f21667	Auckland v Australians
	Australia in New Zealand 1956/57
Venue	Eden Park, Auckland on 16th, 18th, 19th March 1957 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Auckland won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Australians won by an innings and 54 runs
Umpires	JC Harris, RWR Shortt
Close of play day 1	Australians (1) 147/3 (Craig 9*, Burge 5*)
Close of play day 2	Auckland (2) 66/7 (Playle 28*, Sorenson 4*)

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Auckland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DL Perry	c Simpson b Gaunt	15
*GO Rabone	c Drennan b Meckiff	14
DD Taylor	b Drennan	28
DD Coleman	c O'Neill b Drennan	5
WM Wallace	b Meckiff	19
RM Harris	c Jarman b Kline	4
WR Playle	b Meckiff	4
JT Sparling	b Drennan	15
+BJ Sorenson	c and b Meckiff	0
JA Hayes	not out	15
JW McDonald	c Craig b Martin	6
Extras	(3 nb)	3
Total	(all out, 51.5 overs)	128
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-57, 3-63, 4-65, 5-73, 6-89, 7-98, 8-102, 9-113, 10-128 (51.5 ov)

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Meckiff	19	11	12	4	-	-
Gaunt	12	1	53	1	-	-
Drennan	10	3	30	3	-	-
Kline	10	2	26	1	-	-
Martin	0.5	0	4	1	-	-

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Australians first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LE Favell	c Hayes b Rabone	71
RB Simpson	c Sorenson b McDonald	28
NCL O'Neill	c Hayes b Rabone	32
*ID Craig	c Coleman b Rabone	34
PJP Burge	not out	81
JW Martin	b Hayes	21
+BN Jarman	b Rabone	1
J Drennan	c Wallace b Rabone	17
I Meckiff	c Harris b Rabone	1
LF Kline	lbw b Rabone	7
RA Gaunt	c and b Rabone	2
Extras	(5 b, 2 lb, 2 nb)	9
Total	(all out, 102 overs)	304
Fall of wickets:
1-82, 2-120, 3-142, 4-187, 5-238, 6-239, 7-272, 8-278, 9-290, 10-304 (102 ov)

Auckland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hayes	26	3	81	1	-	-
McDonald	12	2	49	1	-	-
Sparling	20	3	69	0	-	-
Rabone	32	7	66	8	-	-
Harris	12	1	30	0	-	-

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Auckland second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DL Perry	c Gaunt b Meckiff	0
*GO Rabone	c Meckiff b Drennan	8
DD Taylor	c Martin b Gaunt	6
DD Coleman	b Meckiff	0
WM Wallace	b Drennan	16
RM Harris	lbw b Gaunt	0
WR Playle	b Meckiff	28
JT Sparling	c and b Martin	0
+BJ Sorenson	b Meckiff	21
JA Hayes	c Gaunt b Meckiff	29
JW McDonald	not out	5
Extras	(4 b, 4 lb, 1 nb)	9
Total	(all out, 48.5 overs)	122
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-7, 3-8, 4-29, 5-30, 6-30, 7-30, 8-77, 9-88, 10-122 (48.5 ov)

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Meckiff	16.5	3	48	5	-	-
Gaunt	7	5	3	2	-	-
Drennan	11	7	10	2	-	-
Kline	9	2	33	0	-	-
Martin	5	1	19	1	-	-

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Notes
--> JW McDonald made his debut in first-class matches
--> ID Craig (1) passed 4000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 12
--> J Drennan reached 100 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Auckland first innings
--> GO Rabone achieved his best innings bowling analysis in first-class matches in the Australians first innings (previous best was 7-79)

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