misc602824	Southland v Central Otago
	Other matches in New Zealand 1965/66
Venue	Queen's Park, Invercargill on 4th, 5th February 1966 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Match drawn
Close of play day 1	Southland (1) 179/6 (Vear 32*, Maxwell 10*; 56 overs)

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Central Otago first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JE Rolfe	c Maxwell b Vear	0
AF Paape	c Robertson b Vear	39
RI Long	c Thompson b Vear	0
SG McKnight	c Maxwell b Vear	10
OM Becker	c Barrie b Vear	17
DG Billcliff	c Thompson b Bickerstaff	4
R Shearer	c Barclay b Vear	3
AJ O'Connell	c Holloway b Bickerstaff	4
JAN Blakely	run out	3
PJ Petherick	b Vear	0
GS Harford	not out	2
Extras	(1 b, 4 nb)	5
Total	(all out, 50.2 overs)	87
Fall of wickets:
1-4 (Rolfe), 2-4 (Long), 3-35 (McKnight), 4-63, 5-69, 6-76, 7-78, 8-85, 9-85, 10-87 (50.2 ov)

Southland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Vear	25.2	15	27	7	-	-
Bickerstaff	18	7	32	2	-	-
Barclay	7	1	23	0	-	-

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Southland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RA Holloway	c Becker b Billcliff	3
KJ O'Connor	b Harford	15
+NR Thompson	b Billcliff	1
WA Robertson	c Rolfe b Petherick	89			12	1
LD Hollands	run out	13
DG Lloyd	c Shearer b Petherick	14
DJ Vear	c Shearer b Billcliff	32
RJ Maxwell	c O'Connell b Harford	15
J Barrie	c Becker b Billcliff	11
B Bickerstaff	not out	6
BW Barclay	b Harford	0
Extras	(3 lb)	3
Total	(all out, 66.4 overs)	202
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-20, 3-21, 4-80, 5-131, 6-140, 7-179, 8-195, 9-202, 10-202 (66.4 ov)

Central Otago bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Harford	27.4	13	33	3	-	-
Billcliff	23	3	79	4	-	-
Blakely	4	0	22	0	-	-
Long	4	0	23	0	-	-
Petherick	8	0	42	2	-	-

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Central Otago second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JE Rolfe	c Maxwell b Vear	26
AF Paape	c Vear b Barclay	33
RI Long	b Barclay	0
SG McKnight	lbw b Robertson	11
OM Becker	c Robertson b Lloyd	16
DG Billcliff	b Vear	42
JAN Blakely	c Maxwell b Barclay	3
R Shearer	c Vear b Robertson	0
AJ O'Connell	lbw b Bickerstaff	15
PJ Petherick	c Thompson b Vear	19
GS Harford	not out	2
Extras	(5 b, 1 lb)	6
Total	(all out, 97.5 overs)	173
Fall of wickets:
1-60, 2-60, 3-62, 4-86, 5-90, 6-108, 7-110, 8-143, 9-171, 10-173 (97.5 ov)

Southland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Vear	32.5	12	50	3	-	-
Bickerstaff	16	3	39	1	-	-
Barclay	20	4	35	3	-	-
Robertson	24	9	35	2	-	-
Lloyd	5	1	8	1	-	-

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Southland second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RA Holloway	c Becker b Billcliff	6
KJ O'Connor	b Harford	1
DJ Vear	c Harford b Billcliff	4
WA Robertson	b Billcliff	5
+NR Thompson	not out	7
LD Hollands	c Shearer b Billcliff	20
DG Lloyd	not out	3
RJ Maxwell	did not bat
J Barrie	did not bat
B Bickerstaff	did not bat
BW Barclay	did not bat
Extras	(1 b)	1
Total	(5 wickets, 8 overs)	47
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-11, 3-11, 4-27, 5-44

Central Otago bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Harford	4	1	14	1	-	-
Billcliff	4	0	32	4	-	-

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Southland had 30 minutes to score 59 runs to win the match outright