f16920	New Zealand Services v New Zealand XI
	First-Class matches in New Zealand 1943/44
Venue	Basin Reserve, Wellington on 24th, 25th, 27th March 1944 (3-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	New Zealand Services won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	JH Chapman, FW Harris-Daw
Close of play day 1	New Zealand XI (1) 233 all out
Close of play day 2	New Zealand Services (2) 147/8 (Smith 4*, Hoar 1*)

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New Zealand Services first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SA McVicar	st Mooney b Burtt	3
*HT Pearson	c Cromb b McRae	27
JA Ongley	c Burtt b McRae	2
AC Kerr	b Burtt	8
FR Crawford	not out	35
EF Bezzant	c Cromb b Sutcliffe	2
MA O'Brien	c Sutcliffe b McRae	8
RH Scott	c Cromb b McRae	1
LD Smith	b McRae	0
NR Hoar	c Cromb b Burtt	5
+DM Dunnet	c McRae b Burtt	0
Extras	(3 b, 2 lb, 3 nb)	8
Total	(all out, 48 overs)	99
Fall of wickets:
1-7 (McVicar), 2-26 (Ongley), 3-37 (Kerr), 4-49 (Pearson), 5-59 (Bezzant), 6-80 (O'Brien), 7-84 (Scott), 8-84 (Smith), 9-96 (Hoar), 10-99 (Dunnet, 48 ov)

New Zealand XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cowie	6	0	26	0	-	-
McRae	17	9	20	5	-	-
Burtt	18	3	37	4	-	-
Sutcliffe	3	2	5	1	-	-
Butterfield	4	2	3	0	-	-

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New Zealand XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
IB Cromb	lbw b Kerr	30
KFM Uttley	lbw b Scott	60
*WA Hadlee	lbw b Kerr	10
WM Wallace	b Scott	5
B Sutcliffe	b Hoar	2
FP O'Brien	b Hoar	0
+FLH Mooney	b Smith	43
DAN McRae	b Scott	10
LA Butterfield	b Smith	40
TB Burtt	c O'Brien b Smith	7
J Cowie	not out	0
Extras	(13 b, 7 lb, 4 nb, 2 w)	26
Total	(all out, 51.3 overs)	233
Fall of wickets:
1-93 (Cromb), 2-108 (Hadlee), 3-121 (Uttley), 4-124 (Wallace), 5-124 (Sutcliffe), 6-124 (O'Brien), 7-138 (McRae), 8-219 (Mooney), 9-233 (Burtt), 10-233 (Butterfield, 51.3 ov)

New Zealand Services bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hoar	12	1	53	2	-	-
Scott	12	5	29	3	-	-
Kerr	10	0	44	2	-	-
Smith	6.3	0	44	3	-	-
O'Brien	9	2	23	0	-	-
Crawford	2	0	14	0	-	-

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New Zealand Services second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SA McVicar	b Butterfield	50
*HT Pearson	b McRae	10
JA Ongley	c and b Burtt	4
AC Kerr	b Burtt	1
FR Crawford	b Cowie	7
EF Bezzant	b Cowie	10
MA O'Brien	st Mooney b Burtt	15
RH Scott	c Mooney b Burtt	36
LD Smith	not out	4
NR Hoar	not out	1
+DM Dunnet	did not bat
Extras	(8 b, 1 lb)	9
Total	(8 wickets, 62 overs)	147
Fall of wickets:
1-11 (Pearson), 2-20 (Ongley), 3-28 (Kerr), 4-40 (Crawford), 5-60 (Bezzant), 6-94, 7-120, 8-146

New Zealand XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cowie	13	2	26	2	-	-
McRae	17	6	30	1	-	-
Burtt	18	3	52	4	-	-
Butterfield	10	2	19	1	-	-
Cromb	4	1	11	0	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> FR Crawford (1) passed his previous highest score of 30 in first-class matches
--> LA Butterfield (1) passed his previous highest score of 25 in first-class matches
--> SA McVicar (2) passed his previous highest score of 13 in first-class matches
--> EF Bezzant made his last appearance in first-class matches
--> MA O'Brien made his last appearance in first-class matches
--> DAN McRae achieved his best innings bowling analysis in first-class matches when he dismissed LD Smith in the New Zealand Services first innings (previous best was 4-15)
--> DAN McRae achieved his first five wickets in an innings in first-class matches in the New Zealand Services first innings
--> RH Scott achieved his best innings bowling analysis in first-class matches in the New Zealand XI first innings (previous best was 3-34)

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