f16824	Auckland v Wellington
	First-Class matches in New Zealand 1940/41
Venue	Eden Park, Auckland on 14th, 15th, 17th, 18th February 1941 (4-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Wellington won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Auckland won by an innings and 24 runs
Umpires	RW Mitchell, OR Montgomery
Close of play day 1	Wellington (1) 28/1 (McLeod 13*, PD Wilson 5*)
Close of play day 2	Auckland (1) 133/3 (Whitelaw 71*, Scott 31*)
Close of play day 3	Wellington (2) 71/6 (Burnette 23*, Duffy 8*)

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Wellington first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WFT Hepburn	c Jackman b Burke	6
*EG McLeod	c Pearson b Andrews	85
PD Wilson	c Jackman b Burke	18
FR Crawford	run out	14
DS Wilson	c Cleal b Burke	37
+WE Norris	c Cleverley b Burke	9
NSH Burnette	b Andrews	1
RJ Duffy	lbw b Burke	3
TL Pritchard	b Andrews	6
JG Ashenden	c Burke b Andrews	7
TA Downes	not out	0
Extras	(5 b, 4 lb)	9
Total	(all out, 70.5 overs)	195
Fall of wickets:
1-19 (Hepburn), 2-50 (PD Wilson), 3-89 (Crawford), 4-157 (DS Wilson), 5-174 (McLeod), 6-178 (Burnette), 7-178 (Norris), 8-185 (Pritchard), 9-195 (Ashenden), 10-195 (Duffy, 70.5 ov)

Auckland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cleverley	16	0	44	0	-	-
Weir	7	1	22	0	-	-
Burke	28.5	4	71	5	-	-
Andrews	19	4	49	4	-	-

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Auckland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PE Whitelaw	b DS Wilson	95
GC Burgess	b Ashenden	13
HT Pearson	b Ashenden	14
WM Wallace	c DS Wilson b Ashenden	1
VJ Scott	c and b DS Wilson	133
*GL Weir	b DS Wilson	1
OC Cleal	c and b DS Wilson	98
C Burke	b Ashenden	28
+CKQ Jackman	b DS Wilson	0
DC Cleverley	not out	16
FM Andrews	not out	2
Extras	(4 b, 12 lb)	16
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 95 overs)	417
Fall of wickets:
1-30 (Burgess), 2-62 (Pearson), 3-64 (Wallace), 4-189 (Whitelaw), 5-193 (Weir), 6-369, 7-372, 8-384, 9-414

Wellington bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Pritchard	24	1	90	0	-	-
Downes	15	1	63	0	-	-
Ashenden	21	1	94	4	-	-
DS Wilson	21	2	86	5	-	-
Duffy	7	2	21	0	-	-
Crawford	4	0	30	0	-	-
Hepburn	3	0	17	0	-	-

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Wellington second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WFT Hepburn	b Weir	5
*EG McLeod	b Burke	26
PD Wilson	b Cleverley	0
FR Crawford	b Weir	0
+WE Norris	c and b Weir	5
DS Wilson	c Jackman b Weir	0
NSH Burnette	c and b Weir	49
RJ Duffy	not out	59
TL Pritchard	b Andrews	14
JG Ashenden	c Burgess b Weir	17
TA Downes	b Andrews	11
Extras	(11 b, 1 lb)	12
Total	(all out, 78.4 overs)	198
Fall of wickets:
1-15 (Hepburn), 2-16 (PD Wilson), 3-17 (Crawford), 4-29 (Norris), 5-31 (DS Wilson), 6-46 (McLeod), 7-135 (Burnette), 8-164 (Pritchard), 9-183 (Ashenden), 10-198 (Downes, 78.4 ov)

Auckland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cleverley	18	5	37	1	-	-
Weir	23	2	56	6	-	-
Burke	15	5	37	1	-	-
Andrews	17.4	1	46	2	-	-
Scott	5	1	10	0	-	-

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Notes
--> RJ Duffy made his debut in First-Class matches
--> WFT Hepburn made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> EG McLeod made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> PD Wilson made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> OC Cleal (1) passed his previous highest score of 58 in First-Class matches
--> DC Cleverley (1) passed his previous highest score of 15 in First-Class matches
--> NSH Burnette (2) passed his previous highest score of 44 in First-Class matches
--> JG Ashenden (2) passed his previous highest score of 14 in First-Class matches
--> C Burke achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches when he dismissed WE Norris in the Wellington first innings (previous best was 3-39)
--> C Burke achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the Wellington first innings
--> DS Wilson achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Auckland first innings (previous best was 4-38)
--> DS Wilson achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the Auckland first innings
--> GL Weir achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches when he dismissed JG Ashenden in the Wellington second innings (previous best was 5-57)

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The match was played for the Centennial Cup

 

 

 

 

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