f31913 ps580	Auckland v Northern Districts
	Shell Trophy 1977/78 (Section One)
Venue	Eden Park, Auckland on 21st, 22nd, 23rd January 1978 (3-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Auckland won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Points	Auckland 8 (Batting 3, Bowling 5); Northern Districts 4 (Batting 1, Bowling 3)
Umpires	WRC Gardiner, KR Parris
Close of play day 1	Auckland (1) 83/4 (Arblaster 2*, Reid 3*)
Close of play day 2	Northern Districts (2) 190/2 (Gibson 106*, Parker 16*)

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Northern Districts first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JG Wright	c Burgess b Cushen	5
JG Gibson	b Cushen	4
GP Howarth	c Reid b Cushen	8
*JM Parker	c Reid b Stott	24
ADG Roberts	lbw b Stott	7
B Dunning	c Burgess b Cushen	21
+MJE Wright	b Cushen	0
CW Dickeson	c Arblaster b Troup	11
RJ Calland	c Burgess b Stott	5
MJ Child	b Cushen	14
PS Anderson	not out	1
Extras	(4 lb, 2 nb)	6
Total	(all out, 52.1 overs)	106
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-10, 3-21, 4-29, 5-57, 6-57, 7-83, 8-83, 9-102, 10-106 (52.1 ov)

Auckland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Troup	11	2	34	1	-	-
Cushen	20	8	27	6	-	-
Stott	19.1	7	37	3	-	-
McIntyre	2	1	2	0	-	-

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Auckland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PN Webb	lbw b Roberts	33
RJ Kasper	b Anderson	34
RG Arblaster	c MJE Wright b Roberts	8
MG Burgess	c Calland b Roberts	1
*GE Vivian	b Roberts	2
+JF Reid	c sub b Dunning	79
JR Wiltshire	not out	81
JM McIntyre	did not bat
GB Troup	did not bat
LW Stott	did not bat
JAJ Cushen	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 8 lb, 2 nb)	11
Total	(6 wickets, innings closed, 75 overs)	249
Fall of wickets:
1-64, 2-76, 3-77, 4-79, 5-92, 6-249 (75 ov)

Northern Districts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Child	16	4	54	0	-	-
Anderson	19	4	29	1	-	-
Roberts	20	2	65	4	-	-
Dickeson	4	1	16	0	-	-
Calland	5	0	29	0	-	-
Dunning	11	2	45	1	-	-

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Northern Districts second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JG Wright	run out	41
JG Gibson	c Vivian b Stott	128
GP Howarth	c Reid b Stott	24
*JM Parker	c Arblaster b Stott	30
ADG Roberts	c Burgess b Troup	0
B Dunning	c Webb b Cushen	30
+MJE Wright	c and b Cushen	43
CW Dickeson	b Stott	10
RJ Calland	not out	8
MJ Child	not out	15
PS Anderson	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 7 lb, 3 nb)	11
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 85 overs)	340
Fall of wickets:
1-99, 2-144, 3-225, 4-228, 5-228, 6-300, 7-317, 8-317

Auckland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Troup	11	0	60	1	-	-
Cushen	22	2	78	2	-	-
Stott	35	6	123	4	-	-
McIntyre	17	4	68	0	-	-

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Auckland second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PN Webb	c MJE Wright b Anderson	24
RJ Kasper	c Dickeson b Anderson	10
JR Wiltshire	b Roberts	41
MG Burgess	b Roberts	9
RG Arblaster	c MJE Wright b Roberts	0
*GE Vivian	not out	31
+JF Reid	c Dickeson b Howarth	16
JM McIntyre	not out	0
GB Troup	did not bat
LW Stott	did not bat
JAJ Cushen	did not bat
Extras	(10 b, 1 lb)	11
Total	(6 wickets, 45 overs)	142
Fall of wickets:
1-24, 2-47, 3-86, 4-86, 5-87, 6-118

Northern Districts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Child	5	1	30	0	-	-
Anderson	8	1	25	2	-	-
Roberts	10	2	19	3	-	-
Dickeson	12	5	30	0	-	-
Calland	2	0	12	0	-	-
Parker	2	0	10	0	-	-
Howarth	6	5	5	1	-	-

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Notes
--> Each first innings was limited to 75 overs
--> RJ Calland made his debut in Plunket Shield matches
--> RJ Calland made his debut in First-Class matches
--> PS Anderson made his debut in Plunket Shield matches
--> PS Anderson made his debut in First-Class matches
--> RJ Calland made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> RJ Calland made his last appearance in Plunket Shield matches
--> JG Gibson (2) passed his previous highest score of 108 in First-Class matches
--> JG Gibson (2) passed his previous highest score of 108 in Plunket Shield matches
--> JG Gibson (2) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 88
--> JAJ Cushen achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Northern Districts first innings (previous best was 4-28)
--> JAJ Cushen achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the Northern Districts first innings
--> JAJ Cushen reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Northern Districts first innings
--> JAJ Cushen achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Plunket Shield matches in the Northern Districts first innings (previous best was 4-28)
--> JAJ Cushen achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Plunket Shield matches in the Northern Districts first innings
--> B Dunning reached 50 wickets in Plunket Shield matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Auckland first innings
--> ADG Roberts reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Auckland second innings
--> GP Howarth reached 50 wickets in Plunket Shield matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Auckland second innings

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