f8456	Wellington v Auckland
	Other First-Class matches in New Zealand 1911/12
Venue	Basin Reserve, Wellington on 23rd, 24th, 26th February 1912 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Wellington won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Auckland won by 1 wicket
Umpires	WR Bock, D McKenzie
Close of play day 1	Wellington (1) 207/8 (Robinson 0*)
Close of play day 2	Wellington (2) 57/2 (Baker 18, Mahoney 26)

Wellington first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
EO Blamires	lbw b Somervell	46
WRL Gibbes	c Ellis b Thompson	81
WA Baker	b Thompson	2
JJ Mahoney	b Snedden	25
FA Midlane	c Hemus b Snedden	31
*JP Blacklock	b Thompson	1
JFW Dickson	st Ellis b Snedden	8
CW Robinson	b Thompson	14
CV Grimmett	c and b Thompson	1
+CA Berendsen	not out	8
JV Saunders	b Snedden	0
Extras		15
Total	(all out, 80.5 overs)	232
Fall of wickets:
1-127 (Blamires), 2-130 (Baker), 3-146 (Gibbes), 4-176 (Mahoney), 5-177 (Blacklock), 6-202 (Dickson), 7-206 (Midlane), 8-207 (Grimmett), 9-231 (Robinson), 10-232 (Saunders, 80.5 ov)

Auckland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thompson	32	12	72	5	-	-
Jones	14	5	31	0	-	-
Snedden	17.5	4	48	4	-	-
Mason	2	0	12	0	-	-
Wallace	6	2	19	0	-	-
Taylor	3	0	14	0	-	-
Somervell	6	0	21	1	-	-

Auckland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*LG Hemus	b Robinson	66
+WH Ellis	c Blacklock b Saunders	2
E Horspool	b Saunders	5
ANC Snedden	b Saunders	32
GJ Thompson	c Robinson b Saunders	22
LG Taylor	b Saunders	6
RC Somervell	c Grimmett b Dickson	54
A Wallace	b Saunders	1
FR Mason	lbw b Gibbes	4
A Anthony	not out	32
AO Jones	c Saunders b Robinson	4
Extras		25
Total	(all out, 67.5 overs)	253
Fall of wickets:
1-3 (Ellis), 2-21 (Horspool), 3-97 (Snedden), 4-119 (Hemus), 5-128 (Taylor), 6-139 (Thompson), 7-141 (Wallace), 8-167 (Mason), 9-219 (Somervell), 10-253 (Jones, 67.5 ov)

Wellington bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Saunders	29	6	86	6	-	-
Grimmett	22	7	68	0	-	-
Robinson	9.5	2	23	2	-	-
Gibbes	5	1	31	1	-	-
Dickson	2	0	20	1	-	-

Wellington second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
EO Blamires	b Thompson	8
WRL Gibbes	b Snedden	1
WA Baker	b Thompson	29
JJ Mahoney	c Horspool b Thompson	26
FA Midlane	c Mason b Snedden	7
*JP Blacklock	c Ellis b Jones	51
JFW Dickson	b Jones	11
CW Robinson	not out	31
CV Grimmett	b Snedden	2
+CA Berendsen	b Snedden	3
JV Saunders	c Mason b Jones	12
Extras		11
Total	(all out, 71.5 overs)	192
Fall of wickets:
1-10 (Blamires), 2-10 (Gibbes), 3-67 (Mahoney), 4-70 (Baker), 5-88 (Midlane), 6-125 (Dickson), 7-152 (Blacklock), 8-167 (Grimmett), 9-171 (Berendsen), 10-192 (Saunders, 71.5 ov)

Auckland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thompson	31	7	85	3	-	-
Snedden	24	6	46	4	-	-
Somervell	5	1	20	0	-	-
Jones	11.5	4	30	3	-	-

Auckland second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*LG Hemus	run out	38
E Horspool	c and b Grimmett	19
A Anthony	c Blamires b Gibbes	3
ANC Snedden	c Gibbes b Grimmett	7
GJ Thompson	b Saunders	25
RC Somervell	b Saunders	27
+WH Ellis	c Saunders b Grimmett	4
FR Mason	not out	28
LG Taylor	lbw b Grimmett	0
AO Jones	c Blamires b Saunders	3
A Wallace	not out	16
Extras		4
Total	(9 wickets, 49.1 overs)	174
Fall of wickets:
1-50 (Horspool), 2-59 (Anthony), 3-68 (Hemus), 4-72 (Snedden), 5-117 (Somervell), 6-122 (Thompson), 7-126 (Ellis), 8-128 (Taylor), 9-139 (Jones)

Wellington bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Saunders	20.1	1	84	3	-	-
Robinson	7	0	17	0	-	-
Grimmett	17	0	48	4	-	-
Gibbes	5	0	21	1	-	-

Notes
--> WA Baker made his debut in First-Class matches
--> JFW Dickson made his debut in First-Class matches
--> CW Robinson made his debut in First-Class matches
--> CV Grimmett made his debut in First-Class matches
--> JJ Mahoney made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> CA Berendsen made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> A Wallace made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> AO Jones made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> WRL Gibbes (1) passed his previous highest score of 76 in First-Class matches
--> LG Hemus (1) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 12
--> ANC Snedden achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches when he dismissed FA Midlane in the Wellington first innings (previous best was 2-20)
--> ANC Snedden achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Wellington second innings (previous best was 4-48)
--> AO Jones achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches when he dismissed JP Blacklock in the Wellington second innings (previous best was 1-19)