misc602001	Poverty Bay v Auckland Colts
	Rigden Shield 1950/51
Venue	The Oval, Gisborne on 30th December 1950, 1st, 2nd January 1951 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	J Barbour, HA McMillan
Close of play day 1
Close of play day 2

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Auckland Colts first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
KFJ Dwyer	c sub (Sorenson) b MacInnes	106		300	9	1
JH Worrall	c Vincent b Fraser	14
DL Perry	lbw b MacInnes	20
BJ Postles	b MacInnes	34
*HS Mills	c Turbitt b Blane	8
RD Arneil	b Blane	22
VC Belsham	c Sharp b Barbour	40
RJ Wallace	b Barbour	8
RG Fowler	b Blane	0
BA Higgins	c MacInnes b Barbour	1
BJ Sorenson	not out	0
Extras	(12 b)	12
Total	(all out, 390 minutes, 110.4 overs)	265
Fall of wickets:
1-32 (Worrall), 2-77 (Perry), 3-159, 4-170, 5-190, 6-248, 7-258, 8-260, 9-263, 10-265 (110.4 ov)

Poverty Bay bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Barbour	14.4	4	36	3	-	-
Blane	24	11	36	3	-	-
MacInnes	15	5	45	3	-	-
Sharp	26	4	52	0	-	-
Fraser	16	4	28	1	-	-
Vincent	5	2	8	0	-	-
Herbert	3	0	14	0	-	-
Graham	2	1	9	0	-	-
Dow	4	0	16	0	-	-
McCarroll	1	0	9	0	-	-

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Poverty Bay first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BN Graham	b Fowler	13
G Vincent	c Sorenson b Fowler	0
CR Fraser	b Wallace	5
JP Blane	not out	7
PH Dow	b Belsham	5
*TM Sharp	did not bat
LM MacInnes	did not bat
MRH Barbour	did not bat
TT Turbitt	did not bat
W McCarroll	did not bat
R Herbert	did not bat
Extras	(2 b)	2
Total	(4 wickets, 20.2 overs)	32
Fall of wickets:
1-1 (Vincent), 2-18, 3-22, 4-32 (20.2 ov)

Auckland Colts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Fowler	9	5	9	2	-	-
Wallace	10	3	19	1	-	-
Belsham	1.2	0	2	1	-	-

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Rain each day reduce the actual time of play to 71/2 hours in all. Play commenced a 1500 on the Saturday and Auckland Colts batted until 11:10 on the the Tuesday. Rain on the final day at noon resulted in play being abandoned.