f13569	Yorkshire v New Zealanders
	New Zealand in British Isles 1931
Venue	St George's Road, Harrogate on 8th, 9th, 10th July 1931 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	New Zealanders won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	JH King, AE Street
Close of play day 1	New Zealanders (1) 247/4 (Page 10*, Talbot 4*)
Close of play day 2	Yorkshire (1) 169/9 (Wood 52*, Verity 1*)

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New Zealanders first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CS Dempster	c Wood b Verity	46
GL Weir	b Fisher	50
RC Blunt	b Macaulay	22
HG Vivian	c Mitchell b Verity	101
ML Page	lbw b Verity	28
RO Talbot	c Macaulay b Verity	5
*TC Lowry	b Fisher	3
CFW Allcott	c Wood b Verity	11
WE Merritt	not out	22
+KC James	did not bat
AM Matheson	did not bat
Extras	(10 b, 3 lb, 2 nb)	15
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 116.2 overs)	303
Fall of wickets:
1-56, 2-100, 3-181, 4-238, 5-255, 6-266, 7-270, 8-303 (116.2 ov)

Yorkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Dennis	20	3	39	0	-	-
Macaulay	30	7	65	1	-	-
Fisher	31	10	80	2	-	-
Verity	33.2	8	101	5	-	-
Oldroyd	2	0	3	0	-	-

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Yorkshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
P Holmes	c Weir b Lowry	20
A Mitchell	run out	12
E Oldroyd	lbw b Merritt	1
M Leyland	c Lowry b Merritt	23
*FE Greenwood	b Merritt	25
W Barber	c Talbot b Allcott	16
+A Wood	c Page b Allcott	62
F Dennis	b Allcott	4
H Fisher	st James b Merritt	1
GG Macaulay	b Allcott	6
H Verity	not out	11
Extras	(6 b, 2 lb)	8
Total	(all out, 60.4 overs)	189
Fall of wickets:
1-22, 2-35, 3-43, 4-82, 5-87, 6-117, 7-128, 8-138, 9-166, 10-189 (60.4 ov)

New Zealanders bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Merritt	17	0	79	4	-	-
Allcott	21.4	13	29	4	-	-
Vivian	9	5	25	0	-	-
Lowry	10	3	33	1	-	-
Blunt	3	0	15	0	-	-

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New Zealanders second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CS Dempster	lbw b Verity	6
GL Weir	b Verity	3
RC Blunt	not out	52
HG Vivian	c Barber b Verity	18
ML Page	c Fisher b Verity	0
*TC Lowry	c Holmes b Verity	5
RO Talbot	c and b Fisher	17
WE Merritt	c Leyland b Fisher	2
CFW Allcott	lbw b Verity	0
+KC James	not out	12
AM Matheson	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 2 lb)	8
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 48 overs)	123
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-23, 3-63, 4-74, 5-80, 6-102, 7-108, 8-108

Yorkshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Verity	24	7	67	6	-	-
Fisher	16	8	23	2	-	-
Leyland	1	0	8	0	-	-
Macaulay	7	3	17	0	-	-

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Yorkshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
P Holmes	b Weir	5
A Mitchell	c Merritt b Matheson	31
E Oldroyd	c Page b Merritt	8
M Leyland	st James b Merritt	65
W Barber	not out	66
*FE Greenwood	did not bat
+A Wood	did not bat
F Dennis	did not bat
H Fisher	did not bat
GG Macaulay	did not bat
H Verity	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 7 lb, 5 w)	17
Total	(4 wickets, 60.5 overs)	192
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-36, 3-55, 4-192 (60.5 ov)

New Zealanders bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Matheson	10	3	17	1	-	-
Weir	14	4	33	1	-	-
Allcott	6	2	21	0	-	-
Merritt	14.5	0	56	2	-	-
Blunt	3	1	4	0	-	-
Talbot	9	3	31	0	-	-
Lowry	4	0	13	0	-	-

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Notes
--> HG Vivian (1) passed 500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 16
--> A Wood (1) passed 2000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 21
--> H Verity reached 150 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the New Zealanders first innings

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