f29904 ps490	Auckland v Central Districts
	Plunket Shield 1973/74
Venue	Eden Park, Auckland on 22nd, 23rd, 24th December 1973 (3-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Central Districts won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Auckland 6 (Batting 2, Bowling 4); Central Districts 9 (Batting 4, Bowling 5)
Umpires	WD Holmes, ECA MacKintosh
Close of play day 1	Auckland (1) 51/0 (Harris 28*, Jarvis 20*)
Close of play day 2	Central Districts (2) 145/7 (Snook 18*, Ellis 19*)

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Central Districts first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DH Payton	st Dykes b GP Howarth	106
GN Edwards	c Burgess b Cunis	9
JW Burtt	c Dykes b Hounsell	41
DW Neal	c Hounsell b HJ Howarth	1
DM Morland	c Dykes b Sutton	5
*IR Snook	lbw b GP Howarth	35
RN Wylie	b GP Howarth	0
RH Ellis	c Jarvis b HJ Howarth	3
+RM Schofield	c Parsons b GP Howarth	27
AB Jordan	c Cunis b GP Howarth	11
MT Brown	not out	4
Extras	(3 b, 7 lb, 5 nb)	15
Total	(all out, 78.3 overs)	257
Fall of wickets:
1-34, 2-106, 3-109, 4-142, 5-203, 6-203, 7-206, 8-224, 9-250, 10-257 (78.3 ov)

Auckland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sutton	11	0	53	1	-	-
Cunis	13	4	35	1	-	-
Hounsell	10	2	46	1	-	-
HJ Howarth	29	12	53	2	-	-
Morgan	3	0	23	0	-	-
GP Howarth	12.3	4	32	5	-	-

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Auckland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RM Harris	c Schofield b Jordan	46
TW Jarvis	st Schofield b Morland	77
GP Howarth	c Schofield b Jordan	8
*MG Burgess	c Edwards b Wylie	6
AEW Parsons	b Ellis	20
RW Morgan	b Ellis	11
+RA Dykes	lbw b Morland	4
RS Cunis	lbw b Ellis	11
AR Hounsell	b Ellis	9
RE Sutton	b Jordan	0
HJ Howarth	not out	0
Extras	(2 lb, 1 nb)	3
Total	(all out, 63.3 overs)	195
Fall of wickets:
1-80, 2-92, 3-106, 4-151, 5-165, 6-173, 7-179, 8-192, 9-195, 10-195 (63.3 ov)

Central Districts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jordan	15.3	1	43	3	-	-
Wylie	13	1	51	1	-	-
Morland	21	4	63	2	-	-
Brown	4	0	16	0	-	-
Ellis	10	2	19	4	-	-

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Central Districts second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DH Payton	c Burgess b Cunis	6
GN Edwards	lbw b HJ Howarth	17
JW Burtt	c HJ Howarth b Cunis	2
DW Neal	c and b HJ Howarth	45
DM Morland	c Jarvis b GP Howarth	9
*IR Snook	c GP Howarth b HJ Howarth	22
+RM Schofield	c and b HJ Howarth	21
RN Wylie	b Morgan	1
RH Ellis	lbw b Cunis	20
AB Jordan	c Dykes b Cunis	2
MT Brown	not out	3
Extras	(2 b, 3 lb, 2 nb)	7
Total	(all out, 59 overs)	155
Fall of wickets:
1-23, 2-26, 3-31, 4-83, 5-83, 6-113, 7-122, 8-149, 9-151, 10-155 (59 ov)

Auckland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sutton	4	0	13	0	-	-
Cunis	14	4	33	4	-	-
Hounsell	4	1	9	0	-	-
HJ Howarth	25	8	61	4	-	-
Morgan	6	0	17	1	-	-
GP Howarth	6	1	15	1	-	-

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Auckland second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RM Harris	c Schofield b Morland	17
TW Jarvis	run out	0
GP Howarth	not out	45
*MG Burgess	not out	18
AEW Parsons	did not bat
RW Morgan	did not bat
+RA Dykes	did not bat
RS Cunis	did not bat
AR Hounsell	did not bat
RE Sutton	did not bat
HJ Howarth	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 7 lb, 1 nb)	12
Total	(2 wickets, 24.3 overs)	92
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-50

Central Districts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jordan	10	2	31	0	-	-
Wylie	4	1	17	0	-	-
Morland	7.3	2	22	1	-	-
Brown	2	1	7	0	-	-
Ellis	1	0	3	0	-	-

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Notes
--> Central Districts score at 65 overs in the first innings was 226-8
--> GN Edwards made his debut in Plunket Shield matches
--> GN Edwards made his debut in First-Class matches
--> DM Morland made his debut in Plunket Shield matches
--> RN Wylie made his debut in First-Class matches
--> RN Wylie made his debut in Plunket Shield matches
--> MT Brown made his debut in Plunket Shield matches
--> MT Brown made his debut in First-Class matches
--> AEW Parsons made his debut in Plunket Shield matches
--> TW Jarvis (1) passed 4000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 71
--> GP Howarth (2) passed his previous highest score of 38 in Plunket Shield matches
--> JW Burtt made his debut for Central Districts in First-Class matches
--> JW Burtt made his debut for Central Districts in Plunket Shield matches
--> AR Hounsell made his debut for Auckland in First-Class matches
--> AR Hounsell made his debut for Auckland in Plunket Shield matches
--> DM Morland made his debut for Central Districts in First-Class matches
--> AEW Parsons made his debut for Auckland in First-Class matches
--> GP Howarth achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Central Districts first innings (previous best was 3-70)
--> GP Howarth achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the Central Districts first innings
--> GP Howarth achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Plunket Shield matches in the Central Districts first innings (previous best was 3-70)
--> GP Howarth achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Plunket Shield matches in the Central Districts first innings
--> RH Ellis achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Auckland first innings (previous best was 3-28)
--> RH Ellis achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Plunket Shield matches in the Auckland first innings (previous best was 3-28)

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