f13746 ps96	Auckland v Canterbury
	Plunket Shield 1931/32
Venue	Eden Park, Auckland on 8th, 9th January 1932 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Auckland won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Canterbury won by 8 wickets
Points	Auckland 0; Canterbury 8
Umpires	KR Somervell, RE Turton
Close of play day 1	Auckland (2) 55/1 (Frater 37*, Weir 3*)

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Auckland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PE Whitelaw	c Bellamy b Burrows	9
RE Frater	c Bellamy b Burrows	17
*GL Weir	c Burns b Cromb	0
HG Vivian	c Cromb b Burrows	7
HD Gillespie	run out	3
AW McCoy	c and b Cromb	0
NH McMillan	lbw b Burrows	5
TL Clark	c and b Merritt	4
AM Matheson	c Cromb b Merritt	6
+L Stephen-Smith	b Merritt	2
DC Cleverley	not out	1
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb)	2
Total	(all out, 27 overs)	56
Fall of wickets:
1-19 (Whitelaw), 2-26 (Frater), 3-34 (Weir), 4-34 (Vivian), 5-34 (McCoy), 6-39 (McMillan), 7-46 (Clark), 8-53 (Gillespie), 9-53 (Matheson), 10-56 (Stephen-Smith, 27 ov)

Canterbury bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cromb	11	3	24	2	-	-
Burrows	13	9	24	4	-	-
Merritt	3	0	6	3	-	-

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Canterbury first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JL Kerr	c Vivian b Cleverley	3
CG Crawford	lbw b Cleverley	15
AW Roberts	b Vivian	78
IB Cromb	c McMillan b Vivian	16
*ML Page	lbw b Cleverley	1
SG Lester	c Matheson b Vivian	21
JL Powell	b Matheson	15
FWJ Bellamy	st Stephen-Smith b Vivian	15
WE Merritt	c and b Vivian	19
+RC Burns	c McMillan b Matheson	11
JT Burrows	not out	1
Extras	(17 b, 4 lb, 2 nb)	23
Total	(all out, 75 overs)	218
Fall of wickets:
1-21 (Kerr), 2-71 (Crawford), 3-122 (Cromb), 4-123 (Page), 5-137 (Roberts), 6-166 (Powell), 7-178 (Lester), 8-201 (Bellamy), 9-206 (Merritt), 10-218 (Burns, 75 ov)

Auckland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cleverley	23	6	48	3	-	-
Weir	2	0	10	0	-	-
Matheson	20	7	57	2	-	-
Vivian	25	4	59	5	-	-
McMillan	4	0	18	0	-	-
McCoy	1	0	3	0	-	-

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Auckland second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PE Whitelaw	c Cromb b Merritt	13
RE Frater	st Burns b Merritt	74
*GL Weir	b Burrows	51
HD Gillespie	lbw b Merritt	8
HG Vivian	run out	7
AW McCoy	b Merritt	0
NH McMillan	c and b Merritt	7
TL Clark	st Burns b Merritt	10
AM Matheson	not out	50
+L Stephen-Smith	c Roberts b Merritt	8
DC Cleverley	c Burrows b Merritt	8
Extras	(11 b, 1 lb, 8 nb)	20
Total	(all out, 81 overs)	256
Fall of wickets:
1-50 (Whitelaw), 2-134 (Weir), 3-147 (Gillespie), 4-157 (Vivian), 5-157 (McCoy), 6-160 (Frater), 7-167 (McMillan), 8-189 (Clark), 9-200 (Stephen-Smith), 10-256 (Cleverley, 81 ov)

Canterbury bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cromb	23	3	56	0	-	-
Burrows	20	5	56	1	-	-
Merritt	33	2	105	8	-	-
Bellamy	3	1	2	0	-	-
Lester	2	0	17	0	-	-

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Canterbury second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JL Kerr	c Cleverley b McCoy	47
CG Crawford	b McCoy	29
AW Roberts	not out	11
IB Cromb	not out	8
*ML Page	did not bat
SG Lester	did not bat
JL Powell	did not bat
FWJ Bellamy	did not bat
WE Merritt	did not bat
+RC Burns	did not bat
JT Burrows	did not bat
Extras	(3 lb)	3
Total	(2 wickets, 21.2 overs)	98
Fall of wickets:
1-69 (Crawford), 2-90 (Kerr)

Auckland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cleverley	8	0	35	0	-	-
Weir	3	1	10	0	-	-
Matheson	2	0	9	0	-	-
McMillan	1	0	3	0	-	-
McCoy	7.2	1	38	2	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for four days but completed in two.
--> NH McMillan made his debut in Plunket Shield matches
--> NH McMillan made his debut in First-Class matches
--> TL Clark made his debut in Plunket Shield matches
--> TL Clark made his debut in First-Class matches
--> RE Frater made his last appearance in Plunket Shield matches
--> HD Gillespie made his last appearance in Plunket Shield matches
--> HD Gillespie made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> NH McMillan made his last appearance in Plunket Shield matches
--> NH McMillan made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> TL Clark made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> TL Clark made his last appearance in Plunket Shield matches
--> L Stephen-Smith made his last appearance in Plunket Shield matches
--> L Stephen-Smith made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> CG Crawford made his last appearance in Plunket Shield matches
--> CG Crawford made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> AW Roberts (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 17
--> RE Frater (2) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 5
--> AW Roberts (2) passed 1000 runs in Plunket Shield matches when he reached 8
--> IB Cromb (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 1
--> JT Burrows achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Plunket Shield matches in the Auckland first innings (previous best was 4-68)
--> JT Burrows achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Auckland first innings (previous best was 4-68)
--> HG Vivian achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Plunket Shield matches in the Canterbury first innings (previous best was 5-62)
--> WE Merritt achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Plunket Shield matches when he dismissed DC Cleverley in the Auckland second innings (previous best was 7-159)

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