f23009 ps281	Auckland v Northern Districts
	Plunket Shield 1959/60
Venue	Eden Park, Auckland on 25th, 26th, 28th December 1959 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Match drawn
Points	Auckland 5; Northern Districts 1
Umpires	WGC Sewell, HG Smith
Close of play day 1	Northern Districts (1) 9/1 (Donald 7*, Petrie 0*; 4 overs)
Close of play day 2	No play

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Auckland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WR Playle	b Harwood	7
RM Harris	b Lissette	30
JT Sparling	c Bradburn b Puna	48
DD Taylor	c Barbour b Puna	20
RW Morgan	c Lissette b Walmsley	1
WB Norman	not out	29
JP Marsdon	c Donald b Puna	3
*RN Farman	st Petrie b Puna	2
KW Hough	c and b Puna	22
RE Sutton	c Petrie b Puna	3
+AW Ritchie	lbw b Lissette	3
Extras	(1 b, 1 w)	2
Total	(all out, 67 overs)	170
Fall of wickets:
1-12, 2-68, 3-105, 4-106, 5-114, 6-117, 7-123, 8-147, 9-165, 10-170 (67 ov)

Northern Districts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Barbour	6	2	18	0	-	-
Harwood	5	2	22	1	-	-
Walmsley	18	3	51	1	-	-
Lissette	16	4	34	2	-	-
Puna	22	9	43	6	-	-

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Northern Districts first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
TE Shaw	c Harris b Sutton	2
DL Donald	lbw b Sutton	7
*+EC Petrie	lbw b Hough	1
BH Pairaudeau	c Ritchie b Norman	22
DJ Gray	b Sutton	32
WP Bradburn	c Hough b Sparling	19
WT Walmsley	run out	6
N Puna	c Ritchie b Hough	19
AF Lissette	not out	10
MRH Barbour	st Ritchie b Sutton	8
NJ Harwood	c Harris b Hough	11
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb, 1 nb)	6
Total	(all out, 83 overs)	143
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-9, 3-17, 4-46, 5-71, 6-92, 7-99, 8-119, 9-130, 10-143 (83 ov)

Auckland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sutton	22	8	43	4	-	-
Hough	32	15	42	3	-	-
Sparling	16	5	32	1	-	-
Norman	12	6	18	1	-	-
Taylor	1	0	2	0	-	-

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Auckland second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WR Playle	not out	89
RM Harris	c and b Walmsley	18
JT Sparling	lbw b Puna	15
DD Taylor	run out	1
RW Morgan	c Donald b Walmsley	2
WB Norman	lbw b Walmsley	0
JP Marsdon	c Pairaudeau b Puna	0
*RN Farman	c Petrie b Puna	2
KW Hough	c Puna b Walmsley	0
RE Sutton	run out	4
+AW Ritchie	c Petrie b Lissette	4
Extras	(3 b, 1 lb)	4
Total	(all out, 58 overs)	139
Fall of wickets:
1-38, 2-66, 3-81, 4-83, 5-86, 6-86, 7-101, 8-105, 9-133, 10-139 (58 ov)

Northern Districts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Barbour	3	0	19	0	-	-
Harwood	3	0	13	0	-	-
Walmsley	18	5	30	4	-	-
Lissette	17	6	33	1	-	-
Puna	17	6	40	3	-	-

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Notes
--> WB Norman made his debut in First-Class matches
--> WB Norman made his debut in Plunket Shield matches
--> WT Walmsley made his debut in Plunket Shield matches
--> MRH Barbour made his debut in Plunket Shield matches
--> MRH Barbour made his debut in First-Class matches
--> NJ Harwood made his debut in Plunket Shield matches
--> NJ Harwood made his debut in First-Class matches
--> NJ Harwood made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> NJ Harwood made his last appearance in Plunket Shield matches
--> WR Playle (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 34
--> RM Harris (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 1
--> WT Walmsley made his debut for Northern Districts in First-Class matches
--> N Puna achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Auckland first innings (previous best was 5-33)
--> N Puna achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Plunket Shield matches in the Auckland first innings (previous best was 5-33)
--> RE Sutton achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Northern Districts first innings (previous best was 3-23)
--> RE Sutton achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Plunket Shield matches in the Northern Districts first innings (previous best was 3-23)

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