misc31816	Auckland v Northern Districts
	Other matches in New Zealand 1954/55
Venue	Eden Park, Auckland on 2nd, 3rd, 4th December 1954 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Auckland won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Auckland won by 160 runs
Close of play day 1	Northern Districts (1) 124/6 (Smith 36*, Higgins 1*; 50 overs)
Close of play day 2	Northern Districts (2) 5/1 (BO Child 1*, Petrie 4*)

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Auckland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GO Rabone	c Gray b Clarke	28
GC Burgess	b Clarke	13
DD Coleman	c Petrie b Clarke	6
BJ Postles	lbw b Higgins	19
JH Worrall	c Turnbull b Clarke	1
DD Taylor	lbw b Clarke	28
JS Waddingham	b Higgins	42			3	-
TS Hambrook	c BO Child b Higgins	12
NM Uluiviti	b Clarke	40			4	-
+SE Belsham	b Clarke	0
A Campbell	not out	0
Extras	(2 b, 1 lb, 4 nb)	7
Total	(all out, 67.1 overs)	196
Fall of wickets:
1-36 (Rabone), 2-49 (Burgess), 3-50 (Coleman), 4-58 (Worrall), 5-75 (Postles), 6-104 (Taylor), 7-123 (Hambrook), 8-180 (Uluiviti), 9-180 (Belsham), 10-196 (Waddingham, 67.1 ov)

Northern Districts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Clarke	25	8	75	7	-	-
EL Child	7	2	14	0	-	-
Lissette	16	3	49	0	-	-
Higgins	13.1	1	35	3	-	-
Turnbull	6	0	16	0	-	-

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Northern Districts first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JK Everest	c Worrall b Rabone	39
BO Child	b Uluiviti	19
*+EC Petrie	lbw b Rabone	4
DJ Gray	b Taylor	0
PH Smith	b Uluiviti	52			8	-
RG Oswald	c Hambrook b Taylor	8
EL Child	b Rabone	9
BB Higgins	lbw b Uluiviti	15
AF Lissette	c Worrall b Uluiviti	0
DB Clarke	lbw b Taylor	19
JA Turnbull	not out	3
Extras	(10 b, 2 lb, 4 nb)	16
Total	(all out, 72.4 overs)	184
Fall of wickets:
1-47, 2-63, 3-68, 4-68, 5-82, 6-121, 7-152, 8-152, 9-157, 10-184 (72.4 ov)

Auckland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Campbell	15	2	41	0	-	-
Uluiviti	23	8	48	4	-	-
Hambrook	3	0	8	0	-	-
Rabone	13	6	15	3	-	-
Taylor	18.4	4	56	3	-	-

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Auckland second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GO Rabone	b EL Child	4
GC Burgess	lbw b Clarke	12
DD Coleman	c Gray b Clarke	15
BJ Postles	lbw b Clarke	14
JH Worrall	b Clarke	77			7	-
DD Taylor	run out	37
JS Waddingham	lbw b Clarke	15
TS Hambrook	b Clarke	10
NM Uluiviti	b Clarke	38			7	1
+SE Belsham	b Clarke	5
A Campbell	not out	5
Extras		27
Total	(all out, 86.3 overs)	259
Fall of wickets:
1-5 (Rabone), 2-25 (Burgess), 3-35 (Coleman), 4-62 (Postles), 5-114 (Taylor), 6-165 (Waddingham), 7-179 (Hambrook), 8-231, 9-252, 10-259 (86.3 ov)

Northern Districts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Clarke	31.3	6	92	8	-	-
EL Child	16	5	41	1	-	-
Higgins	9	0	38	0	-	-
Turnbull	18	6	38	0	-	-
Lissette	12	3	23	0	-	-

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Northern Districts second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JK Everest	c Uluiviti b Campbell	0
BO Child	c Coleman b Campbell	7
*+EC Petrie	b Taylor	29		85	6	-
DJ Gray	lbw b Taylor	4
PH Smith	b Campbell	28		71	4	-
EL Child	b Rabone	6
RG Oswald	c Coleman b Rabone	2
BB Higgins	c Taylor b Campbell	1
AF Lissette	b Campbell	8
DB Clarke	b Taylor	7
JA Turnbull	not out	0
Extras	(10 b, 4 lb, 5 nb)	19
Total	(all out, 55.2 overs)	111
Fall of wickets:
1-0 (Everest), 2-23 (BO Child), 3-39 (Gray), 4-44 (Petrie), 5-69 (EL Child), 6-71 (Oswald), 7-77 (Higgins), 8-103, 9-107, 10-111 (55.2 ov)

Auckland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Campbell	21	9	34	5	-	-
Hambrook	9	5	10	0	-	-
Uluiviti	3	1	4	0	-	-
Taylor	12.2	5	27	3	-	-
Rabone	10	3	17	2	-	-

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