misc602142	Southland v Riverina
	Riverina in New Zealand 1955/56
Venue	Queen's Park, Invercargill on 7th, 9th January 1956 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Southland won by 64 runs
Close of play day 1	Southland (2) 55/1 (Shirley 33*, Gilbertson 10*; 19 overs)

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Southland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*+CV Shirley	run out	5
SG Morton	c Rudd b Lawrence	31		52
AW Gilbertson	b G Brewster	0
DG McDermott	c Murphy b G Brewster	0
GW Kitson	lbw b G Brewster	0
AR Wills	b G Brewster	0
GT Murray	b Bower	10
KS Semmens	c J Brewster b Lawrence	6
EC Morton	not out	14
J Hill	lbw b Bower	4
LR Thompson	b Rudd	2
Extras	(5 b, 4 lb, 1 nb)	10
Total	(all out, 100 minutes, 34.2 overs)	82
Fall of wickets:
1-16 (Shirley), 2-25 (Gilbertson), 3-29 (McDermott), 4-32 (Kitson), 5-41, 6-41, 7-52, 8-61, 9-67, 10-82 (34.2 ov)

Riverina bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Whiticker	3	2	6	0	-	-
Lawrence	13	5	33	2	-	-
G Brewster	10	5	17	4	-	-
Rudd	4.2	1	5	1	-	-
Bower	4	2	11	2	-	-

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Riverina first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
J Brewster	not out	75		195
P Leahy	b EC Morton	10
FJ Smith	b EC Morton	2
L Rudd	c Kitson b EC Morton	2
R Bower	c Kitson b Semmens	20
*L Whiticker	c SG Morton b Semmens	4
W Mackay	c and b Hill	0
G Lawrence	st Shirley b Semmens	6
+TJ Murphy	b Semmens	0
G Brewster	b Semmens	3
JG Cudmore	c Kitson b Thompson	21
Extras	(2 b, 1 lb, 1 nb)	4
Total	(all out, 69.4 overs)	147
Fall of wickets:
1-19 (Leahy), 2-23 (Smith), 3-25 (Rudd), 4-57 (Bower), 5-65 (Whiticker), 6-65 (Mackay), 7-74 (Lawrence), 8-80 (Murphy), 9-96 (G Brewster), 10-147 (Cudmore, 69.4 ov)

Southland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
EC Morton	20	6	39	3	-	-
Thompson	7.4	2	17	1	-	-
Hill	22	5	46	1	-	-
Gilbertson	2	0	4	0	-	-
Semmens	15	5	23	5	-	-
Murray	3	0	14	0	-	-

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Southland second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SG Morton	c Murphy b Rudd	12
*+CV Shirley	c Murphy b Lawrence	53
AW Gilbertson	c +J Brewster b G Brewster	39
DG McDermott	c Lawrence b Mackay	54
GW Kitson	st +J Brewster b G Brewster	3
GT Murray	c Rudd b Mackay	75		105	11	-
EC Morton	lbw b Rudd	9
AR Wills	c and b Mackay	1
KS Semmens	b Rudd	3
J Hill	lbw b Mackay	5
LR Thompson	not out	1
Extras	(5 b, 1 lb)	6
Total	(all out, 244 minutes, 91.5 overs)	261
Fall of wickets:
1-27 (SG Morton), 2-84 (Shirley), 3-115 (Gilbertson), 4-125 (Kitson), 5-212 (McDermott), 6-235 (EC Morton), 7-246 (Wills), 8-253 (Semmens), 9-259, 10-261 (91.5 ov)

Riverina bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lawrence	12	3	40	1	-	-
G Brewster	23	6	50	2	-	-
Mackay	22.5	2	73	4	-	-
Rudd	29	6	82	3	-	-
Bower	5	0	10	0	-	-

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Riverina second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
J Brewster	c Wills b EC Morton	8
P Leahy	c Shirley b Semmens	41
*L Whiticker	c Thompson b Semmens	26
R Bower	c Semmens b Hill	20
L Rudd	c and b Hill	1
G Lawrence	lbw b Semmens	11
W Mackay	c and b Hill	11
+TJ Murphy	c Kitson b Hill	8
G Brewster	lbw b Hill	0
JG Cudmore	c Hill b Semmens	0
FJ Smith	not out	0
Extras	(6 b)	6
Total	(all out, 140 minutes, 47 overs)	132
Fall of wickets:
1-20 (J Brewster), 2-70 (Leahy), 3-82 (Whiticker), 4-85 (Rudd), 5-110, 6-112, 7-131, 8-131, 9-132, 10-132 (47 ov)

Southland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
EC Morton	12	4	28	1	-	-
Hill	23	7	62	5	-	-
Semmens	12	2	36	4	-	-

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J Brewster kept wicket in the Southland second innings