f29438 ps477	Central Districts v Northern Districts
	Plunket Shield 1972/73
Venue	Horton Park, Blenheim on 24th, 25th, 26th December 1972 (3-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Central Districts won the toss and decided to field
Result	Central Districts won by 8 wickets
Points	Central Districts 18 (Batting 3, Bowling 5); Northern Districts 3 (Bowling 3)
Umpires	BA Bricknell, DF Collinge
Close of play day 1	Central Districts (1) ?/4 (Neal ?*, Schofield ?*)
Close of play day 2	Northern Districts (2) 105/5 (Dunning 33*, Puna 6*)

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Northern Districts first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JW Guy	c Schofield b Jordan	12
DP Lloyd	c Coutts b Jordan	0
JM Parker	c O'Sullivan b Cairns	36
*B Dunning	lbw b Howell	27
ADG Roberts	lbw b Cairns	10
JH Blackmore	c Coutts b Cairns	2
J Freeman	b O'Sullivan	18
+LS Mountain	c Coutts b O'Sullivan	11
A Puna	c Payton b O'Sullivan	10
EK Gillott	b Howell	7
H Unka	not out	1
Extras	(3 lb)	3
Total	(all out, 42.5 overs)	137
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-28, 3-58, 4-86, 5-88, 6-88, 7-113, 8-124, 9-135, 10-137 (42.5 ov)

Central Districts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jordan	11	0	41	2	-	-
Cairns	15	3	51	3	-	-
Howell	10.5	1	37	2	-	-
O'Sullivan	6	4	5	3	-	-

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Central Districts first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PJC Coutts	c Parker b Gillott	46
DH Payton	c Roberts b Dunning	29
HC Sampson	c Roberts b Puna	30
*MJF Shrimpton	c Blackmore b Dunning	1
DW Neal	lbw b Unka	32
+RM Schofield	lbw b Puna	26
IR Snook	not out	72
DR O'Sullivan	c Puna b Freeman	20
BL Cairns	c Lloyd b Freeman	33
AB Jordan	did not bat
JH Howell	did not bat
Extras	(4 lb, 9 nb)	13
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 77.6 overs)	302
Fall of wickets:
1-53, 2-92, 3-93, 4-129, 5-153, 6-202, 7-249, 8-302 (77.6 ov)

Northern Districts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Unka	17	0	72	1	-	-
Freeman	10.6	0	54	2	-	-
Dunning	9	4	26	2	-	-
Puna	20	2	87	2	-	-
Gillott	19	6	47	1	-	-
Parker	1	1	0	0	-	-
Roberts	1	0	3	0	-	-

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Northern Districts second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JW Guy	c and b Jordan	7
DP Lloyd	b Cairns	32
JM Parker	b Cairns	2
ADG Roberts	c Neal b Jordan	9
*B Dunning	c Shrimpton b O'Sullivan	142
JH Blackmore	c Schofield b Howell	11
A Puna	lbw b Cairns	6
J Freeman	b Howell	14
+LS Mountain	c Schofield b Shrimpton	8
EK Gillott	run out	4
H Unka	not out	8
Extras	(6 b, 1 lb, 2 nb)	9
Total	(all out, 75.3 overs)	252
Fall of wickets:
1-30, 2-35, 3-48, 4-50, 5-96, 6-117, 7-192, 8-240, 9-240, 10-252 (75.3 ov)

Central Districts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jordan	16	1	69	2	-	-
Cairns	20	6	58	3	-	-
Howell	14	2	52	2	-	-
O'Sullivan	14	5	34	1	-	-
Shrimpton	11.3	3	30	1	-	-

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Central Districts second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PJC Coutts	not out	29
DH Payton	c Mountain b Puna	37
HC Sampson	c Parker b Gillott	0
*MJF Shrimpton	not out	15
DW Neal	did not bat
+RM Schofield	did not bat
IR Snook	did not bat
DR O'Sullivan	did not bat
BL Cairns	did not bat
AB Jordan	did not bat
JH Howell	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 3 nb)	7
Total	(2 wickets, 21.1 overs)	88
Fall of wickets:
1-68, 2-69

Northern Districts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Unka	5	2	6	0	-	-
Freeman	4	1	20	0	-	-
Puna	6	2	36	1	-	-
Gillott	6.1	1	19	1	-	-

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Notes
--> Day 3 Lunch: Northern Districts (2) ?/?
--> Central Districts score at 65 overs in the first innings was 208-6
--> JM Parker made his debut in Plunket Shield matches
--> J Freeman made his debut in Plunket Shield matches
--> J Freeman made his debut in First-Class matches
--> IR Snook made his debut in Plunket Shield matches
--> DR O'Sullivan made his debut in Plunket Shield matches
--> BL Cairns made his debut in Plunket Shield matches
--> DH Payton (1) passed 1000 runs in Plunket Shield matches when he reached 25
--> IR Snook (1) passed his previous highest score of 28 in First-Class matches
--> B Dunning (2) passed his previous highest score of 131 in Plunket Shield matches
--> B Dunning (2) passed his previous highest score of 131 in First-Class matches
--> B Dunning (2) passed 2500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 109
--> JM Parker made his debut for Northern Districts in First-Class matches
--> DR O'Sullivan made his debut for Central Districts in First-Class matches
--> BL Cairns made his debut for Central Districts in First-Class matches
--> IR Snook made his debut for Central Districts in First-Class matches
--> JM Parker made his debut in New Zealand in First-Class matches
--> DR O'Sullivan made his debut in New Zealand in First-Class matches
--> BL Cairns achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Northern Districts first innings (previous best was 1-48)

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