misc602069	Waikato v Auckland XI
	Other matches in New Zealand 1952/53
Venue	Steele Park, Hamilton East on 4th, 6th April 1953 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Auckland XI won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	F Boyd, JE Davies
Close of play day 1	Waikato (1) 178/3 (Everest 90*, Gray 2*)

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Waikato first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JK Everest	not out	90			9	-
*+EC Petrie	c Dwyer b Bell	20
PR Bull	c Brooker b Bell	2			-	-
RC Hemi	run out	56			6	1
DJ Gray	not out	2			-	-
S Philip	did not bat
N Puna	did not bat
CE Agnew	did not bat
DB Clarke	did not bat
BB Higgins	did not bat
MP Rodgers	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 2 lb)	8
Total	(3 wickets)	178
Fall of wickets:
1-54 (Petrie), 2-? (Bull), 3-? (Hemi)

Auckland XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Brooker	?	?	42	0	-	-
Woodroffe	?	?	23	0	-	-
Belsham	31	11	35	0	-	-
Bell	28	?	55	2	-	-
Magee	?	?	14	0	-	-

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Auckland XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JS Waddingham	did not bat
KFJ Dwyer	did not bat
DJ Hemi	did not bat
DJ Napier	did not bat
*GC Burgess	did not bat
W Bell	did not bat
A Magee	did not bat
VG Brooker	did not bat
+BJ Sorenson	did not bat
VC Belsham	did not bat
B Woodroffe	did not bat

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> Bowling in the Waikato first innings adds 1 run under

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Rain stopped play at 3pm on the first day
JK Everest and RC Hemi added 109 for the third wicket in the Waikato first innings
Rain prevented any play on the second day with the match being abandoned