f13507	Minor Counties v New Zealanders
	New Zealand in British Isles 1931
Venue	Rose Brothers Sports Ground, Gainsborough on 17th, 18th, 19th June 1931 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Minor Counties won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	A Dolphin, H Watson
Close of play day 1	Minor Counties (1) 169/7 (Raffety 3*, Elderton 8*)
Close of play day 2	Minor Counties (2) 14/0 (Cook 9*, Homer 5*)

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Minor Counties first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WT Cook	st James b Merritt	33
HWF Homer	c Dempster b Merritt	71
RJF Remnant	c Page b Merritt	1
PGT Kingsley	b Merritt	0
CB Fordham	c sub b Lowry	32
CV Raffety	b Lowry	16
RE Frearson	b Lowry	13
C Walters	lbw b Lowry	0
*+MB Elderton	c and b Allcott	13
RV Ward	b Allcott	4
HC Lock	not out	0
Extras	(5 b, 3 lb)	8
Total	(all out, 92.5 overs)	191
Fall of wickets:
1-79, 2-90, 3-90, 4-121, 5-153, 6-153, 7-158, 8-183, 9-187, 10-191 (92.5 ov)

New Zealanders bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Talbot	6	1	10	0	-	-
Weir	7	2	15	0	-	-
Merritt	34	9	72	4	-	-
Blunt	4	0	18	0	-	-
Allcott	24.5	12	38	2	-	-
Page	7	2	16	0	-	-
Lowry	10	4	14	4	-	-

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New Zealanders first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CS Dempster	c Raffety b Remnant	0
JE Mills	c Remnant b Lock	150
GL Weir	c Kingsley b Ward	2
WE Merritt	b Remnant	38
CFW Allcott	c Frearson b Lock	3
+KC James	b Lock	8
JL Kerr	lbw b Lock	26
*TC Lowry	b Ward	52
RO Talbot	not out	43
ML Page	not out	7
RC Blunt	did not bat
Extras	(29 b, 3 lb)	32
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 125 overs)	361
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-19, 3-114, 4-133, 5-153, 6-227, 7-252, 8-331

Minor Counties bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Remnant	33	8	68	2	-	-
Fordham	9	4	21	0	-	-
Ward	25	2	77	2	-	-
Lock	35	5	113	4	-	-
Walters	23	3	50	0	-	-

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Minor Counties second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WT Cook	b Weir	24
HWF Homer	c Page b Lowry	40
RJF Remnant	not out	24
PGT Kingsley	b Lowry	0
CB Fordham	not out	22
CV Raffety	did not bat
RE Frearson	did not bat
C Walters	did not bat
*+MB Elderton	did not bat
RV Ward	did not bat
HC Lock	did not bat
Extras	(5 b)	5
Total	(3 wickets, 51 overs)	115
Fall of wickets:
1-41, 2-80, 3-80

New Zealanders bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Allcott	7	1	15	0	-	-
Mills	2	0	4	0	-	-
Merritt	15	2	40	0	-	-
Page	2	1	1	0	-	-
Weir	10	2	20	1	-	-
Talbot	9	2	18	0	-	-
Lowry	6	1	12	2	-	-

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Notes
--> RJF Remnant made his debut in First-Class matches
--> CB Fordham made his debut in First-Class matches
--> CV Raffety made his debut in First-Class matches
--> RV Ward made his debut in First-Class matches
--> HWF Homer made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> CV Raffety made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> RE Frearson made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> MB Elderton made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> RV Ward made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> HWF Homer (1) passed his previous highest score of 35 in First-Class matches
--> JE Mills (1) passed 3500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 140
--> TC Lowry (1) passed 8000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 11
--> TC Lowry achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Minor Counties first innings (previous best was 3-13)

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