f3978	Canterbury v Auckland
	Other First-Class matches in New Zealand 1893/94
Venue	Lancaster Park, Christchurch on 5th, 6th January 1894 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Auckland won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Canterbury won by an innings and 156 runs
Umpires	HB Lusk, AM Ollivier
Close of play day 1	Canterbury (1) 306/1 (Lawrence 123*)

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Auckland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
I Mills	c Labatt b Palmer	61
AW Jacobs	b Robertson	2
+JN Fowke	not out	19
R Neill	b Robertson	5
TA Moresby	c Labatt b Robertson	21
JA Kallender	c Lawrence b Robertson	8
*RL Holle	st Collins b Robertson	8
HW Lawson	b Pearce	3
WI Stemson	c Labatt b Robertson	4
CB King	lbw b Robertson	3
CE MacCormick	st Collins b Robertson	0
Extras	(4 b, 16 lb, 1 nb, 2 w)	23
Total	(all out, 78.2 overs)	157
Fall of wickets:
1-9 (Jacobs), 2-79 (Mills), 3-91 (Neill), 4-121 (Moresby), 5-133 (Kallender), 6-145 (Holle), 7-148 (Lawson), 8-153 (Stemson), 9-157 (King), 10-157 (MacCormick, 78.2 ov)

Canterbury bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Robertson	28.2	3	59	8	-	-
Labatt	16	6	29	0	-	-
Pearce	16	10	9	1	-	-
Palmer	11	6	19	1	-	-
Cuff	4	2	12	0	-	-
Wilding	3	1	6	0	-	-

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Canterbury first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LA Cuff	st +King b Lawson	176
JD Lawrence	b Stemson	167
AFG Harman	b Lawson	7
*ABM Labatt	lbw b Lawson	0
HS de Maus	not out	38
EV Palmer	st +King b Neill	0
F Wilding	not out	1
+JU Collins	did not bat
WC Pearce	did not bat
AE Ridley	did not bat
W Robertson	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 5 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	11
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 98.4 overs)	400
Fall of wickets:
1-306 (Cuff), 2-330 (Harman), 3-330 (Labatt), 4-396 (Lawrence), 5-399 (Palmer)

Auckland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Neill	20.4	4	82	1	-	-
Kallender	5	0	28	0	-	-
Stemson	28	4	100	1	-	-
Lawson	25	6	79	3	-	-
Jacobs	2	0	18	0	-	-
Moresby	10	1	32	0	-	-
Mills	6	0	25	0	-	-
Holle	2	0	25	0	-	-

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Auckland second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
I Mills	c Collins b Robertson	12
TA Moresby	c Palmer b Labatt	0
*RL Holle	c Palmer b Robertson	4
AW Jacobs	c and b Labatt	4
R Neill	b Robertson	11
CB King	b Labatt	2
HW Lawson	b Robertson	12
JA Kallender	b Robertson	33
WI Stemson	c Palmer b Robertson	0
CE MacCormick	not out	2
+JN Fowke	absent hurt
Extras	(3 b, 3 lb, 1 w)	7
Total	(all out, 40.4 overs)	87
Fall of wickets:
1-4 (Moresby), 2-15 (Holle), 3-20 (Jacobs), 4-21 (Mills), 5-28 (King), 6-47 (Lawson), 7-56 (Neill), 8-56 (Stemson), 9-87 (Kallender, 40.4 ov)

Canterbury bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Robertson	20.4	7	48	6	-	-
Labatt	20	8	32	3	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> WC Pearce made his debut in First-Class matches
--> W Robertson made his debut in First-Class matches
--> CE MacCormick made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> JN Fowke did not score for 60 minutes when 0 in the Auckland first innings
--> TA Moresby (1) passed his previous highest score of 17 in First-Class matches
--> LA Cuff (1) passed his previous highest score of 70 in First-Class matches
--> LA Cuff (1) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> JD Lawrence (1) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> JA Kallender (2) passed his previous highest score of 11 in First-Class matches
--> W Robertson achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the Auckland first innings
--> HW Lawson reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed AFG Harman, his 2nd wicket in the Canterbury first innings

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