f20320 ps213	Auckland v Wellington
	Plunket Shield 1953/54
Venue	Eden Park, Auckland on 15th, 16th, 18th, 19th January 1954 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Auckland won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Auckland won by 197 runs
Points	Auckland 8; Wellington 0
Umpires	JC Harris, W Heard
Close of play day 1	Auckland (2) 2/0 (Petrie 0*, Dwyer 2*)
Close of play day 2	Auckland (2) 411/6d
Close of play day 3	Wellington (2) 290/9 (Morrison 27*, Newbigin 2*)

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Auckland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DD Taylor	b Fisher	4
KFJ Dwyer	b Newbigin	14
DD Coleman	c St John b Morrison	8
DL Perry	c St John b Morrison	34
JB Morris	c McMahon b Newbigin	45
+EC Petrie	lbw b Morrison	0
TS Hambrook	c McMahon b Thomson	42
RM Carrington	b Morrison	3
EL Child	st McMahon b Morrison	2
*C Burke	not out	16
DB Clarke	b Newbigin	2
Extras	(3 b, 2 lb, 1 nb)	6
Total	(all out, 70.3 overs)	176
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-18, 3-61, 4-81, 5-81, 6-140, 7-147, 8-153, 9-162, 10-176 (70.3 ov)

Wellington bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Morrison	24	7	60	5	-	-
Newbigin	15.3	4	37	3	-	-
Fisher	17	10	36	1	-	-
Perkins	5	1	14	0	-	-
Thomson	9	3	23	1	-	-

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Wellington first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
T Meale	c Hambrook b Clarke	14
*RA Vance	lbw b Clarke	6
KFH Smith	b Clarke	10
JE Ogilvie	c Dwyer b Carrington	23
DS St John	b Carrington	2
FE Fisher	c Petrie b Carrington	12
JCA Thomson	b Carrington	0
WR Perkins	lbw b Burke	0
BD Morrison	c Dwyer b Burke	0
+TG McMahon	c Child b Clarke	9
EJD Newbigin	not out	2
Extras	(6 lb, 3 nb)	9
Total	(all out, 40.3 overs)	87
Fall of wickets:
1-20, 2-37, 3-40, 4-57, 5-62, 6-62, 7-65, 8-65, 9-85, 10-87 (40.3 ov)

Auckland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Clarke	11	0	27	4	-	-
Child	10	3	19	0	-	-
Hambrook	1	0	4	0	-	-
Carrington	9.3	5	9	4	-	-
Burke	9	3	19	2	-	-

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Auckland second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+EC Petrie	c Vance b Thomson	151
KFJ Dwyer	b Perkins	11
DL Perry	b Thomson	46
JB Morris	b Thomson	103
DD Taylor	lbw b Morrison	12
TS Hambrook	c Vance b Thomson	26
DD Coleman	not out	31
EL Child	not out	14
RM Carrington	did not bat
*C Burke	did not bat
DB Clarke	did not bat
Extras	(10 b, 7 lb)	17
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 135.1 overs)	411
Fall of wickets:
1-48, 2-143, 3-325, 4-330, 5-344, 6-386

Wellington bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Morrison	38	8	101	1	-	-
Newbigin	26.1	3	91	0	-	-
Fisher	20	8	64	0	-	-
Perkins	21	7	45	1	-	-
Thomson	30	7	93	4	-	-

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Wellington second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
T Meale	lbw b Clarke	41
*RA Vance	st Petrie b Burke	33
KFH Smith	lbw b Burke	3
JE Ogilvie	b Hambrook	54
DS St John	lbw b Hambrook	14
FE Fisher	b Burke	52
JCA Thomson	b Hambrook	20
WR Perkins	lbw b Burke	22
BD Morrison	not out	33
+TG McMahon	b Clarke	3
EJD Newbigin	b Taylor	7
Extras	(9 b, 6 lb, 6 nb)	21
Total	(all out, 138.1 overs)	303
Fall of wickets:
1-52, 2-60, 3-105, 4-152, 5-165, 6-217, 7-247, 8-272, 9-279, 10-303 (138.1 ov)

Auckland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Clarke	22	10	48	2	-	-
Child	26	11	40	0	-	-
Hambrook	19	7	39	3	-	-
Carrington	18	5	42	0	-	-
Burke	37	9	78	4	-	-
Taylor	10.1	5	21	1	-	-
Morris	3	1	11	0	-	-
Coleman	3	1	3	0	-	-

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Notes
--> EJD Newbigin made his debut in First-Class matches
--> EJD Newbigin made his debut in Plunket Shield matches
--> KFJ Dwyer made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> KFJ Dwyer made his last appearance in Plunket Shield matches
--> RM Carrington made his last appearance in Plunket Shield matches
--> C Burke made his last appearance in Plunket Shield matches
--> T Meale made his last appearance in Plunket Shield matches
--> JCA Thomson made his last appearance in Plunket Shield matches
--> WR Perkins made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> WR Perkins made his last appearance in Plunket Shield matches
--> EJD Newbigin made his last appearance in Plunket Shield matches
--> DL Perry (1) passed his previous highest score of 32 in First-Class matches
--> DL Perry (1) passed his previous highest score of 32 in Plunket Shield matches
--> DL Perry (2) passed his previous highest score of 34 in Plunket Shield matches
--> DL Perry (2) passed his previous highest score of 34 in First-Class matches
--> JB Morris (2) passed his previous highest score of 101 in Plunket Shield matches
--> JB Morris (2) passed his previous highest score of 101 in First-Class matches
--> JB Morris (2) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 50
--> EC Petrie (2) passed his previous highest score of 46 in First-Class matches
--> EC Petrie (2) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> EC Petrie (2) passed his previous highest score of 46 in Plunket Shield matches
--> EC Petrie (2) made his first century in Plunket Shield matches
--> JE Ogilvie (2) passed his previous highest score of 37 in Plunket Shield matches
--> JE Ogilvie (2) passed his previous highest score of 37 in First-Class matches
--> WR Perkins (2) passed his previous highest score of 12 in Plunket Shield matches
--> WR Perkins (2) passed his previous highest score of 12 in First-Class matches
--> BD Morrison (2) passed his previous highest score of 18 in Plunket Shield matches
--> BD Morrison (2) passed his previous highest score of 18 in First-Class matches
--> RM Carrington achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Wellington first innings (previous best was 2-25)
--> RM Carrington achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Plunket Shield matches in the Wellington first innings (previous best was 2-25)
--> JCA Thomson achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Auckland second innings (previous best was 1-23)
--> JCA Thomson achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Plunket Shield matches in the Auckland second innings (previous best was 1-23)

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