misc601960	Auckland Colts v Northland
	Other matches in New Zealand 1949/50
Venue	Eden Park, Auckland on 27th, 28th December 1949 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Auckland Colts won by 8 wickets
Close of play day 1	Auckland Colts (1) 135/3 (Smith ?*, Kingstone ?*)

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Northland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CB McLeod	c Higgins b Skeen	0
EL Child	c Higgins b Skeen	5
W Wilson	b Hook	6
KG Miller	c Kingstone b Skeen	26
*EN Vipond	c and b Hook	61
MJ Nelson	c Kingstone b Skeen	5
+EF Dunn	b Skeen	9
NR Wilson	b Skeen	10
John Radich	c Smith b Skeen	0
Joe Radich	not out	13
F Sigley	c Smith b Higgins	0
Extras	(7 b, 4 lb, 1 nb)	12
Total	(all out, 72 overs)	147
Fall of wickets:
1-0 (McLeod), 2-13, 3-13, 4-68, 5-78, 6-94, 7-123, 8-123, 9-140, 10-147 (72 ov)

Auckland Colts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Skeen	26	10	39	7	-	-
Hook	12	1	35	2	-	-
Higgins	10	3	25	1	-	-
Weir	7	4	8	0	-	-
Sutcliffe	17	4	28	0	-	-

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Auckland Colts first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
KFJ Dwyer	lbw b Child	45
P Finnegan	b Child	21
O Smith	b Nelson	47
W Aitken	b Vipond	12
IL Kingstone	b NR Wilson	19
MW Sutcliffe	c and b Child	3
BA Higgins	c and b John Radich	1
+WC Crump	c Child b Vipond	14
JR Skeen	c W Wilson b Vipond	10
A Hook	c Miller b Vipond	18
GL Weir	not out	16
Extras	(25 b, 1 nb, 1 w)	27
Total	(all out, 96.5 overs)	233
Fall of wickets:
1-61, 2-85, 3-120, 4-141, 5-144, 6-157, 7-179, 8-194, 9-197, 10-233 (96.5 ov)

Northland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McLeod	13	3	31	0	-	-
NR Wilson	16	2	44	1	-	-
Child	32	12	44	3	-	-
John Radich	10	0	30	1	-	-
Vipond	17.5	5	44	4	-	-
Joe Radich	2	1	4	0	-	-
Nelson	6	2	9	1	-	-

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Northland second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
EL Child	run out	48
W Wilson	st Crump b Higgins	21
KG Miller	c Hook b Skeen	5
*EN Vipond	c Kingstone b Skeen	5
MJ Nelson	lbw b Kingstone	25
+EF Dunn	c Crump b Skeen	18
NR Wilson	c Smith b Hook	12
John Radich	c and b Skeen	4
Joe Radich	not out	3
F Sigley	b Skeen	3
CB McLeod	absent
Extras	(5 b, 3 lb, 6 nb)	14
Total	(all out, 57 overs)	158
Fall of wickets:
1-26 (W Wilson), 2-63 (Miller), 3-93, 4-93, 5-114, 6-139, 7-151, 8-152, 9-158 (57 ov)

Auckland Colts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Skeen	20	9	32	5	-	-
Hook	11	2	34	1	-	-
Higgins	5	0	34	1	-	-
Sutcliffe	11	5	20	0	-	-
Smith	3	0	11	0	-	-
Kingstone	7	2	13	1	-	-

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Auckland Colts second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
KFJ Dwyer	not out	27
P Finnegan	b Child	3
IL Kingstone	lbw b Child	29
MW Sutcliffe	not out	8
O Smith	did not bat
W Aitken	did not bat
BA Higgins	did not bat
+WC Crump	did not bat
JR Skeen	did not bat
A Hook	did not bat
GL Weir	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 1 lb)	6
Total	(2 wickets, 15.4 overs)	73
Fall of wickets:
1-16 (Finnegan), 2-60 (Kingstone)

Northland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
NR Wilson	4	0	18	0	-	-
Child	7.4	0	32	2	-	-
Vipond	4	1	17	0	-	-

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Notes
--> Day 1 Lunch: Northland (1) 78/5 (Vipond 30*)
--> Day 2 Lunch: Auckland Colts (1) 233 all out

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This match was played on the Eden Park No 2 pitch and was part of a quadrangular tournament also involving Auckland City and Suburban Association and Hutt Valley Colts