f27082 ps407	Auckland v Central Districts
	Plunket Shield 1967/68
Venue	Eden Park, Auckland on 1st, 2nd, 3rd January 1968 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Match drawn
Points	Auckland 1; Central Districts 5
Umpires	DHV Bindon, WGC Sewell
Close of play day 1	Auckland (1) 100/4 (Vivian 26*, Kemp 29*)
Close of play day 2	Central Districts (1) 94/2 (Congdon 36*, Yuile 2*)

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Auckland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*JT Sparling	c Ryan b Andrews	5
RJ Kasper	b Hampton	29
RW Morgan	c Ryan b Hampton	6
MG Burgess	lbw b Andrews	0
JG Kemp	b Andrews	93
GE Vivian	c Schofield b Andrews	32
RS Cunis	c Congdon b Pollard	12
+RA Dykes	b Yuile	46
HJ Howarth	b Andrews	0
RE Sutton	c and b Andrews	20
DJ Millener	not out	0
Extras	(1 b, 4 lb, 6 nb)	11
Total	(all out, 142.3 overs)	254
Fall of wickets:
1-22, 2-41, 3-42, 4-48, 5-108, 6-154, 7-211, 8-211, 9-248, 10-254 (142.3 ov)

Central Districts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Andrews	42.3	14	80	6	-	-
Howell	26	5	51	0	-	-
Hampton	16	6	37	2	-	-
Yuile	28	10	47	1	-	-
Pollard	30	17	28	1	-	-

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Central Districts first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PJC Coutts	b Vivian	47
ML Ryan	lbw b Cunis	3
BE Congdon	run out	45
BW Yuile	b Vivian	10
MJF Shrimpton	lbw b Cunis	1
*V Pollard	b Sparling	87
MP Baker	c Kasper b Sparling	44
BL Hampton	lbw b Vivian	12
+RM Schofield	lbw b Vivian	15
B Andrews	b Vivian	0
JH Howell	not out	3
Extras	(6 lb, 7 nb)	13
Total	(all out, 156.3 overs)	280
Fall of wickets:
1-12, 2-88, 3-106, 4-108, 5-120, 6-240, 7-252, 8-277, 9-277, 10-280 (156.3 ov)

Auckland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cunis	32	9	53	2	-	-
Sutton	12	3	22	0	-	-
Millener	16	5	31	0	-	-
Howarth	35	16	38	0	-	-
Sparling	20	4	48	2	-	-
Vivian	33.3	9	59	5	-	-
Morgan	8	2	16	0	-	-

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Auckland second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*JT Sparling	not out	23
RJ Kasper	c Baker b Shrimpton	21
RW Morgan	not out	8
MG Burgess	did not bat
JG Kemp	did not bat
GE Vivian	did not bat
RS Cunis	did not bat
+RA Dykes	did not bat
HJ Howarth	did not bat
RE Sutton	did not bat
DJ Millener	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 2 lb, 4 nb)	7
Total	(1 wicket, 33 overs)	59
Fall of wickets:
1-38 (Kasper)

Central Districts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Andrews	3	1	3	0	-	-
Howell	4	0	10	0	-	-
Yuile	5	3	2	0	-	-
Congdon	4	1	5	0	-	-
Baker	6	2	12	0	-	-
Shrimpton	5	0	16	1	-	-
Coutts	4	2	4	0	-	-
Ryan	2	2	0	0	-	-

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Notes
--> RJ Kasper made his debut in Plunket Shield matches
--> RJ Kasper (1) passed his previous highest score of 14 in first-class matches
--> RA Dykes (1) passed his previous highest score of 30 in Plunket Shield matches
--> RA Dykes (1) passed his previous highest score of 30 in first-class matches
--> PJC Coutts (1) passed 500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 22
--> V Pollard (1) passed his previous highest score of 85 in Plunket Shield matches
--> MP Baker (1) passed his previous highest score of 40 in Plunket Shield matches
--> RM Schofield (1) passed 500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 15
--> GE Vivian achieved his best innings bowling analysis in first-class matches in the Central Districts first innings (previous best was 2-19)
--> GE Vivian achieved his first five wickets in an innings in first-class matches in the Central Districts first innings
--> GE Vivian achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Plunket Shield matches in the Central Districts first innings (previous best was 1-0)
--> GE Vivian achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Plunket Shield matches in the Central Districts first innings

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