f6263	Auckland v Wellington
	First-Class matches in New Zealand 1903/04
Venue	Auckland Domain, Auckland on 25th, 26th, 28th December 1903 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Wellington won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Wellington won by 90 runs
Umpires	Lawson, Stephenson
Close of play day 1	Wellington (1) 177/7 (Staples 47*, WRS Hickson 6*)
Close of play day 2	Wellington (2) 22/1 (HC Hickson 5*, Gore 7*)

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Wellington first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HC Hickson	lbw b Stemson	11
WP Redgrave	b Stemson	25
A Staples	b Olliff	67
+AB Williams	c Hay b W Mills	12
CS Gore	hit wkt b Olliff	28
JH Hutchings	b Stemson	13
AWS Brice	c W Mills b WNB Lusk	15
RW Quee	b Stemson	14
WRS Hickson	c Schmoll b Sloman	32
*EF Upham	not out	0
FC Stephenson	c W Mills b Olliff	1
Extras		6
Total	(all out, 95.3 overs)	224
Fall of wickets:
1-39 (HC Hickson), 2-46 (Redgrave), 3-59 (Williams), 4-98 (Gore), 5-127 (Hutchings), 6-144 (Brice), 7-161 (Quee), 8-222 (Staples), 9-222 (WRS Hickson), 10-224 (Stephenson, 95.3 ov)

Auckland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
WNB Lusk	20	6	47	1	-	-
Stemson	33	12	63	4	-	-
Sloman	5	1	9	1	-	-
Hay	1	0	2	0	-	-
W Mills	15	3	52	1	-	-
Olliff	21.3	6	45	3	-	-

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Auckland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
I Mills	c and b Upham	15
JA Sloman	b Upham	0
FR Mason	b Upham	31
TDB Hay	b Upham	8
HB Lusk	run out	2
+GE Schmoll	c Williams b Brice	28
WI Stemson	c WRS Hickson b Hutchings	0
WNB Lusk	b Upham	9
C Olliff	c Brice b Upham	16
E MacCormick	lbw b Hutchings	27
W Mills	not out	7
Extras		3
Total	(all out, 78.2 overs)	146
Fall of wickets:
1-1 (Sloman), 2-43 (Mason), 3-48 (I Mills), 4-58 (HB Lusk), 5-58 (Hay), 6-61 (Stemson), 7-71 (WNB Lusk), 8-105 (Schmoll), 9-130 (Olliff), 10-146 (MacCormick, 78.2 ov)

Wellington bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Upham	38	20	45	6	-	-
Stephenson	13	4	30	0	-	-
Redgrave	2	0	13	0	-	-
Hutchings	13.2	5	33	2	-	-
Brice	12	5	22	1	-	-

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Wellington second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HC Hickson	b Olliff	42
WP Redgrave	lbw b Stemson	7
CS Gore	lbw b W Mills	37
+AB Williams	lbw b W Mills	0
JH Hutchings	st Schmoll b W Mills	11
WRS Hickson	c WNB Lusk b Olliff	0
A Staples	c and b W Mills	1
AWS Brice	c MacCormick b W Mills	2
RW Quee	c Schmoll b Olliff	0
*EF Upham	b Olliff	6
FC Stephenson	not out	0
Extras		7
Total	(all out, 70.3 overs)	113
Fall of wickets:
1-12 (Redgrave), 2-92 (Gore), 3-92 (HC Hickson), 4-92 (Williams), 5-97 (WRS Hickson), 6-99 (Staples), 7-103 (Brice), 8-103 (Hutchings), 9-113 (Quee), 10-113 (Upham, 70.3 ov)

Auckland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
WNB Lusk	7	1	11	0	-	-
Stemson	16	8	23	1	-	-
Sloman	14	6	18	0	-	-
W Mills	14	4	19	5	-	-
Olliff	19.3	6	35	4	-	-

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Auckland second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TDB Hay	c and b Stephenson	6
I Mills	st Williams b Upham	33
FR Mason	run out	0
HB Lusk	lbw b Stephenson	1
+GE Schmoll	b Upham	8
C Olliff	b Upham	5
WI Stemson	c Brice b Stephenson	18
WNB Lusk	c Upham b Stephenson	5
JA Sloman	b Upham	19
E MacCormick	b Stephenson	2
W Mills	not out	0
Extras		4
Total	(all out, 54.5 overs)	101
Fall of wickets:
1-19 (Hay), 2-20 (Mason), 3-21 (HB Lusk), 4-36 (Schmoll), 5-51 (Olliff), 6-70 (Stemson), 7-72 (I Mills), 8-82 (WNB Lusk), 9-99 (MacCormick), 10-101 (Sloman, 54.5 ov)

Wellington bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Upham	27.5	8	44	4	-	-
Stephenson	27	6	53	5	-	-

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Notes
--> JH Hutchings made his debut in First-Class matches
--> JA Sloman made his debut in First-Class matches
--> GE Schmoll made his debut in First-Class matches
--> C Olliff made his debut in First-Class matches
--> I Mills made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> WRS Hickson (1) passed his previous highest score of 30 in First-Class matches
--> FR Mason (1) passed his previous highest score of 26 in First-Class matches
--> E MacCormick (1) passed his previous highest score of 17 in First-Class matches
--> WI Stemson reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed WP Redgrave, his 2nd wicket in the Wellington first innings

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