f13376 ps91	Otago v Canterbury
	Plunket Shield 1930/31
Venue	Carisbrook, Dunedin on 23rd, 24th January 1931 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Canterbury won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Canterbury won by 279 runs
Points	Otago 0; Canterbury 8
Umpires	WP Butler, AD Downes
Close of play day 1	Otago (1) 48/7 (Cavanagh 6*, Dickinson 1*)

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Canterbury first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JL Kerr	b Cameron	44
IM Hamilton	b Dickinson	24
AW Roberts	c and b Blunt	4
RO Talbot	c Moloney b Dickinson	4
*ML Page	lbw b Dickinson	10
IB Cromb	c Shepherd b Dickinson	59
J Jacobs	lbw b Blunt	2
SG Lester	c Dickinson b Dunning	41
WE Merritt	b Dickinson	2
+N Dorreen	not out	18
RJ Read	b Dickinson	2
Extras	(11 b, 5 lb, 2 nb)	18
Total	(all out, 107 overs)	228
Fall of wickets:
1-77 (Kerr), 2-79 (Hamilton), 3-83 (Roberts), 4-87 (Talbot), 5-97 (Page), 6-100 (Jacobs), 7-178 (Cromb), 8-188 (Merritt), 9-222 (Lester), 10-228 (Read, 107 ov)

Otago bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Dickinson	28	11	45	6	-	-
Badcock	16	8	17	0	-	-
Dunning	22	12	28	1	-	-
Blunt	26	5	63	2	-	-
Coupland	6	2	8	0	-	-
Cameron	7	2	20	1	-	-
Moloney	2	0	29	0	-	-

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Otago first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RWH Cherry	c Hamilton b Talbot	1
JSF Shepherd	lbw b Talbot	3
RC Blunt	c Dorreen b Read	6
DAR Moloney	b Merritt	2
*JA Dunning	b Cromb	18
DS Cameron	b Merritt	6
VG Cavanagh	b Merritt	6
FT Badcock	lbw b Merritt	0
GR Dickinson	b Read	7
RW Coupland	c Jacobs b Read	6
+W Hawksworth	not out	8
Extras		8
Total	(all out, 31 overs)	71
Fall of wickets:
1-6 (Cherry), 2-11 (Shepherd), 3-15 (Blunt), 4-35 (Moloney), 5-35 (Dunning), 6-45 (Cameron), 7-47 (Badcock), 8-48 (Cavanagh), 9-58 (Dickinson), 10-71 (Coupland, 31 ov)

Canterbury bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Read	12	3	32	3	-	-
Talbot	7	3	9	2	-	-
Merritt	8	2	14	4	-	-
Cromb	4	2	8	1	-	-

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Canterbury second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JL Kerr	c Hawksworth b Dickinson	9
IM Hamilton	lbw b Badcock	0
AW Roberts	c Hawksworth b Dickinson	1
RO Talbot	lbw b Dickinson	0
*ML Page	c Blunt b Badcock	9
IB Cromb	lbw b Badcock	69
J Jacobs	c Blunt b Dunning	2
SG Lester	not out	34
WE Merritt	b Dunning	31
+N Dorreen	lbw b Coupland	18
RJ Read	c and b Coupland	0
Extras	(18 b, 1 lb, 1 nb)	20
Total	(all out, 67.4 overs)	193
Fall of wickets:
1-5 (Hamilton), 2-8 (Roberts), 3-8 (Talbot), 4-11 (Kerr), 5-27 (Page), 6-53 (Jacobs), 7-103 (Cromb), 8-149 (Merritt), 9-193 (Dorreen), 10-193 (Read, 67.4 ov)

Otago bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Dickinson	22	10	54	3	-	-
Badcock	17	2	62	3	-	-
Dunning	14	4	20	2	-	-
Blunt	9	1	18	0	-	-
Coupland	2.4	0	8	2	-	-
Cameron	3	1	11	0	-	-

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Otago second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RWH Cherry	b Merritt	13
JSF Shepherd	c Merritt b Read	8
*JA Dunning	lbw b Merritt	27
GR Dickinson	c Dorreen b Merritt	1
RC Blunt	b Cromb	6
DAR Moloney	b Merritt	15
VG Cavanagh	run out	1
FT Badcock	b Cromb	0
RW Coupland	b Merritt	0
DS Cameron	not out	0
+W Hawksworth	b Merritt	0
Extras		0
Total	(all out, 37.3 overs)	71
Fall of wickets:
1-11 (Shepherd), 2-43 (Cherry), 3-45 (Dickinson), 4-54 (Dunning), 5-56 (Blunt), 6-65 (Cavanagh), 7-65 (Badcock), 8-66 (Coupland), 9-71 (Moloney), 10-71 (Hawksworth, 37.3 ov)

Canterbury bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Read	8	1	23	1	-	-
Talbot	5	3	4	0	-	-
Merritt	13.3	3	23	6	-	-
Cromb	11	3	21	2	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for four days but completed in two.
--> DS Cameron made his debut in Plunket Shield matches
--> DS Cameron made his debut in First-Class matches
--> RW Coupland made his debut in Plunket Shield matches
--> RW Coupland made his debut in First-Class matches
--> N Dorreen made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> N Dorreen made his last appearance in Plunket Shield matches
--> JSF Shepherd made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> JSF Shepherd made his last appearance in Plunket Shield matches
--> DS Cameron made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> DS Cameron made his last appearance in Plunket Shield matches
--> IB Cromb (1) passed his previous highest score of 58 in First-Class matches
--> IB Cromb (1) passed his previous highest score of 58 in Plunket Shield matches
--> IB Cromb (2) passed his previous highest score of 59 in Plunket Shield matches
--> IB Cromb (2) passed his previous highest score of 59 in First-Class matches
--> WE Merritt achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Plunket Shield matches when he dismissed W Hawksworth in the Otago second innings (previous best was 5-48)
--> WE Merritt achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Otago second innings (previous best was 6-38)

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