Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Gordon Leggat	c Moir b Overton	110	-	-	-	-	-
Ray Emery	b Stanley	0	-	-	-	-	-
Zin Harris	c †Mills b Overton	18	-	-	-	-	-
Murray Chapple	c Gilbertson b Smith	79	-	-	-	-	-
Matt Poore	c Watson b Moir	5	-	-	-	-	-
Brun Smith (c)	b Moir	0	-	-	-	-	-
Tony MacGibbon	c Flaws b Overton	28	-	-	-	-	-
Alan Britton †	b Smith	11	-	-	-	-	-
Tom Burtt	b Moir	29	-	-	-	-	-
Johnny Hayes	b Sutcliffe	19	-	-	-	-	-
Kenneth McNicholl	not out	0	-	-	-	-	-
Extras	(b 6, lb 4)	10
Total	104.3 Ov (RR: 2.95)	309
Fall of wickets: 1-4, 2-29, 3-175, 4-192, 5-192, 6-247, 7-258, 8-260, 9-307, 10-309

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Guy Overton	27	6	73	3	2.70	-	-	-
Frederick Stanley	18	4	54	1	3.00	-	-	-
Lankford Smith	25	9	41	2	1.64	-	-	-
Alex Moir	27	2	97	3	3.59	-	-	-
Bert Sutcliffe	7.3	1	34	1	4.53	-	-	-

Otago 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Bert Sutcliffe	b Poore	385	-	461	46	3	-
Les Watt	c Smith b Hayes	19	-	-	-	-	-
William Haig	lbw b Hayes	0	-	-	-	-	-
Tom Flaws	b Burtt	4	-	-	-	-	-
Eric Watson	c Smith b Burtt	12	-	-	-	-	-
George Mills †	lbw b McNicholl	12	-	-	-	-	-
Lankford Smith (c)	lbw b McNicholl	8	-	-	-	-	-
Alan Gilbertson	c Leggat b Burtt	29	-	-	-	-	-
Alex Moir	lbw b Poore	0	-	-	-	-	-
Frederick Stanley	not out	2	-	-	-	-	-
Guy Overton	st †Britton b Poore	0	-	-	-	-	-
Extras	(b 12, lb 16, nb 1)	29
Total	142.5 Ov (RR: 3.50)	500
Fall of wickets: 1-61, 2-61, 3-103, 4-218, 5-272, 6-300, 7-482, 8-483, 9-500, 10-500

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Johnny Hayes	9	2	20	2	2.22	-	-	-
Kenneth McNicholl	16	2	92	2	5.75	-	-	-
Murray Chapple	28	6	81	0	2.89	-	-	-
Tony MacGibbon	20	1	76	0	3.80	-	-	-
Tom Burtt	43	10	88	3	2.04	-	-	-
Zin Harris	9	2	37	0	4.11	-	-	-
Matt Poore	13.5	1	48	3	3.46	-	-	-
Ray Emery	4	0	29	0	7.25	-	-	-

Canterbury 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Gordon Leggat	c †Mills b Stanley	14	-	-	-	-	-
Ray Emery	c Haig b Overton	14	-	-	-	-	-
Zin Harris	c †Mills b Overton	0	-	-	-	-	-
Murray Chapple	c Sutcliffe b Smith	2	-	-	-	-	-
Matt Poore	c Flaws b Stanley	8	-	-	-	-	-
Brun Smith (c)	c Flaws b Overton	11	-	-	-	-	-
Tony MacGibbon	c Flaws b Smith	5	-	-	-	-	-
Alan Britton †	b Moir	10	-	-	-	-	-
Tom Burtt	c Haig b Stanley	8	-	-	-	-	-
Johnny Hayes	c Haig b Watson	5	-	-	-	-	-
Kenneth McNicholl	not out	6	-	-	-	-	-
Extras	(b 15)	15
Total	44.1 Ov (RR: 2.21)	98
Fall of wickets: 1-16, 2-26, 3-29, 4-44, 5-60, 6-65, 7-65, 8-87, 9-87, 10-98

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Guy Overton	14	7	25	3	1.78	-	-	-
Frederick Stanley	14	9	22	3	1.57	-	-	-
Lankford Smith	11	5	21	2	1.90	-	-	-
Alex Moir	2	1	4	1	2.00	-	-	-
Bert Sutcliffe	2	0	5	0	2.50	-	-	-
Eric Watson	1.1	0	6	1	5.14	-	-	-

Close of Play

Thu, 25 Dec - day 1 - Canterbury 1st innings 233/5 (Gordon Leggat 104*, Tony MacGibbon 18*)

Fri, 26 Dec - day 2 - Otago 1st innings 284/5 (Bert Sutcliffe 215*, Lankford Smith 5*)

Sat, 27 Dec - day 3 - Canterbury 2nd innings 91/9 (Johnny Hayes 4*, Kenneth McNicholl 0*)

Sun, 28 Dec - rest day

Mon, 29 Dec - day 4 - Canterbury 2nd innings 98 (44.1 ov) - end of match

Match Details

Lancaster Park, Christchurch
Toss	no toss
Series	Plunket Shield
Season	1952/53
Match days	day (4-day match)
Umpires	Cyril Crowson Thomas Garbutt
Points	Otago 8, Canterbury 0

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Canterbury Innings

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
GWF Overton	14	7	25	3	1.78
FW Stanley	14	9	22	3	1.57
LD Smith	11	5	21	2	1.9
AM Moir	2	1	4	1	2
B Sutcliffe	2	0	5	0	2.5
EA Watson	1.1	0	6	1	5.14

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