a1847	Auckland v Central Districts
	New Zealand Motor Corporation Knockout Tournament 1976/77 (1st Round)
Venue	Eden Park, Auckland on 6th March 1977 (35-over match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Auckland won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Auckland won by 11 runs
Umpires	DHV Bindon, WRC Gardiner
Player of the Match	JF Reid

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Auckland innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
AEW Parsons	c Shrimpton b Atkinson	26
JD Riley	c Edwards b Bracewell	29
RJ Kasper	c Shrimpton b Atkinson	3
JR Wiltshire	b Atkinson	11
RG Arblaster	c Edwards b Thomas	11
+JF Reid	not out	45
*HJ Howarth	c Bracewell b Thomas	4
LJ Sewell	c sub b O'Sullivan	19
GB Troup	b Kay	19
LW Stott	not out	0
JAJ Cushen	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 6 lb, 3 w)	12
Total	(8 wickets, innings closed, 35 overs)	179
Fall of wickets:
1-48, 2-56, 3-65, 4-76, 5-111, 6-115, 7-150, 8-177

Central Districts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Kay	6	1	33	1	-	-	48.00	5.50
Thomas	7	1	42	2	-	-	28.00	6.00
Atkinson	7	0	30	3	-	-	18.67	4.29
Bracewell	7	3	14	1	-	-	56.00	2.00
O'Sullivan	7	0	43	1	-	-	56.00	6.14
Shrimpton	1	0	5	0	-	-	-	5.00

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Central Districts innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
DH Payton	c Stott b Troup	13
+GN Edwards	lbw b Howarth	11
*MJF Shrimpton	c Kasper b Troup	15
GJ Langridge	b Kasper	9
PJ Holland	run out	14
CMH Atkinson	c Riley b Stott	21
DW Bracewell	c Reid b Cushen	26
RI Thomas	c Troup b Stott	31
DR O'Sullivan	run out	12
RH Ellis	b Stott	3
DJ Kay	not out	0
Extras	(13 lb)	13
Total	(all out, 34.5 overs)	168
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-38, 3-43, 4-53, 5-93, 6-109, 7-139, 8-155, 9-168, 10-168 (34.5 ov)

Auckland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Cushen	7	1	27	1	-	-	56.00	3.86
Howarth	7	4	22	1	-	-	56.00	3.14
Troup	7	1	22	2	-	-	28.00	3.14
Kasper	4	0	19	1	-	-	32.00	4.75
Sewell	3	0	13	0	-	-	-	4.33
Stott	6.5	0	52	3	-	-	17.67	7.85

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Notes
--> RJ Kasper made his debut in List A matches
--> JR Wiltshire made his debut in List A matches
--> RG Arblaster made his debut in List A matches
--> GJ Langridge made his debut in List A matches
--> PJ Holland made his debut in List A matches
--> DJ Kay made his debut in List A matches
--> DH Payton made his last appearance in List A matches
--> DW Bracewell made his last appearance in List A matches
--> RI Thomas made his last appearance in List A matches
--> JF Reid passed his previous highest score of 26 in List A matches
--> DW Bracewell made his debut for Central Districts in List A matches
--> JAJ Cushen made his debut for Auckland in List A matches
--> CMH Atkinson achieved his best innings bowling analysis in List A matches in the Auckland innings
--> LW Stott achieved his best innings bowling analysis in List A matches in the Central Districts innings (previous best was 2-37)

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