f30015	Auckland v Australians
	Australia in New Zealand 1973/74
Venue	Eden Park, Auckland on 22nd, 23rd, 24th February 1974 (3-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Auckland won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	WRC Gardiner, RWR Shortt
Close of play day 1	Australians (1) 70/1 (Woodcock 40*, IM Chappell 5*)
Close of play day 2	Australians (1) 379/7 (O'Keeffe 82*, Bright 27*)

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Auckland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JD Riley	c O'Keeffe b Gilmour	37
RM Harris	b Walker	0
TW Jarvis	lbw b Mallett	19
*MG Burgess	c Bright b Mallett	56
GP Howarth	b Gilmour	43
AEW Parsons	b Mallett	16
+RA Dykes	c Woodcock b Mallett	0
JM McIntyre	b Mallett	40
RS Cunis	c Walker b Bright	17
HJ Howarth	run out	25
JC Williams	not out	2
Extras	(8 b, 2 lb, 3 nb)	13
Total	(all out, 68.3 overs)	268
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-57, 3-63, 4-140, 5-165, 6-165, 7-183, 8-210, 9-262, 10-268 (68.3 ov)

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Walker	12	1	67	1	-	-
Gilmour	15	2	58	2	-	-
Mallett	22.3	7	76	5	-	-
O'Keeffe	13	4	31	0	-	-
Bright	6	1	23	1	-	-

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Australians first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AJ Woodcock	c Jarvis b Cunis	54
IC Davis	c Dykes b Cunis	25
*IM Chappell	run out	25
GS Chappell	c HJ Howarth b Cunis	32
IR Redpath	b Cunis	0
+RW Marsh	c Burgess b McIntyre	70
KJ O'Keeffe	not out	99
GJ Gilmour	c Burgess b HJ Howarth	57
RJ Bright	b HJ Howarth	28
MHN Walker	b Cunis	0
AA Mallett	run out	1
Extras	(1 b, 5 lb, 2 nb)	8
Total	(all out, 86.7 overs)	399
Fall of wickets:
1-45, 2-92, 3-110, 4-125, 5-138, 6-240, 7-332, 8-380, 9-381, 10-399 (86.7 ov)

Auckland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cunis	28.7	2	136	5	-	-
Williams	9	0	57	0	-	-
HJ Howarth	29	9	89	2	-	-
GP Howarth	9	1	74	0	-	-
McIntyre	11	2	35	1	-	-

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Auckland second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JD Riley	c IM Chappell b Walker	11
RM Harris	c IM Chappell b O'Keeffe	46
TW Jarvis	c Marsh b O'Keeffe	50
*MG Burgess	c IM Chappell b Mallett	37
GP Howarth	c Marsh b O'Keeffe	5
AEW Parsons	c GS Chappell b O'Keeffe	4
+RA Dykes	lbw b O'Keeffe	0
JM McIntyre	not out	13
RS Cunis	not out	10
HJ Howarth	did not bat
JC Williams	did not bat
Extras	(5 lb, 4 nb)	9
Total	(7 wickets, 59 overs)	185
Fall of wickets:
1-19, 2-107, 3-130, 4-158, 5-162, 6-162, 7-162

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Walker	7	1	25	1	-	-
Gilmour	7	2	25	0	-	-
Mallett	7	3	10	1	-	-
O'Keeffe	20	3	69	5	-	-
Bright	18	5	47	0	-	-

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Notes
--> RW Marsh (1) passed 4500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 52
--> KJ O'Keeffe (1) passed his previous highest score of 85 in first-class matches
--> RM Harris made his last appearance in first-class matches
--> JC Williams made his last appearance in first-class matches
--> GJ Gilmour made his debut in New Zealand in first-class matches

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