f2598	Wellington v Nelson
	First-Class matches in New Zealand 1882/83
Venue	Basin Reserve, Wellington on 24th, 26th March 1883 (3-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Nelson won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Wellington won by an innings and 45 runs
Umpires	JP Barnicoat, Walker, Willer
Close of play day 1	Wellington (1) 48/3 (Alpe 19*, Roberts 5*)

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Nelson first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
H Fayen	run out	0
WJ Wratt	b Firth	4
HA Boddington	b Wood	5
LA Fowler	b Firth	8
G Fowler	b Wood	1
*TR Hodder	b Firth	2
RJ Malcolm	b Wood	0
GJ Silcock	hit wkt b Firth	1
JW Humphries	c Firth b Holmes	15
J Wigzell	not out	6
A Lines	b Roberts	10
Extras	(9 lb)	9
Total	(all out, 63.2 overs)	61
Fall of wickets:
1-0 (Fayen), 2-5 (Boddington), 3-15 (Wratt), 4-18 (LA Fowler), 5-18 (G Fowler), 6-18 (Malcolm), 7-26 (Hodder), 8-42 (Silcock), 9-42 (Humphries), 10-61 (Lines, 63.2 ov)

Wellington bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Firth	29	17	21	4	-	-
Wood	27	14	24	3	-	-
Holmes	5	3	5	1	-	-
Roberts	2.2	2	2	1	-	-

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Wellington first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
S Alpe	b G Fowler	20
CH Mansill	lbw b Wigzell	3
GC Heenan	c Humphries b G Fowler	9
*JP Firth	b Silcock	7
H Roberts	lbw b G Fowler	14
JW Brown	b Wigzell	10
CH Twist	c Boddington b Lines	16
JWH Wood	not out	32
JR Renner	b Wratt	1
+S Nicholls	c Hodder b Silcock	19
W Holmes	c Wigzell b Silcock	9
Extras	(13 lb)	13
Total	(all out, 79.2 overs)	153
Fall of wickets:
1-8 (Mansill), 2-27 (Heenan), 3-42 (Firth), 4-48 (Alpe), 5-60 (Roberts), 6-89 (Brown), 7-98 (Twist), 8-99 (Renner), 9-140 (Nicholls), 10-153 (Holmes, 79.2 ov)

Nelson bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
G Fowler	23	5	42	3	-	-
Wigzell	20	6	37	2	-	-
Silcock	21.2	7	28	3	-	-
Wratt	6	3	13	1	-	-
Lines	3	0	8	1	-	-
Malcolm	3	1	6	0	-	-
Boddington	3	0	6	0	-	-

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Nelson second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
H Fayen	c Firth b Wood	4
J Wigzell	b Firth	4
WJ Wratt	lbw b Firth	0
LA Fowler	c Firth b Wood	1
G Fowler	b Wood	0
HA Boddington	run out	0
*TR Hodder	b Wood	15
RJ Malcolm	b Firth	3
GJ Silcock	b Firth	6
JW Humphries	b Roberts	10
A Lines	not out	3
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(all out, 42.3 overs)	47
Fall of wickets:
1-8 (Fayen), 2-8 (Wigzell), 3-9 (LA Fowler), 4-9 (G Fowler), 5-9 (Wratt), 6-9 (Boddington), 7-27 (Malcolm), 8-27 (Hodder), 9-37 (Silcock), 10-47 (Humphries, 42.3 ov)

Wellington bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Firth	21	11	22	4	-	-
Wood	20	10	24	4	-	-
Roberts	1.3	1	0	1	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> H Fayen made his debut in First-Class matches
--> WJ Wratt made his debut in First-Class matches
--> CH Mansill made his debut in First-Class matches
--> H Roberts made his debut in First-Class matches
--> CH Twist made his debut in First-Class matches
--> JWH Wood made his debut in First-Class matches
--> JR Renner made his debut in First-Class matches
--> H Fayen made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> CH Mansill made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> JR Renner made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> S Nicholls (1) passed his previous highest score of 14 in First-Class matches
--> W Holmes made his debut for Wellington in First-Class matches
--> JP Firth achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Nelson first innings (previous best was 4-74)
--> GJ Silcock achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches when he dismissed JP Firth in the Wellington first innings (previous best was 0-11)

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