f20311 ps210	Auckland v Central Districts
	Plunket Shield 1953/54
Venue	Eden Park, Auckland on 7th, 8th, 9th, 11th January 1954 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Central Districts won by 141 runs
Points	Auckland 0; Central Districts 8
Umpires	R Blennerhassett, OW Slaney
Close of play day 1	Auckland (1) 62/1 (Dwyer 18*, Morris 7*)
Close of play day 2	Central Districts (2) 57/0 (Hunter 34*, Bowden 22*)
Close of play day 3	Auckland (2) 4/0 (Taylor 2*, Dwyer 2*; 5.1 overs)

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Central Districts first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AA Hunter	c Taylor b Hambrook	10
EM Meuli	lbw b Burke	20
JW Guy	lbw b Burke	25
BA Turner	st Petrie b Burke	62
DW Bowden	b Burke	0
JHP Houghton	b Burke	1
DD Beard	c Burke b Hambrook	37
*HB Cave	b Clarke	11
DE Brian	b Burke	0
RE Brown	not out	4
+IA Colquhoun	run out	4
Extras	(1 b, 7 lb, 4 nb)	12
Total	(all out, 93.2 overs)	186
Fall of wickets:
1-25, 2-60, 3-61, 4-61, 5-73, 6-133, 7-172, 8-173, 9-176, 10-186 (93.2 ov)

Auckland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Clarke	25	7	55	1	-	-
Child	19	6	28	0	-	-
Hambrook	16	8	23	2	-	-
Burke	24.2	6	47	6	-	-
Carrington	9	4	21	0	-	-

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Auckland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DD Taylor	c Cave b Brian	32
KFJ Dwyer	lbw b Hunter	51
JB Morris	c Turner b Cave	10
DD Coleman	b Cave	21
BJ Postles	c Colquhoun b Cave	30
+EC Petrie	b Brian	1
TS Hambrook	b Beard	25
EL Child	c Brown b Beard	13
*C Burke	not out	23
DB Clarke	run out	2
RM Carrington	lbw b Beard	31
Extras	(6 b, 4 lb)	10
Total	(all out, 115 overs)	249
Fall of wickets:
1-50, 2-71, 3-120, 4-126, 5-139, 6-157, 7-191, 8-196, 9-203, 10-249 (115 ov)

Central Districts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Brian	22	4	51	2	-	-
Cave	32	14	46	3	-	-
Beard	29	11	74	3	-	-
Brown	18	5	31	0	-	-
Meuli	5	2	15	0	-	-
Hunter	9	2	22	1	-	-

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Central Districts second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AA Hunter	c Burke b Taylor	99
DW Bowden	b Clarke	27
JW Guy	b Clarke	90
EM Meuli	lbw b Hambrook	21
BA Turner	lbw b Carrington	29
JHP Houghton	b Child	1
DD Beard	not out	44
*HB Cave	c Hambrook b Clarke	7
DE Brian	c Burke b Clarke	37
+IA Colquhoun	not out	0
RE Brown	did not bat
Extras	(8 b, 1 lb, 8 nb)	17
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 119 overs)	372
Fall of wickets:
1-78, 2-188, 3-247, 4-261, 5-268, 6-296, 7-311, 8-370

Auckland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Clarke	28	5	71	4	-	-
Child	33	9	87	1	-	-
Hambrook	20	4	72	1	-	-
Burke	15	3	61	0	-	-
Carrington	17	6	39	1	-	-
Taylor	6	1	25	1	-	-

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Auckland second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DD Taylor	b Cave	10
KFJ Dwyer	b Brown	23
+EC Petrie	c Hunter b Brown	19
DD Coleman	c Colquhoun b Beard	29
JB Morris	c and b Brown	34
BJ Postles	c Cave b Beard	3
TS Hambrook	c and b Cave	19
EL Child	c Turner b Brown	20
*C Burke	not out	2
DB Clarke	b Cave	0
RM Carrington	b Cave	0
Extras	(4 b, 5 lb)	9
Total	(all out, 126 overs)	168
Fall of wickets:
1-17, 2-58, 3-59, 4-109, 5-113, 6-131, 7-153, 8-166, 9-168, 10-168 (126 ov)

Central Districts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Brian	27	13	26	0	-	-
Cave	28	11	43	4	-	-
Beard	26	11	37	2	-	-
Brown	30	18	29	4	-	-
Meuli	6	2	15	0	-	-
Hunter	9	7	9	0	-	-

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Notes
--> DD Beard (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 24
--> RM Carrington (1) passed his previous highest score of 11 in First-Class matches
--> RM Carrington (1) passed his previous highest score of 11 in Plunket Shield matches
--> JW Guy (2) passed his previous highest score of 55 in First-Class matches
--> JW Guy (2) passed his previous highest score of 55 in Plunket Shield matches
--> DE Brian (2) passed his previous highest score of 27 in First-Class matches
--> C Burke achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Plunket Shield matches in the Central Districts first innings (previous best was 5-33)
--> RE Brown achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Auckland second innings (previous best was 1-91)
--> DD Beard reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Auckland second innings
--> HB Cave reached 150 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Auckland second innings
--> HB Cave reached 100 wickets in Plunket Shield matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Auckland second innings
--> RE Brown achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Plunket Shield matches in the Auckland second innings (previous best was 1-91)

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