misc602225	Southland v Wellington XI
	Other matches in New Zealand 1956/57
Venue	Queen's Park, Invercargill on 29th, 30th January 1957 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Wellington XI won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Wellington XI won by an innings and 76 runs
Close of play day 1	Southland (2) 27/2 (Payne 13*, NR Thompson 7*; 13 overs)

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Wellington XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BW Sinclair	c Gilbertson b LR Thompson	9
AH Preston	c LR Thompson b Alabaster	28
JEF Beck	c Alabaster b LR Thompson	45
*RA Vance	c Gill b Hill	47
EW Dempster	c Alabaster b LR Thompson	11
GT McConnell	not out	21
AJ Cook	c NR Thompson b Hill	8
JG Ashenden	c McDermott b Hill	4
+WM Curtis	c NR Thompson b Alabaster	3
BD Morrison	c Alabaster b Hill	12
RW Blair	did not bat
Extras	(10 b, 5 lb, 3 nb)	18
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 203 minutes, 74.4 overs)	206
Fall of wickets:
1-24 (Sinclair), 2-57 (Preston), 3-119, 4-130, 5-160, 6-178, 7-182, 8-188, 9-206 (74.4 ov)

Southland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
EC Morton	8	1	13	0	-	-
LR Thompson	16	6	43	3	-	-
Hill	29.4	5	71	4	-	-
Alabaster	21	7	61	2	-	-

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Southland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+JA Gill	c Beck b Blair	17
SG Morton	lbw b Blair	1
ID Payne	c Sinclair b Blair	2
NR Thompson	c Dempster b Blair	3
AW Gilbertson	c Curtis b Dempster	12
WA Cochrane	lbw b Blair	0
DG McDermott	b Blair	0
*JC Alabaster	run out	6
EC Morton	c Ashenden b Dempster	0
J Hill	not out	0
LR Thompson	c Ashenden b Dempster	0
Extras	(3 lb)	3
Total	(all out, 96 minutes, 27.3 overs)	44
Fall of wickets:
1-11 (SG Morton), 2-13 (Payne), 3-20 (NR Thompson), 4-29 (Gill), 5-35 (Cochrane), 6-35 (McDermott), 7-43, 8-43, 9-44, 10-44 (27.3 ov)

Wellington XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Blair	14	7	22	6	-	-
Morrison	8	2	18	0	-	-
Dempster	5.3	5	1	3	-	-

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Southland second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SG Morton	b Morrison	0
+JA Gill	c and b Morrison	5
ID Payne	c Beck b Ashenden	20
NR Thompson	c and b Morrison	16
AW Gilbertson	b Cook	9
WA Cochrane	c Beck b Morrison	0
DG McDermott	c Morrison b McConnell	5
*JC Alabaster	b Cook	10
EC Morton	b Beck	12
J Hill	not out	1
LR Thompson	c Cook b Beck	0
Extras		8
Total	(all out, 127 minutes, 42.3 overs)	86
Fall of wickets:
1-3 (SG Morton), 2-6 (Gill), 3-42, 4-44, 5-44, 6-56, 7-66, 8-75, 9-86, 10-86 (42.3 ov)

Wellington XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Morrison	12	4	20	4	-	-
Cook	10	6	17	2	-	-
Ashenden	9	5	15	1	-	-
McConnell	6	3	15	1	-	-
Sinclair	3	0	11	0	-	-
Beck	2.3	2	0	2	-	-

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JG Ashenden, the Manager of the Wellington Plunket Shield team that had just played Otago in Dunedin, played in this match. Ashenden had played 16 First-Class matches between 1935/36 and 1944/45 including one for New Zealand against Sir Julien Cahn's XI in 1938/39.