misc78536	North Taranaki v Auckland XI
	Other matches in New Zealand 1944/45
Venue	Pukekura Park, New Plymouth on 31st March, 1st April 1945 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	Shepherd, W Stewart
Close of play day 1

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North Taranaki first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
R Simpson	c Des Forges b Simpson	0
OM Nasmith	c Ritchie b Wheeler	0
CG Snook	lbw b Simpson	72
TC Larkin	b Wheeler	17
NJK Autridge	b Allen	18
AM Matheson	c Nicholson b Simpson	32
C Lash	c Hunt b Simpson	0
Kinsella	c Des Forges b Simpson	2
EP Allen	b Wheeler	6
T Sweeney	not out	0
RT Harris	b Simpson	0
Extras	(7 b, 3 lb)	10
Total	(all out, 50 overs)	157
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-0, 3-23, 4-56, 5-124, 6-124, 7-138, 8-153, 9-157, 10-157 (50 ov)

Auckland XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wheeler	15	3	42	3	-	-
Simpson	15	2	43	6	-	-
Thompson	4	1	14	0	-	-
Allen	10	1	27	1	-	-
Hunt	6	0	21	0	-	-

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Auckland XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DC Ritchie	b Autridge	1
WM Winter	lbw b Autridge	18
EM Meuli	not out	46
P Nicholson	b Autridge	0
HR Thompson	lbw b Matheson	4
R Johnson	c Nasmith b Matheson	11
WJ Wheeler	b Larkin	3
G Simpson	lbw b Larkin	2
HI Des Forges	c Sweeney b Harris	2
M Hunt	lbw b Autridge	3
C Allen	b Autridge	1
Extras	(5 b, 3 lb)	8
Total	(all out, 58.5 overs)	99
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-44, 3-44, 4-58, 5-74, 6-79, 7-92, 8-93, 9-97, 10-99 (58.5 ov)

North Taranaki bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Autridge	19.5	10	22	5	-	-
Matheson	17	5	29	2	-	-
Larkin	7	2	14	2	-	-
Harris	7	2	11	1	-	-
Nasmith	7	0	15	0	-	-
Kinsella	1	1	0	0	-	-

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North Taranaki second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
R Simpson	retired out	16
OM Nasmith	lbw b Allen	16
TC Larkin	not out	32
EP Allen	run out	3
T Sweeney	c Johnson b Nicholson	19
RT Harris	not out	8
CG Snook	did not bat
NJK Autridge	did not bat
AM Matheson	did not bat
C Lash	did not bat
Kinsella	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 3 lb)	9
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 32 overs)	103
Fall of wickets:
1-23, 2-46, 3-61, 4-76

Auckland XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wheeler	9	5	14	0	-	-
Simpson	7	3	21	0	-	-
Allen	10	4	33	1	-	-
Hunt	3	0	19	0	-	-
Nicholson	3	0	7	1	-	-

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Auckland XI second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DC Ritchie	c Nasmith b Autridge	2
WM Winter	not out	17
EM Meuli	c Lash b Autridge	23
P Nicholson	lbw b Autridge	0
R Johnson	c Nasmith b Autridge	19
WJ Wheeler	c Lash b Matheson	0
G Simpson	c Kinsella b Matheson	5
C Allen	c Kinsella b Matheson	1
M Hunt	not out	7
HR Thompson	did not bat
HI Des Forges	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 1 lb)	6
Total	(7 wickets, 32 overs)	80
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-3, 3-13, 4-15, 5-50, 6-53, 7-58

North Taranaki bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Autridge	12	3	20	4	-	-
Matheson	12	3	21	3	-	-
Larkin	3	0	5	0	-	-
Harris	3	0	11	0	-	-
Sweeney	1	0	4	0	-	-
Lash	1	0	13	0	-	-

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