f2703	Nelson v Wellington
	Other First-Class matches in New Zealand 1883/84
Venue	Botanical Gardens, Nelson on 31st December 1883, 1st January 1884 (3-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Wellington won the toss and decided to field
Result	Nelson won by 39 runs
Close of play day 1	Nelson (2) 56 all out

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Nelson first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*+TR Hodder	b Lawson	0
WJ Wratt	c Alpe b Holle	4
LA Fowler	c Nicholls b Lawson	17
RJ Malcolm	b Holle	14
S Fowler	lbw b Lawson	0
TG Eden	b Lawson	0
GJ Silcock	b Holle	9
JW Humphries	c Heenan b Holle	0
G Fowler	c and b Holle	5
J Wigzell	b Lawson	0
ER Boddington	not out	0
Extras	(6 lb)	6
Total	(all out, 50.1 overs)	55
Fall of wickets:
1-4 (Hodder), 2-6 (Wratt), 3-37 (LA Fowler), 4-37 (Malcolm), 5-37 (S Fowler), 6-42 (Eden), 7-46 (Humphries), 8-50 (Silcock), 9-54 (G Fowler), 10-55 (Wigzell, 50.1 ov)

Wellington bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lawson	20	11	13	5	-	-
Holle	18.1	11	22	5	-	-
Wood	5	0	10	0	-	-
McGirr	7	4	4	0	-	-

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Wellington first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
S Alpe	b G Fowler	4
H Roberts	b G Fowler	1
GC Heenan	lbw b Eden	1
*JWH Wood	b Eden	0
JW Blacklock	b Eden	0
RL Holle	b G Fowler	0
NW Werry	b G Fowler	8
CH Twist	b Eden	4
HW Lawson	c G Fowler b Eden	1
+S Nicholls	b G Fowler	5
WP McGirr	not out	0
Extras	(6 lb)	6
Total	(all out, 17 overs)	30
Fall of wickets:
1-5 (Roberts), 2-6 (Heenan), 3-6 (Wood), 4-6 (Alpe), 5-6 (Holle), 6-6 (Blacklock), 7-20 (Werry), 8-22 (Twist), 9-30 (Lawson), 10-30 (Nicholls, 17 ov)

Nelson bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
G Fowler	9	4	10	5	-	-
Eden	8	3	14	5	-	-

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Nelson second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WJ Wratt	b Lawson	5
ER Boddington	b Holle	7
RJ Malcolm	c Wood b Holle	3
LA Fowler	b Holle	0
GJ Silcock	b Lawson	8
TG Eden	b Lawson	4
S Fowler	b Lawson	0
JW Humphries	b Lawson	12
*+TR Hodder	b Holle	6
G Fowler	run out	1
J Wigzell	not out	1
Extras	(9 lb)	9
Total	(all out, 36 overs)	56
Fall of wickets:
1-7 (Boddington), 2-15 (Malcolm), 3-15 (LA Fowler), 4-27 (Wratt), 5-35 (Silcock), 6-36 (S Fowler), 7-36 (Eden), 8-53 (Hodder), 9-54 (G Fowler), 10-56 (Humphries, 36 ov)

Wellington bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lawson	18	12	17	5	-	-
Holle	13	7	20	4	-	-
Wood	5	0	10	0	-	-

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Wellington second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WP McGirr	b G Fowler	3
GC Heenan	b Silcock	9
H Roberts	run out	0
JW Blacklock	b G Fowler	8
RL Holle	b G Fowler	0
S Alpe	c Hodder b Silcock	0
NW Werry	b Silcock	0
HW Lawson	b G Fowler	4
*JWH Wood	b Silcock	5
CH Twist	not out	2
+S Nicholls	lbw b G Fowler	0
Extras	(11 lb)	11
Total	(all out, 38.4 overs)	42
Fall of wickets:
1-6 (McGirr), 2-6 (Roberts), 3-24 (Blacklock), 4-28 (Holle), 5-28 (Heenan), 6-28 (Werry), 7-29 (Alpe), 8-39 (Lawson), 9-41 (Wood), 10-42 (Nicholls, 38.4 ov)

Nelson bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
G Fowler	19.4	12	13	5	-	-
Eden	2	0	2	0	-	-
Wigzell	4	2	5	0	-	-
Silcock	13	7	11	4	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> RL Holle made his debut in First-Class matches
--> HW Lawson made his debut in First-Class matches
--> WP McGirr made his debut in First-Class matches
--> WJ Wratt made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> RJ Malcolm made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> S Fowler made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> J Wigzell made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> JW Blacklock made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> HW Lawson achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the Nelson first innings
--> RL Holle achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the Nelson first innings
--> TG Eden reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed GC Heenan, his 1st wicket in the Wellington first innings
--> GJ Silcock achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches when he dismissed JWH Wood in the Wellington second innings (previous best was 3-28)

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