f12582 ps77	Otago v Auckland
	Plunket Shield 1928/29
Venue	Carisbrook, Dunedin on 31st December 1928, 1st, 2nd, 3rd January 1929 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Otago won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Otago 0; Auckland 0
Close of play day 1	Otago (1) 78/6 (Cavanagh 4*, Galland 5*)
Close of play day 2	No play
Close of play day 3	Auckland (1) 261/3 (Weir 36*, Allcott 2*)

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Otago first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AR Knight	st Rowntree b Bowley	19
HC Alloo	c Rowntree b Player	28
RC Blunt	c Rowntree b Player	9
LC Eastman	c Rowntree b Player	0
JV Leader	c Bowley b Player	7
*AW Alloo	c Player b Allcott	4
VG Cavanagh	c Horspool b Bowley	31
+A Galland	st Rowntree b Bowley	17
PG Monk	c Postles b Bowley	1
C Zimmerman	not out	39
CJ Elmes	lbw b Player	26
Extras	(5 b, 2 lb)	7
Total	(all out, 123.2 overs)	188
Fall of wickets:
1-36 (Knight), 2-53 (Blunt), 3-53 (Eastman), 4-60 (HC Alloo), 5-69 (AW Alloo), 6-71 (Leader), 7-106 (Galland), 8-110 (Monk), 9-133 (Cavanagh), 10-188 (Elmes, 123.2 ov)

Auckland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Dunning	24	6	50	0	-	-
Weir	1	0	4	0	-	-
Allcott	32	14	46	1	-	-
Player	43.2	27	31	5	-	-
Bowley	23	5	50	4	-	-

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Auckland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
EH Bowley	b Monk	75
JE Mills	b Eastman	114
AJ Postles	lbw b Blunt	13
GL Weir	not out	106
*CFW Allcott	b Eastman	6
HD Gillespie	c and b Eastman	43
PE Whitelaw	not out	0
E Horspool	did not bat
AS Player	did not bat
JA Dunning	did not bat
+RW Rowntree	did not bat
Extras	(22 b, 4 lb, 1 w)	27
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 119 overs)	384
Fall of wickets:
1-137 (Bowley), 2-193 (Postles), 3-253 (Mills), 4-265 (Allcott), 5-372 (Gillespie)

Otago bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Eastman	34	8	89	3	-	-
AW Alloo	21	2	72	0	-	-
Leader	3	2	3	0	-	-
Blunt	19	0	58	1	-	-
Monk	14	2	39	1	-	-
Elmes	5	0	30	0	-	-
Zimmerman	23	3	66	0	-	-

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Otago second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AR Knight	st Rowntree b Bowley	10
HC Alloo	c and b Allcott	24
RC Blunt	b Allcott	12
LC Eastman	not out	42
CJ Elmes	not out	5
JV Leader	did not bat
*AW Alloo	did not bat
VG Cavanagh	did not bat
+A Galland	did not bat
PG Monk	did not bat
C Zimmerman	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(3 wickets, 38.5 overs)	94
Fall of wickets:
1-28 (Knight), 2-40 (HC Alloo), 3-59 (Blunt)

Auckland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Dunning	4	0	15	0	-	-
Weir	12.5	2	26	0	-	-
Allcott	16	1	43	2	-	-
Player	4	2	3	0	-	-
Bowley	2	0	6	1	-	-

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Notes
--> JV Leader made his debut in Plunket Shield matches
--> JV Leader made his debut in first-class matches
--> JE Mills (1) passed his previous highest score of 89 in Plunket Shield matches
--> JE Mills (1) made his first century in Plunket Shield matches
--> GL Weir (1) passed his previous highest score of 27 in first-class matches
--> GL Weir (1) made his first century in first-class matches
--> GL Weir (1) passed his previous highest score of 27 in Plunket Shield matches
--> GL Weir (1) made his first century in Plunket Shield matches
--> EH Bowley reached 450 wickets in first-class matches when he dismissed AR Knight, his 1st wicket in the Otago second innings

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