f31840 ps562	Auckland v Northern Districts
	Shell Cup 1977/78
Venue	Eden Park No 2, Auckland on 16th, 17th, 18th December 1977 (3-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Northern Districts won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Points	Auckland 7 (Batting 4, Bowling 3); Northern Districts 6 (Batting 3, Bowling 3)
Umpires	GIJ Cowan, WRC Gardiner
Close of play day 1	Northern Districts (1) 81/3 (Wright 31*, Puna 4*)
Close of play day 2	Northern Districts (1) 222/7d

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Auckland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AEW Parsons	c Roberts b Stimpson	3
PN Webb	c Leigh b Dickeson	55
RJ Kasper	hit wkt b Howarth	31
MG Burgess	c sub b Child	74
*GE Vivian	c Child b Howarth	37
+JF Reid	c Roberts b Child	24
HJ Howarth	c Parker b Child	0
JM McIntyre	not out	10
LW Stott	not out	0
GB Troup	did not bat
JAJ Cushen	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 4 lb, 6 nb)	16
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 74 overs)	250
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-90, 3-100, 4-174, 5-234, 6-235, 7-241

Northern Districts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Collinge	15	6	43	0	-	-
Stimpson	13	3	48	1	-	-
Child	10	2	35	3	-	-
Roberts	5	0	21	0	-	-
Howarth	19	6	51	2	-	-
Dickeson	12	1	36	1	-	-

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Northern Districts first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JG Wright	c Burgess b McIntyre	53
GP Howarth	b Cushen	1
*JM Parker	c Webb b Troup	5
ADG Roberts	c Kasper b McIntyre	20
KN Puna	st Reid b McIntyre	41
B Dunning	c Troup b McIntyre	44
CW Dickeson	not out	28
MJ Child	run out	2
RO Collinge	not out	23
AJP Stimpson	did not bat
+JA Leigh	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 4 lb)	5
Total	(7 wickets, innings closed, 75 overs)	222
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-25, 3-58, 4-97, 5-162, 6-183, 7-186

Auckland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Troup	11	1	32	1	-	-
Cushen	13	3	48	1	-	-
Howarth	3	1	11	0	-	-
McIntyre	30	7	67	4	-	-
Stott	17	4	53	0	-	-
Vivian	1	0	6	0	-	-

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Auckland second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AEW Parsons	b Stimpson	13
PN Webb	lbw b Collinge	3
+JF Reid	run out	75
MG Burgess	c Leigh b Dickeson	57
*GE Vivian	c Howarth b Child	12
HJ Howarth	c Puna b Child	1
JM McIntyre	c Leigh b Child	0
LW Stott	run out	6
GB Troup	not out	14
RJ Kasper	not out	6
JAJ Cushen	did not bat
Extras	(11 b, 3 lb, 5 nb)	19
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 70 overs)	206
Fall of wickets:
1-17, 2-19, 3-129, 4-154, 5-165, 6-165, 7-177, 8-186

Northern Districts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Collinge	9	2	21	1	-	-
Stimpson	9	2	23	1	-	-
Child	12	3	42	3	-	-
Roberts	11	2	32	0	-	-
Howarth	4	2	6	0	-	-
Dickeson	22	6	43	1	-	-
Parker	3	0	20	0	-	-

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Northern Districts second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JG Wright	b Stott	27
GP Howarth	b Stott	36
*JM Parker	c Parsons b Troup	15
ADG Roberts	not out	16
KN Puna	not out	13
B Dunning	did not bat
CW Dickeson	did not bat
MJ Child	did not bat
RO Collinge	did not bat
AJP Stimpson	did not bat
+JA Leigh	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 3 lb)	5
Total	(3 wickets, 27 overs)	112
Fall of wickets:
1-48, 2-81, 3-81

Auckland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Troup	8	2	35	1	-	-
Cushen	3	0	24	0	-	-
Howarth	5	0	19	0	-	-
McIntyre	4	1	10	0	-	-
Stott	6	1	19	2	-	-
Vivian	1	1	0	0	-	-

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Notes
--> Each first innings was limited to 75 overs
--> MJ Child made his debut in First-Class matches
--> MJ Child made his debut in Plunket Shield matches
--> JA Leigh made his debut in Plunket Shield matches
--> JA Leigh made his debut in First-Class matches
--> JF Reid (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 23
--> KN Puna (1) passed his previous highest score of 39 in Plunket Shield matches
--> KN Puna (1) passed his previous highest score of 39 in First-Class matches
--> JF Reid (2) passed his previous highest score of 64 in Plunket Shield matches
--> JF Reid (2) passed his previous highest score of 64 in First-Class matches

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