misc602018	Hutt Valley v Wellington City
	Other matches in New Zealand 1951/52
Venue	Hutt Recreation Ground, Lower Hutt on 23rd, 24th November 1951 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Match drawn
Close of play day 1	Hutt Valley (1) 158/5 (Meale 52*, Anderson 18*; 51 overs)

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Wellington City first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
H McMorran	b Blair	0	5	3	-	-
PM McCaw	lbw b Harrison	12
J McGillivray	b Blair	8
RF Romanos	c Williams b Blair	39
JR Reid	b Harrison	32
EW Dempster	c and b Langham	6
*RT Barber	b Blair	0
+JWH Kelly	b Muir	21
ME Giles	not out	33
TS Malloch	b Harrison	1
RC Pope	b Harrison	40		35
Extras	(16 b, 14 lb)	30
Total	(all out, 56 overs)	222
Fall of wickets:
1-0 (McMorran, 0.5 ov), 2-16 (McGillivray), 3-23 (McCaw), 4-83 (Reid), 5-100 (Dempster), 6-104 (Barber), 7-134, 8-156, 9-157, 10-222 (56 ov)

Hutt Valley bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Blair	18	3	48	4	-	-
Langham	10	0	39	1	-	-
Harrison	15	5	37	4	-	-
Muir	10	0	42	1	-	-
Nightingale	3	0	26	0	-	-

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Hutt Valley first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AF Nightingale	c McMorran b Giles	1
T Meale	not out	52		170
C Jones	c Romanos b Pope	32
LG Williams	c Dempster b Pope	4
IN Brennan	c Barber b Giles	31
*RJ Parry	c McCaw b Giles	4
+K Anderson	not out	18
RW Blair	did not bat
TA Harrison	did not bat
N Langham	did not bat
CA Muir	did not bat
Extras	(13 b, 3 lb)	16
Total	(5 wickets, 170 minutes, 51 overs)	158
Fall of wickets:
1-8 (Nightingale), 2-64 (Jones), 3-76 (Williams), 4-133 (Brennan), 5-138 (Parry)

Wellington City bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Malloch	13	2	27	0	-	-
Giles	11	3	32	3	-	-
Reid	5	0	21	0	-	-
Dempster	13	3	27	0	-	-
Pope	9	1	35	2	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> Day 1 Lunch: Wellington City (1) 95/4 (Romanos 27*, Dempster 2*)

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ME Giles and RC Pope added 65 in 35 minutes for the tenth wicket in the Wellington City first innings
After the first day was played in glorious sunshine, a southerly change brought heavy overnight rain and further rain during the morning prevented any play on the second day