misc31823	Auckland XI v New Zealand Universities
	Other matches in New Zealand 1954/55
Venue	Eden Park, Auckland on 12th, 13th April 1955 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Auckland XI won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Auckland XI won by 7 runs
Close of play day 1	Auckland XI (2) 1/0 (Taylor 1*, Norman 0*)

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Auckland XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*DD Taylor	b Haskell	4
WB Norman	c Alabaster b Hunt	22
DL Perry	b Kent	15
BJ Postles	b Uluiviti	9
GA Richards	c Uluiviti b Haskell	4
RM Harris	b Uluiviti	13
GC Burgess	c Uluiviti b Simons	33
EF Dunn	c Croucher b Simons	0
RM Carrington	b Simons	1
+SE Belsham	c Uluiviti b Simons	2
BE Bodle	not out	1
Extras	(4 b, 6 lb)	10
Total	(all out, 39.3 overs)	114
Fall of wickets:
1-4 (Taylor), 2-33, 3-56, 4-56, 5-63, 6-110, 7-110, 8-110, 9-111, 10-114 (39.3 ov)

New Zealand Universities bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Haskell	11	2	26	2	-	-
Kent	10	3	34	1	-	-
Uluiviti	9	5	8	2	-	-
Hunt	6	1	24	1	-	-
Simons	3.3	2	12	4	-	-

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New Zealand Universities first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GD Alabaster	c Harris b Dunn	0
BG Hamilton	lbw b Carrington	22
DT Hunt	b Dunn	16
*PGZ Harris	b Dunn	2
PM Irwin	b Carrington	7
JCA Thomson	b Dunn	40
NM Uluiviti	b Taylor	36
+JM Croucher	run out	2
JF Kent	c Bodle b Carrington	23
WJR Haskell	b Carrington	10
RB Simons	not out	1
Extras	(4 b, 3 nb)	7
Total	(all out, 58.2 overs)	166
Fall of wickets:
1-0 (Alabaster), 2-40, 3-46, 4-46, 5-65, 6-122, 7-131, 8-131, 9-149, 10-166 (58.2 ov)

Auckland XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Dunn	22	7	61	4	-	-
Bodle	10	1	30	0	-	-
Carrington	15.2	4	34	4	-	-
Taylor	8	1	26	1	-	-
Harris	3	0	8	0	-	-

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Auckland XI second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*DD Taylor	c and b Simons	22
WB Norman	c Simons b Haskell	63		164	9	-
DL Perry	c and b Thomson	98		156	16	-
BJ Postles	c Hamilton b Irwin	15
EF Dunn	c Harris b Thomson	3
GA Richards	not out	1
RM Harris	b Irwin	0
GC Burgess	did not bat
RM Carrington	did not bat
+SE Belsham	did not bat
BE Bodle	did not bat
Extras	(17 b, 3 lb)	20
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 67.3 overs)	222
Fall of wickets:
1-34 (Taylor), 2-189 (Norman), 3-213, 4-219, 5-221, 6-222 (67.3 ov)

New Zealand Universities bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Haskell	11	3	37	1	-	-
Kent	7	1	18	0	-	-
Uluiviti	12	2	29	0	-	-
Simons	20	4	55	1	-	-
Hunt	6	1	25	0	-	-
Harris	3	1	20	0	-	-
Thomson	5	2	6	2	-	-
Irwin	3.3	0	12	2	-	-

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New Zealand Universities second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BG Hamilton	c Carrington b Taylor	25
GD Alabaster	c Carrington b Dunn	13
DT Hunt	b Harris	20
*PGZ Harris	b Harris	6
PM Irwin	b Dunn	46		40	6	-
JCA Thomson	b Dunn	9
NM Uluiviti	b Dunn	4
+JM Croucher	b Dunn	0
JF Kent	lbw b Carrington	18
WJR Haskell	not out	9
RB Simons	run out	9
Extras	(4 lb)	4
Total	(all out, 41 overs)	163
Fall of wickets:
1-14 (Alabaster), 2-53, 3-59, 4-70, 5-94, 6-98, 7-98, 8-131, 9-147, 10-163 (41 ov)

Auckland XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Dunn	12	1	43	5	-	-
Bodle	8	2	14	0	-	-
Taylor	9	1	34	1	-	-
Harris	6	1	26	2	-	-
Carrington	6	0	42	1	-	-

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WB Norman and DL Perry added 155 for the second wicket in the Auckland XI second innings