f16939	Wellington v Auckland
	First-Class matches in New Zealand 1944/45
Venue	Basin Reserve, Wellington on 23rd, 25th, 26th December 1944 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Wellington won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Auckland won by 5 wickets
Umpires	FW Harris-Daw, MF Pengelly
Scorers	AE Cook, B Warwick
Close of play day 1	Auckland (1) 44/2 (Warner ?*, Cleal ?*)
Close of play day 2	Wellington (2) 25/0 (McVicar 8*, Rowe 16*)

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Wellington first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SA McVicar	run out	19
CG Rowe	st Kent b Burke	39
RJ Duffy	st Kent b Burke	11
WGC Bain	c Warner b Burke	51
JA Ell	st Kent b Burke	2
*+FLH Mooney	st Kent b Burke	1
AM Matheson	c Cleal b Burke	9
H Chapman	b Kerr	21
NR Hoar	not out	24
JG Ashenden	c sub (Richards) b Kerr	0
R Allen	run out	6
Extras	(8 b, 2 lb, 2 w)	12
Total	(all out, 111.5 overs)	195
Fall of wickets:
1-38 (McVicar), 2-73 (Rowe), 3-86 (Duffy), 4-90 (Ell), 5-98 (Mooney), 6-120 (Matheson), 7-151 (Bain), 8-186 (Chapman), 9-186 (Ashenden), 10-195 (Allen, 111.5 ov)

Auckland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cleverley	17	4	31	0	-	-
Brown	7	4	5	0	-	-
Kerr	36.5	17	50	2	-	-
Wheeler	12	3	26	0	-	-
Burke	39	12	71	6	-	-

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Auckland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*PE Whitelaw	c Bain b Allen	14
RH Cleave	c and b Allen	10
BH Warner	b Hoar	8
OC Cleal	c McVicar b Matheson	30
B Sutcliffe	c Hoar b Allen	75
AC Kerr	run out	50
+LAW Kent	b Allen	2
WJ Wheeler	st Mooney b Allen	22
C Burke	not out	6
WJ Brown	did not bat
DC Cleverley	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 6 lb, 2 nb)	10
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 85.3 overs)	227
Fall of wickets:
1-23 (Whitelaw), 2-26 (Cleave), 3-47 (Warner), 4-68 (Cleal), 5-196 (Sutcliffe), 6-198 (Kerr), 7-201 (Kent), 8-227 (Wheeler, 85.3 ov)

Wellington bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hoar	15	3	40	1	-	-
Ashenden	13	2	26	0	-	-
Allen	15.3	0	69	5	-	-
Matheson	21	11	25	1	-	-
Chapman	11	2	22	0	-	-
Duffy	10	2	35	0	-	-

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Wellington second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SA McVicar	st Kent b Burke	14
CG Rowe	b Wheeler	16
WGC Bain	b Burke	6
*+FLH Mooney	b Wheeler	4
RJ Duffy	c Kent b Burke	26
AM Matheson	b Brown	67
JA Ell	st Kent b Burke	3
H Chapman	c Kent b Brown	29
NR Hoar	c Cleal b Burke	8
JG Ashenden	b Brown	4
R Allen	not out	3
Extras	(6 b, 5 lb, 1 nb)	12
Total	(all out, 113.2 overs)	192
Fall of wickets:
1-25 (Rowe), 2-36 (Bain), 3-43 (Mooney), 4-45 (McVicar), 5-91 (Duffy), 6-95 (Ell), 7-155 (Chapman), 8-174 (Hoar), 9-182 (Ashenden), 10-192 (Matheson, 113.2 ov)

Auckland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Brown	10.2	1	31	3	-	-
Wheeler	20	7	33	2	-	-
Burke	38	17	46	5	-	-
Kerr	27	9	40	0	-	-
Cleverley	14	1	27	0	-	-
Cleal	4	2	3	0	-	-

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Auckland second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*PE Whitelaw	c Matheson b Chapman	28
OC Cleal	not out	77
B Sutcliffe	run out	48
WJ Wheeler	c Mooney b Matheson	0
RH Cleave	b Matheson	1
BH Warner	c Mooney b Hoar	0
AC Kerr	not out	1
+LAW Kent	did not bat
C Burke	did not bat
WJ Brown	did not bat
DC Cleverley	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb)	6
Total	(5 wickets, 41 overs)	161
Fall of wickets:
1-52 (Whitelaw), 2-141 (Sutcliffe), 3-145 (Wheeler), 4-147 (Cleave), 5-150 (Warner)

Wellington bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hoar	10	1	28	1	-	-
Ashenden	5	1	26	0	-	-
Matheson	15	1	49	2	-	-
Chapman	11	1	52	1	-	-

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Notes
--> CG Rowe made his debut in First-Class matches
--> BH Warner made his debut in First-Class matches
--> WJ Wheeler made his debut in First-Class matches
--> WJ Brown made his debut in First-Class matches
--> RH Cleave made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> BH Warner made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> WGC Bain (1) passed his previous highest score of 30 in First-Class matches
--> H Chapman (2) passed his previous highest score of 21 in First-Class matches
--> PE Whitelaw (2) passed 2500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 15
--> NR Hoar made his debut for Wellington in First-Class matches
--> AM Matheson made his debut for Wellington in First-Class matches
--> C Burke achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches when he dismissed WGC Bain in the Wellington first innings (previous best was 5-52)
--> R Allen achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches when he dismissed WJ Wheeler in the Auckland first innings (previous best was 4-59)
--> R Allen achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the Auckland first innings

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