f2361	Wellington v Nelson
	First-Class matches in New Zealand 1880/81
Venue	Basin Reserve, Wellington on 30th, 31st December 1880 (2-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Wellington won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	WJ Salmon, P Topliss
Close of play day 1	Nelson (2) 6/0 (HA Boddington 2*, Halliday 3*)

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Nelson first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*JP Firth	b Francis	13
HA Boddington	b Luxford	12
LHF Balmain	c Salmon b Luxford	50
HH Halliday	b Francis	2
S Fowler	c Kuchen b Francis	7
J Wigzell	b Luxford	0
FE Greenfield	b Francis	10
ER Boddington	c Knapp b Francis	0
D Burns	lbw b Francis	5
J Naylor	not out	3
W Holmes	b Luxford	0
Extras	(3 b, 2 lb, 3 w)	8
Total	(all out, 69.3 overs)	110
Fall of wickets:
1-20 (Firth), 2-52 (HA Boddington), 3-59 (Halliday), 4-78 (Fowler), 5-84 (Wigzell), 6-97 (Greenfield), 7-97 (ER Boddington), 8-107 (Burns), 9-110 (Balmain), 10-110 (Holmes, 69.3 ov)

Wellington bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Francis	34.4	14	53	6	-	-
Armitage	11	3	18	0	-	-
Page	6	3	9	0	-	-
Luxford	17.4	6	21	4	-	-

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Wellington first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JE Page	run out	10
JW Brown	b Fowler	1
JPE Francis	run out	0
JW Blacklock	c Firth b Fowler	2
WC Kennedy	b Fowler	2
JAN Salmon	b Fowler	5
*CA Knapp	c Halliday b Burns	3
HS Hickson	b Burns	9
JTB Armitage	b Fowler	2
G Kuchen	c Firth b Burns	5
FH Luxford	not out	1
Extras	(2 b, 3 lb)	5
Total	(all out, 29 overs)	45
Fall of wickets:
1-11 (Brown), 2-14 (Francis), 3-14 (Page), 4-18 (Kennedy), 5-22 (Blacklock), 6-30 (Knapp), 7-36 (Salmon), 8-38 (Armitage), 9-40 (Hickson), 10-45 (Kuchen, 29 ov)

Nelson bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Burns	15	4	26	3	-	-
Fowler	14	5	14	5	-	-

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Nelson second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HA Boddington	c Francis b Armitage	35
HH Halliday	b Armitage	15
LHF Balmain	b Francis	40
*JP Firth	c Blacklock b Salmon	27
S Fowler	lbw b Francis	3
FE Greenfield	b Luxford	27
ER Boddington	run out	3
J Wigzell	not out	31
J Naylor	run out	15
D Burns	c Kennedy b Hickson	5
W Holmes	b Armitage	3
Extras	(27 b, 1 lb, 1 nb, 5 w)	34
Total	(all out, 115.2 overs)	238
Fall of wickets:
1-31 (Halliday), 2-95 (HA Boddington), 3-105 (Balmain), 4-111 (Fowler), 5-159 (Greenfield), 6-167 (ER Boddington), 7-198 (Firth), 8-? (Naylor), 9-? (Burns), 10-238 (Holmes, 115.2 ov)

Wellington bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Francis	34	13	52	2	-	-
Armitage	24.2	9	33	3	-	-
Page	3	0	12	0	-	-
Luxford	28	14	36	1	-	-
Hickson	15	5	32	1	-	-
Blacklock	7	1	22	0	-	-
Salmon	4	0	17	1	-	-

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Wellington second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JE Page	b Fowler	0
JW Brown	not out	21
JPE Francis	lbw b ER Boddington	11
JW Blacklock	not out	9
WC Kennedy	did not bat
JAN Salmon	did not bat
*CA Knapp	did not bat
HS Hickson	did not bat
JTB Armitage	did not bat
G Kuchen	did not bat
FH Luxford	did not bat
Extras	(7 b, 1 w)	8
Total	(2 wickets, 24.1 overs)	49
Fall of wickets:
1-1 (Page), 2-16 (Francis)

Nelson bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Fowler	8	2	12	1	-	-
Holmes	12	6	20	0	-	-
Firth	1	0	2	0	-	-
ER Boddington	3.1	2	4	1	-	-

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Notes
--> Bowling in the Nelson first innings adds 1 run under
--> Bowling in the Wellington second innings adds 3 runs under
--> JP Firth made his debut in first-class matches
--> HA Boddington made his debut in first-class matches
--> LHF Balmain made his debut in first-class matches
--> FE Greenfield made his debut in first-class matches
--> ER Boddington made his debut in first-class matches
--> D Burns made his debut in first-class matches
--> W Holmes made his debut in first-class matches
--> JPE Francis made his debut in first-class matches
--> G Kuchen made his debut in first-class matches
--> FH Luxford made his debut in first-class matches
--> LHF Balmain made his last appearance in first-class matches
--> HH Halliday made his last appearance in first-class matches
--> J Wigzell (2) passed his previous highest score of 19 in first-class matches
--> J Naylor made his last appearance in first-class matches
--> JE Page made his last appearance in first-class matches
--> JPE Francis made his last appearance in first-class matches
--> JAN Salmon made his last appearance in first-class matches
--> G Kuchen made his last appearance in first-class matches
--> JPE Francis achieved his first five wickets in an innings in first-class matches in the Nelson first innings
--> S Fowler achieved his best innings bowling analysis in first-class matches when he dismissed JAN Salmon in the Wellington first innings (previous best was 3-6)
--> S Fowler achieved his first five wickets in an innings in first-class matches in the Wellington first innings

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