misc601934	Hutt Valley Colts v Auckland Colts
	Other matches in New Zealand 1948/49
Venue	Petone Recreation Ground, Lower Hutt on 1st, 3rd, 4th January 1949 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Auckland Colts won by 101 runs
Umpires	DL Dawson, Foreman
Close of play day 1	Hutt Valley Colts (1) 51/0 (Coulston 26, Nightingale 21)
Close of play day 2	Auckland Colts (2) 2/0 (Pearson 0, Putt 1)

Auckland Colts first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*HT Pearson	c Anderson b Lockett	73
AG Putt	b Millward	22
KR Deas	b Lockett	36
AJ Deane	b Lockett	0
DL Perry	b Fraser	12
JD Ellis	lbw b Collins	10
VG Brooker	lbw b Millward	2
BA Higgins	run out	27
JR Skeen	c Watson b Millward	6
+WC Crump	not out	30
RJ Wallace	b Judd	6
Extras	(26 b, 2 lb, 2 w)	30
Total	(all out, 84.5 overs)	254
Fall of wickets:
1-67 (Putt), 2-144, 3-144, 4-151, 5-172, 6-174, 7-189, 8-199, 9-232, 10-254 (84.5 ov)

Hutt Valley Colts first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JR Coulston	b Deas	35
*AF Nightingale	b Brooker	61
W Fraser	b Deas	0
C Jones	c Deane b Skeen	8
IN Brennan	c Deas b Skeen	6
G Watson	lbw b Brooker	2
ME Collins	b Brooker	19
+K Anderson	c Higgins b Brooker	53
R Lockett	c Deas b Brooker	7
LHC Judd	not out	2
W Millward	c Perry b Brooker	0
Extras	(2 b, 7 lb)	9
Total	(all out, 96 overs)	202
Fall of wickets:
1-74 (Coulston), 2-74 (Fraser), 3-92 (Jones), 4-100 (Brennan), 5-103 (Watson), 6-120 (Nightingale), 7-177 (Collins), 8-197, 9-202, 10-202 (96 ov)

Auckland Colts second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*HT Pearson	c Lockett b Judd	19
AG Putt	c Collins b Lockett	83		117	12	-
KR Deas	c Nightingale b Judd	7
AJ Deane	c Nightingale b Judd	3
DL Perry	not out	23
JD Ellis	lbw b Lockett	0
VG Brooker	c Nightingale b Lockett	19
BA Higgins	not out	16
JR Skeen	did not bat
+WC Crump	did not bat
RJ Wallace	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 1 lb, 2 nb)	9
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 62 overs)	179
Fall of wickets:
1-69 (Pearson), 2-107 (Deas), 3-113 (Deane), 4-118, 5-118, 6-147

Hutt Valley Colts second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JR Coulston	b Skeen	6
*AF Nightingale	c Skeen b Wallace	28
W Fraser	b Wallace	13
C Jones	c Deas b Wallace	16
IN Brennan	c Skeen b Brooker	3
G Watson	b Wallace	10
ME Collins	c Pearson b Brooker	12
+K Anderson	run out	3
R Lockett	c Higgins b Wallace	26
LHC Judd	b Brooker	0
W Millward	not out	2
Extras	(11 b)	11
Total	(all out, 51.3 overs)	130
Fall of wickets:
1-19 (Coulston), 2-44, 3-67, 4-68, 5-72, 6-74, 7-95, 8-125, 9-125, 10-130 (51.3 ov)

Notes
--> The match was scheduled for two days but extended to three.
--> Day 2 Lunch: Hutt Valley Colts (1) 83/2 (Nightingale 39*, Jones 5*)

Rain delayed the start of play on the second day until 11.45am and play ceased after 35 minutes for a further 20 minutes due to steady drizzle