f21185 ps234	Central Districts v Canterbury
	Plunket Shield 1955/56
Venue	McLean Park, Napier on 20th, 21st, 23rd January 1956 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Canterbury won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Canterbury won by 16 runs
Points	Central Districts 0; Canterbury 8
Umpires	FW Gilligan, C Matson
Close of play day 1	Central Districts (1) 70/5 (Beard 22*, Kivell 3*)
Close of play day 2	Canterbury (2) 136/4 (Chapple 39*, Dowker 25*)

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Canterbury first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BA Bolton	b Beard	0
JW D'Arcy	c Bowden b Blair	9
GG Coull	c Meuli b Blair	6
BA Haworth	c Smith b Blair	30
ME Chapple	st Colquhoun b Beard	29
*RT Dowker	c Colquhoun b Blair	12
+SC Guillen	lbw b Beard	63
GN Gearry	b Beard	5
IM Sinclair	c Simpson b Beard	13
SM Cameron	b Blair	0
MW Jack	not out	0
Extras	(3 b, 4 lb, 1 w)	8
Total	(all out, 69.1 overs)	175
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-18, 3-19, 4-64, 5-84, 6-101, 7-135, 8-170, 9-175, 10-175 (69.1 ov)

Central Districts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Blair	24	5	75	5	-	-
Beard	30.1	15	33	5	-	-
Small	5	0	19	0	-	-
Spence	6	0	33	0	-	-
Smith	4	2	7	0	-	-

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Central Districts first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
EM Meuli	c sub b Sinclair	19
*DW Bowden	c Dowker b Sinclair	19
KFH Smith	c Gearry b Sinclair	0
R Simpson	lbw b Sinclair	0
BA Turner	c Haworth b Coull	4
DS Kivell	c D'Arcy b Coull	21
DV Spence	c Bolton b Cameron	8
DD Beard	not out	70
RW Blair	c Dowker b Coull	4
+IA Colquhoun	b Cameron	2
AG Small	st Guillen b Sinclair	0
Extras	(10 b, 1 lb, 1 nb)	12
Total	(all out, 118.4 overs)	159
Fall of wickets:
1-30, 2-34, 3-34, 4-39, 5-43, 6-119, 7-124, 8-148, 9-156, 10-159 (118.4 ov)

Canterbury bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cameron	22	11	14	2	-	-
Gearry	22	10	18	0	-	-
Sinclair	42.4	21	65	5	-	-
Coull	18	9	26	3	-	-
Jack	14	5	24	0	-	-

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Canterbury second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BA Bolton	c Meuli b Blair	7
JW D'Arcy	c Colquhoun b Spence	22
GG Coull	st Colquhoun b Spence	15
BA Haworth	b Beard	18
ME Chapple	c Colquhoun b Blair	49
*RT Dowker	lbw b Beard	60
+SC Guillen	b Beard	30
GN Gearry	c Turner b Beard	14
IM Sinclair	lbw b Blair	19
SM Cameron	not out	3
MW Jack	retired hurt	0
Extras	(11 b, 5 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	18
Total	(all out, 107 overs)	255
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-31, 3-58, 4-88, 5-152, 6-212, 7-221, 8-244, 9-252

Central Districts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Blair	31	12	55	3	-	-
Beard	44	22	67	4	-	-
Small	3	0	5	0	-	-
Spence	17	1	72	2	-	-
Smith	10	2	28	0	-	-
Meuli	2	0	10	0	-	-

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Central Districts second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
EM Meuli	b Sinclair	41
*DW Bowden	lbw b Coull	21
KFH Smith	lbw b Gearry	13
R Simpson	run out	56
DS Kivell	c Guillen b Cameron	34
DD Beard	c Sinclair b Cameron	12
BA Turner	c Sinclair b Gearry	35
RW Blair	b Coull	12
DV Spence	c and b Coull	14
+IA Colquhoun	c Gearry b Coull	7
AG Small	not out	0
Extras	(7 b, 3 lb)	10
Total	(all out, 84.1 overs)	255
Fall of wickets:
1-30, 2-70, 3-80, 4-138, 5-156, 6-198, 7-227, 8-235, 9-247, 10-255 (84.1 ov)

Canterbury bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cameron	19	3	48	2	-	-
Gearry	29	6	53	2	-	-
Sinclair	16	1	73	1	-	-
Coull	17.1	5	58	4	-	-
Chapple	3	0	13	0	-	-

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Notes
--> R Simpson made his debut in Plunket Shield matches
--> R Simpson made his debut in First-Class matches
--> AG Small made his debut in Plunket Shield matches
--> AG Small made his debut in First-Class matches
--> SM Cameron made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> SM Cameron made his last appearance in Plunket Shield matches
--> BA Turner made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> BA Turner made his last appearance in Plunket Shield matches
--> DS Kivell made his last appearance in Plunket Shield matches
--> AG Small made his last appearance in Plunket Shield matches
--> AG Small made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> ME Chapple (2) passed 1000 runs in Plunket Shield matches when he reached 20
--> ME Chapple (2) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 5
--> DS Kivell (2) passed his previous highest score of 26 in First-Class matches
--> DS Kivell (2) passed his previous highest score of 26 in Plunket Shield matches
--> GG Coull achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Central Districts first innings (previous best was 0-9)
--> GG Coull achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Plunket Shield matches in the Central Districts first innings (previous best was 0-9)
--> DD Beard reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Canterbury second innings
--> GG Coull achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Central Districts second innings (previous best was 3-26)
--> GG Coull achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Plunket Shield matches in the Central Districts second innings (previous best was 3-26)
--> MW Jack retired hurt in the Canterbury second innings having scored 0 (team score 255/9)

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