f3211	Nelson v Wellington
	First-Class matches in New Zealand 1887/88
Venue	Victory Square, Nelson on 26th December 1887 (2-day match)
Balls per over	5
Toss	Nelson won the toss and decided to field
Result	Nelson won by 9 wickets
Umpires	Collins (Wellington), Leggatt (Nelson)

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Wellington first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FH Morice	c Wood b Cooke	5
ER Boddington	c Boddington b Cooke	0
+M Moorhouse	c Boddington b G Fowler	5
*A Motley	b G Fowler	1
EFD Duret	c Greenfield b G Fowler	1
CH Dryden	c G Fowler b Cooke	0
AI Littlejohn	b Richardson	4
C Cockburn	b G Fowler	10
S Nicholls	lbw b G Fowler	3
P McIntyre	not out	0
DF Hewat	c TG Eden b G Fowler	0
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb)	2
Total	(all out, 20.3 overs)	31
Fall of wickets:
1-1 (Boddington), 2-7 (Morice), 3-12 (Moorhouse), 4-12 (Motley), 5-13 (Duret), 6-13 (Dryden), 7-26 (Cockburn), 8-30 (Nicholls), 9-30 (Littlejohn), 10-31 (Hewat, 20.3 ov)

Nelson bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cooke	9	6	18	3	-	-
G Fowler	9.3	6	9	6	-	-
Richardson	2	1	2	1	-	-

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Nelson first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HA Boddington	c Nicholls b Boddington	29
LA Fowler	st Moorhouse b Hewat	0
JWH Wood	lbw b Hewat	0
G Fowler	b Hewat	1
CS Cross	st Moorhouse b Hewat	5
*FH Cooke	c McIntyre b Hewat	5
TG Eden	b Dryden	24
+A Bigg-Wither	b Hewat	5
FE Greenfield	b Dryden	0
GR Richardson	st +Nicholls b Dryden	0
J Eden	not out	0
Extras		4
Total	(all out, 34.4 overs)	73
Fall of wickets:
1-2 (LA Fowler), 2-2 (Wood), 3-6 (G Fowler), 4-16 (Cross), 5-30 (Cooke), 6-46 (Boddington), 7-64 (TG Eden), 8-64 (Greenfield), 9-73 (Bigg-Wither), 10-73 (Richardson, 34.4 ov)

Wellington bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Dryden	12.4	2	27	3	-	-
Hewat	17	6	25	6	-	-
Boddington	5	0	17	1	-	-

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Wellington second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
C Cockburn	run out	2
P McIntyre	b G Fowler	1
ER Boddington	c Greenfield b G Fowler	4
+M Moorhouse	b G Fowler	5
*A Motley	b Cooke	0
FH Morice	b G Fowler	0
EFD Duret	c Bigg-Wither b G Fowler	1
CH Dryden	b Cooke	20
S Nicholls	st Bigg-Wither b Cooke	8
AI Littlejohn	not out	5
DF Hewat	run out	0
Extras		2
Total	(all out, 31 overs)	48
Fall of wickets:
1-1 (McIntyre), 2-3 (Cockburn), 3-8 (Moorhouse), 4-13 (Boddington), 5-13 (Motley), 6-13 (Morice), 7-16 (Duret), 8-35 (Nicholls), 9-48 (Dryden), 10-48 (Hewat, 31 ov)

Nelson bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cooke	13	1	23	3	-	-
G Fowler	14	5	16	5	-	-
TG Eden	4	1	7	0	-	-

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Nelson second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LA Fowler	c Littlejohn b Hewat	2
HA Boddington	not out	0
TG Eden	not out	5
JWH Wood	did not bat
G Fowler	did not bat
CS Cross	did not bat
*FH Cooke	did not bat
+A Bigg-Wither	did not bat
FE Greenfield	did not bat
GR Richardson	did not bat
J Eden	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(1 wicket, 2 overs)	7
Fall of wickets:
1-2 (LA Fowler)

Wellington bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Dryden	1	0	5	0	-	-
Hewat	1	0	2	1	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for two days but completed in one.
--> AI Littlejohn made his debut in First-Class matches
--> C Cockburn made his debut in First-Class matches
--> P McIntyre made his debut in First-Class matches
--> DF Hewat made his debut in First-Class matches
--> J Eden made his debut in First-Class matches
--> C Cockburn made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> P McIntyre made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> G Fowler made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> A Bigg-Wither made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> TG Eden (1) passed his previous highest score of 17 in First-Class matches
--> CH Dryden (2) passed his previous highest score of 19 in First-Class matches
--> G Fowler achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Wellington first innings (previous best was 6-42)
--> DF Hewat achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the Nelson first innings

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