f12229	Auckland v Australians
	Australia in New Zealand 1927/28
Venue	Eden Park, Auckland on 9th, 10th, 12th March 1928 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Australians won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Australians won by an innings and 40 runs
Umpires	WA Duff, WJH Somervell
Close of play day 1	Australians (1) 420/6 (Oldfield 16*, Grimmett 21*)
Close of play day 2	Auckland (2) 20/0 (Bowley 14*, Postles 5*)

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Australians first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WH Ponsford	c Bowley b Anthony	45
WM Woodfull	b Player	69
A Jackson	b GL Weir	46
AF Kippax	c Rowntree b Bowley	11
*VY Richardson	st Rowntree b Bowley	107
WC Alexander	c Rowntree b GL Weir	95
+WAS Oldfield	b Player	16
CV Grimmett	b GL Weir	22
DD Blackie	b Player	3
FL Morton	not out	6
RLA McNamee	c Rowntree b Player	0
Extras	(7 b, 4 lb)	11
Total	(all out, 140 overs)	431
Fall of wickets:
1-86 (Ponsford), 2-146 (Woodfull), 3-171 (Kippax), 4-181 (Jackson), 5-382 (Richardson), 6-382 (Alexander), 7-420 (Oldfield), 8-424 (Grimmett), 9-426 (Blackie), 10-431 (McNamee, 140 ov)

Auckland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Player	31	4	93	4	-	-
Langridge	9	2	33	0	-	-
Postles	8	1	18	0	-	-
Bowley	19	0	62	2	-	-
GL Weir	31	9	64	3	-	-
Anthony	21	1	72	1	-	-
Snedden	10	1	31	0	-	-
Cooper	6	0	26	0	-	-
AF Weir	5	1	21	0	-	-

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Auckland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
EH Bowley	c Blackie b Morton	0
AF Weir	c Richardson b McNamee	0
IW Cooper	b Grimmett	12
J Langridge	c and b Blackie	46
A Anthony	c Woodfull b Morton	23
*ANC Snedden	c Woodfull b McNamee	21
AS Player	not out	27
WJ Hendy	b McNamee	0
AJ Postles	b McNamee	4
GL Weir	b McNamee	10
+RW Rowntree	b Grimmett	10
Extras	(4 b, 11 lb, 3 nb)	18
Total	(all out, 88 overs)	171
Fall of wickets:
1-0 (AF Weir), 2-0 (Bowley), 3-27 (Cooper), 4-72 (Anthony), 5-113 (Langridge), 6-113 (Snedden), 7-113 (Hendy), 8-133 (Postles), 9-155 (GL Weir), 10-171 (Rowntree, 88 ov)

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Morton	19	7	25	2	-	3
McNamee	21	13	12	5	-	-
Grimmett	27	3	79	2	-	-
Blackie	21	4	37	1	-	-

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Auckland second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
EH Bowley	b Grimmett	16
AJ Postles	run out	49
IW Cooper	b Grimmett	18
J Langridge	c McNamee b Grimmett	78
AF Weir	lbw b Grimmett	0
A Anthony	b Grimmett	3
*ANC Snedden	c McNamee b Morton	6
AS Player	c and b Grimmett	0
WJ Hendy	c McNamee b Grimmett	16
GL Weir	b Blackie	21
+RW Rowntree	not out	0
Extras	(1 b, 10 lb, 2 nb)	13
Total	(all out, 105 overs)	220
Fall of wickets:
1-26 (Bowley), 2-55 (Cooper), 3-119 (Postles), 4-119 (AF Weir), 5-125 (Anthony), 6-146 (Snedden), 7-147 (Player), 8-177 (Hendy), 9-220 (GL Weir), 10-220 (Langridge, 105 ov)

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Morton	21	4	48	1	-	-
McNamee	27	6	43	0	-	-
Grimmett	43	11	91	7	-	-
Blackie	12	5	13	1	-	-
Kippax	2	0	12	0	-	-

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Notes
--> AF Weir made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> IW Cooper made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> ANC Snedden made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> WJ Hendy made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> J Langridge made his debut for Auckland in First-Class matches

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