f20786	Wellington v Marylebone Cricket Club
	Marylebone Cricket Club in Australia and New Zealand 1954/55
Venue	Basin Reserve, Wellington on 19th, 21st, 22nd March 1955 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Marylebone Cricket Club won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Marylebone Cricket Club won by 187 runs
Umpires	LG Clark, JM McLellan
Close of play day 1	Wellington (1) 76/4 (Reid 29*, Beck 17*)
Close of play day 2	Wellington (2) 37/1 (Smith 13*, Miller 6*)

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Marylebone Cricket Club first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Simpson	b Blair	10
TW Graveney	c Smith b Blair	102
WJ Edrich	c McMahon b Blair	2
MC Cowdrey	c and b Dempster	19
JV Wilson	lbw b Blair	13
*PBH May	c Reid b Dempster	22
TE Bailey	b Morrison	15
JH Wardle	lbw b Morrison	4
+TG Evans	c and b Dempster	1
R Appleyard	not out	2
PJ Loader	c Miller b Reid	10
Extras	(5 b, 2 lb)	7
Total	(all out, 71 overs)	207
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-22, 3-98, 4-135, 5-152, 6-180, 7-185, 8-194, 9-194, 10-207 (71 ov)

Wellington bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Blair	16	2	50	4	-	-
Morrison	16	4	67	2	-	-
Reid	23	7	51	1	-	-
Dempster	16	5	32	3	-	-

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Wellington first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DS St John	c Evans b Loader	6
KFH Smith	lbw b Wardle	9
LSM Miller	b Appleyard	13
PT Barton	b Wardle	0
*JR Reid	c Wilson b Appleyard	31
JEF Beck	c Graveney b Bailey	29
RT Barber	b Wardle	20
EW Dempster	b Wardle	9
+TG McMahon	b Appleyard	2
RW Blair	not out	0
BD Morrison	b Wardle	0
Extras	(6 b, 1 lb, 1 nb)	8
Total	(all out, 59.4 overs)	127
Fall of wickets:
1-12, 2-22, 3-22, 4-46, 5-83, 6-93, 7-110, 8-123, 9-127, 10-127 (59.4 ov)

Marylebone Cricket Club bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Loader	10	3	24	1	-	-
Bailey	14	5	17	1	-	-
Appleyard	20	7	36	3	-	-
Wardle	15.4	5	42	5	-	-

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Marylebone Cricket Club second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Simpson	b Reid	37
TW Graveney	b Reid	35
WJ Edrich	c McMahon b Morrison	17
MC Cowdrey	c McMahon b Morrison	29
JV Wilson	c Blair b Reid	17
*PBH May	lbw b Reid	41
TE Bailey	c McMahon b Smith	10
JH Wardle	c Beck b Smith	2
+TG Evans	b Reid	0
R Appleyard	run out	0
PJ Loader	not out	6
Extras	(3 b, 4 lb)	7
Total	(all out, 60.5 overs)	201
Fall of wickets:
1-54, 2-89, 3-93, 4-135, 5-160, 6-190, 7-194, 8-194, 9-194, 10-201 (60.5 ov)

Wellington bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Blair	6	1	25	0	-	-
Morrison	16	2	63	2	-	-
Reid	20	4	65	5	-	-
Dempster	14	9	29	0	-	-
Smith	4.5	0	12	2	-	-

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Wellington second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DS St John	lbw b Appleyard	18
KFH Smith	c Graveney b Appleyard	26
LSM Miller	b Wardle	6
PT Barton	st Evans b Wardle	0
*JR Reid	b Appleyard	5
JEF Beck	b Appleyard	0
RT Barber	c Graveney b Appleyard	14
EW Dempster	st Evans b Wardle	3
+TG McMahon	b Wardle	4
RW Blair	c Cowdrey b Appleyard	4
BD Morrison	not out	0
Extras	(10 b, 4 lb)	14
Total	(all out, 45.4 overs)	94
Fall of wickets:
1-25, 2-38, 3-42, 4-49, 5-49, 6-79, 7-84, 8-88, 9-88, 10-94 (45.4 ov)

Marylebone Cricket Club bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Loader	2	0	12	0	-	-
Bailey	1	0	1	0	-	-
Appleyard	21.4	13	21	6	-	-
Wardle	21	8	46	4	-	-

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Notes
--> TW Graveney (1) passed 15500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 13
--> JR Reid reached 150 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Marylebone Cricket Club second innings
--> R Appleyard reached 400 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Wellington second innings

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