misc30224	Poverty Bay v Australians
	Australia in New Zealand 1927/28
Venue	The Oval, Gisborne on 20th, 21st March 1928 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Australians won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	P Martin, J Moody
Close of play day 1	Poverty Bay (1) 75/9 (Turbitt 18*, Dow 6*)

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Poverty Bay first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GN Lockett	b Morton	6
GJ Robertson	c Richardson b Morton	5
JW Schollum	b Blackie	16	106
FC Bennett	b Morton	0
*LH Thomson	b Morton	10
CR Fraser	b Morton	0
G Pocock	b Morton	1
W Jennings	b Blackie	3
WJ Schollum	b Blackie	4
+TT Turbitt	c Oxenham b McNamee	28
EH Dow	not out	11
Extras		7
Total	(all out, 65 overs)	91
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-14, 3-14, 4-34, 5-34, 6-39, 7-44, 8-48, 9-55, 10-91 (65 ov)

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Morton	23	8	27	6	-	-
McNamee	10	2	16	1	-	-
Blackie	22	10	25	3	-	-
Kippax	5	2	6	0	-	-
Alexander	5	1	10	0	-	-

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Australians first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WH Ponsford	c Pocock b Lockett	47		92
WM Woodfull	not out	50
AF Kippax	not out	13
*+VY Richardson	did not bat
RK Oxenham	did not bat
WC Alexander	did not bat
FL Morton	did not bat
RLA McNamee	did not bat
DD Blackie	did not bat
KJ Schneider	did not bat
A Jackson	did not bat
Extras		10
Total	(1 wicket, 53 overs)	120
Fall of wickets:
1-97 (Ponsford)

Poverty Bay bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
WJ Schollum	10	2	32	0	-	-
Bennett	16	7	13	0	-	-
Robertson	8	0	21	0	-	-
Lockett	9	2	15	1	-	-
Dow	4	0	23	0	-	-
JW Schollum	6	3	6	0	-	-

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Play was possible for only about two and a half hours each day