f5028	Canterbury v Wellington
	First-Class matches in New Zealand 1898/99
Venue	Lancaster Park, Christchurch on 31st December 1898, 2nd, 3rd January 1899 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Canterbury won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Canterbury won by an innings and 127 runs
Umpires	RD Harman, A McMaster, FJ Ohlson
Close of play day 1	Canterbury (1) 182/5 (Sims 22*, Phillips 29*)
Close of play day 2	Wellington (2) 9/2 (Stephenson 5*, Gore 2*)

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Canterbury first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*LT Cobcroft	c Stephenson b Hales	59				-
D Reese	lbw b Upham	48
WCH Wigley	c Richardson b Hales	13
AE Ridley	c Hickson b Hales	4				-
A Sims	c Richardson b Hales	27
RDW Barry	b Upham	1			-	-
J Phillips	not out	110			6	-
TW Reese	b Upham	3			-	-
+C Boxshall	b Upham	31
WC Pearce	c Stephenson b Upham	38
FS Frankish	b Robertson	27
Extras	(5 b, 8 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	16
Total	(all out, 149.2 overs)	377
Fall of wickets:
1-108 (Cobcroft), 2-115 (D Reese), 3-122 (Wigley), 4-134 (Ridley), 5-135 (Barry), 6-202 (Sims), 7-211 (TW Reese), 8-252 (Boxshall), 9-315 (Pearce), 10-377 (Frankish, 149.2 ov)

Wellington bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Upham	62	9	140	5	-	-
Stephenson	15	2	50	0	-	-
Hales	47	16	92	4	-	-
Robertson	15.2	2	55	1	-	-
Richardson	5	1	14	0	-	-
Holdship	5	1	10	0	-	-

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Wellington first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*AR Holdship	b Frankish	10
HC Hickson	c Sims b Phillips	21
CA Richardson	st Boxshall b Phillips	21
FH Robertson	b D Reese	3
CS Gore	c Barry b Frankish	12
FA Midlane	b Frankish	1
+EL Wright	lbw b Phillips	4
FC Stephenson	st Boxshall b Frankish	1
EF Upham	c D Reese b Frankish	4
KH Tucker	not out	0
EO Hales	c Sims b Pearce	3
Extras	(1 b, 2 lb)	3
Total	(all out, 46 overs)	83
Fall of wickets:
1-18 (Holdship), 2-49 (Richardson), 3-56 (Hickson), 4-58 (Robertson), 5-68 (Midlane), 6-75 (Gore), 7-75 (Wright), 8-80 (Upham), 9-80 (Stephenson), 10-83 (Hales, 46 ov)

Canterbury bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Frankish	17	7	22	5	-	-
Pearce	11	2	25	1	-	-
Phillips	12	6	18	3	-	-
D Reese	6	2	15	1	-	-

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Wellington second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
EF Upham	run out	0
+EL Wright	c Boxshall b Frankish	0
FC Stephenson	st Boxshall b Pearce	34
CS Gore	c and b D Reese	6
CA Richardson	c Wigley b Pearce	9
*AR Holdship	st Boxshall b D Reese	65
HC Hickson	b Phillips	18
FH Robertson	b Pearce	10
KH Tucker	c TW Reese b D Reese	14
FA Midlane	c TW Reese b D Reese	0
EO Hales	not out	1
Extras	(2 b, 5 lb, 3 w)	10
Total	(all out, 80.4 overs)	167
Fall of wickets:
1-0 (Wright), 2-0 (Upham), 3-15 (Gore), 4-30 (Richardson), 5-83 (Stephenson), 6-123 (Hickson), 7-141 (Robertson), 8-164 (Tucker), 9-164 (Midlane), 10-167 (Holdship, 80.4 ov)

Canterbury bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Frankish	21	5	47	1	-	-
Pearce	16	6	25	3	-	-
Phillips	19	7	31	1	-	-
D Reese	24.4	0	54	4	-	-

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Notes
--> J Phillips made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> AR Holdship made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> J Phillips (1) passed his previous highest score of 85 in First-Class matches
--> J Phillips (1) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> C Boxshall (1) passed his previous highest score of 25 in First-Class matches
--> FC Stephenson (2) passed his previous highest score of 16 in First-Class matches
--> WC Pearce reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed EO Hales, his 1st wicket in the Wellington first innings
--> FS Frankish achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Wellington first innings (previous best was 5-51)

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