f12205 ps71	Auckland v Canterbury
	Plunket Shield 1927/28
Venue	Eden Park, Auckland on 6th, 7th, 9th January 1928 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Canterbury won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Canterbury won by 11 runs
Points	Auckland 0; Canterbury 1
Umpires	WA Duff, RE Turton
Close of play day 1	Auckland (1) 152/6 (Mills 50*)
Close of play day 2	Auckland (2) 8/0 (Bowley 3*, Mills 3*)

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Canterbury first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GR Gregory	run out	67
IM Hamilton	lbw b Anthony	27
J Jacobs	b Bowley	1
*ML Page	c Dacre b Anthony	0
JA Newman	c Weir b Bowley	24
DC Nixon	c Scott b Anthony	13
+WHJ Hayes	b Anthony	0
WE Merritt	c and b Weir	37
CE Evans	c Player b Dacre	40
RJ Read	c and b Dacre	29
JN McEwin	not out	2
Extras		4
Total	(all out, 90.5 overs)	244
Fall of wickets:
1-56 (Hamilton), 2-61 (Jacobs), 3-62 (Page), 4-107 (Newman), 5-134 (Gregory), 6-134 (Hayes), 7-135 (Nixon), 8-197 (Merritt), 9-234 (Evans), 10-244 (Read, 90.5 ov)

Auckland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Matheson	13	4	36	0	-	-
Player	6	0	17	0	-	-
Weir	10	2	24	1	-	-
Anthony	22	4	66	4	-	-
Bowley	26	9	66	2	-	-
Garrard	9	2	19	0	-	-
Dacre	4.5	2	12	2	-	-

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Auckland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
EH Bowley	c and b Merritt	29
JE Mills	c Hayes b Read	64
A Anthony	b Merritt	6
*CCR Dacre	b Newman	19
IW Cooper	b Merritt	40
HD Gillespie	b Merritt	0
DR Garrard	b Read	0
AS Player	c Hamilton b Read	4
GL Weir	c Hayes b Read	9
AM Matheson	b Merritt	10
+AH Scott	not out	9
Extras		8
Total	(all out, 79.2 overs)	198
Fall of wickets:
1-58 (Bowley), 2-68 (Anthony), 3-93 (Dacre), 4-151 (Cooper), 5-151 (Gillespie), 6-152 (Garrard), 7-162 (Player), 8-179 (Mills), 9-182 (Weir), 10-198 (Matheson, 79.2 ov)

Canterbury bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nixon	5	0	15	0	-	-
Read	22	7	57	4	-	-
Merritt	30.2	6	69	5	-	-
Newman	22	8	49	1	-	-

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Canterbury second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GR Gregory	c Bowley b Anthony	12
IM Hamilton	b Weir	26
*ML Page	lbw b Cooper	76
WE Merritt	b Matheson	9
JA Newman	b Weir	13
J Jacobs	c Anthony b Weir	23
DC Nixon	c Gillespie b Matheson	44
+WHJ Hayes	c Matheson b Weir	11
CE Evans	b Bowley	24
RJ Read	c Matheson b Player	1
JN McEwin	not out	4
Extras		8
Total	(all out, 105.5 overs)	251
Fall of wickets:
1-37 (Hamilton), 2-39 (Gregory), 3-53 (Merritt), 4-92 (Newman), 5-141 (Jacobs), 6-185 (Page), 7-207 (Hayes), 8-231 (Nixon), 9-237 (Read), 10-251 (Evans, 105.5 ov)

Auckland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Matheson	26	4	70	2	-	-
Player	21	7	35	1	-	-
Weir	23	7	48	4	-	-
Anthony	14	2	33	1	-	-
Bowley	9.5	0	25	1	-	-
Garrard	2	0	7	0	-	-
Dacre	4	1	7	0	-	-
Cooper	6	1	18	1	-	-

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Auckland second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
EH Bowley	b McEwin	41
JE Mills	c Page b Read	7
IW Cooper	b Read	80
A Anthony	b Read	4
HD Gillespie	c Page b Nixon	24
*CCR Dacre	c Hamilton b Read	76
DR Garrard	b Newman	1
AS Player	not out	16
GL Weir	b Newman	1
AM Matheson	b Merritt	15
+AH Scott	b Read	8
Extras		13
Total	(all out, 97 overs)	286
Fall of wickets:
1-14 (Mills), 2-75 (Bowley), 3-86 (Anthony), 4-152 (Gillespie), 5-227 (Cooper), 6-230 (Garrard), 7-246 (Dacre), 8-247 (Weir), 9-273 (Matheson), 10-286 (Scott, 97 ov)

Canterbury bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nixon	13	2	39	1	-	-
Read	31	6	77	5	-	-
Merritt	17	1	65	1	-	-
Newman	26	7	62	2	-	-
McEwin	10	2	30	1	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for four days but completed in three.
--> GL Weir made his debut in First-Class matches
--> GL Weir made his debut in Plunket Shield matches
--> DC Nixon made his last appearance in Plunket Shield matches
--> WHJ Hayes made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> WHJ Hayes made his last appearance in Plunket Shield matches
--> JN McEwin made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> JN McEwin made his last appearance in Plunket Shield matches
--> AH Scott made his last appearance in Plunket Shield matches
--> AH Scott made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> GR Gregory (1) passed his previous highest score of 58 in First-Class matches
--> GR Gregory (1) passed his previous highest score of 58 in Plunket Shield matches
--> GR Gregory (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 4
--> WE Merritt (1) passed his previous highest score of 20 in Plunket Shield matches
--> CCR Dacre (1) passed 1000 runs in Plunket Shield matches when he reached 9
--> ML Page (2) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 13
--> IW Cooper (2) passed his previous highest score of 70 in First-Class matches
--> IW Cooper (2) passed his previous highest score of 70 in Plunket Shield matches
--> IW Cooper (2) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 66

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