f20719 ps217	Wellington v Auckland
	Plunket Shield 1954/55
Venue	Basin Reserve, Wellington on 25th, 27th, 28th December 1954 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Wellington won by 85 runs
Points	Wellington 8; Auckland 0
Umpires	LG Clark, JM McLellan
Close of play day 1	Auckland (1) 83/5 (Worrall 33*)
Close of play day 2	Auckland (2) 32/1 (Burgess 9*, Worrall 7*)

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Wellington first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RA Vance	b Clarke	1
DS St John	lbw b Hambrook	29
LSM Miller	c Uluiviti b Brown	2
PT Barton	c Petrie b Clarke	7
*JR Reid	b Uluiviti	8
RT Barber	c Uluiviti b Hambrook	35
+FLH Mooney	b Hambrook	22
EW Dempster	b Clarke	15
RW Blair	b Clarke	0
BD Morrison	run out	6
JA McKeown	not out	0
Extras	(2 b, 2 lb, 5 nb)	9
Total	(all out, 52.5 overs)	134
Fall of wickets:
1-12, 2-21, 3-44, 4-44, 5-70, 6-97, 7-128, 8-128, 9-134, 10-134 (52.5 ov)

Auckland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Clarke	20.5	1	45	4	-	-
Brown	10	1	25	1	-	-
Hambrook	14	5	29	3	-	-
Uluiviti	7	1	18	1	-	-
Lissette	1	0	8	0	-	-

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Auckland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GC Burgess	c Morrison b Blair	22
JK Everest	b Reid	2
JH Worrall	run out	33
JB Morris	b Reid	17
DD Coleman	c Barton b Blair	8
*+EC Petrie	lbw b Morrison	0
TS Hambrook	c Mooney b Reid	15
NM Uluiviti	b Blair	4
AF Lissette	b Reid	5
DB Clarke	not out	7
WJ Brown	b Reid	0
Extras	(1 lb, 1 nb)	2
Total	(all out, 55 overs)	115
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-32, 3-63, 4-79, 5-83, 6-94, 7-103, 8-103, 9-113, 10-115 (55 ov)

Wellington bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Blair	19	6	38	3	-	-
Reid	19	7	31	5	-	-
Morrison	14	4	36	1	-	-
Dempster	3	0	8	0	-	-

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Wellington second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RA Vance	b Clarke	13
DS St John	c Uluiviti b Clarke	20
LSM Miller	lbw b Clarke	42
PT Barton	lbw b Lissette	20
*JR Reid	c Coleman b Brown	27
RT Barber	b Brown	8
+FLH Mooney	lbw b Hambrook	18
EW Dempster	not out	75
RW Blair	b Hambrook	59
BD Morrison	did not bat
JA McKeown	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 8 lb, 1 nb)	10
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 96.5 overs)	292
Fall of wickets:
1-31, 2-46, 3-72, 4-125, 5-133, 6-146, 7-181, 8-292 (96.5 ov)

Auckland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Clarke	31	6	74	3	-	-
Brown	23	2	75	2	-	-
Hambrook	16.5	1	43	2	-	-
Uluiviti	8	2	39	0	-	-
Lissette	18	3	51	1	-	-

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Auckland second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GC Burgess	c Mooney b Blair	11
JK Everest	b Blair	12
JH Worrall	b Morrison	19
JB Morris	c Reid b Blair	16
DD Coleman	c St John b Blair	17
*+EC Petrie	c and b Dempster	7
TS Hambrook	lbw b Dempster	66
NM Uluiviti	not out	48
AF Lissette	c Barber b Blair	9
DB Clarke	lbw b Reid	1
WJ Brown	b Blair	4
Extras	(9 b, 7 lb)	16
Total	(all out, 75.1 overs)	226
Fall of wickets:
1-20, 2-35, 3-54, 4-72, 5-81, 6-105, 7-173, 8-210, 9-211, 10-226 (75.1 ov)

Wellington bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Blair	20.1	6	50	6	-	-
Reid	19	8	39	1	-	-
Morrison	11	6	13	1	-	-
Dempster	18	2	73	2	-	-
McKeown	7	1	35	0	-	-

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Notes
--> PT Barton made his debut in First-Class matches
--> PT Barton made his debut in Plunket Shield matches
--> JK Everest made his debut in First-Class matches
--> JK Everest made his debut in Plunket Shield matches
--> NM Uluiviti made his debut in Plunket Shield matches
--> AF Lissette made his debut in Plunket Shield matches
--> AF Lissette made his debut in First-Class matches
--> GC Burgess made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> GC Burgess made his last appearance in Plunket Shield matches
--> JR Reid (2) passed 5000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 5
--> EW Dempster (2) passed his previous highest score of 67 in Plunket Shield matches
--> RW Blair (2) passed his previous highest score of 31 in Plunket Shield matches
--> TS Hambrook (2) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 12
--> NM Uluiviti (2) passed his previous highest score of 23 in First-Class matches
--> NM Uluiviti made his debut for Auckland in First-Class matches
--> LSM Miller made his debut for Wellington in First-Class matches
--> LSM Miller made his debut for Wellington in Plunket Shield matches
--> TS Hambrook achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Plunket Shield matches in the Wellington first innings (previous best was 3-30)
--> DB Clarke reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Wellington second innings
--> JR Reid reached 50 wickets in Plunket Shield matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Auckland second innings

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