f29434 ps476	Wellington v Auckland
	Plunket Shield 1972/73
Venue	Basin Reserve, Wellington on 23rd, 24th, 25th December 1972 (3-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Auckland won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Wellington won by 10 wickets
Points	Wellington 16 (Batting 1, Bowling 5); Auckland 3 (Bowling 3)
Umpires	WT Martin, SA Thorburn
Close of play day 1	Wellington (1) 126/5 (Coney 35*, Taylor 9*)
Close of play day 2	Auckland (2) 11/1 (Redmond 6*, Dykes 0*)

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Auckland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RE Redmond	c Taylor b Collinge	6
RM Harris	c RW Smith b Taylor	5
JG Gibson	c Coney b Taylor	2
*MG Burgess	b Collinge	39
GE Vivian	c Therkleson b Hounsell	9
GP Howarth	c Morrison b Taylor	2
RW Morgan	c Coney b Taylor	24
+RA Dykes	not out	17
HJ Howarth	b Taylor	0
RS Cunis	c Coney b Greenstreet	4
RE Sutton	c Therkleson b Taylor	2
Extras	(1 b, 1 nb)	2
Total	(all out, 35 overs)	112
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-9, 3-14, 4-29, 5-32, 6-79, 7-96, 8-96, 9-101, 10-112 (35 ov)

Wellington bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Collinge	9	2	27	2	-	-
Taylor	14	1	37	6	-	-
Hounsell	5	1	26	1	-	-
Greenstreet	7	1	20	1	-	-

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Wellington first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GA Newdick	c Dykes b HJ Howarth	33
RW Smith	c GP Howarth b Cunis	2
JFM Morrison	b Cunis	32
JV Coney	not out	63
PJ Malcon	c and b HJ Howarth	2
BD Smith	c Redmond b Harris	6
*BR Taylor	c GP Howarth b HJ Howarth	10
+IJ Therkleson	run out	0
WA Greenstreet	c Harris b Morgan	33
RO Collinge	c and b HJ Howarth	18
AR Hounsell	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 1 lb, 2 nb)	9
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 75.4 overs)	208
Fall of wickets:
1-12, 2-47, 3-94, 4-104, 5-111, 6-132, 7-138, 8-187, 9-208 (75.4 ov)

Auckland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sutton	11	0	48	0	-	-
Cunis	25	5	66	2	-	-
HJ Howarth	31.4	12	64	4	-	-
Harris	3	1	4	1	-	-
Morgan	5	1	17	1	-	-

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Auckland second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RE Redmond	c BD Smith b Taylor	6
RM Harris	b Collinge	4
+RA Dykes	c Malcon b Collinge	6
JG Gibson	not out	48
GE Vivian	c Morrison b Collinge	2
GP Howarth	b Collinge	5
RW Morgan	b Hounsell	7
HJ Howarth	c Coney b BD Smith	11
RS Cunis	b BD Smith	6
RE Sutton	c sub b Greenstreet	2
*MG Burgess	absent hurt
Extras	(1 b, 6 lb, 3 nb)	10
Total	(all out, 43.4 overs)	107
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-18, 3-18, 4-21, 5-29, 6-58, 7-82, 8-90, 9-107 (43.4 ov)

Wellington bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Collinge	11	4	22	4	-	-
Taylor	9	2	24	1	-	-
Hounsell	9	1	23	1	-	-
Greenstreet	7.4	4	15	1	-	-
BD Smith	7	4	13	2	-	-

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Wellington second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GA Newdick	not out	7
PJ Malcon	not out	6
RW Smith	did not bat
JFM Morrison	did not bat
JV Coney	did not bat
BD Smith	did not bat
*BR Taylor	did not bat
+IJ Therkleson	did not bat
WA Greenstreet	did not bat
RO Collinge	did not bat
AR Hounsell	did not bat
Extras	(1 b)	1
Total	(no wicket, 5 overs)	14

Auckland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cunis	3	0	7	0	-	-
Harris	2	1	6	0	-	-

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Notes
--> Wellington score at 65 overs in the first innings was 162-7
--> GP Howarth made his debut in Plunket Shield matches
--> PJ Malcon made his debut in Plunket Shield matches
--> PJ Malcon made his debut in First-Class matches
--> JV Coney (1) passed his previous highest score of 29 in Plunket Shield matches
--> JV Coney (1) passed his previous highest score of 43 in First-Class matches
--> WA Greenstreet (1) passed his previous highest score of 27 in Plunket Shield matches
--> GP Howarth made his debut for Auckland in First-Class matches
--> JG Gibson made his debut for Auckland in First-Class matches
--> JG Gibson made his debut for Auckland in Plunket Shield matches
--> AR Hounsell made his debut for Wellington in First-Class matches
--> AR Hounsell made his debut for Wellington in Plunket Shield matches
--> BR Taylor reached 100 wickets in Plunket Shield matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Auckland first innings
--> BR Taylor achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Plunket Shield matches in the Auckland first innings (previous best was 5-37)
--> HJ Howarth reached 300 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Wellington first innings

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