f29005 ps474	Auckland v Northern Districts
	Plunket Shield 1971/72
Venue	Eden Park, Auckland on 21st, 22nd, 23rd January 1972 (3-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Auckland won the toss and decided to field
Result	Auckland won by 5 wickets
Points	Auckland 18 (Batting 5, Bowling 3); Northern Districts 7 (Batting 3, Bowling 4)
Umpires	WRC Gardiner, ECA Mackintosh
Close of play day 1	Auckland (1) 29/0 (Redmond 11*, Harris 17*; 9 overs)
Close of play day 2	Northern Districts (2) 82/2 (Gibson ?*, Roberts ?*)

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Northern Districts first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DP Lloyd	run out	55
RC Hooton	c Dykes b Cunis	5
JG Gibson	c Redmond b Vivian	63
ADG Roberts	c Howarth b Vivian	14
HT Schuster	lbw b Howarth	48
*B Dunning	lbw b Howarth	9
JC McLeod	b Vivian	20
+LS Mountain	b Smith	34
A Puna	c Dykes b Smith	24
EK Gillott	not out	18
H Unka	b Howarth	13
Extras	(21 b, 13 lb, 8 nb, 1 w)	43
Total	(all out, 96 overs)	346
Fall of wickets:
1-21, 2-124, 3-139, 4-156, 5-174, 6-229, 7-233, 8-285, 9-306, 10-346 (96 ov)

Auckland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cunis	20	2	60	1	-	-
Smith	12	2	47	2	-	-
Howarth	35	10	86	3	-	-
Morgan	7	1	24	0	-	-
Vivian	21	2	80	3	-	-
Carson	1	0	6	0	-	-

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Auckland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RE Redmond	c Roberts b Puna	82
RM Harris	b Puna	66
RW Morgan	b Gillott	12
*MG Burgess	c Mountain b Dunning	63
GE Vivian	c Mountain b Roberts	1
TW Jarvis	c McLeod b Dunning	34
JR Carson	b Roberts	1
+RA Dykes	c Roberts b Puna	21
NGS Smith	b Dunning	0
HJ Howarth	st Mountain b Gillott	10
RS Cunis	not out	3
Extras	(6 b, 9 lb)	15
Total	(all out, 72.1 overs)	308
Fall of wickets:
1-140, 2-157, 3-201, 4-202, 5-262, 6-268, 7-268, 8-268, 9-292, 10-308 (72.1 ov)

Northern Districts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Unka	11	1	42	0	-	-
Dunning	17	3	69	3	-	-
Gillott	22	5	104	2	-	-
Puna	14.1	4	39	3	-	-
Roberts	6	1	27	2	-	-
McLeod	2	0	12	0	-	-

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Northern Districts second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DP Lloyd	lbw b Cunis	5
RC Hooton	lbw b Smith	8
JG Gibson	lbw b Smith	68
ADG Roberts	c Harris b Smith	40
HT Schuster	b Howarth	47
*B Dunning	c Dykes b Smith	38
JC McLeod	not out	2
+LS Mountain	not out	2
A Puna	did not bat
EK Gillott	did not bat
H Unka	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 10 lb, 2 nb)	14
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 70 overs)	224
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-14, 3-104, 4-137, 5-206, 6-220

Auckland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cunis	12	2	24	1	-	-
Smith	30	5	77	4	-	-
Howarth	26	5	89	1	-	-
Morgan	2	0	20	0	-	-

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Auckland second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RE Redmond	c Gibson b Dunning	2
RM Harris	st Mountain b Gillott	61
RW Morgan	c Dunning b Puna	37
JR Carson	c Dunning b Roberts	54
*MG Burgess	c Mountain b Gillott	50
GE Vivian	not out	45
+RA Dykes	not out	6
TW Jarvis	did not bat
NGS Smith	did not bat
HJ Howarth	did not bat
RS Cunis	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 5 lb)	11
Total	(5 wickets, 46.4 overs)	266
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-82, 3-120, 4-194, 5-238

Northern Districts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Unka	6	1	24	0	-	-
Dunning	11	1	73	1	-	-
Gillott	7	0	45	2	-	-
Puna	12.4	1	75	1	-	-
Roberts	10	1	38	1	-	-

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Notes
--> Northern Districts score at 65 overs in the first innings was 233-6
--> Auckland score at 65 overs in the first innings was 293-9
--> A Puna (1) passed his previous highest score of 13 in first-class matches
--> A Puna (1) passed his previous highest score of 13 in Plunket Shield matches
--> RE Redmond (1) passed 1000 runs in Plunket Shield matches when he reached 71
--> HT Schuster made his last appearance in first-class matches
--> HT Schuster made his last appearance in Plunket Shield matches
--> JC McLeod made his last appearance in Plunket Shield matches
--> JC McLeod made his last appearance in first-class matches
--> NGS Smith made his last appearance in first-class matches
--> NGS Smith made his last appearance in Plunket Shield matches
--> NGS Smith made his debut for Auckland in first-class matches
--> NGS Smith made his debut for Auckland in Plunket Shield matches
--> GE Vivian reached 50 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Northern Districts first innings
--> NGS Smith achieved his best innings bowling analysis in first-class matches in the Northern Districts second innings (previous best was 2-47)
--> NGS Smith achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Plunket Shield matches in the Northern Districts second innings (previous best was 2-47)

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