wf40	Wellington Women v Auckland Women
	Hallyburton Johnstone Challenge Shield 1937/38
Venue	Basin Reserve, Wellington on 25th, 27th December 1937 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Wellington Women won by an innings and 59 runs
Close of play day 1	Auckland Women (1) 40/0 (Johns 20*, Beer 18*)

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Wellington Women first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HE Buck	lbw b Beer	22			3	-
MJ Holmes	lbw b Bond	1
DL Hatcher	c and b Smithyman	117			12	-
MC Corby	c Beer b Price	5
HW Ashenden	b Price	0
*IM Pickering	c Johns b Price	37			3	-
LC Harris	c Koefoed b Smithyman	48			5	1
JG Lamason	b Beer	9
E Page	b Smithyman	2
AE Ell	b Bond	19			2	-
+HW McLellan	not out	13
Extras	(17 b, 3 lb, 3 w)	23
Total	(all out, 88.4 overs)	296
Fall of wickets:
1-25, 2-40, 3-63, 4-65, 5-153, 6-249, 7-254, 8-263, 9-263, 10-296 (88.4 ov)

Auckland Women bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smithyman	30	6	74	3	-	-
Beer	22	3	64	2	-	-
Bond	19.4	3	71	2	1	-
Price	16	1	61	3	2	-
Johns	1	0	6	0	-	-

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Auckland Women first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
I Johns	lbw b IM Pickering	26			1	-
A Beer	b Holmes	21			2	-
AE Eaton	b IM Pickering	0
M Simmons	lbw b Holmes	4
MA Koefoed	c Buck b Holmes	5
*EM Smithyman	b Ell	13			2	-
ALN Hammond	b IM Pickering	0
TM Bond	lbw b Holmes	1
A Batty	b IM Pickering	0
K Simmons	run out	2
H Price	not out	0
Extras	(9 b, 1 lb, 5 w)	15
Total	(all out, 41.3 overs)	87
Fall of wickets:
1-50, 2-50, 3-51, 4-70, 5-75, 6-83, 7-84, 8-84, 9-85, 10-87 (41.3 ov)

Wellington Women bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
IM Pickering	13	5	18	4	-	-
Ell	13	3	38	1	2	-
JG Lamason	2	0	5	0	-	-
Holmes	11.3	5	8	4	1	-
Corby	2	0	3	0	2	-

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Auckland Women second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
A Beer	lbw b IM Pickering	18
I Johns	b JG Lamason	33			1	-
M Simmons	hit wkt b Holmes	7
MA Koefoed	c Harris b Holmes	16			1	-
*EM Smithyman	c Ell b IM Pickering	7
ALN Hammond	c Buck b Holmes	42			4	-
TM Bond	lbw b Holmes	8
AE Eaton	b Holmes	0
K Simmons	not out	2
A Batty	c Holmes b Corby	1
H Price	b JG Lamason	8			1	-
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb, 3 w)	8
Total	(all out, 69.2 overs)	150
Fall of wickets:
1-49, 2-57, 3-74, 4-79, 5-112, 6-136, 7-136, 8-140, 9-141, 10-150 (69.2 ov)

Wellington Women bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
IM Pickering	15	3	44	2	-	-
JG Lamason	12.2	2	27	2	-	-
Holmes	21	8	38	5	3	-
Corby	12	4	13	1	-	-
Hatcher	1	1	0	0	-	-
Ell	7	1	19	0	-	-
Ashenden	1	1	0	0	-	-

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Notes
--> Bowling in the Wellington Women first innings adds 3 runs over
--> Bowling in the Auckland Women second innings adds 1 run under
--> HW Ashenden made her debut in Women's First-Class matches
--> E Page made her debut in Women's First-Class matches
--> HW McLellan made her debut in Women's First-Class matches
--> I Johns made her debut in Women's First-Class matches
--> A Beer made her debut in Women's First-Class matches
--> AE Eaton made her debut in Women's First-Class matches
--> M Simmons made her debut in Women's First-Class matches
--> ALN Hammond made her debut in Women's First-Class matches
--> A Batty made her debut in Women's First-Class matches
--> K Simmons made her debut in Women's First-Class matches
--> H Price made her debut in Women's First-Class matches
--> MC Corby made her last appearance in Women's First-Class matches
--> HW Ashenden made her last appearance in Women's First-Class matches
--> HW McLellan made her last appearance in Women's First-Class matches
--> A Beer made her last appearance in Women's First-Class matches
--> M Simmons made her last appearance in Women's First-Class matches
--> A Batty made her last appearance in Women's First-Class matches
--> K Simmons made her last appearance in Women's First-Class matches
--> H Price made her last appearance in Women's First-Class matches
--> DL Hatcher (1) made her first century in Women's First-Class matches
--> LC Harris (1) passed her previous highest score of 14 in Women's First-Class matches
--> MA Koefoed (2) passed her previous highest score of 13 in Women's First-Class matches
--> MC Corby made her debut for Wellington Women in Women's First-Class matches
--> EM Smithyman achieved her best innings bowling analysis in Women's First-Class matches in the Wellington Women first innings (previous best was 1-0)
--> MJ Holmes achieved her best innings bowling analysis in Women's First-Class matches in the Auckland Women first innings (previous best was 0-15)
--> IM Pickering achieved her best innings bowling analysis in Women's First-Class matches in the Auckland Women first innings (previous best was 3-24)
--> MJ Holmes achieved her best innings bowling analysis in Women's First-Class matches in the Auckland Women second innings (previous best was 4-8)
--> MJ Holmes achieved her first five wickets in an innings in Women's First-Class matches in the Auckland Women second innings

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Day 2 took place at Kilbirnie Park
This was the first defence of the Hallyburton Johnstone Challenge Shield since Wellington took it from Auckland in 1935/36. A challenge from Otago in 1936/37 had to be cancelled due to an outbreak of infantile paralysis.