f27072 ps404	Canterbury v Northern Districts
	Plunket Shield 1967/68
Venue	Lancaster Park, Christchurch on 28th, 29th December 1967 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Canterbury won by an innings and 24 runs
Points	Canterbury 10; Northern Districts 0
Umpires	PWC Prosser, AH Smail
Close of play day 1	Northern Districts (1) 38/1 (Horton 18*, Guy 19*)

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Canterbury first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CL Bull	c Mountain b Andersen	12
*GT Dowling	c Mountain b Smith	145
JW Burtt	c Horton b Puna	14
BF Hastings	b Smith	39
K Thomson	run out	5
RW Anderson	lbw b Andersen	1
RC Motz	c Schuster b Smith	9
+JT Ward	b Puna	9
JM McIntyre	c Guy b Smith	18
RC Merrin	c Guy b Puna	25
NA Huxford	not out	17
Extras	(2 b, 4 lb, 7 nb)	13
Total	(all out, 116.5 overs)	307
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-57, 3-139, 4-152, 5-155, 6-162, 7-208, 8-262, 9-266, 10-307 (116.5 ov)

Northern Districts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Andersen	30	10	81	2	-	-
Smith	25	7	67	4	-	-
Giles	11	7	13	0	-	-
Puna	28.5	6	72	3	-	-
Carson	4	0	21	0	-	-
Stone	15	3	39	0	-	-
Horton	3	2	1	0	-	-

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Northern Districts first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MJ Horton	c Ward b Motz	19
GA Rose	b Motz	0
JW Guy	b Huxford	25
*HT Schuster	lbw b Motz	4
GV Giles	b McIntyre	9
JR Carson	b Motz	0
PD Stone	b Merrin	19
+LS Mountain	c Ward b Motz	1
N Puna	not out	3
LD Andersen	b Merrin	5
JD Smith	c Ward b Merrin	0
Extras	(1 lb, 2 nb)	3
Total	(all out, 44.2 overs)	88
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-45, 3-47, 4-60, 5-60, 6-64, 7-73, 8-82, 9-88, 10-88 (44.2 ov)

Canterbury bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Motz	17	9	30	5	-	-
Huxford	13	5	31	1	-	-
McIntyre	10	5	14	1	-	-
Merrin	4.2	2	10	3	-	-

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Northern Districts second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MJ Horton	c and b McIntyre	84
GA Rose	c Burtt b Huxford	12
JW Guy	c Anderson b Huxford	4
*HT Schuster	c Ward b Motz	1
GV Giles	b Motz	0
JR Carson	b McIntyre	52
PD Stone	c Ward b Burtt	6
+LS Mountain	c and b Huxford	0
N Puna	c Burtt b Merrin	17
LD Andersen	c Ward b Huxford	0
JD Smith	not out	11
Extras	(5 lb, 3 nb)	8
Total	(all out, 74.5 overs)	195
Fall of wickets:
1-19, 2-39, 3-46, 4-46, 5-142, 6-157, 7-157, 8-169, 9-170, 10-195 (74.5 ov)

Canterbury bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Motz	6	1	16	2	-	-
Huxford	19	8	39	4	-	-
McIntyre	24	11	28	2	-	-
Merrin	12.5	3	46	1	-	-
Burtt	13	4	58	1	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> LD Andersen made his last appearance in Plunket Shield matches
--> LD Andersen made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> GT Dowling (1) passed 5500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 25
--> JW Burtt (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 7
--> RC Merrin (1) passed his previous highest score of 24 in First-Class matches
--> RC Merrin (1) passed his previous highest score of 24 in Plunket Shield matches
--> JW Guy (1) passed 2000 runs in Plunket Shield matches when he reached 14
--> MJ Horton (2) passed his previous highest score of 36 in Plunket Shield matches
--> JD Smith achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Canterbury first innings (previous best was 3-53)
--> JD Smith achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Plunket Shield matches in the Canterbury first innings (previous best was 3-53)
--> NA Huxford reached 50 wickets in Plunket Shield matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Northern Districts first innings
--> RC Merrin achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Plunket Shield matches in the Northern Districts first innings (previous best was 1-10)

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