f18607	Auckland v Australians
	Australia in New Zealand 1949/50
Venue	Eden Park, Auckland on 17th, 18th, 20th February 1950 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Australians won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	RW Mitchell, TM Pearce
Close of play day 1	Auckland (1) 22/0 (Scott 12*, Burgess 7*)
Close of play day 2	Australians (2) 114/0 (Meuleman 61*, Burke 47*)

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Australians first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
KD Meuleman	run out	51
JW Burke	b Cleverley	60
R Howard	lbw b Cowie	9
*WA Brown	b Cleverley	8
PL Ridings	lbw b Hemmingson	7
WG Driver	b Hemmingson	22
+D Tallon	c Cleal b Burke	18
DT Ring	st Kent b Burke	60
LJ Johnson	b Donaldson	17
CW Puckett	st Kent b Burke	31
JB Iverson	not out	2
Extras	(10 b, 8 lb)	18
Total	(all out, 92.1 overs)	303
Fall of wickets:
1-89, 2-120, 3-135, 4-140, 5-167, 6-170, 7-203, 8-239, 9-283, 10-303 (92.1 ov)

Auckland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cowie	23	7	30	1	-	-
Cleverley	22	3	100	2	-	-
Cleal	5	0	13	0	-	-
Donaldson	9	2	30	1	-	-
Burke	19.1	1	79	3	-	-
Hemmingson	14	4	33	2	-	-

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Auckland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
VJ Scott	b Johnson	17
GC Burgess	lbw b Ring	7
DD Coleman	c Driver b Puckett	30
*WM Wallace	c Meuleman b Ring	37
OC Cleal	c Johnson b Iverson	45
JB Donaldson	c Brown b Ring	3
+LAW Kent	run out	2
C Burke	b Iverson	18
FE Hemmingson	c Puckett b Johnson	1
J Cowie	b Johnson	8
DC Cleverley	not out	0
Extras	(11 b, 4 lb)	15
Total	(all out, 62.2 overs)	183
Fall of wickets:
1-22, 2-26, 3-70, 4-114, 5-122, 6-134, 7-167, 8-169, 9-183, 10-183 (62.2 ov)

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Johnson	13.2	2	37	3	-	-
Puckett	17	6	33	1	-	-
Iverson	9	2	31	2	-	-
Ring	23	7	67	3	-	-

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Australians second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
KD Meuleman	b Cowie	92
JW Burke	not out	68
WG Driver	not out	5
R Howard	did not bat
*WA Brown	did not bat
PL Ridings	did not bat
+D Tallon	did not bat
DT Ring	did not bat
LJ Johnson	did not bat
CW Puckett	did not bat
JB Iverson	did not bat
Extras	(14 b, 2 lb)	16
Total	(1 wicket, declared, 69 overs)	181
Fall of wickets:
1-175 (Meuleman)

Auckland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cowie	21	8	29	1	-	-
Cleverley	17	3	42	0	-	-
Donaldson	7	3	16	0	-	-
Burke	11	1	48	0	-	-
Hemmingson	13	2	30	0	-	-

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Auckland second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
VJ Scott	lbw b Ring	38
GC Burgess	st Tallon b Ring	35
DD Coleman	c Ring b Puckett	41
*WM Wallace	run out	36
OC Cleal	b Burke	45
JB Donaldson	st Tallon b Burke	9
+LAW Kent	b Burke	6
C Burke	run out	4
FE Hemmingson	not out	1
J Cowie	not out	0
DC Cleverley	did not bat
Extras	(8 b, 7 lb)	15
Total	(8 wickets, 88 overs)	230
Fall of wickets:
1-70, 2-96, 3-147, 4-180, 5-199, 6-219, 7-229, 8-229

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Johnson	9	3	13	0	-	-
Puckett	25	4	51	1	-	-
Iverson	14	3	35	0	-	-
Ring	34	7	92	2	-	-
Burke	6	1	24	3	-	-

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Notes
--> JB Donaldson made his last appearance in first-class matches
--> FE Hemmingson made his last appearance in first-class matches
--> J Cowie made his last appearance in first-class matches
--> GC Burgess (2) passed his previous highest score of 26 in first-class matches
--> WG Driver made his debut in New Zealand in first-class matches
--> R Howard made his debut in New Zealand in first-class matches
--> CW Puckett made his debut in New Zealand in first-class matches
--> PL Ridings made his debut in New Zealand in first-class matches
--> LJ Johnson made his debut in New Zealand in first-class matches
--> DT Ring made his debut in New Zealand in first-class matches
--> JB Iverson made his debut in New Zealand in first-class matches
--> JW Burke made his debut in New Zealand in first-class matches
--> JW Burke achieved his best innings bowling analysis in first-class matches in the Auckland second innings (previous best was 3-54)

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