f28515 ps453	Central Districts v Auckland
	Plunket Shield 1970/71
Venue	Fitzherbert Park, Palmerston North on 8th, 9th, 10th January 1971 (3-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Central Districts won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Points	Central Districts 5 (Bowling 5); Auckland 4 (Batting 1, Bowling 3)
Umpires	TB Lowe, GH Stroud
Close of play day 1	No play
Close of play day 2	Auckland (1) 191/8 (Cunis ?*)

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Auckland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RE Redmond	lbw b Jordan	25
RM Harris	c Furlong b Congdon	52
RW Morgan	c and b Howell	82
MG Burgess	c Shrimpton b Congdon	0
GE Vivian	c and b Sparks	0
*JT Sparling	b Congdon	9
+SR Speed	b Furlong	3
JM McIntyre	c Gearry b Furlong	3
RS Cunis	not out	11
HJ Howarth	c Wadsworth b Furlong	0
RA Baddeley	c Payton b Furlong	0
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb, 6 nb)	8
Total	(all out, 62.2 overs)	193
Fall of wickets:
1-51, 2-88, 3-91, 4-98, 5-148, 6-157, 7-182, 8-182, 9-191, 10-193 (62.2 ov)

Central Districts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jordan	8	3	39	1	-	-
Howell	16	3	45	1	-	-
Sparks	12	2	37	1	-	-
Congdon	15	2	37	3	-	-
Furlong	11.2	5	27	4	-	-

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Central Districts first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HC Sampson	b Baddeley	12
DH Payton	c Burgess b Howarth	9
*BE Congdon	c Cunis b Sparling	59
MJF Shrimpton	b Howarth	0
KJ Wadsworth	c Baddeley b Howarth	3
RM Gearry	lbw b Sparling	8
+RM Schofield	not out	10
LC Sparks	b Sparling	0
BDM Furlong	did not bat
JH Howell	did not bat
AB Jordan	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 8 nb)	12
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 42.4 overs)	113
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-39, 3-39, 4-44, 5-102, 6-103, 7-113 (42.4 ov)

Auckland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cunis	7	1	15	0	-	-
Baddeley	8	2	29	1	-	-
Howarth	9	2	29	3	-	-
Sparling	10.4	4	21	3	-	-
McIntyre	8	4	7	0	-	-

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Auckland second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RE Redmond	b Jordan	22
RM Harris	lbw b Jordan	9
RW Morgan	c Howell b Jordan	7
MG Burgess	not out	34
GE Vivian	not out	14
*JT Sparling	did not bat
+SR Speed	did not bat
JM McIntyre	did not bat
RS Cunis	did not bat
HJ Howarth	did not bat
RA Baddeley	did not bat
Extras	(1 nb)	1
Total	(3 wickets, declared, 27 overs)	87
Fall of wickets:
1-21, 2-37, 3-50

Central Districts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jordan	9	1	38	3	-	-
Howell	6	0	18	0	-	-
Furlong	7	1	10	0	-	-
Shrimpton	5	0	20	0	-	-

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Central Districts second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HC Sampson	c Speed b Cunis	10
DH Payton	not out	6
MJF Shrimpton	c Speed b Cunis	0
RM Gearry	not out	0
*BE Congdon	did not bat
KJ Wadsworth	did not bat
+RM Schofield	did not bat
LC Sparks	did not bat
BDM Furlong	did not bat
JH Howell	did not bat
AB Jordan	did not bat
Extras	(3 nb)	3
Total	(2 wickets, 11 overs)	19
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-16

Auckland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cunis	5	2	13	2	-	-
Howarth	2	1	1	0	-	-
McIntyre	3	2	1	0	-	-
Vivian	1	0	1	0	-	-

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Notes
--> RW Morgan (1) passed 4500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 55
--> BE Congdon achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Plunket Shield matches in the Auckland first innings (previous best was 2-17)
--> BDM Furlong achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Plunket Shield matches in the Auckland first innings (previous best was 2-35)
--> AB Jordan achieved his best innings bowling analysis in first-class matches in the Auckland second innings (previous best was 2-29)
--> AB Jordan achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Plunket Shield matches in the Auckland second innings (previous best was 2-29)

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