f27595 ps424	Central Districts v Auckland
	Plunket Shield 1968/69
Venue	Fitzherbert Park, Palmerston North on 7th, 8th, 9th January 1969 (3-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Auckland won the toss and decided to field
Result	Auckland won by 7 wickets
Points	Central Districts 0; Auckland 10
Umpires	J Burns, CF Calkin, PG Thomas
Close of play day 1	Central Districts (1) 152 all out
Close of play day 2	Auckland (1) 170/7 (Neely 18*, Howarth 0*)

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Central Districts first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PJC Coutts	b Cunis	1
ML Ryan	c Howarth b Cunis	13
BE Congdon	c Morgan b Cunis	2
MJF Shrimpton	b Cunis	4
*V Pollard	lbw b Sutton	18
KJ Wadsworth	b Howarth	14
BW Yuile	c Jarvis b Sutton	37
+RM Schofield	c Sparling b Cunis	20
B Andrews	b Howarth	3
JH Howell	c and b Cunis	16
AB Jordan	not out	12
Extras	(2 b, 2 lb, 7 nb, 1 w)	12
Total	(all out, 52.2 overs)	152
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-10, 3-18, 4-31, 5-58, 6-60, 7-109, 8-124, 9-124, 10-152 (52.2 ov)

Auckland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cunis	18.2	6	60	6	-	-
Sutton	18	4	46	2	-	-
Howarth	16	3	34	2	-	-

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Auckland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TW Jarvis	c Schofield b Yuile	25
RJ Kasper	c Shrimpton b Jordan	27
RW Morgan	run out	61
MG Burgess	lbw b Howell	0
*JT Sparling	b Howell	9
GE Vivian	c Wadsworth b Howell	10
DO Neely	c Coutts b Andrews	18
+SR Speed	lbw b Andrews	7
HJ Howarth	b Andrews	2
RS Cunis	not out	9
RE Sutton	c Coutts b Jordan	3
Extras	(6 b, 6 lb, 2 nb)	14
Total	(all out, 85.5 overs)	185
Fall of wickets:
1-38, 2-110, 3-117, 4-125, 5-137, 6-148, 7-169, 8-170, 9-175, 10-185 (85.5 ov)

Central Districts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Andrews	22	11	32	3	-	-
Howell	21	4	63	3	-	-
Jordan	10.5	2	29	2	-	-
Pollard	13	7	18	0	-	-
Yuile	19	8	29	1	-	-

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Central Districts second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PJC Coutts	lbw b Cunis	0
ML Ryan	c Sparling b Howarth	50
BE Congdon	c Speed b Sutton	1
MJF Shrimpton	c Jarvis b Howarth	10
*V Pollard	c Sparling b Howarth	6
KJ Wadsworth	b Howarth	5
BW Yuile	c Sparling b Morgan	15
+RM Schofield	c Jarvis b Morgan	2
B Andrews	b Howarth	3
JH Howell	lbw b Howarth	4
AB Jordan	not out	5
Extras	(7 b, 6 lb, 4 nb)	17
Total	(all out, 44.4 overs)	118
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-1, 3-26, 4-47, 5-59, 6-90, 7-93, 8-102, 9-110, 10-118 (44.4 ov)

Auckland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cunis	5	1	13	1	-	-
Sutton	8	3	23	1	-	-
Howarth	18	4	29	6	-	-
Sparling	4	2	11	0	-	-
Morgan	9.4	0	25	2	-	-

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Auckland second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TW Jarvis	c Schofield b Ryan	34
RJ Kasper	hit wkt b Shrimpton	11
RW Morgan	c Jordan b Ryan	32
MG Burgess	not out	2
*JT Sparling	not out	4
GE Vivian	did not bat
DO Neely	did not bat
+SR Speed	did not bat
HJ Howarth	did not bat
RS Cunis	did not bat
RE Sutton	did not bat
Extras	(5 lb)	5
Total	(3 wickets, 36.2 overs)	88
Fall of wickets:
1-31, 2-80, 3-81

Central Districts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Andrews	4	2	9	0	-	-
Howell	2	0	5	0	-	-
Pollard	10	2	22	0	-	-
Yuile	9	3	20	0	-	-
Shrimpton	5	3	9	1	-	-
Ryan	6.2	2	18	2	-	-

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Notes
--> JH Howell (1) passed his previous highest score of 10 in Plunket Shield matches
--> AB Jordan made his debut in first-class matches
--> AB Jordan made his debut in Plunket Shield matches
--> RW Morgan (1) passed 2000 runs in Plunket Shield matches when he reached 23

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