f23590 ps306	Wellington v Auckland
	Plunket Shield 1960/61
Venue	Basin Reserve, Wellington on 10th, 11th, 12th January 1961 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Wellington won by 8 wickets
Points	Wellington 10; Auckland 0
Umpires	DP Dumbleton, MC Maris
Close of play day 1	Wellington (1) 43/2 (Guy 27*, Barton 4*)
Close of play day 2	Auckland (2) 75/5 (Playle 2*, Morgan 0*)

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Auckland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SG Gedye	c McMahon b Blair	6
RM Harris	c Butler b Blair	7
JT Sparling	c McMahon b Blair	16
DD Taylor	lbw b Blair	41
KR Deas	c McMahon b Butler	9
WR Playle	lbw b Morrison	22
RW Morgan	c McMahon b Morrison	4
WB Norman	b Blair	8
*LA Clark	not out	34
+ER Tovey	b Reid	1
RE Sutton	run out	5
Extras	(5 lb, 2 nb)	7
Total	(all out, 108 overs)	160
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-23, 3-30, 4-79, 5-85, 6-109, 7-112, 8-123, 9-130, 10-160 (108 ov)

Wellington bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Blair	38	20	43	5	-	-
Morrison	36	16	52	2	-	-
Reid	15	3	44	1	-	-
Butler	19	11	14	1	-	-

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Wellington first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JW Guy	b Clark	66
GM Aim	b Sutton	4
BW Sinclair	c Playle b Sparling	6
PT Barton	c Gedye b Deas	118
*JR Reid	c Harris b Deas	37
AH Preston	c Norman b Deas	46
LC Butler	lbw b Clark	3
GT McConnell	c Playle b Norman	28
RW Blair	c Morgan b Deas	1
+TG McMahon	b Norman	25
BD Morrison	not out	0
Extras	(6 b, 4 lb)	10
Total	(all out, 127.3 overs)	344
Fall of wickets:
1-17, 2-36, 3-128, 4-185, 5-270, 6-275, 7-295, 8-304, 9-340, 10-344 (127.3 ov)

Auckland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sutton	34	8	72	1	-	-
Norman	15.3	3	54	2	-	-
Clark	32	9	70	2	-	-
Sparling	23	11	57	1	-	-
Deas	23	6	81	4	-	-

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Auckland second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SG Gedye	b McConnell	44
RM Harris	c McMahon b Morrison	0
JT Sparling	c McConnell b Morrison	0
DD Taylor	c Reid b McConnell	25
KR Deas	b Reid	2
WR Playle	c Reid b McConnell	61
RW Morgan	c McConnell b Butler	10
WB Norman	not out	39
*LA Clark	lbw b McConnell	7
+ER Tovey	b Reid	1
RE Sutton	st McMahon b McConnell	0
Extras	(9 b, 7 lb, 3 nb)	19
Total	(all out, 112.2 overs)	208
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-0, 3-68, 4-69, 5-75, 6-98, 7-179, 8-192, 9-197, 10-208 (112.2 ov)

Wellington bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Blair	14	5	33	0	-	-
Morrison	17	11	23	2	-	-
Reid	25	12	49	2	-	-
Butler	19	8	31	1	-	-
McConnell	34.2	15	53	5	-	-
Preston	3	3	0	0	-	-

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Wellington second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JW Guy	c Tovey b Sutton	12
GM Aim	not out	6
BW Sinclair	st Tovey b Clark	3
AH Preston	not out	4
PT Barton	did not bat
*JR Reid	did not bat
LC Butler	did not bat
GT McConnell	did not bat
RW Blair	did not bat
+TG McMahon	did not bat
BD Morrison	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(2 wickets, 12.3 overs)	25
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-21

Auckland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sutton	6.3	0	17	1	-	-
Clark	6	3	8	1	-	-

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Notes
--> GT McConnell made his debut in Plunket Shield matches
--> GT McConnell made his debut in First-Class matches
--> DD Taylor made his last appearance in Plunket Shield matches
--> DD Taylor made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> JT Sparling (1) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 11
--> PT Barton (1) passed his previous highest score of 52 in First-Class matches
--> PT Barton (1) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> PT Barton (1) passed his previous highest score of 52 in Plunket Shield matches
--> PT Barton (1) made his first century in Plunket Shield matches
--> PT Barton (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 33
--> WB Norman (2) passed his previous highest score of 29 in Plunket Shield matches
--> GM Aim made his debut for Wellington in Plunket Shield matches
--> KR Deas achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Wellington first innings (previous best was 1-17)
--> KR Deas achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Plunket Shield matches in the Wellington first innings (previous best was 1-41)
--> GT McConnell achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the Auckland second innings
--> GT McConnell achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Plunket Shield matches in the Auckland second innings

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