f2090	Auckland v Canterbury
	First-Class matches in New Zealand 1877/78
Venue	Auckland Domain, Auckland on 28th, 29th, 31st December 1877 (3-day match)
Balls per over	4
Toss	Canterbury won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Canterbury won by 108 runs
Umpires	Gatland (Canterbury), AE Whitaker (Auckland)
Close of play day 1	Auckland (1) 23/0 (Gleeson ?*, Robinson ?*)
Close of play day 2	Canterbury (2) 130/5 (Fowler 21*, Morrison 14*)

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Canterbury first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AC Wilson	b Buckland	16
MJ Godby	b Lynch	23
DA Ashby	b Buckland	12
*WF Neilson	c and b Lynch	3
+E Fowler	st Colson b Robinson	6
J Wood	b Lynch	7
C Frith	b Lynch	8
WEW Morrison	b Lynch	6
WV Millton	c Colson b Lynch	3
W Frith	c and b Lynch	2
A Perry	not out	0
Extras	(7 lb)	7
Total	(all out, 70 overs)	93
Fall of wickets:
1-32 (Wilson), 2-53 (Godby), 3-57 (Neilson), 4-58 (Ashby), 5-70 (Fowler), 6-76 (Wood), 7-83 (C Frith), 8-89 (Millton), 9-93 (W Frith), 10-93 (Morrison, 70 ov)

Auckland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Robinson	15	2	22	1	-	-
Rees	7.2	0	12	0	-	-
Lynch	32.2	10	31	7	-	-
Buckland	15	8	21	2	-	-

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Auckland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
C Gleeson	st Fowler b Neilson	26
*WW Robinson	c Ashby b W Frith	20
JB Mumford	b W Frith	0
WL Rees	b Neilson	20
RJ Yates	c Neilson b Ashby	22
DJF Lynch	b Ashby	8
ET Dufaur	c Wood b Ashby	14
TJ Grierson	b Ashby	10
+HFW Colson	run out	0
HE Cotton	c Fowler b W Frith	0
WF Buckland	not out	0
Extras	(6 b, 2 lb, 1 nb, 6 w)	15
Total	(all out, 108.2 overs)	135
Fall of wickets:
1-40 (Robinson), 2-40 (Mumford), 3-60 (Gleeson), 4-80 (Rees), 5-97 (Lynch), 6-112 (Yates), 7-132 (Dufaur), 8-132 (Grierson), 9-134 (Colson), 10-135 (Cotton, 108.2 ov)

Canterbury bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ashby	44.2	18	42	4	-	-
W Frith	40	16	42	3	-	-
C Frith	6	1	7	0	-	-
Neilson	9	1	21	2	-	-
Godby	9	2	8	0	-	-

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Canterbury second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*WF Neilson	c Gleeson b Rees	29
MJ Godby	c Mumford b Robinson	14
AC Wilson	b Buckland	2
DA Ashby	b Buckland	32
J Wood	c Yates b Robinson	16
+E Fowler	c Yates b Lynch	34
WEW Morrison	b Lynch	16
WV Millton	c Rees b Robinson	5
W Frith	run out	4
A Perry	not out	0
C Frith	run out	0
Extras	(6 b, 4 lb, 1 w)	11
Total	(all out, 80.3 overs)	163
Fall of wickets:
1-29 (Godby), 2-34 (Wilson), 3-60 (Neilson), 4-91 (Ashby), 5-114 (Wood), 6-143 (Morrison), 7-152 (Millton), 8-160 (Fowler), 9-163 (W Frith), 10-163 (C Frith, 80.3 ov)

Auckland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Robinson	25.3	11	36	3	-	-
Rees	4	0	16	1	-	-
Lynch	30	16	58	2	-	-
Buckland	16	6	36	2	-	-
Grierson	5	2	6	0	-	-

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Auckland second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+HFW Colson	b W Frith	0
*WW Robinson	st Fowler b Ashby	0
DJF Lynch	b W Frith	1
RJ Yates	b Ashby	1
WL Rees	b Ashby	2
ET Dufaur	run out	0
C Gleeson	b Ashby	1
JB Mumford	run out	0
TJ Grierson	b W Frith	0
HE Cotton	not out	0
WF Buckland	b Ashby	0
Extras	(8 b)	8
Total	(all out, 30.2 overs)	13
Fall of wickets:
1-0 (Robinson), 2-1 (Colson), 3-3 (Yates), 4-3 (Lynch), 5-7 (Dufaur), 6-8 (Gleeson), 7-11 (Mumford), 8-13 (Rees), 9-13 (Grierson), 10-13 (Buckland, 30.2 ov)

Canterbury bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ashby	15.2	13	2	5	-	-
W Frith	15	12	3	3	-	-

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Notes
--> AC Wilson made his debut in First-Class matches
--> C Frith made his debut in First-Class matches
--> WEW Morrison made his debut in First-Class matches
--> WV Millton made his debut in First-Class matches
--> W Frith made his debut in First-Class matches
--> A Perry made his debut in First-Class matches
--> C Gleeson made his debut in First-Class matches
--> DJF Lynch made his debut in First-Class matches
--> TJ Grierson made his debut in First-Class matches
--> HFW Colson made his debut in First-Class matches
--> AC Wilson made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> J Wood made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> WEW Morrison made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> A Perry made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> C Gleeson made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> JB Mumford made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> WL Rees made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> ET Dufaur made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> TJ Grierson made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> HFW Colson made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> HE Cotton made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> WW Robinson (1) passed his previous highest score of 14 in First-Class matches
--> J Wood (2) passed his previous highest score of 14 in First-Class matches
--> WL Rees made his debut in New Zealand in First-Class matches
--> DJF Lynch achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the Canterbury first innings
--> DA Ashby achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches when he dismissed WF Buckland in the Auckland second innings (previous best was 4-16)
--> DA Ashby achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the Auckland second innings

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