f23022 ps285	Canterbury v Auckland
	Plunket Shield 1959/60
Venue	Lancaster Park, Christchurch on 30th, 31st December 1959, 1st January 1960 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Match drawn
Points	Canterbury 5; Auckland 1
Umpires	LC Johnston, PM Kerr
Close of play day 1	Auckland (1) 295/6 (Morgan 40*, Farman 16*)
Close of play day 2	Auckland (2) 7/0 (Playle 7*, Harris 0*)

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Auckland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WR Playle	c Guillen b MacGibbon	32
RM Harris	b Kiddey	1
JT Sparling	c Ward b Kiddey	105
DD Taylor	c Kiddey b Alabaster	78
WB Norman	c Guillen b Bolton	3
JS Waddingham	lbw b Bolton	0
RW Morgan	run out	41
*RN Farman	b Bolton	30
KW Hough	c Dowling b Kiddey	15
RE Sutton	c Ward b Kiddey	0
+AW Ritchie	not out	0
Extras	(12 b, 9 lb, 3 nb)	24
Total	(all out, 160.2 overs)	329
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-66, 3-172, 4-189, 5-189, 6-252, 7-310, 8-310, 9-329, 10-329 (160.2 ov)

Canterbury bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Motz	16	4	50	0	-	-
Kiddey	29.2	15	44	4	-	-
MacGibbon	31	8	67	1	-	-
Alabaster	33	13	53	1	-	-
Bolton	30	13	55	3	-	-
Chapple	14	8	20	0	-	-
Guillen	7	3	16	0	-	-

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Canterbury first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Hunt	c Taylor b Hough	29
BA Bolton	b Sparling	25
GT Dowling	lbw b Sparling	2
K Thomson	lbw b Sparling	49
SC Guillen	b Sparling	0
*ME Chapple	c and b Sparling	87
AR MacGibbon	c Farman b Taylor	46
GD Alabaster	c Playle b Sparling	43
+JT Ward	b Sparling	0
RC Motz	b Hough	35
JWF Kiddey	not out	21
Extras	(14 b, 6 lb)	20
Total	(all out, 103.2 overs)	357
Fall of wickets:
1-45, 2-57, 3-59, 4-59, 5-113, 6-200, 7-278, 8-278, 9-325, 10-357 (103.2 ov)

Auckland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sutton	12	2	38	0	-	-
Hough	30.2	9	100	2	-	-
Sparling	38	14	98	7	-	-
Norman	12	1	43	0	-	-
Taylor	6	0	37	1	-	-
Morgan	5	0	21	0	-	-

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Auckland second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WR Playle	b Motz	10
RM Harris	b Kiddey	39
JT Sparling	c Ward b Kiddey	51
DD Taylor	b MacGibbon	9
JS Waddingham	c Guillen b Chapple	0
KW Hough	c Guillen b MacGibbon	9
WB Norman	b MacGibbon	2
RW Morgan	c MacGibbon b Alabaster	30
*RN Farman	lbw b Alabaster	20
RE Sutton	not out	3
+AW Ritchie	run out	16
Extras	(22 b, 7 lb, 1 nb)	30
Total	(all out, 93 overs)	219
Fall of wickets:
1-12, 2-106, 3-124, 4-124, 5-137, 6-137, 7-185, 8-196, 9-196, 10-219 (93 ov)

Canterbury bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Motz	7	3	15	1	-	-
Kiddey	26	11	29	2	-	-
MacGibbon	25	8	50	3	-	-
Alabaster	15	3	44	2	-	-
Bolton	8	2	20	0	-	-
Chapple	10	3	23	1	-	-
Guillen	2	0	8	0	-	-

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Canterbury second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Hunt	b Hough	9
BA Bolton	c Harris b Hough	0
GT Dowling	b Sutton	7
K Thomson	b Hough	8
SC Guillen	c Hough b Sutton	8
*ME Chapple	b Sutton	0
AR MacGibbon	b Sparling	4
GD Alabaster	c Playle b Sparling	0
+JT Ward	not out	9
RC Motz	not out	12
JWF Kiddey	did not bat
Extras	(4 lb)	4
Total	(8 wickets, 43 overs)	61
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-11, 3-20, 4-28, 5-29, 6-40, 7-40, 8-40

Auckland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sutton	15	9	11	3	-	-
Hough	15	6	33	3	-	-
Sparling	13	7	13	2	-	-

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Notes
--> JT Sparling (1) passed his previous highest score of 69 in Plunket Shield matches
--> JT Sparling (1) made his first century in Plunket Shield matches
--> JT Sparling (1) passed his previous highest score of 85 in first-class matches
--> JT Sparling (1) made his first century in first-class matches
--> K Thomson (1) passed his previous highest score of 36 in first-class matches
--> K Thomson (1) passed his previous highest score of 36 in Plunket Shield matches
--> JS Waddingham made his last appearance in first-class matches
--> JS Waddingham made his last appearance in Plunket Shield matches
--> JT Sparling achieved his best innings bowling analysis in first-class matches in the Canterbury first innings (previous best was 4-11)
--> JT Sparling achieved his first five wickets in an innings in first-class matches in the Canterbury first innings
--> JT Sparling achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Plunket Shield matches in the Canterbury first innings (previous best was 4-11)
--> JT Sparling achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Plunket Shield matches in the Canterbury first innings

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