f12577 ps75	Canterbury v Auckland
	Plunket Shield 1928/29
Venue	Lancaster Park, Christchurch on 25th, 26th, 27th December 1928 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Auckland won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Auckland won by 10 wickets
Points	Canterbury 0; Auckland 1
Umpires	TW Burgess, R Coleman
Close of play day 1	Auckland (1) 264/5 (Gillespie 65*, Whitelaw 21*)
Close of play day 2	Canterbury (2) 12/2 (Brosnahan 5*, Page 0*)

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Auckland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
EH Bowley	b Newman	40
JE Mills	b Read	7
AJ Postles	c Newman b Merritt	21
GL Weir	b Newman	27
*CFW Allcott	b Page	69
HD Gillespie	st Burns b Merritt	75
PE Whitelaw	b Cunningham	28
E Horspool	c Hamilton b Cunningham	30
AS Player	c Hamilton b Cunningham	8
JA Dunning	not out	8
+RW Rowntree	lbw b Cunningham	0
Extras	(11 b, 6 lb)	17
Total	(all out, 122.4 overs)	330
Fall of wickets:
1-15 (Mills), 2-74 (Bowley), 3-78 (Postles), 4-160 (Weir), 5-187 (Allcott), 6-274 (Whitelaw), 7-291 (Gillespie), 8-326 (Player), 9-330 (Horspool), 10-330 (Rowntree, 122.4 ov)

Canterbury bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Read	27	3	79	1	-	-
Cunningham	24.4	9	48	4	-	-
Merritt	26	1	94	2	-	-
Newman	33	8	59	2	-	-
Page	12	1	33	1	-	-

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Canterbury first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CG Crawford	c Whitelaw b Dunning	10
TE Brosnahan	b Weir	14
AW Roberts	c and b Dunning	3
*ML Page	st Rowntree b Bowley	44
JA Newman	lbw b Bowley	31
IM Hamilton	b Bowley	4
WE Merritt	b Dunning	19
CE Evans	c Mills b Dunning	0
RJ Read	c Postles b Dunning	6
+RC Burns	c and b Bowley	5
WHR Cunningham	not out	5
Extras	(2 b, 10 lb)	12
Total	(all out, 70.2 overs)	153
Fall of wickets:
1-12 (Crawford), 2-20 (Roberts), 3-63 (Brosnahan), 4-88 (Page), 5-94 (Hamilton), 6-121 (Merritt), 7-125 (Evans), 8-143 (Newman), 9-147 (Read), 10-153 (Burns, 70.2 ov)

Auckland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Dunning	16	1	44	5	-	-
Player	10	5	14	0	-	-
Allcott	21	10	21	0	-	-
Weir	10	1	24	1	-	-
Bowley	13.2	2	38	4	-	-

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Canterbury second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CG Crawford	c Dunning b Weir	4
TE Brosnahan	b Dunning	5
AW Roberts	b Weir	0
*ML Page	c Dunning b Weir	76
JA Newman	b Bowley	17
IM Hamilton	run out	18
WE Merritt	c Mills b Dunning	84
CE Evans	c Rowntree b Allcott	0
RJ Read	st Rowntree b Bowley	7
+RC Burns	b Weir	23
WHR Cunningham	not out	3
Extras	(9 b, 8 lb)	17
Total	(all out, 99.4 overs)	254
Fall of wickets:
1-12 (Crawford), 2-12 (Roberts), 3-16 (Brosnahan), 4-61 (Newman), 5-117 (Hamilton), 6-155 (Page), 7-168 (Evans), 8-183 (Read), 9-235 (Burns), 10-254 (Merritt, 99.4 ov)

Auckland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Dunning	18.4	4	47	2	-	-
Player	13	6	15	0	-	-
Allcott	24	4	50	1	-	-
Weir	25	7	73	4	-	-
Bowley	19	3	52	2	-	-

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Auckland second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
EH Bowley	retired hurt	20
JE Mills	not out	30
AJ Postles	not out	16
GL Weir	did not bat
*CFW Allcott	did not bat
HD Gillespie	did not bat
PE Whitelaw	did not bat
E Horspool	did not bat
AS Player	did not bat
JA Dunning	did not bat
+RW Rowntree	did not bat
Extras	(8 b, 4 lb)	12
Total	(no wicket, 35.4 overs)	78

Canterbury bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Read	6	4	6	0	-	-
Cunningham	8.4	4	15	0	-	-
Merritt	7	1	21	0	-	-
Newman	11	0	20	0	-	-
Page	3	0	4	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for four days but completed in three.
--> PE Whitelaw made his debut in Plunket Shield matches
--> PE Whitelaw made his debut in First-Class matches
--> RC Burns made his debut in Plunket Shield matches
--> RC Burns made his debut in First-Class matches
--> TE Brosnahan made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> TE Brosnahan made his last appearance in Plunket Shield matches
--> CE Evans made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> CE Evans made his last appearance in Plunket Shield matches
--> GL Weir (1) passed his previous highest score of 23 in Plunket Shield matches
--> GL Weir (1) passed his previous highest score of 23 in First-Class matches
--> HD Gillespie (1) passed his previous highest score of 61 in Plunket Shield matches
--> HD Gillespie (1) passed his previous highest score of 61 in First-Class matches
--> WE Merritt (2) passed his previous highest score of 37 in Plunket Shield matches
--> WE Merritt (2) passed his previous highest score of 50 in First-Class matches
--> JA Dunning achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches when he dismissed CG Crawford in the Canterbury first innings (previous best was 0-2)
--> JA Dunning achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the Canterbury first innings
--> JA Dunning achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Plunket Shield matches when he dismissed CG Crawford in the Canterbury first innings (previous best was 0-2)
--> JA Dunning achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Plunket Shield matches in the Canterbury first innings
--> E Horspool retired hurt in the Auckland first innings having scored 27 (team had lost 7 wickets) - he returned when the score was 326/8
--> EH Bowley retired hurt in the Auckland second innings having scored 20 (team had lost 0 wickets)

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