Played on a wicket that was soft as the result of too much rain the North Otago-Mid Canterbury match at the week-end, produced interesting cricket.

The visitors in their first essay were all out for 64. J.R. Reid and Ellis both using the wicket to the best advantage, indeed the first three wickets fell to Reid with consecutive balls. None of the visitors looked comfortable against a skilled attack. In the second innings Mid-Canterbury made 72 of which the opener, Griffiths, got 33 by stubborn batting. Whyte and Geddes gave North Otago a fairly good start although the latter found difficulty in penetrating the field. Reid showed that should be done by sending his first seven scoring shots to the boundary, mainly by powerful drives of the back foot. He reached his half century, including three sixes, in quick time before he was caught at mid-off from the bowling of Price, who looked the most dangerous element in the visitors attack. Whyte and Kerr both had difficulty in their timing early, but made their runs well later.

Short Scorecard(s)

Representative - Hawke Cup - Zone Series

Ashburton County vs North Otago at Waitaki BHS, Oamaru
Ashburton County 64 ( D. Plumb 18, E.J. Wainscott 12, J.R. Reid 8-24, K. Ellis 2-22 ) & 72 ( I.J. Griffins 33, J.R. Reid 5-27, M.F. Sandri 5-41 )
North Otago 158 ( J.R. Reid 51, J.S. White 24, W.B. Kerr 24, A.D. Long 21, McCormick 5-27, Griffiths 3-25, Price 2-33 )
North Otago won by an innings and 22 runs
Full scorecard for the match