f13357 ps86	Canterbury v Auckland
	Plunket Shield 1930/31
Venue	Lancaster Park, Christchurch on 25th, 26th, 27th, 29th December 1930 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Auckland won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Canterbury won by 4 wickets
Points	Canterbury 8; Auckland 0
Umpires	F Burgess, KH Perrin
Close of play day 1	Canterbury (1) 44/0 (Kerr 22*, Hamilton 16*)
Close of play day 2	Auckland (2) 180/2 (Weir 44*, Vivian 45*)
Close of play day 3	Canterbury (2) 56/0 (Kerr 31*, Hamilton 17*)

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Auckland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JE Mills	b Burrows	11
AJ Postles	run out	15
HG Vivian	run out	37
GL Weir	c Dorreen b Merritt	0
HD Gillespie	st Dorreen b Lester	20
*CFW Allcott	c Cromb b Lester	3
AF Wensley	b Burrows	39
AW McCoy	c Cromb b Merritt	6
AM Matheson	st Dorreen b Lester	14
DC Cleverley	c Hamilton b Lester	6
+HH Hunt	not out	0
Extras	(8 b, 1 lb, 4 nb)	13
Total	(all out, 61.3 overs)	164
Fall of wickets:
1-22 (Mills), 2-49 (Postles), 3-59 (Weir), 4-71 (Vivian), 5-92 (Gillespie), 6-93 (Allcott), 7-125 (McCoy), 8-152 (Wensley), 9-160 (Matheson), 10-164 (Cleverley, 61.3 ov)

Canterbury bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Burrows	16	3	29	2	-	-
Talbot	15	2	38	0	-	-
Merritt	17	0	63	2	-	-
Lester	13.3	4	21	4	-	-

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Canterbury first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JL Kerr	c McCoy b Cleverley	29
IM Hamilton	b Wensley	40
AW Roberts	b Cleverley	17
J Jacobs	c and b Matheson	52
RO Talbot	c Weir b Wensley	1
IB Cromb	lbw b Wensley	0
*ML Page	c Gillespie b Cleverley	12
SG Lester	st Hunt b Wensley	35
WE Merritt	b Wensley	7
+N Dorreen	c Weir b Cleverley	4
JT Burrows	not out	5
Extras	(16 b, 4 lb, 6 nb, 1 w)	27
Total	(all out, 68 overs)	229
Fall of wickets:
1-78 (Kerr), 2-78 (Hamilton), 3-126 (Roberts), 4-131 (Talbot), 5-139 (Cromb), 6-169 (Jacobs), 7-176 (Page), 8-192 (Merritt), 9-205 (Dorreen), 10-229 (Lester, 68 ov)

Auckland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Matheson	16	4	55	1	-	-
Wensley	28	5	86	5	-	-
Cleverley	21	3	58	4	-	-
Allcott	3	2	3	0	-	-

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Auckland second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JE Mills	b Cromb	66
AJ Postles	c Dorreen b Lester	13
GL Weir	b Roberts	134
HG Vivian	b Lester	81
HD Gillespie	b Talbot	10
AF Wensley	lbw b Cromb	20
*CFW Allcott	b Merritt	65
AW McCoy	b Talbot	21
AM Matheson	not out	94
DC Cleverley	c Dorreen b Burrows	4
+HH Hunt	c Dorreen b Burrows	0
Extras	(17 b, 7 lb, 5 nb)	29
Total	(all out, 165.4 overs)	537
Fall of wickets:
1-52 (Postles), 2-112 (Mills), 3-267 (Vivian), 4-292 (Gillespie), 5-345 (Weir), 6-349 (Wensley), 7-412 (McCoy), 8-464 (Allcott), 9-502 (Cleverley), 10-537 (Hunt, 165.4 ov)

Canterbury bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Burrows	43.4	14	89	2	-	-
Talbot	22	4	70	2	-	-
Merritt	33	3	137	1	-	-
Lester	21	3	73	2	-	-
Cromb	26	4	66	2	-	-
Page	13	3	44	0	-	-
Roberts	7	0	29	1	-	-

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Canterbury second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JL Kerr	hit wkt b McCoy	73
IM Hamilton	st Hunt b McCoy	80
AW Roberts	c McCoy b Weir	64
RO Talbot	c McCoy b Cleverley	74
*ML Page	lbw b Allcott	58
J Jacobs	not out	46
IB Cromb	c Mills b Allcott	15
WE Merritt	not out	10
SG Lester	did not bat
+N Dorreen	did not bat
JT Burrows	did not bat
Extras	(25 b, 10 lb, 18 nb)	53
Total	(6 wickets, 140 overs)	473
Fall of wickets:
1-112 (Kerr), 2-247 (Hamilton), 3-249 (Roberts), 4-396 (Page), 5-396 (Talbot), 6-446 (Cromb)

Auckland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Matheson	18	2	60	0	-	-
Wensley	37	3	112	0	-	-
Cleverley	31	6	108	1	-	-
Allcott	35	11	66	2	-	-
McCoy	10	1	36	2	-	-
Vivian	3	0	15	0	-	-
Weir	6	0	23	1	-	-

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Notes
--> HG Vivian made his debut in Plunket Shield matches
--> HG Vivian made his debut in First-Class matches
--> DC Cleverley made his debut in First-Class matches
--> DC Cleverley made his debut in Plunket Shield matches
--> IM Hamilton (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 3
--> GL Weir (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 122
--> AM Matheson (2) passed his previous highest score of 47 in Plunket Shield matches
--> AM Matheson (2) passed his previous highest score of 64 in First-Class matches
--> JL Kerr (2) passed his previous highest score of 70 in First-Class matches
--> JL Kerr (2) passed his previous highest score of 70 in Plunket Shield matches
--> IM Hamilton (2) passed his previous highest score of 77 in First-Class matches
--> IM Hamilton (2) passed his previous highest score of 77 in Plunket Shield matches
--> AW Roberts (2) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 5
--> SG Lester achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Plunket Shield matches when he dismissed DC Cleverley in the Auckland first innings (previous best was 3-56)
--> SG Lester achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches when he dismissed DC Cleverley in the Auckland first innings (previous best was 3-56)
--> WE Merritt reached 50 wickets in Plunket Shield matches when he dismissed GL Weir, his 1st wicket in the Auckland first innings

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