misc30196	Auckland v Melbourne Cricket Club
	Melbourne Cricket Club in New Zealand 1926/27
Venue	Eden Park, Auckland on 4th, 5th, 7th February 1927 (3-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Auckland won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Close of play day 1	Melbourne Cricket Club (1) 20/0 (Jewell 12*, Campbell 4*)
Close of play day 2	Auckland (2) 21/1 (Gillespie 13*, Postles 2*)

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Auckland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
EH Bowley	c Campbell b Ebeling	130
A Anthony	b Ebeling	39
RE Frater	lbw b Ebeling	7
HD Gillespie	b Ebeling	0
CFW Allcott	c Campbell b Johnstone	60
*CCR Dacre	b Wood	2
AJ Postles	lbw b Ebeling	12
AM Matheson	b Johnstone	13
VC Butler	b Johnstone	1
AS Player	c Onyons b Ebeling	8
+AH Scott	not out	2
Extras		10
Total	(all out, 87.6 overs)	284
Fall of wickets:
1-108 (Anthony), 2-122, 3-122, 4-207, 5-214, 6-245, 7-270, 8-271, 9-274, 10-284 (87.6 ov)

Melbourne Cricket Club bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ebeling	26.6	5	63	6	-	-
WW Armstrong	12	0	57	0	-	-
TG Armstrong	15	2	53	0	-	-
Rodgerson	6	2	17	0	-	-
Ransford	3	1	10	0	-	-
Johnstone	10	2	21	3	-	-
Jewell	5	1	18	0	-	-
Wood	4	0	13	1	-	-
Onyons	6	1	22	0	-	-

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Melbourne Cricket Club first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RS Jewell	c Scott b Matheson	12
+KM Campbell	c Anthony b Allcott	8
BA Onyons	c sub (LTJ Monteith) b Player	51
TG Armstrong	lbw b Allcott	1
HI Ebeling	b Matheson	18
HCA Sandford	b Allcott	29
VS Ransford	b Allcott	100
RG Johnstone	b Player	20
PB Wood	c Anthony b Allcott	6
RS Rodgerson	c Gillespie b Butler	43
*WW Armstrong	not out	9
Extras		11
Total	(all out, 90.7 overs)	308
Fall of wickets:
1-20, 2-30, 3-32, 4-67, 5-122, 6-126, 7-165, 8-206, 9-283, 10-308 (90.7 ov)

Auckland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Matheson	25	4	93	2	-	-
Allcott	26.4	9	56	5	-	-
Bowley	5.3	0	26	0	-	-
Player	18	2	50	2	-	-
Anthony	10	1	43	0	-	-
Butler	5	0	19	1	-	-
Dacre	1	0	10	0	-	-

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Auckland second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HD Gillespie	b Johnstone	22
*CCR Dacre	lbw b Ebeling	2
AJ Postles	c and b WW Armstrong	15
A Anthony	c and b TG Armstrong	33
RE Frater	b WW Armstrong	46
CFW Allcott	c Rodgerson b TG Armstrong	3
VC Butler	c Campbell b Ebeling	8
AS Player	not out	32
AM Matheson	c Onyons b WW Armstrong	1
+AH Scott	b Ebeling	3
EH Bowley	absent hurt
Extras		6
Total	(all out, 52.1 overs)	171
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-42, 3-44, 4-44, 5-104, 6-124, 7-146, 8-148, 9-171 (52.1 ov)

Melbourne Cricket Club bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ebeling	15.1	4	29	3	-	-
WW Armstrong	14	0	55	3	-	-
TG Armstrong	9	1	30	2	-	-
Rodgerson	3	0	11	0	-	-
Ransford	3	0	19	0	-	-
Johnstone	8	3	21	1	-	-

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Melbourne Cricket Club second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HCA Sandford	run out (Dacre)	12
*WW Armstrong	b Matheson	35
RS Rodgerson	b Matheson	0
PB Wood	lbw b Player	11
TG Armstrong	c sub (LTJ Monteith) b Player	1
VS Ransford	c Scott b Player	21
BA Onyons	not out	19
RG Johnstone	not out	2
RS Jewell	did not bat
+KM Campbell	did not bat
HI Ebeling	did not bat
Extras		3
Total	(6 wickets, 42 overs)	104
Fall of wickets:
1-20, 2-27, 3-44, 4-62, 5-71, 6-91

Auckland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Matheson	19	4	50	2	-	-
Player	17	0	48	3	-	-
Anthony	1	0	2	0	-	-
Butler	2	1	1	0	-	-
Dacre	3	3	0	0	-	-

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