f16747 ps141	Wellington v Auckland
	Plunket Shield 1939/40
Venue	Basin Reserve, Wellington on 23rd, 25th, 26th, 27th December 1939 (4-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Auckland won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Wellington 4; Auckland 2
Umpires	CW Moore, JB Watson
Scorers	D McIntyre, B Warwick
Close of play day 1	Auckland (2) 18/1 (Pearson ?*, Sale ?*)
Close of play day 2	Auckland (2) 254/9 (Cleverley 4*, Cowie 6*)
Close of play day 3	Wellington (2) 163/7 (McLeod 13*, Wilson 23*)

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Auckland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PE Whitelaw	c Wilson b Pritchard	2
HT Pearson	b Ashenden	6
VS Sale	c Tindill b Lamason	14
*WM Wallace	c du Chateau b Lamason	47
GL Weir	b Pritchard	10
VJ Scott	c Ashenden b Lamason	7
AM Matheson	c Wilson b Ashenden	8
C Burke	c Tindill b Pritchard	3
+JAR Blandford	not out	14
DC Cleverley	c Tindill b Pritchard	2
J Cowie	run out	0
Extras	(6 b, 9 lb, 4 nb, 2 w)	21
Total	(all out, 30.7 overs)	134
Fall of wickets:
1-8 (Whitelaw), 2-12 (Pearson), 3-69 (Sale), 4-76 (Wallace), 5-87 (Weir), 6-92 (Scott), 7-99 (Burke), 8-107 (Matheson), 9-129 (Cleverley), 10-134 (Cowie, 30.7 ov)

Wellington bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Pritchard	13.7	0	45	4	1	3
Ashenden	8	1	29	2	-	-
Lamason	6	1	24	3	1	-
Wilson	3	1	15	0	-	-

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Wellington first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
VH du Chateau	c Cowie b Weir	19
WFT Hepburn	b Cleverley	26
WG Rainbird	lbw b Cleverley	17
+EWT Tindill	lbw b Weir	1
JA Ongley	b Weir	1
JR Lamason	c Pearson b Cleverley	25
WF Airey	b Cleverley	11
*EG McLeod	not out	20
DS Wilson	c Blandford b Matheson	12
TL Pritchard	c Wallace b Matheson	20
JG Ashenden	c Cleverley b Cowie	0
Extras	(7 b, 1 lb, 4 nb)	12
Total	(all out, 42.1 overs)	164
Fall of wickets:
1-44 (Hepburn), 2-53 (du Chateau), 3-55 (Tindill), 4-61 (Ongley), 5-93 (Rainbird), 6-102 (Lamason), 7-110 (Airey), 8-131 (Wilson), 9-160 (Pritchard), 10-164 (Ashenden, 42.1 ov)

Auckland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cowie	7.1	0	35	1	-	-
Matheson	10	0	39	2	-	2
Cleverley	14	2	45	4	-	3
Weir	10	2	33	3	-	-
Burke	1	1	0	0	-	-

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Auckland second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PE Whitelaw	lbw b Ashenden	0
HT Pearson	b Pritchard	53		127	3	1
VS Sale	b Pritchard	97		135	12	-
*WM Wallace	c McLeod b Pritchard	7
GL Weir	b Pritchard	50		77	5	1
VJ Scott	c Wilson b Ashenden	11
AM Matheson	b Ashenden	0
C Burke	b Pritchard	5
+JAR Blandford	c Pritchard b Ashenden	11
DC Cleverley	not out	8
J Cowie	b Pritchard	24
Extras	(3 b, 4 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	10
Total	(all out, 71.4 overs)	276
Fall of wickets:
1-1 (Whitelaw), 2-147 (Pearson), 3-161 (Sale), 4-178 (Wallace), 5-222 (Scott), 6-222 (Matheson), 7-232 (Burke), 8-238 (Weir), 9-246 (Blandford), 10-276 (Cowie, 71.4 ov)

Wellington bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Pritchard	21.4	2	66	6	1	4
Ashenden	19	4	83	4	-	-
Wilson	16	2	45	0	-	-
McLeod	5	2	17	0	-	-
Lamason	10	3	55	0	-	-

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Wellington second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WFT Hepburn	c Wallace b Weir	55		150
VH du Chateau	b Cowie	4
+EWT Tindill	c Matheson b Weir	29		96
WG Rainbird	run out	6
JA Ongley	c Matheson b Cowie	17
JR Lamason	b Cleverley	0
WF Airey	c Cleverley b Weir	5
*EG McLeod	not out	13
DS Wilson	not out	23
TL Pritchard	did not bat
JG Ashenden	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 6 lb)	11
Total	(7 wickets, 60 overs)	163
Fall of wickets:
1-19 (du Chateau), 2-86 (Tindill), 3-97 (Hepburn), 4-111 (Rainbird), 5-111 (Lamason), 6-122 (Airey), 7-128 (Ongley)

Auckland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cowie	12	2	37	2	-	-
Matheson	11	3	22	0	-	-
Cleverley	16	4	47	1	-	-
Weir	17	8	30	3	-	-
Burke	4	0	16	0	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> VS Sale (2) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 89
--> WM Wallace (2) passed 3500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 3
--> DS Wilson (2) passed his previous highest score of 18 in First-Class matches
--> DS Wilson (2) passed his previous highest score of 18 in Plunket Shield matches
--> JAR Blandford made his debut for Auckland in First-Class matches
--> JAR Blandford made his debut for Auckland in Plunket Shield matches

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