misc632223	Southland v Otago XI
	Other matches in New Zealand 1947/48
Venue	Showgrounds, Invercargill on 27th, 29th March 1948 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Otago XI won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Southland won by 1 wicket
Umpires	AJ Hamilton, J Payne
Close of play day 1	Southland (1) 105/6 (Gibson 0*, CI Overton 4*)

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Otago XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
L Watt	b O'Grady	10
RH Robinson	b GWF Overton	12
AW Roberts	c CI Overton b Cutler	15
SN McGregor	b GWF Overton	35
LA Milnes	b Cutler	10
DS St John	b O'Grady	3
+GH Mills	b O'Grady	7
*LD Smith	hit wkt b Gibson	42
AM Moir	st CV Shirley b Gibson	37
WS Haig	not out	7
FW Stanley	c and b LT Shirley	1
Extras	(7 b, 1 lb)	8
Total	(all out, 80.1 overs)	187
Fall of wickets:
1-23, 2-23, 3-58, 4-73, 5-82, 6-93, 7-105, 8-177, 9-186, 10-187 (80.1 ov)

Southland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
GWF Overton	26	11	38	2	-	-
O'Grady	21	4	40	3	-	-
Cutler	16	1	50	2	-	-
Giles	11	1	30	0	-	-
LT Shirley	4.1	0	11	1	-	-
Gibson	2	0	10	2	-	-

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Southland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
IG Gilbertson	b Stanley	1
AW Gilbertson	run out	41
*ASH Cutler	b Robinson	35
+CV Shirley	c Haig b Robinson	13
JA Gill	c Smith b Robinson	0
PS Giles	c Smith b Robinson	6
DG Gibson	c St John b Robinson	10
CI Overton	b Robinson	7
LT Shirley	st Mills b Robinson	5
GWF Overton	st Mills b Robinson	0
NF O'Grady	not out	0
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb)	5
Total	(all out, 56.4 overs)	123
Fall of wickets:
1-4 (IG Gilbertson), 2-73 (Cutler), 3-89 (CV Shirley), 4-93 (Gill), 5-101 (AW Gilbertson), 6-101 (Giles), 7-112 (CI Overton), 8-122, 9-123, 10-123 (56.4 ov)

Otago XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Stanley	14	3	23	1	-	-
Roberts	9	1	13	0	-	-
Smith	14	4	23	0	-	-
Robinson	18.4	3	57	8	-	-
Moir	1	0	2	0	-	-

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Otago XI second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
L Watt	c Gill b O'Grady	2
AM Moir	run out	6
WS Haig	c IG Gilbertson b Gibson	11
SN McGregor	c Cutler b Gibson	1
AW Roberts	c CI Overton b O'Grady	32
LA Milnes	b GWF Overton	3
DS St John	b GWF Overton	4
+GH Mills	b O'Grady	9
RH Robinson	st CV Shirley b Gibson	11
*LD Smith	hit wkt b Gibson	5
FW Stanley	not out	1
Extras	(1 b)	1
Total	(all out, 53.5 overs)	86
Fall of wickets:
1-5 (Watt), 2-12 (Moir), 3-17 (McGregor), 4-28 (Haig), 5-33 (Milnes), 6-49 (St John), 7-59 (Roberts), 8-69 (Mills), 9-83 (Smith), 10-86 (Robinson, 53.5 ov)

Southland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
GWF Overton	21	10	23	2	-	-
O'Grady	13	5	17	3	-	-
Gibson	13.5	1	36	4	-	-
Giles	6	3	9	0	-	-

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Southland second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PS Giles	b Roberts	41
AW Gilbertson	b Robinson	18
*ASH Cutler	run out	45
+CV Shirley	c Haig b Robinson	1
DG Gibson	b Robinson	1
IG Gilbertson	c Robinson b Roberts	2
JA Gill	c Smith b Robinson	6
CI Overton	st Mills b Robinson	16
LT Shirley	b Roberts	0
GWF Overton	not out	6
NF O'Grady	not out	8
Extras	(7 b, 1 lb)	8
Total	(9 wickets, 64.2 overs)	152
Fall of wickets:
1-31 (AW Gilbertson), 2-81 (Giles), 3-86 (CV Shirley), 4-93 (Gibson), 5-113 (IG Gilbertson), 6-119, 7-124, 8-128, 9-142

Otago XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Roberts	29	10	25	3	-	-
Robinson	27.2	3	94	5	-	-
Stanley	4	0	11	0	-	-
Moir	4	1	14	0	-	-

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Notes
--> Day 1 Lunch: Otago XI (1) 88/5 (McGregor 33*, Mills ?*)
--> Southland first innings: 100 in 110 minutes
--> Southland second innings: 100 in 100 minutes

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