f16904	Canterbury v Auckland
	First-Class matches in New Zealand 1943/44
Venue	Lancaster Park, Christchurch on 1st, 3rd January 1944 (3-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Auckland won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Canterbury won by 8 wickets
Umpires	GE Falgar, HW Gourlay
Close of play day 1	Canterbury (1) 251/9 (Scott 39*, NV Burtt 7*)

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Auckland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DC Ritchie	c Cromb b Scott	9
N Ellis	run out	17
B Sutcliffe	c Cromb b Scott	4
*HT Pearson	b NV Burtt	19
WH Cooper	lbw b NV Burtt	4
AC Kerr	c O'Brien b Butterfield	20
RWG Emery	c Hadlee b TB Burtt	8
+LAW Kent	run out	8
RG Sorenson	b TB Burtt	14
HJH Harrison	not out	7
C Burke	b Scott	18
Extras	(6 b, 2 lb, 2 nb)	10
Total	(all out, 47.4 overs)	138
Fall of wickets:
1-25 (Ellis), 2-26 (Ritchie), 3-39 (Sutcliffe), 4-52 (Cooper), 5-62 (Pearson), 6-73 (Emery), 7-96 (Kent), 8-96 (Kerr), 9-114 (Sorenson), 10-138 (Burke, 47.4 ov)

Canterbury bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Scott	15.4	2	36	3	-	-
Butterfield	12	3	21	1	-	-
TB Burtt	11	3	25	2	-	-
NV Burtt	9	0	46	2	-	-

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Canterbury first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
KFM Uttley	c Pearson b Emery	55
IB Cromb	c Sutcliffe b Burke	29
LA Butterfield	b Kerr	0
*WA Hadlee	c Kerr b Burke	16
WM Anderson	c Kerr b Burke	64
FP O'Brien	c Burke b Cooper	1
J Smith	c Sorenson b Kerr	19
RH Scott	not out	71
TB Burtt	c Kent b Burke	1
+DM Dunnet	b Burke	1
NV Burtt	b Sorenson	18
Extras	(10 b, 8 lb, 3 nb)	21
Total	(all out, 67.7 overs)	296
Fall of wickets:
1-58 (Cromb), 2-60 (Butterfield), 3-94 (Hadlee), 4-118 (Uttley), 5-139 (O'Brien), 6-189 (Smith), 7-227 (Anderson), 8-236 (TB Burtt), 9-238 (Dunnet), 10-296 (NV Burtt, 67.7 ov)

Auckland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Emery	15	2	65	1	-	-
Harrison	18	2	58	0	-	-
Sorenson	11.7	0	55	1	-	-
Burke	12	2	52	5	-	-
Kerr	9	0	42	2	-	-
Cooper	2	1	3	1	-	-

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Auckland second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DC Ritchie	c TB Burtt b Scott	30
N Ellis	c Scott b Butterfield	1
B Sutcliffe	b Scott	6
*HT Pearson	b Butterfield	58
WH Cooper	c Cromb b NV Burtt	4
AC Kerr	c Cromb b Butterfield	81
RWG Emery	c Dunnet b Butterfield	1
+LAW Kent	c Hadlee b NV Burtt	0
RG Sorenson	run out	29
HJH Harrison	c and b Butterfield	14
C Burke	not out	11
Extras	(12 b, 3 nb)	15
Total	(all out, 61.4 overs)	250
Fall of wickets:
1-5 (Ellis), 2-21 (Sutcliffe), 3-65 (Ritchie), 4-78 (Cooper), 5-147 (Pearson), 6-155 (Emery), 7-160 (Kent), 8-216 (Kerr), 9-227 (Sorenson), 10-250 (Harrison, 61.4 ov)

Canterbury bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Scott	23	3	70	2	-	-
Butterfield	15.4	8	24	5	-	-
TB Burtt	15	1	69	0	-	-
NV Burtt	8	0	72	2	-	-

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Canterbury second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
KFM Uttley	c Harrison b Kerr	46
IB Cromb	c Harrison b Kerr	16
LA Butterfield	not out	19
*WA Hadlee	not out	6
WM Anderson	did not bat
FP O'Brien	did not bat
J Smith	did not bat
RH Scott	did not bat
TB Burtt	did not bat
+DM Dunnet	did not bat
NV Burtt	did not bat
Extras	(7 b, 3 lb)	10
Total	(2 wickets, 19.1 overs)	97
Fall of wickets:
1-39 (Cromb), 2-79 (Uttley)

Auckland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Emery	3	0	17	0	-	-
Harrison	4	0	15	0	-	-
Sorenson	3	0	18	0	-	-
Burke	3	0	11	0	-	-
Kerr	6.1	1	26	2	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> DC Ritchie made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> N Ellis made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> WH Cooper made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> RG Sorenson made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> HJH Harrison made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> HT Pearson (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 11
--> RH Scott (1) passed his previous highest score of 60 in First-Class matches
--> RG Sorenson (2) passed his previous highest score of 15 in First-Class matches
--> RH Scott achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Auckland first innings (previous best was 3-56)
--> C Burke achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Canterbury first innings (previous best was 5-71)
--> LA Butterfield achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches when he dismissed RWG Emery in the Auckland second innings (previous best was 2-55)
--> LA Butterfield achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the Auckland second innings

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