f43017 ps1029	Northern Districts v Central Districts
	Shell Trophy 1996/97
Venue	Trust Bank Park, Hamilton on 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 25th March 1997 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Central Districts won the toss and decided to field
Result	Central Districts won by 6 wickets
Points	Northern Districts 4; Central Districts 8
Umpires	MB Glenny, PR Williams
Close of play day 1	No play
Close of play day 2	No play
Close of play day 3	Central Districts (1) 34/2 (Spearman 17*, Howell 5*)

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Northern Districts first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*BA Pocock	c Hamilton b Sulzberger	69	84	96	10	-
MD Bell	c Sinclair b Bulfin	73	117	157	9	-
ME Parlane	c Austin b Sulzberger	37	55	71	5	-
MD Bailey	c Austin b Bulfin	0	1	1	-	-
GE Bradburn	c Sulzberger b Bulfin	0	3	3	-	-
DJ Nash	c Furlong b Hamilton	26	67	82	4	-
MN Hart	c Hamilton b West	60	71	105	10	-
JAF Yovich	b Furlong	0	6	5	-	-
+RG Hart	not out	33	54	71	3	-
AR Tait	c Austin b Walker	28	49	51	4	-
DR Tuffey	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 12 lb, 10 nb, 3 w)	27
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 83.5 overs)	353
Fall of wickets:
1-125, 2-189, 3-189, 4-189, 5-189, 6-272, 7-273, 8-303, 9-353 (83.5 ov)

Central Districts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bulfin	16	4	64	3	-	3
Hamilton	14	0	62	1	-	2
Walker	5.5	0	25	1	-	-
West	15	7	38	1	3	-
Furlong	14	0	83	1	-	-
Sulzberger	19	1	67	2	-	-

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Central Districts first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CM Spearman	not out	17	20	35	3	-
GP Sulzberger	c Parlane b Tuffey	6	17	13	-	-
MS Sinclair	lbw b Tait	3	7	10	-	-
LG Howell	not out	5	5	10	-	-
*MJ Greatbatch	did not bat
MDJ Walker	did not bat
RM West	did not bat
+E Austin	did not bat
CJM Furlong	did not bat
LJ Hamilton	did not bat
CE Bulfin	did not bat
Extras	(2 nb, 1 w)	3
Total	(2 wickets, declared, 8 overs)	34
Fall of wickets:
1-9 (Sulzberger), 2-18 (Sinclair)

Northern Districts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Tait	4	0	16	1	1	-
Tuffey	4	0	18	1	-	1

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Northern Districts second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*BA Pocock	did not bat
MD Bell	did not bat
ME Parlane	did not bat
MD Bailey	did not bat
GE Bradburn	did not bat
DJ Nash	did not bat
MN Hart	did not bat
JAF Yovich	did not bat
+RG Hart	did not bat
AR Tait	did not bat
DR Tuffey	did not bat
Innings Forfeited

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Central Districts second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CM Spearman	run out (Tuffey)	57	52	84	9	1
GP Sulzberger	c MN Hart b Tuffey	14	45	53	1	-
MS Sinclair	not out	99	208	250	18	-
LG Howell	c Bradburn b MN Hart	0	9	9	-	-
*MJ Greatbatch	c Bell b Yovich	72	131	152	10	1
MDJ Walker	not out	33	43	57	4	1
RM West	did not bat
+E Austin	did not bat
CJM Furlong	did not bat
LJ Hamilton	did not bat
CE Bulfin	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb, 40 nb, 4 w)	45
Total	(4 wickets, 78 overs)	320
Fall of wickets:
1-59 (Sulzberger), 2-92 (Spearman), 3-100 (Howell), 4-241 (Greatbatch)

Northern Districts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Tait	19	5	49	0	-	-
Tuffey	14	1	63	1	-	2
Yovich	10	1	57	1	-	10
Bradburn	18	4	77	0	4	-
MN Hart	15	2	61	1	-	8
Bailey	2	0	12	0	-	-

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Notes
--> RM West made his debut in First-Class matches
--> RM West made his debut in Plunket Shield matches
--> E Austin made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> E Austin made his last appearance in Plunket Shield matches
--> AR Tait (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 26

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Before play on the 4th day, Central Districts declared their 1st innings closed giving Northern Districts the 1st innings win, Northern Districts then forfeited their 2nd innings leaving Central Districts 320 to win outright in 110 overs.

 

 

 

 

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