misc632222	South Canterbury v Ashburton County
	Other matches in New Zealand 1947/48
Venue	High School Ground, Timaru on 13th March 1948 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	South Canterbury won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	[unknown], E Cox

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South Canterbury first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JEC McEwen	c Harper b Doig	33
NJ Riley	run out	1
R Bowden	c Griffiths b Ashworth	0
T Gallagher	b Ashworth	0
NH Gould	run out	15
SR Askey	c Wall b Moore	24
G Annear	st Griffiths b Doig	83
LC Walker	c Doig b Wall	20
+JP Lang	c Jordan b Wall	3
RW Biggar	b Jordan	40
LG Taylor	not out	9
Extras	(19 b, 5 lb, 1 nb)	25
Total	(all out, 52.3 overs)	253
Fall of wickets:
1-2 (Riley), 2-9 (Bowden), 3-19 (Gallagher), 4-45, 5-79, 6-91, 7-137, 8-149, 9-225, 10-253 (52.3 ov)

Ashburton County bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ashworth	17	2	52	2	-	-
Jordan	5	0	34	1	-	1
Wall	8	0	36	2	-	-
Doig	3.3	0	29	2	-	-
Moore	7	0	33	1	-	-
Harper	6	0	28	0	-	-
Zouch	6	1	16	0	-	-

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Ashburton County first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
IS Gosnell	st Lang b Gould	21
IM Hamilton	c Biggar b Gould	83
WS Ashworth	b Taylor	56
HJ Jordan	c Lang b Bowden	15
CR Price	run out	1
MG Wall	not out	51			8	1
+IJ Griffiths	not out	8
JC Doig	did not bat
LR Moore	did not bat
CJ Harper	did not bat
PL Zouch	did not bat
Extras	(24 b, 4 lb)	28
Total	(5 wickets, 59 overs)	263
Fall of wickets:
1-36 (Gosnell), 2-163 (Hamilton), 3-185 (Ashworth), 4-187 (Price), 5-214 (Jordan)

South Canterbury bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Biggar	15	3	59	0	-	-
Gould	12	2	47	2	-	-
McEwen	3	0	14	0	-	-
Taylor	16	5	53	1	-	-
Bowden	13	1	62	1	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for two days but completed in one.

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G Annear and RW Biggar added 76 in 32 minutes for the ninth wicket in the South Canterbury first innings
IM Hamilton and WS Ashworth added 127 for the second wicket in the Ashburton County first innings