misc601924	Auckland Town Clubs v Auckland Country Associations
	Other matches in New Zealand 1948/49
Venue	Eden Park, Auckland on 2nd, 3rd, 4th December 1948 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Auckland Town Clubs won by an innings and 309 runs
Umpires	FJ Rushton, RH Simmonds
Close of play day 1	Auckland Town Clubs (1) 339/3 (Coleman 23*, Wallace 20*)
Close of play day 2	Auckland Country Associations (1) 139 all out

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Auckland Town Clubs first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Sutcliffe	c Patrick b Lissette	142		161	19	1
DD Taylor	c JL Wyatt b McKenzie	100		251	13	-
J Hardstaff	c Costello b Patrick	33
DD Coleman	b Everest	71		170	9	-
*WM Wallace	not out	135		153	22	2
JP Marsdon	not out	3
+LAW Kent	did not bat
VG Brooker	did not bat
BA Higgins	did not bat
JA Hayes	did not bat
JE Hollywood	did not bat
Extras	(19 b, 10 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	32
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 143 overs)	516
Fall of wickets:
1-211 (Sutcliffe), 2-278 (Hardstaff), 3-307 (Taylor), 4-493 (Coleman)

Auckland Country Associations bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McKenzie	32	12	85	1	-	-
Patrick	39	8	153	1	-	-
Lissette	22	1	97	1	-	-
Winger	25	7	82	0	-	-
Everest	11	1	37	1	-	-
Blane	10	1	25	0	-	-
Child	4	2	5	0	-	-

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Auckland Country Associations first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
IE Wyatt	c Hayes b Higgins	12
+EC Petrie	c Kent b Brooker	7
*JK Everest	c Kent b Hollywood	20
JP Blane	b Hollywood	1
JL Wyatt	c Kent b Hayes	13
EL Child	st Kent b Higgins	11
WJ McKenzie	c Hardstaff b Marsdon	49		64	4	1
W Costello	b Marsdon	12
BA Patrick	c Sutcliffe b Marsdon	5
AF Lissette	not out	4
NS Winger	b Hayes	0
Extras	(4 lb, 1 w)	5
Total	(all out, 217 minutes, 76.3 overs)	139
Fall of wickets:
1-7 (Petrie), 2-39, 3-40, 4-47, 5-68, 6-91, 7-124, 8-133, 9-136, 10-139 (76.3 ov)

Auckland Town Clubs bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hayes	21.3	3	40	2	-	-
Brooker	9	6	8	1	-	-
Hollywood	17	10	27	2	-	-
Higgins	20	5	43	2	-	-
Marsdon	9	1	16	3	-	-

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Auckland Country Associations second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+EC Petrie	lbw b Brooker	0
IE Wyatt	lbw b Hollywood	2
*JK Everest	st Kent b Marsdon	3
JP Blane	run out	0
JL Wyatt	st Kent b Marsdon	10
WJ McKenzie	b Higgins	5
EL Child	lbw b Hollywood	11
W Costello	c Kent b Marsdon	17
BA Patrick	c Marsdon b Hollywood	7
AF Lissette	not out	5
NS Winger	st Kent b Marsdon	0
Extras	(6 b, 1 lb, 1 nb)	8
Total	(all out, 59 overs)	68
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-2, 3-2, 4-18, 5-25, 6-25, 7-42, 8-62, 9-66, 10-68 (59 ov)

Auckland Town Clubs bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Brooker	12	11	1	1	-	-
Hollywood	18	8	19	3	-	-
Higgins	13	6	22	1	-	-
Marsdon	16	5	18	4	-	-

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B Sutcliffe and DD Taylor put on 211 in 161 minutes for the first wicket Auckland Town Clubs first innings
DD Coleman and WM Wallace added on 186 in 138 minutes for the fourth wicket Auckland Town Clubs first innings
Rain interrupted play four times on the first day