misc601963	Auckland Colts v Hutt Valley Colts
	Other matches in New Zealand 1949/50
Venue	Eden Park, Auckland on 31st December 1949, 2nd January 1950 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Hutt Valley Colts won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Auckland Colts won by an innings and 83 runs
Close of play day 1	Auckland Colts (1) 109/2 (Smith ?*, Finnegan ?*)

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Hutt Valley Colts first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
T Beard	c Marsden b Higgins	23		58
JE Ogilvie	b Hook	16
*K Pointon	c Crump b Skeen	1
B McCarthy	c Skeen b Higgins	12
J Swaysland	b Aitken	81
W Fraser	c Dwyer b Aitken	24		131
G Watson	not out	12
TA Harrison	lbw b Aitken	0
RD Marvelly	c Aitken b Higgins	0
A Haseldon	c Hook b Aitken	0
SJ Simpson	c Hook b Aitken	1
Extras	(7 b, 1 lb, 2 nb)	10
Total	(all out, 84.2 overs)	180
Fall of wickets:
1-28 (Ogilvie), 2-29 (Pointon), 3-58, 4-62, 5-165, 6-172, 7-172, 8-173, 9-174, 10-180 (84.2 ov)

Auckland Colts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Skeen	18	5	46	1	-	-
Hook	15	3	41	1	-	-
Aitken	17.2	6	23	5	-	-
Higgins	29	7	53	3	-	-
Sutcliffe	5	1	7	0	-	-

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Auckland Colts first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
KFJ Dwyer	hit wkt b Marvelly	16
MW Sutcliffe	b Harrison	37
O Smith	b Haseldon	62
P Finnegan	c Harrison b Haseldon	33
W Aitken	lbw b Fraser	45
N Marsden	c Harrison b Haseldon	15
+WC Crump	b Marvelly	47
R Johnson	lbw b Haseldon	2
BA Higgins	b Fraser	5
JR Skeen	b Fraser	5
A Hook	not out	11
Extras	(60 b, 4 lb, 2 nb)	66
Total	(all out, 109 overs)	344
Fall of wickets:
1-47, 2-78, 3-142, 4-229, 5-239, 6-263, 7-267, 8-301, 9-320, 10-344 (109 ov)

Hutt Valley Colts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Haseldon	31	9	109	4	-	-
Fraser	19	3	46	3	-	-
Simpson	31	11	55	0	-	-
Harrison	14	6	24	1	-	-
Marvelly	14	1	44	2	-	-

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Hutt Valley Colts second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JE Ogilvie	b Sutcliffe	7
*K Pointon	b Hook	6
B McCarthy	c Dwyer b Skeen	5
J Swaysland	c Skeen b Higgins	10
W Fraser	c Aitken b Hook	13
G Watson	b Skeen	1
TA Harrison	b Higgins	5
RD Marvelly	not out	9
A Haseldon	c Dwyer b Higgins	8
SJ Simpson	st Crump b Aitken	3
RW Blair	lbw b Hook	4
Extras	(6 b, 4 nb)	10
Total	(all out, 42 overs)	81
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-15, 3-16, 4-38, 5-49, 6-51, 7-60, 8-61, 9-71, 10-81 (42 ov)

Auckland Colts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Skeen	11	5	17	2	-	-
Hook	11	4	18	3	-	-
Aitken	5	1	16	1	-	-
Higgins	11	2	16	3	-	-
Sutcliffe	4	2	4	1	-	-

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Notes
--> Hutt Valley Colts full substitute: RW Blair for T Beard (from Hutt Valley Colts second innings)

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J Swaysland and W Fraser added 103 for the fifth wicket in the Hutt Valley Colts first innings
Hutt Valley Colts did not have a regular wicket-keeper in their team so 3 different players kept wicket during the Auckland Colts first innings
GT Beard was injured during the Auckland Colts first innings and was unable to bat in the Hutt Valley Colts second innings with RW Blair, the Hutt Valley Colts 12th man, being permitted to bat in his place
This match was part of a quadrangular tournament also involving Auckland City and Suburban Association and Northland Minor Association