misc28154	Marlborough v Fiji
	Fiji in New Zealand 1953/54
Venue	Horton Park, Blenheim on 3rd, 4th February 1954 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Marlborough won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Fiji won by 9 wickets
Umpires	GNH Gillett, JD Laird
Close of play day 1	Fiji (1) 93/7 (Mara 0*; 31 overs)

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Marlborough first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Fisher	c Apted b Simmons	2
JR Barnett	b Mara	6
B Thompson	c Tuiyau b Mara	11
*AJ Neal	c Freeman b Kavuru	43		89
+AJ McGuire	lbw b Simmons	8
RM Jarrett	b Simmons	13		35
D McIntyre	b Loganimoce	4
RE Harding	b Simmons	0	1	1	-	-
G Drylie	b Kavuru	1
RB Neal	c Bula b Mara	3
TR Neal	not out	12
Extras	(5 b, 2 lb)	7
Total	(all out, 165 minutes, 51.5 overs)	110
Fall of wickets:
1-2 (Fisher), 2-21, 3-22, 4-58, 5-88, 6-88, 7-88, 8-89, 9-92, 10-110 (51.5 ov)

Fiji bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Simmons	18	7	35	4	-	-
Mara	13	6	15	3	-	-
Loganimoce	8.5	4	20	1	-	-
Moku	4	0	18	0	-	-
Kavuru	7	3	12	2	-	-
Uluiviti	1	0	3	0	-	-

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Fiji first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
U Moku	b AJ Neal	1
M Bogisa	b AJ Neal	7
+NN Tuiyau	b RB Neal	17
NM Uluiviti	b RB Neal	17
WW Apted	b TR Neal	32
IL Bula	c RB Neal b Drylie	5
DL Freeman	lbw b TR Neal	7
*KKT Mara	c Jarrett b TR Neal	0
E Loganimoce	c Fisher b TR Neal	14
MF Simmons	b Drylie	14
N Kavuru	not out	7
Extras	(10 b, 1 lb, 1 nb)	12
Total	(all out, 43.5 overs)	133
Fall of wickets:
1-1 (Moku), 2-12 (Bogisa), 3-34 (Tuiyau), 4-45 (Uluiviti), 5-82 (Bula), 6-86 (Apted), 7-93 (Freeman, 30.6 ov), 8-94 (Mara), 9-119, 10-133 (43.5 ov)

Marlborough bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
TR Neal	14	1	46	4	-	-
AJ Neal	13	4	31	2	-	-
RB Neal	8	1	25	2	-	-
Drylie	8.5	1	19	2	-	-

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Marlborough second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RM Jarrett	b Mara	4
JR Barnett	lbw b Mara	1
B Thompson	lbw b Simmons	6
*AJ Neal	b Simmons	2
+AJ McGuire	c Tuiyau b Mara	9
B Fisher	b Loganimoce	25
D McIntyre	b Mara	1
RE Harding	b Simmons	15
G Drylie	b Loganimoce	2
RB Neal	b Loganimoce	21
TR Neal	not out	0
Extras	(3 b, 2 lb)	5
Total	(all out, 105 minutes, 34.3 overs)	91
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-5, 3-13, 4-14, 5-32, 6-45, 7-50, 8-52, 9-88, 10-91 (34.3 ov)

Fiji bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Mara	17	7	29	4	-	-
Simmons	9.3	2	20	3	-	-
Loganimoce	8	2	37	3	-	-

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Fiji second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+NN Tuiyau	b Jarrett	29
WW Apted	not out	25
U Moku	not out	7
NM Uluiviti	did not bat
M Bogisa	did not bat
IL Bula	did not bat
DL Freeman	did not bat
*KKT Mara	did not bat
E Loganimoce	did not bat
MF Simmons	did not bat
N Kavuru	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 7 lb)	9
Total	(1 wicket, 76 minutes, 25.4 overs)	70
Fall of wickets:
1-52 (Tuiyau)

Marlborough bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
TR Neal	8	3	17	0	-	-
AJ Neal	6	1	14	0	-	-
Drylie	3	1	5	0	-	-
RB Neal	4.4	0	20	0	-	-
Jarrett	4	1	5	1	-	-

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Notes
--> Marlborough first innings: 50 in 68 minutes
--> Marlborough first innings: 100 in 140 minutes

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