misc31765	Canterbury XI v New Zealand Universities
	Other matches in New Zealand 1953/54
Venue	Hagley Oval, Christchurch on 20th, 21st April 1954 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Canterbury XI won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Canterbury XI won by 25 runs
Close of play day 1	New Zealand Universities (1) 57/1 (Alabaster 23*, Hamilton 12*; 17 overs)

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Canterbury XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*JG Leggat	run out	89			10	-
IA Baxter	c Croucher b Thomson	30		85
JF Collins	c Harris b Alabaster	0
J Davies	c Morris b Uluiviti	21
AF Wright	b Harris	24
SW Goodwin	st Croucher b Thomson	19
IM Sinclair	c Thomson b Alabaster	45			5	1
TD Gibson	c McEwan b Thomson	35			7	-
N Collender	not out	2
HN Dellow	b Thomson	0
+EP Fuller	st Croucher b Alabaster	2
Extras	(11 b, 4 lb, 1 w)	16
Total	(all out, 79.5 overs)	283
Fall of wickets:
1-89 (Baxter), 2-90 (Collins), 3-123 (Davies), 4-151 (Leggat), 5-185 (Wright), 6-209 (Goodwin), 7-278, 8-280, 9-280, 10-283 (79.5 ov)

New Zealand Universities bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Blewden	17	6	47	0	-	-
Uluiviti	19	6	62	1	-	-
McEwan	8	1	33	0	-	-
Alabaster	13.5	0	58	3	-	-
Thomson	17	5	46	4	-	-
Harris	5	1	21	1	-	-

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New Zealand Universities first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JE Scott	c and b Gibson	16
GD Alabaster	c Collins b Wright	45
BG Hamilton	b Goodwin	68			6	-
*PGZ Harris	run out	4
JB Morris	b Goodwin	58			9	-
DN MacLeod	lbw b Dellow	4
JCA Thomson	not out	15
JM McEwan	lbw b Gibson	10
NM Uluiviti	c and b Gibson	0
+JM Croucher	lbw b Gibson	2
RJ Blewden	not out	2
Extras	(14 b, 11 lb, 2 nb)	27
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 92.2 overs)	251
Fall of wickets:
1-37 (Scott), 2-114 (Alabaster), 3-118 (Harris), 4-209, 5-220, 6-222, 7-244, 8-244, 9-246

Canterbury XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Dellow	34.2	7	72	1	-	-
Gibson	18	3	53	4	-	-
Sinclair	13	5	22	0	-	-
Goodwin	16	4	32	2	-	-
Wright	8	4	17	1	-	-
Collender	3	0	29	0	-	-

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Canterbury XI second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JF Collins	c Croucher b Uluiviti	5
J Davies	c Uluiviti b Alabaster	38
TD Gibson	st Croucher b Thomson	15
N Collender	c Alabaster b Thomson	14
+EP Fuller	not out	7
IM Sinclair	c and b Thomson	1
*JG Leggat	did not bat
IA Baxter	did not bat
AF Wright	did not bat
SW Goodwin	did not bat
HN Dellow	did not bat
Extras	(1 b)	1
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 19.1 overs)	81
Fall of wickets:
1-7 (Collins), 2-45 (Gibson), 3-67, 4-79, 5-81 (19.1 ov)

New Zealand Universities bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Blewden	1	0	6	0	-	-
Uluiviti	4	0	23	1	-	-
Alabaster	9	1	34	1	-	-
Thomson	5.1	0	17	3	-	-

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New Zealand Universities second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JE Scott	c and b Sinclair	2
NM Uluiviti	b Dellow	0
*PGZ Harris	b Sinclair	37			6	1
JB Morris	b Dellow	0
GD Alabaster	st Fuller b Sinclair	3
JM McEwan	b Sinclair	7
JCA Thomson	b Dellow	4
DN MacLeod	c Collender b Dellow	5
+JM Croucher	b Sinclair	7
BG Hamilton	run out	13
RJ Blewden	not out	0
Extras	(8 b, 2 lb)	10
Total	(all out, 13.4 overs)	88
Fall of wickets:
1-1 (Uluiviti), 2-5 (Scott), 3-6 (Morris), 4-11 (Alabaster), 5-33 (McEwan), 6-52, 7-60, 8-64, 9-84, 10-88 (13.4 ov)

Canterbury XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Dellow	7	0	56	4	-	-
Sinclair	6.4	0	22	5	-	-

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Notes
--> Bowling in the New Zealand Universities first innings adds 1 run over

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New Zealand Universities had 40 minutes to score 114 for the outright victory