Farrant, 19 ov)

Ashburton County bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Saunders	10	1	29	1	-	-
Goodwin	8	2	29	4	-	-
Moore	1	0	4	0	-	-

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Ashburton County second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DM Smith	b Jack	7
+IJ Griffiths	c Bowden b Dellow	45
HJ Cullen	c Carleton b Carter	16
CJ Harper	lbw b Dellow	1
CGL Smith	b Carter	1
SW Goodwin	b Dellow	15
*CJT Robertson	st Edrich b Carter	9
MJ Sullivan	b Dellow	11
EM Flaherty	st Edrich b Carter	7
AW Saunders	c Jenkins b Carter	0
LR Moore	not out	0
Extras	(5 b)	5
Total	(all out, 39 overs)	117
Fall of wickets:
1-15 (DM Smith), 2-56 (Cullen), 3-62 (Harper), 4-75, 5-75, 6-96, 7-102, 8-113, 9-117, 10-117 (39 ov)

South Canterbury bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Biggar	7	0	25	0	-	-
Jack	8	0	25	1	-	-
Carter	13	0	40	5	-	-
Dellow	11	2	22	4	-	-

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South Canterbury won the Richards Trophy