North Otago Holds Initiative Against Central
Llew Johnson and Ben Donkers perpare to go bat.
Saturday, 4 January 1958

Although North Otago, at one stage had six wickets down for 60 in the annual match against Central Otago at Oamaru yesterday, the later batsmen took the total to 167, and the spin bowlers gave the imitative to North Otago by taking five wickets for 82 runs.

Short Scorecard(s)

Representative - Hawke Cup - Zone Series

Central Otago vs North Otago at Waitaki BHS, Oamaru
North Otago 167 ( J.S. White 47, R. Hannam 29, G. Cowles 27, K. Ellis 26, P. Wright 15, McKnight 4-38, Hills 2-56 ) & 133-6dec ( G. Cowles 51, W.B. Kerr 32, P. Wright 22, Dunn 3-33, Hills 2-84 )
Central Otago 129 ( S.G. McKnight 31, K. Faulks 20no, E. Hills 19, S. Dunn 15, T. Graham 15, D. Buttar 11, K. Ellis 4-42, G. Cowles 2-23, W. Wardle 2-23 ) & 109-9 ( D. Buttar 20, J. Flannery 19, O. Becker 15, M. Blakely 14, T. Graham 14no, M.F. Sandri 3-19, W. Wardle 3-25, G. Cowles 2-36 )
First innings win to North Otago
Full scorecard for the match

-Oamaru Mail correspondent

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