misc30197	Waikato v Melbourne Cricket Club
	Melbourne Cricket Club in New Zealand 1926/27
Venue	Seddon Park, Hamilton on 8th, 9th February 1927 (2-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Waikato won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Melbourne Cricket Club won by an innings and 377 runs
Umpires	CW Armstrong, WA Wallis
Close of play day 1	Melbourne Cricket Club (1) 395/9 (WW Armstrong 60*, TG Armstrong 18*)

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Waikato first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SAR Badeley	b TG Armstrong	29
JB Pomeroy	b TG Armstrong	6
R Allen	st Campbell b TG Armstrong	8
D Hawke	run out	8
+TA Campbell	c Campbell b Dakin	11
R Going	st Campbell b Sandford	24
A Taylor	b Dakin	1
CN Rabone	b Sandford	8
WR Skeet	not out	8
H Williams	b Dakin	6
*R Johnston	b Dakin	5
Extras	(2 b, 3 lb)	5
Total	(all out, 25.7 overs)	119
Fall of wickets:
1-22, 2-30, 3-47, 4-59, 5-72, 6-88, 7-90, 8-100, 9-109, 10-119 (25.7 ov)

Melbourne Cricket Club bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jewell	6	0	18	0	-	-
TG Armstrong	8	0	50	3	-	-
Dakin	7.7	3	9	4	-	-
Sandford	4	0	37	2	-	-

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Melbourne Cricket Club first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PB Wood	c Going b Hawke	51
RS Jewell	lbw b Taylor	27
BA Onyons	c Allen b Badeley	26
EP Dakin	c Skeet b Pomeroy	48
+KM Campbell	c and b Pomeroy	34
RS Rodgerson	b Taylor	49
HCA Sandford	b Taylor	28
VS Ransford	c and b Pomeroy	32
*WW Armstrong	b Rabone	166
HI Ebeling	b Taylor	5
TG Armstrong	not out	89
Extras		25
Total	(all out, 87 overs)	580
Fall of wickets:
1-81, 2-82, 3-142, 4-182, 5-206, 6-258, 7-285, 8-322, 9-354, 10-580 (87 ov)

Waikato bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Going	15	1	73	0	-	-
Badeley	16	2	83	1	-	-
Taylor	20	0	128	4	-	-
Hawke	7	0	72	1	-	-
Johnston	8	0	46	0	-	-
Pomeroy	13	1	90	3	-	-
Williams	2	0	17	0	-	-
Rabone	4	0	29	1	-	-
Allen	2	0	17	0	-	-

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Waikato second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SAR Badeley	b Ransford	5
JB Pomeroy	b Ebeling	0
R Allen	b Ebeling	2
D Hawke	b Ransford	3
+TA Campbell	b Ebeling	0
R Going	c Wood b Ransford	5
A Taylor	b Wood	29
CN Rabone	c Campbell b Onyons	8
WR Skeet	lbw b Rodgerson	7
H Williams	not out	13
*R Johnston	b Wood	6
Extras		6
Total	(all out, 20.3 overs)	84
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-9, 3-13, 4-13, 5-19, 6-20, 7-33, 8-?, 9-?, 10-84 (20.3 ov)

Melbourne Cricket Club bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ebeling	2	0	6	3	-	-
Ransford	3	0	11	3	-	-
Rodgerson	6	1	19	1	-	-
Onyons	4	1	11	1	-	-
Campbell	3	0	21	0	-	-
Wood	2.3	0	10	2	-	-

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The brothers WW Armstrong and TG Armstrong added 226 for the tenth wicket in the Melbourne Cricket Club first innings, a new record for cricket in New Zealand.