f9311	Auckland v Wellington
	First-Class matches in New Zealand 1917/18
Venue	Eden Park, Auckland on 26th, 28th January 1918 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Auckland won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Wellington won by 8 wickets
Umpires	H Johnston, D McKenzie
Close of play day 1	Wellington (1) 27/0 (Hiddleston 14*, Wilson 12*)

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Auckland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LG Hemus	b Brice	23
FA Midlane	b Crawford	10
ANC Snedden	b Crawford	14
*SG Smith	not out	83
E Horspool	c and b Crawford	2
CCR Dacre	b Crawford	0
FS Middleton	b Hiddleston	6
LG Taylor	b Crawford	5
+TC Lowry	b Brice	28
H Simpson	b Brice	8
W McMath	b Brice	4
Extras		35
Total	(all out, 61.2 overs)	218
Fall of wickets:
1-22 (Midlane), 2-58 (Snedden), 3-60 (Hemus), 4-67 (Horspool), 5-67 (Dacre), 6-97 (Middleton), 7-117 (Taylor), 8-184 (Lowry), 9-203 (Simpson), 10-218 (McMath, 61.2 ov)

Wellington bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Brice	12.2	1	39	4	-	-
Crawford	30	8	90	5	-	-
Hiddleston	14	1	45	1	-	-
Tucker	5	0	9	0	-	-

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Wellington first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JS Hiddleston	c Lowry b Simpson	14
CG Wilson	c Simpson b Smith	13
MH Dind	b Smith	7
HB Lusk	b Middleton	23
WA Baker	c Lowry b Smith	85
JN Crawford	c Midlane b Dacre	110
BJ Tuckwell	b Simpson	2
HEL Burton	c and b Simpson	0
*AWS Brice	c Snedden b Simpson	5
KH Tucker	not out	8
+JW Condliffe	st Lowry b Smith	11
Extras		30
Total	(all out, 85.1 overs)	308
Fall of wickets:
1-28 (Hiddleston), 2-28 (Wilson), 3-41 (Dind), 4-71 (Lusk), 5-263 (Crawford), 6-265 (Tuckwell), 7-277 (Baker), 8-277 (Burton), 9-289 (Brice), 10-308 (Condliffe, 85.1 ov)

Auckland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	24.1	2	75	4	-	-
Simpson	25	3	73	4	-	-
McMath	10	0	33	0	-	-
Taylor	1	0	6	0	-	-
Middleton	15	0	45	1	-	-
Snedden	4	1	14	0	-	-
Dacre	4	0	15	1	-	-
Hemus	2	0	17	0	-	-

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Auckland second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LG Hemus	b Brice	9
FA Midlane	c Hiddleston b Crawford	17
ANC Snedden	b Brice	0
*SG Smith	b Brice	2
E Horspool	b Crawford	0
CCR Dacre	b Crawford	26
FS Middleton	b Brice	0
LG Taylor	b Crawford	3
+TC Lowry	b Brice	10
H Simpson	c Brice b Crawford	9
W McMath	not out	3
Extras		15
Total	(all out, 26 overs)	94
Fall of wickets:
1-11 (Hemus), 2-17 (Snedden), 3-19 (Smith), 4-20 (Horspool), 5-52 (Dacre), 6-61 (Midlane), 7-62 (Middleton), 8-68 (Taylor), 9-90 (Lowry), 10-94 (Simpson, 26 ov)

Wellington bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Brice	13	6	26	5	-	-
Crawford	13	1	53	5	-	-

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Wellington second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HEL Burton	c Simpson b Middleton	0
+JW Condliffe	c Smith b Simpson	0
BJ Tuckwell	not out	1
JN Crawford	not out	4
JS Hiddleston	did not bat
CG Wilson	did not bat
MH Dind	did not bat
HB Lusk	did not bat
*AWS Brice	did not bat
WA Baker	did not bat
KH Tucker	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(2 wickets, 2.2 overs)	5
Fall of wickets:
1-0 (Burton), 2-0 (Condliffe)

Auckland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Middleton	1.2	1	1	1	-	-
Simpson	1	0	4	1	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> TC Lowry made his debut in First-Class matches
--> H Simpson made his debut in First-Class matches
--> W McMath made his debut in First-Class matches
--> LG Taylor made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> H Simpson made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> SG Smith made his debut in New Zealand in First-Class matches
--> FS Middleton made his debut in New Zealand in First-Class matches

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