f15234 ps118	Auckland v Canterbury
	Plunket Shield 1935/36
Venue	Eden Park, Auckland on 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 6th January 1936 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Canterbury won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Auckland 4; Canterbury 2
Umpires	R Blennerhassett, DL Ryan
Close of play day 1	Canterbury (1) 274/5 (Cromb 62*, Cobden 8*)
Close of play day 2	Auckland (1) 248/5 (Hook 45*, Matheson 19*)
Close of play day 3	Canterbury (2) 156/4 (Hadlee 56*, O'Brien 26*)

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Canterbury first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JL Kerr	b Vivian	62
FWJ Bellamy	c and b Vivian	31
WA Hadlee	c Vivian b Townsend	19
*IB Cromb	c Hayward b Cowie	70
AW Roberts	lbw b Vivian	50
FP O'Brien	st Hayward b Vivian	31
AP Cobden	c Whitelaw b Vivian	38
LA Butterfield	not out	8
WE Merritt	c Whitelaw b Townsend	0
+CKQ Jackman	c Vivian b Townsend	0
M Graham	b Townsend	2
Extras	(5 b, 5 lb, 1 nb)	11
Total	(all out, 169.3 overs)	322
Fall of wickets:
1-73 (Bellamy), 2-114 (Kerr), 3-116 (Hadlee), 4-187 (Roberts), 5-254 (O'Brien), 6-292 (Cromb), 7-318 (Cobden), 8-318 (Merritt), 9-318 (Jackman), 10-322 (Graham, 169.3 ov)

Auckland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cowie	32	7	65	1	-	-
Matheson	29	11	41	0	-	-
Townsend	42.3	10	80	4	-	-
Postles	4	0	6	0	-	-
Vivian	56	13	98	5	-	-
Weir	6	1	21	0	-	-

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Auckland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JE Mills	b Merritt	42
AJ Postles	c Cobden b Cromb	8
GL Weir	b Roberts	0
PE Whitelaw	c O'Brien b Cromb	35
WM Wallace	run out	85
GH Hook	c Butterfield b Roberts	45
AM Matheson	b Merritt	92
*HG Vivian	b Graham	60
LF Townsend	c Graham b Merritt	16
J Cowie	b Merritt	1
+W Hayward	not out	1
Extras	(11 b, 8 lb)	19
Total	(all out, 182.1 overs)	404
Fall of wickets:
1-14 (Postles), 2-17 (Weir), 3-81 (Whitelaw), 4-120 (Mills), 5-205 (Wallace), 6-251 (Hook), 7-360 (Vivian), 8-393 (Townsend), 9-401 (Cowie), 10-404 (Matheson, 182.1 ov)

Canterbury bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Roberts	50	24	61	2	-	-
Graham	30	13	39	1	-	-
Cromb	37	12	87	2	-	-
Merritt	50.1	9	144	4	-	-
Bellamy	11	0	34	0	-	-
Butterfield	4	0	20	0	-	-

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Canterbury second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JL Kerr	c Whitelaw b Townsend	42
FWJ Bellamy	b Matheson	2
WA Hadlee	b Vivian	79
*IB Cromb	hit wkt b Vivian	9
LA Butterfield	lbw b Vivian	3
FP O'Brien	b Vivian	54
AW Roberts	b Townsend	1
AP Cobden	c Hook b Vivian	79
WE Merritt	b Townsend	29
+CKQ Jackman	c Whitelaw b Vivian	0
M Graham	not out	30
Extras	(11 b, 10 lb)	21
Total	(all out, 125.5 overs)	349
Fall of wickets:
1-20 (Bellamy), 2-64 (Kerr), 3-89 (Cromb), 4-95 (Butterfield), 5-203 (O'Brien), 6-208 (Hadlee), 7-208 (Roberts), 8-265 (Merritt), 9-266 (Jackman), 10-349 (Cobden, 125.5 ov)

Auckland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cowie	24	4	56	0	-	-
Matheson	26	5	74	1	-	-
Townsend	39	7	105	3	-	-
Vivian	35.5	9	92	6	-	-
Weir	1	0	1	0	-	-

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Auckland second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JE Mills	b Cromb	14
AJ Postles	b Merritt	6
GL Weir	lbw b Roberts	15
PE Whitelaw	lbw b Merritt	9
WM Wallace	c O'Brien b Merritt	100
GH Hook	b Roberts	48
LF Townsend	c and b Merritt	0
*HG Vivian	not out	19
AM Matheson	not out	8
J Cowie	did not bat
+W Hayward	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 4 lb, 1 w)	9
Total	(7 wickets, 82 overs)	228
Fall of wickets:
1-18 (Postles), 2-22 (Mills), 3-33 (Whitelaw), 4-67 (Weir), 5-171 (Hook), 6-184 (Townsend), 7-207 (Wallace)

Canterbury bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Roberts	18	2	52	2	-	-
Graham	6	1	10	0	-	-
Cromb	20	2	75	1	-	-
Merritt	38	9	82	4	-	-

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Notes
--> W Hayward made his last appearance in Plunket Shield matches
--> W Hayward made his last appearance in first-class matches
--> AW Roberts (1) passed 1500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 45
--> AP Cobden (1) passed his previous highest score of 23 in Plunket Shield matches
--> AP Cobden (1) passed his previous highest score of 23 in first-class matches
--> JE Mills (1) passed 2000 runs in Plunket Shield matches when he reached 32
--> WM Wallace (1) passed his previous highest score of 68 in first-class matches
--> WM Wallace (1) passed his previous highest score of 68 in Plunket Shield matches
--> GH Hook (1) passed his previous highest score of 21 in first-class matches
--> GH Hook (1) passed his previous highest score of 21 in Plunket Shield matches
--> FP O'Brien (2) passed his previous highest score of 45 in Plunket Shield matches
--> FP O'Brien (2) passed his previous highest score of 52 in first-class matches
--> AP Cobden (2) passed his previous highest score of 38 in first-class matches
--> AP Cobden (2) passed his previous highest score of 38 in Plunket Shield matches
--> M Graham (2) passed his previous highest score of 11 in first-class matches
--> M Graham (2) passed his previous highest score of 11 in Plunket Shield matches
--> JE Mills (2) passed 5000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 10
--> WM Wallace (2) passed his previous highest score of 85 in first-class matches
--> WM Wallace (2) made his first century in first-class matches
--> WM Wallace (2) passed his previous highest score of 85 in Plunket Shield matches
--> WM Wallace (2) made his first century in Plunket Shield matches
--> WM Wallace (2) passed 500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 15
--> GH Hook (2) passed his previous highest score of 45 in first-class matches
--> GH Hook (2) passed his previous highest score of 45 in Plunket Shield matches
--> HG Vivian reached 50 wickets in Plunket Shield matches when he dismissed IB Cromb, his 1st wicket in the Canterbury second innings
--> HG Vivian achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Plunket Shield matches when he dismissed AP Cobden in the Canterbury second innings (previous best was 5-59)

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