misc31761	Auckland v Northern Districts
	Other matches in New Zealand 1953/54
Venue	Eden Park, Auckland on 10th, 11th, 12th December 1953 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Northern Districts won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Northern Districts won by 73 runs
Umpires	L Bay, FJ Rushton
Close of play day 1	Auckland (1) 64/4 (Coleman 9*, Postles 8*; 30 overs)
Close of play day 2	Northern Districts (2) 104/3 (Graham 58*, McCarroll 11*; 48 overs)

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Northern Districts first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
IE Wyatt	c and b Carrington	56
BN Graham	c and b Burke	20
JK Everest	lbw b Campbell	43
EL Child	lbw b Brooker	21
W McCarroll	b Brooker	2
D Stewart	b Brooker	0
*+EC Petrie	lbw b Burke	18
WT Goble	b Brooker	0
RG Fowler	b Campbell	8
BB Higgins	lbw b Burke	9
DB Clarke	not out	5
Extras	(16 b, 1 lb)	17
Total	(all out, 79.1 overs)	199
Fall of wickets:
1-33 (Graham), 2-121 (Everest), 3-149, 4-151, 5-151, 6-154, 7-156, 8-172, 9-188, 10-199 (79.1 ov)

Auckland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Campbell	20	5	55	2	-	-
Brooker	23	6	38	4	-	-
Burke	13.1	3	25	3	-	-
Carrington	19	3	51	1	-	-
Taylor	4	1	13	0	-	-

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Auckland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
KFJ Dwyer	b Child	2
JS Waddingham	c Fowler b Goble	17
DD Taylor	b Clarke	5
JB Morris	c Child b Higgins	14
DD Coleman	lbw b Child	51
BJ Postles	lbw b Clarke	48
+BJ Sorenson	b Clarke	7
VG Brooker	c McCarroll b Clarke	9
RM Carrington	b Child	4
*C Burke	not out	2
A Campbell	lbw b Child	4
Extras	(10 b, 10 lb)	20
Total	(all out, 75.4 overs)	183
Fall of wickets:
1-7 (Dwyer), 2-14 (Taylor), 3-35, 4-47, 5-124, 6-148, 7-160, 8-176, 9-176, 10-183 (75.4 ov)

Northern Districts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Clarke	28	7	56	4	-	-
Child	19.4	6	46	4	-	-
Fowler	12	2	24	0	-	-
Goble	9	3	22	1	-	-
Higgins	7	2	15	1	-	-

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Northern Districts second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
IE Wyatt	run out	0
BN Graham	b Campbell	92		248	10	-
JK Everest	c Taylor b Burke	26
EL Child	lbw b Burke	2
W McCarroll	c Postles b Campbell	18
*+EC Petrie	c Taylor b Carrington	0
D Stewart	b Burke	0
WT Goble	not out	13
RG Fowler	b Campbell	2
BB Higgins	lbw b Burke	1
DB Clarke	lbw b Campbell	1
Extras	(18 b, 1 nb)	19
Total	(all out, 90 overs)	174
Fall of wickets:
1-8 (Wyatt), 2-53 (Everest), 3-77 (Child), 4-114 (McCarroll), 5-121 (Petrie), 6-136 (Stewart), 7-164 (Graham), 8-166 (Fowler), 9-171 (Higgins), 10-174 (Clarke, 90 ov)

Auckland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Campbell	23	5	40	4	-	-
Brooker	24	7	38	0	-	-
Burke	26	12	31	4	-	-
Carrington	13	2	29	1	-	-
Taylor	4	1	17	0	-	-

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Auckland second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
KFJ Dwyer	b Child	8
JS Waddingham	b Clarke	11
DD Taylor	lbw b Child	2
JB Morris	b Child	0
DD Coleman	run out	57
BJ Postles	c Petrie b Clarke	11
+BJ Sorenson	lbw b Child	4
VG Brooker	run out	1
RM Carrington	not out	17
*C Burke	c Goble b Higgins	3
A Campbell	b Higgins	0
Extras	(3 lb)	3
Total	(all out, 48.5 overs)	117
Fall of wickets:
1-9 (Dwyer), 2-11 (Taylor), 3-11 (Morris), 4-35 (Waddingham), 5-61 (Postles), 6-68 (Sorenson), 7-70 (Brooker), 8-113 (Coleman), 9-117 (Burke), 10-117 (Campbell, 48.5 ov)

Northern Districts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Clarke	19	2	61	2	-	-
Child	15	7	30	4	-	-
Fowler	5	1	8	0	-	-
Goble	2	1	5	0	-	-
Higgins	7.5	1	10	2	-	-

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