f5027	Wellington v Hawke's Bay
	First-Class matches in New Zealand 1898/99
Venue	Basin Reserve, Wellington on 26th, 27th December 1898 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Wellington won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	A Ashbolt, J Hughes
Close of play day 1	Wellington (2) 43/1 (Tucker 7*, Midlane 19*)

---

Wellington first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CA Richardson	c Andrews b Hallamore	20
HC Hickson	c Andrews b Hughes	27
+AB Williams	b Hughes	2
*AR Holdship	c and b Hallamore	11
KH Tucker	c Cato b Hughes	9
FH Robertson	b Hughes	24
WRS Hickson	b Hughes	19
FA Midlane	run out	2
VH Waters	b Hughes	10
FL Ashbolt	not out	3
EF Upham	b Hallamore	15
Extras	(9 b, 2 lb)	11
Total	(all out, 60.2 overs)	153
Fall of wickets:
1-46 (HC Hickson), 2-54 (Richardson), 3-54 (Williams), 4-76 (Tucker), 5-82 (Holdship), 6-104 (Robertson), 7-115 (Midlane), 8-123 (WRS Hickson), 9-135 (Waters), 10-153 (Upham, 60.2 ov)

Hawke's Bay bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wilson	16	7	19	0	-	-
Andrews	9	4	16	0	-	-
Hughes	21	2	80	6	-	-
Hallamore	14.2	3	27	3	-	-

---

Hawke's Bay first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GHF Hill	b Ashbolt	7
*HB Lusk	b Ashbolt	1
CH Cato	st Williams b Robertson	41
HC Wilson	c Williams b Robertson	35
AH Gore	b Upham	1
J Wolstenholme	b Upham	8
WJ Hughes	not out	5
JG Taiaroa	c Richardson b Robertson	6
+RG Hallamore	c Williams b Robertson	0
TW Lewis	c Richardson b Robertson	0
EH Andrews	c Richardson b Robertson	0
Extras	(3 b, 1 lb)	4
Total	(all out, 60 overs)	108
Fall of wickets:
1-4 (Lusk), 2-15 (Hill), 3-85 (Wilson), 4-? (Gore), 5-? (Wolstenholme), 6-? (Cato), 7-? (Taiaroa), 8-108 (Hallamore), 9-108 (Lewis), 10-108 (Andrews, 60 ov)

Wellington bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Upham	21	8	29	2	-	-
Richardson	6	2	10	0	-	-
Ashbolt	14	5	21	2	-	-
Tucker	4	0	7	0	-	-
Holdship	3	0	14	0	-	-
Robertson	12	4	23	6	-	-

---

Wellington second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+AB Williams	c Gore b Hughes	10
KH Tucker	not out	7
FA Midlane	not out	19
CA Richardson	did not bat
HC Hickson	did not bat
*AR Holdship	did not bat
FH Robertson	did not bat
WRS Hickson	did not bat
VH Waters	did not bat
FL Ashbolt	did not bat
EF Upham	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb, 1 w)	7
Total	(1 wicket, 16 overs)	43
Fall of wickets:
1-? (Williams)

Hawke's Bay bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hughes	8	2	19	1	-	-
Hallamore	6	2	13	0	-	-
Wolstenholme	2	1	4	0	-	-

---

Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> HC Hickson made his debut in First-Class matches
--> FA Midlane made his debut in First-Class matches
--> RG Hallamore made his debut in First-Class matches
--> EH Andrews made his debut in First-Class matches
--> J Wolstenholme made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> JG Taiaroa made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> TW Lewis made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> EH Andrews made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> CH Cato (1) passed his previous highest score of 38 in First-Class matches
--> HC Wilson (1) passed his previous highest score of 29 in First-Class matches
--> FH Robertson made his debut for Wellington in First-Class matches
--> WJ Hughes achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches when he dismissed VH Waters in the Wellington first innings (previous best was 5-40)
--> FH Robertson achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches when he dismissed HC Wilson in the Hawke's Bay first innings (previous best was 0-28)
--> FH Robertson achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the Hawke's Bay first innings

---