f31892 ps574	Auckland v Central Districts
	Shell Cup 1977/78
Venue	Eden Park No 2, Auckland on 7th, 8th, 9th January 1978 (3-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Central Districts won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Auckland 7 (Batting 2, Bowling 5); Central Districts 7 (Batting 2, Bowling 5)
Umpires	DHV Bindon, JW Corner
Close of play day 1	Auckland (1) 87/5 (Burgess 17*)
Close of play day 2	Central Districts (2) 84/1 (Rutherford 40*)

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Central Districts first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
IA Rutherford	c Kasper b Stott	20
RW Anderson	c Kasper b Stott	43
*MJF Shrimpton	lbw b Stott	8
GJ Langridge	lbw b Troup	15
+GN Edwards	b Stott	6
MH Toynbee	c Reid b Troup	3
DW Bracewell	c Reid b McIntyre	14
DR O'Sullivan	b Cushen	22
DC Aberhart	b Cushen	11
DJ Kay	b McIntyre	11
AB Jordan	not out	0
Extras	(1 b, 3 lb, 3 nb)	7
Total	(all out, 51.4 overs)	160
Fall of wickets:
1-43, 2-72, 3-81, 4-95, 5-100, 6-100, 7-138, 8-140, 9-158, 10-160 (51.4 ov)

Auckland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cushen	14	3	42	2	-	-
Troup	15	2	83	2	-	-
Stott	15	8	16	4	-	-
McIntyre	7.4	4	12	2	-	-

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Auckland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AEW Parsons	b Aberhart	40
RJ Kasper	b O'Sullivan	12
MG Burgess	not out	73
*GE Vivian	lbw b Kay	4
RG Arblaster	lbw b O'Sullivan	0
+JF Reid	c Shrimpton b Bracewell	2
JR Wiltshire	c Edwards b Jordan	1
JM McIntyre	b Jordan	2
GB Troup	c O'Sullivan b Jordan	4
JAJ Cushen	c Edwards b Kay	2
LW Stott	lbw b O'Sullivan	18
Extras	(6 b, 6 lb, 7 nb, 1 w)	20
Total	(all out, 49.6 overs)	178
Fall of wickets:
1-47, 2-71, 3-77, 4-79, 5-87, 6-88, 7-96, 8-100, 9-119, 10-178 (49.6 ov)

Central Districts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Kay	12	4	33	2	-	-
Jordan	16	3	53	3	-	-
Aberhart	5	0	23	1	-	-
O'Sullivan	14.6	2	41	3	-	-
Bracewell	2	0	8	1	-	-

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Central Districts second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
IA Rutherford	not out	54
RW Anderson	c Troup b Arblaster	27
*MJF Shrimpton	not out	21
GJ Langridge	did not bat
+GN Edwards	did not bat
MH Toynbee	did not bat
DW Bracewell	did not bat
DR O'Sullivan	did not bat
DC Aberhart	did not bat
DJ Kay	did not bat
AB Jordan	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(1 wicket, 36 overs)	103
Fall of wickets:
1-51 (Anderson)

Auckland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cushen	10	0	33	0	-	-
Troup	13	1	47	0	-	-
McIntyre	7	4	8	0	-	-
Arblaster	6	3	14	1	-	-

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Notes
--> Each first innings was limited to 75 overs
--> DJ Kay made his last appearance in first-class matches
--> DJ Kay made his last appearance in Plunket Shield matches
--> RW Anderson (1) passed 3000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 40

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