f16027 ps131	Auckland v Canterbury
	Plunket Shield 1937/38
Venue	Eden Park, Auckland on 7th, 8th, 10th January 1938 (4-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Auckland won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Auckland won by an innings and 193 runs
Points	Auckland 8; Canterbury 0
Umpires	R Blennerhassett, OR Montgomery
Close of play day 1	Auckland (1) 422/6 (Scott 53*, Matheson 51*)
Close of play day 2	Canterbury (1) 118/3 (Menzies 46*, Stokes 19*)

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Auckland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PE Whitelaw	b Cromb	108
*AJ Postles	c Hadlee b Mulcock	103
GL Weir	c Mulcock b Burtt	60
WM Wallace	run out	18
WN Carson	c Menzies b Mulcock	4
HT Pearson	c Webb b McRae	14
VJ Scott	c Gasson b Cromb	122
AM Matheson	c Gasson b Cromb	112
C Burke	not out	11
+DB Edmonds	run out	12
J Cowie	c Cromb b Read	10
Extras	(9 b, 5 lb, 2 w)	16
Total	(all out, 155.1 overs)	590
Fall of wickets:
1-187, 2-269, 3-292, 4-298, 5-301, 6-328, 7-552, 8-557, 9-574, 10-590 (155.1 ov)

Canterbury bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Mulcock	27	5	84	2	-	-
Read	33.1	6	102	1	-	-
Burtt	30	1	141	1	-	-
Cromb	39	2	170	3	-	-
McRae	26	5	77	1	-	-

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Canterbury first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WA Hadlee	b Cowie	3
EA Gasson	c Whitelaw b Matheson	34
*IB Cromb	b Matheson	9
REJ Menzies	c and b Burke	51
DN Stokes	st Edmonds b Burke	59
RCSA Shand	b Cowie	39
DAN McRae	b Cowie	35
+RC Webb	c Whitelaw b Matheson	8
RJ Read	run out	0
NV Burtt	b Cowie	8
E Mulcock	not out	2
Extras	(4 b, 6 lb)	10
Total	(all out, 98.3 overs)	258
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-28, 3-57, 4-128, 5-195, 6-231, 7-248, 8-248, 9-248, 10-258 (98.3 ov)

Auckland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cowie	24.3	4	55	4	-	-
Matheson	27	6	62	3	-	-
Carson	9	2	14	0	-	-
Burke	26	3	91	2	-	-
Postles	7	2	11	0	-	-
Weir	5	2	15	0	-	-

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Canterbury second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*IB Cromb	c Whitelaw b Burke	30
EA Gasson	c Edmonds b Burke	12
REJ Menzies	run out	9
DN Stokes	c Edmonds b Postles	24
WA Hadlee	b Cowie	4
RCSA Shand	c Edmonds b Postles	0
DAN McRae	c Matheson b Postles	42
+RC Webb	b Cowie	1
RJ Read	b Postles	10
NV Burtt	c Edmonds b Burke	2
E Mulcock	not out	0
Extras	(3 b, 2 lb)	5
Total	(all out, 38.2 overs)	139
Fall of wickets:
1-41, 2-46, 3-77, 4-81, 5-81, 6-89, 7-91, 8-135, 9-137, 10-139 (38.2 ov)

Auckland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cowie	10	1	39	2	-	-
Matheson	7	2	11	0	-	-
Carson	6	1	9	0	-	-
Burke	9	0	55	3	-	-
Postles	6.2	1	20	4	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for four days but completed in three.
--> PE Whitelaw (1) passed 2000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 58
--> AJ Postles (1) passed his previous highest score of 102 in first-class matches
--> AJ Postles (1) passed his previous highest score of 102 in Plunket Shield matches
--> AJ Postles (1) passed 1000 runs in Plunket Shield matches when he reached 3
--> VJ Scott (1) made his first century in first-class matches
--> VJ Scott (1) made his first century in Plunket Shield matches
--> VJ Scott made his debut in first-class matches
--> VJ Scott made his debut in Plunket Shield matches
--> AM Matheson (1) passed his previous highest score of 94 in Plunket Shield matches
--> AM Matheson (1) made his first century in Plunket Shield matches
--> AM Matheson (1) passed his previous highest score of 94 in first-class matches
--> AM Matheson (1) made his first century in first-class matches
--> C Burke (1) equalled his previous highest score of 11 in first-class matches
--> C Burke (1) equalled his previous highest score of 11 in Plunket Shield matches
--> EA Gasson (1) passed his previous highest score of 28 in Plunket Shield matches
--> EA Gasson (1) passed his previous highest score of 28 in first-class matches
--> DN Stokes (1) passed his previous highest score of 58 in first-class matches
--> DN Stokes (1) passed his previous highest score of 58 in Plunket Shield matches
--> RCSA Shand made his debut in first-class matches
--> RCSA Shand made his debut in Plunket Shield matches
--> EA Gasson made his last appearance in first-class matches
--> EA Gasson made his last appearance in Plunket Shield matches
--> RJ Read made his last appearance in first-class matches
--> RJ Read made his last appearance in Plunket Shield matches
--> J Cowie reached 50 wickets in Plunket Shield matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Canterbury first innings
--> AJ Postles achieved his best innings bowling analysis in first-class matches in the Canterbury second innings (previous best was 0-1)
--> C Burke achieved his best innings bowling analysis in first-class matches in the Canterbury second innings (previous best was 3-91)
--> C Burke achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Plunket Shield matches in the Canterbury second innings (previous best was 3-91)
--> AJ Postles achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Plunket Shield matches in the Canterbury second innings (previous best was 0-1)

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