misc30200	Taranaki v Melbourne Cricket Club
	Melbourne Cricket Club in New Zealand 1926/27
Venue	Pukekura Park, New Plymouth on 18th, 19th February 1927 (2-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Taranaki won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	[unknown], E Sarten
Close of play day 1	Melbourne Cricket Club (1) 67/1 (Onyons 45*, Jewell 11*)

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Taranaki first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
C Lash	c WW Armstrong b Ebeling	5
OM Nasmith	c WW Armstrong b Johnstone	94
HW Monaghan	c Ransford b TG Armstrong	60
*+CN Kingstone	b TG Armstrong	9
J Cheevers	b Ebeling	11
HJ Grayson	c Onyons b Johnstone	7
CG Bottrill	c Onyons b Ebeling	15
GF Court	lbw b Ebeling	1
HM Dykes	b Ebeling	6
EC Cole	not out	24
GW Haughton	c Jewell b TG Armstrong	17
Extras	(4 b, 4 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	10
Total	(all out, 70.1 overs)	259
Fall of wickets:
1-21, 2-136, 3-173, 4-179, 5-190, 6-194, 7-196, 8-210, 9-215, 10-259 (70.1 ov)

Melbourne Cricket Club bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ebeling	15	1	32	5	-	-
Ransford	11	0	40	0	-	-
Wood	6	0	28	0	-	-
TG Armstrong	15.1	1	62	3	-	-
Johnstone	21	3	83	2	-	-
Rodgerson	2	0	6	0	-	-

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Melbourne Cricket Club first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BA Onyons	c Dykes b Bottrill	48
HCA Sandford	c Kingstone b Cole	9
+RS Jewell	st Kingstone b Bottrill	21
RS Rodgerson	st Kingstone b Cole	5
RG Johnstone	c and b Cole	2
VS Ransford	c Haughton b Cole	5
TG Armstrong	c Grayson b Cole	41
PB Wood	b Cole	75			5	8
*WW Armstrong	lbw b Cole	33
EP Dakin	not out	6
HI Ebeling	c sub (K Fookes) b Bottrill	1
Extras	(1 b, 3 lb)	4
Total	(all out, 72.3 overs)	250
Fall of wickets:
1-27, 2-81, 3-84, 4-87, 5-93, 6-94, 7-195, 8-231, 9-249, 10-250 (72.3 ov)

Taranaki bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cole	33	6	86	7	-	-
Haughton	13	0	63	0	-	-
Bottrill	23.3	6	67	3	-	-
Dykes	2	0	24	0	-	-
Monaghan	1	0	7	0	-	-

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Taranaki second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
C Lash	lbw b Ebeling	2
OM Nasmith	b Ebeling	2
HW Monaghan	b TG Armstrong	8
GW Haughton	b TG Armstrong	5
J Cheevers	b Ransford	41
HJ Grayson	b Ebeling	7
*+CN Kingstone	c TG Armstrong b Rodgerson	16
CG Bottrill	c Ebeling b Ransford	26
HM Dykes	c Sandford b Ransford	1
EC Cole	not out	19
GF Court	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 3 lb)	5
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 34 overs)	132
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-5, 3-16, 4-19, 5-44, 6-71, 7-94, 8-99, 9-132 (34 ov)

Melbourne Cricket Club bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ebeling	11	0	33	3	-	-
TG Armstrong	11	2	47	2	-	-
Ransford	7	2	26	3	-	-
Rodgerson	5	0	20	1	-	-

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Melbourne Cricket Club second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HCA Sandford	c Cole b Bottrill	0
RS Rodgerson	c Haughton b Dykes	3
EP Dakin	not out	26
BA Onyons	did not bat
+RS Jewell	did not bat
RG Johnstone	did not bat
VS Ransford	did not bat
TG Armstrong	did not bat
PB Wood	did not bat
*WW Armstrong	did not bat
HI Ebeling	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb)	2
Total	(2 wickets, 12 overs)	31
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-31 (12 ov)

Taranaki bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bottrill	4	1	9	1	-	-
Haughton	6	2	11	0	-	-
Dykes	2	0	10	1	-	-

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Notes
--> Bowling in the Taranaki first innings adds 2 runs over
--> Bowling in the Melbourne Cricket Club first innings adds 1 run over
--> Bowling in the Taranaki second innings adds 1 run under
--> Bowling in the Melbourne Cricket Club second innings adds 1 run over
--> OM Nasmith retired ill in the Taranaki first innings having scored 80 (team score 116/1) - he returned when the score was 0/0

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Taranaki debuts: GF Court, H Dykes and GW Haughton