misc602118	Southland v Wellington
	Other matches in New Zealand 1954/55
Venue	Queen's Park, Invercargill on 17th, 18th January 1955 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Southland won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Wellington won by 8 wickets
Umpires	GR Ayres, T Blain
Close of play day 1	Wellington (1) 209/8 (Vance 58*, Morrison 11*; 64 overs)

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Southland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JA Gill	b Reid	36
GS Noble	b Morrison	3
DG McDermott	c Barton b McKeown	9
NR Thompson	c Vance b Reid	58		109	6	3
IG Gilbertson	c Barton b Blair	8
AR Wills	b Morrison	3
JC Alabaster	c McMahon b Miller	0
SG Richardson	c McKeown b Reid	26
*GWF Overton	not out	1
EC Morton	b Morrison	0
L Ward	c McKeown b Morrison	2
Extras	(9 b)	9
Total	(all out, 59.1 overs)	155
Fall of wickets:
1-39, 2-39, 3-71, 4-98, 5-106, 6-109, 7-147, 8-151, 9-153, 10-155 (59.1 ov)

Wellington bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Blair	11	4	24	1	-	-
Reid	22	8	40	3	-	-
Morrison	17.1	11	21	4	-	-
McKeown	5	0	37	1	-	-
Miller	4	0	24	1	-	-

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Wellington first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FLH Mooney	c and b Overton	14
DS St John	lbw b Alabaster	35		49	6	-
JEF Beck	c Noble b Overton	8
LSM Miller	lbw b Overton	0
PT Barton	b Alabaster	11
*JR Reid	c Alabaster b Morton	31
RA Vance	not out	58			3	3
+TG McMahon	c and b Morton	5
RW Blair	c Overton b Alabaster	29
BD Morrison	not out	11
JA McKeown	did not bat
Extras	(7 b)	7
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 64 overs)	209
Fall of wickets:
1-44, 2-51, 3-52, 4-69, 5-75, 6-117, 7-133, 8-178

Southland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Morton	16	4	44	2	-	-
Ward	5	1	22	0	-	-
Overton	19	8	30	3	-	-
Alabaster	24	0	106	3	-	-

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Southland second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JA Gill	retired hurt	5
GS Noble	c McKeown b Morrison	5
DG McDermott	b Morrison	2
NR Thompson	c Reid b Miller	56
IG Gilbertson	c McKeown b Miller	28
JC Alabaster	run out	26
AR Wills	c St John b Miller	13
SG Richardson	run out	10
*GWF Overton	not out	3
EC Morton	c Vance b Miller	0
L Ward	run out	1
Extras	(1 lb, 2 nb)	3
Total	(all out, 52.2 overs)	152
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-23, 3-77, 4-112, 5-132, 6-146, 7-146, 8-148, 9-152 (52.2 ov)

Wellington bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Blair	10	5	14	0	-	-
Morrison	17	7	27	2	-	-
Reid	6	1	24	0	-	-
McKeown	7	0	32	0	-	-
Miller	8	0	43	4	-	-
Vance	3	0	8	0	-	-
Mooney	1.2	0	1	0	-	-

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Wellington second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FLH Mooney	c Alabaster b Morton	1
DS St John	c McDermott b Alabaster	44		33	6	2
JEF Beck	not out	57		44	5	3
PT Barton	not out	9
LSM Miller	did not bat
*JR Reid	did not bat
RA Vance	did not bat
+TG McMahon	did not bat
RW Blair	did not bat
BD Morrison	did not bat
JA McKeown	did not bat
Extras	(2 b)	2
Total	(2 wickets, 50 minutes, 16 overs)	113
Fall of wickets:
1-2 (Mooney), 2-68 (St John)

Southland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Overton	4	0	28	0	-	-
Morton	2	0	14	1	-	-
Alabaster	5	0	23	1	-	-
Gilbertson	4	0	30	0	-	-
Richardson	1	0	16	0	-	-

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Notes
--> Wellington batted on after winning

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At 5.25pm on the first day, Reid declared Wellington's first innings closed on 167 for 7 but after a 10-minute discussion in the dressing room, the innings was resumed because a playing condition did not allow a declaration within 100 minutes of the end of the first day in a 2-day game.
The morning session on the second day was lost to rain so Reid then declared Wellington's first innings closed.
Wellington had hit the winning runs off the third ball of Richardson's over but play continued for the rest of the over with Beck hitting the last 2 balls for 6.