f12221	Wellington v Australians
	Australia in New Zealand 1927/28
Venue	Basin Reserve, Wellington on 17th, 18th, 20th February 1928 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Australians won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Australians won by 4 wickets
Umpires	LT Cobcroft, JJ Rodgers
Close of play day 1	Wellington (1) 42/0 (Foley 6*, Dempster 27*)
Close of play day 2	Wellington (2) 92/6 (James 6*, McLeod 0*)

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Australians first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WH Ponsford	b Brice	58
WM Woodfull	c McGirr b Badcock	165
AF Kippax	c McGirr b McLeod	26
*VY Richardson	b Lambert	17
KJ Schneider	c Brice b Badcock	73
RK Oxenham	run out	5
WC Alexander	c Lowry b Badcock	1
+WAS Oldfield	b Badcock	18
CV Grimmett	lbw b Lowry	1
DD Blackie	c and b Lowry	1
FL Morton	not out	3
Extras	(4 b, 3 lb)	7
Total	(all out, 118 overs)	375
Fall of wickets:
1-122 (Ponsford), 2-177 (Kippax), 3-208 (Richardson), 4-322 (Woodfull), 5-340 (Oxenham), 6-351 (Alexander), 7-360 (Schneider), 8-371 (Oldfield), 9-372 (Blackie), 10-375 (Grimmett, 118 ov)

Wellington bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McGirr	18	4	55	0	-	-
Massey	11	0	35	0	-	-
Badcock	41	15	82	4	-	-
McLeod	13	1	46	1	-	-
Brice	15	0	64	1	-	-
Lambert	4	0	12	1	-	-
Foley	1	0	6	0	-	-
Dempster	2	0	19	0	-	-
Lowry	13	1	49	2	-	-

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Wellington first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
H Foley	c Oldfield b Grimmett	36
CS Dempster	c Grimmett b Blackie	52
TC Lowry	b Oxenham	9
FT Badcock	c and b Grimmett	23
+KC James	lbw b Oxenham	4
EG McLeod	c Oxenham b Morton	11
HM McGirr	c Alexander b Blackie	22
JR Lamason	c Kippax b Grimmett	12
HN Lambert	c Oldfield b Oxenham	7
*AWS Brice	c Richardson b Oxenham	0
HB Massey	not out	13
Extras	(10 b, 7 lb)	17
Total	(all out, 97.4 overs)	206
Fall of wickets:
1-87 (Dempster), 2-96 (Lowry), 3-126 (Foley), 4-135 (Badcock), 5-135 (James), 6-170 (McLeod), 7-170 (McGirr), 8-186 (Lambert), 9-186 (Brice), 10-206 (Lamason, 97.4 ov)

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Morton	15	4	32	1	-	-
Blackie	32	14	53	2	-	-
Grimmett	28.4	7	65	3	-	-
Oxenham	22	7	39	4	-	-

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Wellington second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
H Foley	lbw b Morton	1
CS Dempster	b Grimmett	49
TC Lowry	b Morton	0
FT Badcock	b Blackie	0
JR Lamason	b Blackie	0
HN Lambert	st Oldfield b Grimmett	35
+KC James	not out	48
EG McLeod	c Oldfield b Blackie	1
HM McGirr	b Grimmett	26
*AWS Brice	c Blackie b Grimmett	0
HB Massey	c Oldfield b Morton	64
Extras	(3 b, 2 lb, 1 nb)	6
Total	(all out, 79.1 overs)	230
Fall of wickets:
1-20 (Foley), 2-20 (Lowry), 3-21 (Badcock), 4-27 (Lamason), 5-71 (Lambert), 6-92 (Dempster), 7-97 (McLeod), 8-126 (McGirr), 9-126 (Brice), 10-230 (Massey, 79.1 ov)

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Morton	9.1	2	24	3	-	-
Blackie	28	7	69	3	-	1
Oxenham	11	1	29	0	-	-
Grimmett	29	4	94	4	-	-
Schneider	2	0	8	0	-	-

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Australians second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+WAS Oldfield	b Badcock	5
CV Grimmett	b Brice	8
WC Alexander	c Foley b Badcock	7
RK Oxenham	c Foley b Badcock	6
AF Kippax	lbw b Brice	15
KJ Schneider	c Dempster b Badcock	0
WM Woodfull	not out	12
*VY Richardson	not out	9
WH Ponsford	did not bat
DD Blackie	did not bat
FL Morton	did not bat
Extras	(3 b)	3
Total	(6 wickets, 23.3 overs)	65
Fall of wickets:
1-13 (Oldfield), 2-13 (Grimmett), 3-27 (Alexander), 4-32 (Oxenham), 5-32 (Schneider), 6-50 (Kippax)

Wellington bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McGirr	3	0	8	0	-	-
Badcock	11.3	3	23	4	-	-
Brice	9	2	31	2	-	-

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Notes
--> AWS Brice made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> WM Woodfull (1) passed 6000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 37
--> HM McGirr (2) passed 3000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 22
--> HB Massey (2) equalled his previous highest score of 64 in First-Class matches
--> WC Alexander made his debut in New Zealand in First-Class matches
--> FL Morton made his debut in New Zealand in First-Class matches
--> KJ Schneider made his debut in New Zealand in First-Class matches
--> WH Ponsford made his debut in New Zealand in First-Class matches
--> DD Blackie made his debut in New Zealand in First-Class matches
--> RK Oxenham made his debut in New Zealand in First-Class matches
--> DD Blackie reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed JR Lamason, his 2nd wicket in the Wellington second innings
--> FT Badcock reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed RK Oxenham, his 3rd wicket in the Australians second innings

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