misc829887	Canterbury XI v New Zealand XI
	Other matches in New Zealand 1941/42
Venue	Lancaster Park, Christchurch on 25th, 26th, 27th December 1941 (2-day match)
Balls per over	8
Players	Canterbury XI: 11; New Zealand XI: 12
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Match drawn
Close of play day 1	Canterbury XI (1) 296/7 (Stokes 45*; 59 overs)
Close of play day 2	Canterbury XI (2) 66/3 (Escott 17*; 13.4 overs)

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Canterbury XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
KFM Uttley	c Hadlee b Burtt	72			9	1
J Smith	b Andrews	64			6	1
FP O'Brien	b Andrews	8
FB Smith	c Dalley b Andrews	2
*WM Anderson	b Hadlee	59
VG Hill	b Andrews	6
DN Stokes	not out	49
RH Scott	c Cromb b Crawford	31		30	4	-
+E Pearce	c Hadlee b Andrews	16
E Mulcock	did not bat
HR Escott	did not bat
Extras		9
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 64.6 overs)	316
Fall of wickets:
1-126 (Uttley), 2-143 (J Smith), 3-? (FB Smith), 4-? (O'Brien), 5-158 (Hill), 6-247 (Anderson), 7-296 (Scott, 58.8 ov), 8-316 (Pearce, 64.6 ov)

New Zealand XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Andrews	19.6	1	71	5	-	-
Read	9	0	40	0	-	-
Cromb	9	0	53	0	-	-
Cunningham	6	0	45	0	-	-
Burtt	13	1	63	1	-	-
Hadlee	7	0	24	1	-	-
Crawford	1	0	11	1	-	-

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New Zealand XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
IB Cromb	c Escott b Anderson	93			9	-
IM Hamilton	b Scott	3
*WA Hadlee	c FB Smith b Scott	17
CJ Oliver	b Mulcock	2
CG Crawford	b Scott	8
+WC Dalley	b Scott	7
FA Smith	b Scott	0
S Andrews	c O'Brien b Mulcock	37		45
TB Burtt	c Uttley b Mulcock	31
WHR Cunningham	st Pearce b Anderson	6
RJ Read	b Anderson	12
JG Rankin	not out	2
Extras		13
Total	(all out, 54 overs)	231
Fall of wickets:
1-? (Hamilton), 2-? (Hadlee), 3-? (Oliver), 4-? (Crawford), 5-? (Dalley), 6-104 (Smith), 7-174, 8-?, 9-?, 10-?, 11-231 (54 ov)

Canterbury XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Scott	20	2	73	5	-	-
Mulcock	21	5	65	3	-	-
Escott	7	0	44	0	-	-
Anderson	3	0	23	3	-	-
Stokes	3	0	13	0	-	-

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Canterbury XI second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
J Smith	c Hamilton b Andrews	20
FB Smith	c and b Read	12
FP O'Brien	c Cromb b Andrews	14
HR Escott	not out	17
KFM Uttley	did not bat
*WM Anderson	did not bat
WJ Fitzsimmons	did not bat
TD Moynihan	did not bat
RH Scott	did not bat
+E Pearce	did not bat
E Mulcock	did not bat
Extras		3
Total	(3 wickets, 13.4 overs)	66
Fall of wickets:
1-? (FB Smith), 2-? (O'Brien), 3-66 (J Smith, 13.4 ov)

New Zealand XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Read	4	0	17	1	-	-
Andrews	6.4	1	25	2	-	-
Hadlee	2	0	10	0	-	-
Burtt	1	0	11	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for two days but extended to three.
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> Canterbury XI full substitute: WJ Fitzsimmons for VG Hill (from the third day)
--> Canterbury XI full substitute: TD Moynihan for DN Stokes (from the third day)

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KFM Uttley and J Smith put on 126 for the first wicket in the Canterbury XI first innings
With the match being extended to a third day VG Hill and DN Stokes were not available on that additional day
Rain prevented any play on the third day
The New Zealand XI was made up mainly of older ex-New Zealand players