f20293 ps207	Wellington v Central Districts
	Plunket Shield 1953/54
Venue	Basin Reserve, Wellington on 25th, 26th, 28th, 29th December 1953 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Wellington won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Wellington 2; Central Districts 4
Umpires	LG Clark, RG Currie
Close of play day 1	Wellington (1) 116/7 (Thomson 3*, Perkins 2*)
Close of play day 2	No play
Close of play day 3	Wellington (2) 20/1 (Vance 17*, Smith 0*)

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Wellington first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*RA Vance	c Turner b Beard	20
DW Crowe	c Colquhoun b Brian	17
KFH Smith	b Cave	27
DS St John	b Cave	8
JC Tynan	c Beard b Harford	13
FE Fisher	b Cave	18
JCA Thomson	b Brian	3
+TG McMahon	b Cave	0
WR Perkins	not out	7
JF Jones	b Brian	3
TS Malloch	b Beard	7
Extras	(7 b, 3 lb)	10
Total	(all out, 61.3 overs)	133
Fall of wickets:
1-41, 2-45, 3-54, 4-82, 5-109, 6-112, 7-114, 8-118, 9-124, 10-133 (61.3 ov)

Central Districts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Brian	19	7	32	3	-	-
Cave	22	7	36	4	-	-
Beard	13.3	5	25	2	-	-
Harford	4	1	11	1	-	-
Challies	3	0	19	0	-	-

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Central Districts first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AA Hunter	b Jones	54
EM Meuli	c McMahon b Fisher	3
JW Guy	c McMahon b Jones	55
BA Turner	b Jones	0
JHP Houghton	c McMahon b Thomson	1
NS Harford	c Tynan b Malloch	38
DD Beard	not out	81
*HB Cave	c Thomson b Jones	28
DE Brian	c Perkins b Tynan	1
+IA Colquhoun	b Malloch	6
RS Challies	not out	1
Extras	(7 b, 9 lb, 8 nb, 1 w)	25
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 102 overs)	293
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-112, 3-118, 4-123, 5-138, 6-203, 7-275, 8-277, 9-289

Wellington bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jones	26	9	55	4	-	-
Fisher	25	6	65	1	-	-
Malloch	21	2	59	2	-	-
Thomson	23	7	62	1	-	-
Perkins	4	0	16	0	-	-
Tynan	3	0	11	1	-	-

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Wellington second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*RA Vance	c Turner b Cave	46
DW Crowe	lbw b Cave	3
KFH Smith	not out	141
DS St John	b Challies	38
JC Tynan	run out	29
FE Fisher	c Harford b Cave	31
JCA Thomson	c Challies b Harford	0
WR Perkins	lbw b Challies	2
+TG McMahon	did not bat
JF Jones	did not bat
TS Malloch	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 14 lb, 1 nb)	21
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 105.4 overs)	311
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-65, 3-132, 4-185, 5-196, 6-212, 7-311 (105.4 ov)

Central Districts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Brian	18	1	61	0	-	-
Cave	23.4	5	62	3	-	-
Beard	25	7	60	0	-	-
Harford	14	5	24	1	-	-
Challies	21	2	73	2	-	-
Meuli	4	1	10	0	-	-

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Central Districts second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AA Hunter	run out	16
EM Meuli	not out	58
JW Guy	b Jones	41
BA Turner	run out	1
NS Harford	b Jones	5
DD Beard	b Jones	0
DE Brian	b Jones	0
+IA Colquhoun	c Vance b Malloch	1
*HB Cave	not out	1
JHP Houghton	did not bat
RS Challies	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	9
Total	(7 wickets, 28 overs)	132
Fall of wickets:
1-33, 2-115, 3-116, 4-125, 5-125, 6-125, 7-130

Wellington bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jones	10	0	39	4	-	-
Fisher	5	1	22	0	-	-
Malloch	8	0	33	1	-	-
Thomson	5	0	29	0	-	-

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Notes
--> DW Crowe made his debut in First-Class matches
--> DW Crowe made his debut in Plunket Shield matches
--> KFH Smith made his debut in Plunket Shield matches
--> KFH Smith made his debut in First-Class matches
--> JCA Thomson made his debut in Plunket Shield matches
--> JCA Thomson made his debut in First-Class matches
--> TG McMahon made his debut in Plunket Shield matches
--> TG McMahon made his debut in First-Class matches
--> TS Malloch made his debut in Plunket Shield matches
--> TS Malloch made his debut in First-Class matches
--> JW Guy made his debut in Plunket Shield matches
--> JW Guy made his debut in First-Class matches
--> JHP Houghton made his debut in First-Class matches
--> JHP Houghton made his debut in Plunket Shield matches
--> NS Harford made his debut in Plunket Shield matches
--> NS Harford made his debut in First-Class matches
--> DE Brian made his debut in Plunket Shield matches
--> IA Colquhoun made his debut in First-Class matches
--> IA Colquhoun made his debut in Plunket Shield matches
--> DD Beard (1) passed his previous highest score of 52 in First-Class matches
--> DD Beard (1) passed his previous highest score of 52 in Plunket Shield matches
--> KFH Smith (2) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> KFH Smith (2) made his first century in Plunket Shield matches
--> JC Tynan (2) passed his previous highest score of 21 in First-Class matches
--> JC Tynan (2) passed his previous highest score of 21 in Plunket Shield matches
--> DE Brian made his debut for Central Districts in First-Class matches
--> DE Brian achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Wellington first innings (previous best was 1-87)
--> JF Jones equalled his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Central Districts second innings
--> JF Jones equalled his best innings bowling analysis in Plunket Shield matches in the Central Districts second innings
--> JF Jones completed a hat-trick in the Central Districts second innings (Harford, Beard, Brian)

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