f12193 ps68	Canterbury v Otago
	Plunket Shield 1927/28
Venue	Lancaster Park, Christchurch on 24th, 26th, 27th December 1927 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Otago won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Canterbury won by 4 wickets
Points	Canterbury 1; Otago 0
Umpires	W Butler, R Coleman
Close of play day 1	Canterbury (1) 161/5 (Page 24*)
Close of play day 2	Otago (2) 341/6 (Eastman 78*, Galland 9*)

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Otago first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WN Vorrath	c Page b Newman	11
LC Eastman	c and b Newman	38
JJM McMullan	b Page	10
RC Blunt	c Nixon b Merritt	85
RWH Cherry	b Merritt	1
+A Galland	b Merritt	8
VG Cavanagh	b Merritt	20
*AW Alloo	c Hayes b Read	4
AR Knight	not out	4
CJ Elmes	c and b Read	1
RC Torrance	lbw b Merritt	3
Extras	(16 b, 3 lb)	19
Total	(all out, 81.3 overs)	204
Fall of wickets:
1-51 (Eastman), 2-52 (Vorrath), 3-77 (McMullan), 4-86 (Cherry), 5-95 (Galland), 6-171 (Cavanagh), 7-192 (Blunt), 8-195 (Alloo), 9-199 (Elmes), 10-204 (Torrance, 81.3 ov)

Canterbury bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Read	21	5	38	2	-	-
Newman	26	5	43	2	-	-
Merritt	23.3	4	73	5	-	-
Page	11	3	31	1	-	-

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Canterbury first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JA Newman	b Eastman	5
GR Gregory	b Torrance	48
J Jacobs	c Cavanagh b Eastman	61
*ML Page	c Galland b Eastman	51
DC Nixon	c Galland b Torrance	5
AW Roberts	c and b Blunt	7
CJ Oliver	c and b Eastman	4
IM Hamilton	b Eastman	2
+WHJ Hayes	not out	13
WE Merritt	c Eastman b Alloo	9
RJ Read	c Vorrath b Alloo	7
Extras	(8 b, 6 lb)	14
Total	(all out, 101.5 overs)	226
Fall of wickets:
1-8 (Newman), 2-116 (Gregory), 3-122 (Jacobs), 4-140 (Nixon), 5-161 (Roberts), 6-180 (Oliver), 7-182 (Hamilton), 8-199 (Page), 9-215 (Merritt), 10-226 (Read, 101.5 ov)

Otago bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Eastman	42	11	78	5	-	-
Torrance	32	12	50	2	-	-
Blunt	14	2	46	1	-	-
Alloo	12.5	2	33	2	-	-
Knight	1	0	5	0	-	-

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Otago second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WN Vorrath	c Jacobs b Newman	5
AR Knight	b Page	57
JJM McMullan	c Hayes b Read	73
RC Blunt	c Hayes b Nixon	68
VG Cavanagh	b Merritt	25
LC Eastman	c Newman b Nixon	91
RWH Cherry	c Page b Newman	10
+A Galland	c Hayes b Nixon	15
*AW Alloo	lbw b Newman	16
CJ Elmes	lbw b Nixon	0
RC Torrance	not out	2
Extras	(6 b, 10 lb)	16
Total	(all out, 133.4 overs)	378
Fall of wickets:
1-15 (Vorrath), 2-124 (Knight), 3-159 (McMullan), 4-227 (Blunt), 5-278 (Cavanagh), 6-312 (Cherry), 7-355 (Galland), 8-360 (Eastman), 9-364 (Elmes), 10-378 (Alloo, 133.4 ov)

Canterbury bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Read	25	5	55	1	-	-
Newman	40.4	9	88	3	-	-
Merritt	31	4	88	1	-	-
Page	13	0	57	1	-	-
Nixon	24	2	74	4	-	-

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Canterbury second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GR Gregory	c Blunt b Eastman	18
IM Hamilton	b Alloo	29
J Jacobs	c McMullan b Alloo	69
*ML Page	c Knight b Alloo	19
JA Newman	not out	112
DC Nixon	c Eastman b Alloo	81
+WHJ Hayes	c Galland b Alloo	9
CJ Oliver	not out	0
AW Roberts	did not bat
WE Merritt	did not bat
RJ Read	did not bat
Extras	(18 b, 2 lb)	20
Total	(6 wickets, 110.3 overs)	357
Fall of wickets:
1-30 (Gregory), 2-52 (Hamilton), 3-92 (Page), 4-168 (Jacobs), 5-340 (Nixon), 6-356 (Hayes)

Otago bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Eastman	26	3	92	1	-	-
Torrance	31.3	6	67	0	-	-
Blunt	18	0	82	0	-	-
Alloo	28	4	74	5	-	-
Elmes	7	1	22	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for four days but completed in three.
--> WN Vorrath made his debut in Plunket Shield matches
--> WN Vorrath made his debut in First-Class matches
--> LC Eastman made his debut in Plunket Shield matches
--> VG Cavanagh made his debut in Plunket Shield matches
--> VG Cavanagh made his debut in First-Class matches
--> CJ Elmes made his debut in Plunket Shield matches
--> CJ Elmes made his debut in First-Class matches
--> JA Newman made his debut in Plunket Shield matches
--> J Jacobs made his debut in Plunket Shield matches
--> J Jacobs made his debut in First-Class matches
--> AW Roberts made his debut in First-Class matches
--> AW Roberts made his debut in Plunket Shield matches
--> LC Eastman (2) passed 3000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 21
--> AW Alloo (2) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 8
--> JA Newman (2) made his first century in Plunket Shield matches
--> DC Nixon (2) passed his previous highest score of 39 in Plunket Shield matches
--> DC Nixon (2) passed his previous highest score of 39 in First-Class matches
--> LC Eastman achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Plunket Shield matches in the Canterbury first innings
--> DC Nixon achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches when he dismissed A Galland in the Otago second innings (previous best was 1-28)
--> DC Nixon achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Plunket Shield matches when he dismissed A Galland in the Otago second innings (previous best was 1-28)

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