misc602098	Marlborough v Royal New Zealand Air Force
	Other matches in New Zealand 1953/54
Venue	Horton Park, Blenheim on 17th, 19th April 1954 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Match drawn
Close of play day 1	Royal New Zealand Air Force (1) 99/5 (Dudley 38*; 43 overs)

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Marlborough first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*AJ Neal	b Sercombe	7
JR Barnett	b Sercombe	1
AJ McGuire	b Roberts	5
+JHP Houghton	lbw b Sercombe	2
W Hester	c Roberts b Menzies	21
B Fisher	b Sercombe	32
RB Neal	b Menzies	17
W Cann	run out	27
A Barnett	b Menzies	6
RD Hounsell	lbw b Casey	10
PA Jellyman	not out	2
Extras		15
Total	(all out, 58.3 overs)	145
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-27, 5-51, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-145 (58.3 ov)

Royal New Zealand Air Force bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sercombe	20	8	40	4	-	-
Roberts	10	5	15	1	-	-
Menzies	17	2	45	3	-	-
Casey	7.3	1	24	1	-	-
Morris	2	1	2	0	-	-
Hurley	2	0	4	0	-	-

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Royal New Zealand Air Force first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
ED Casey	b Jellyman	3
DL Roberts	c Jellyman b AJ Neal	1
CB Raddock	b A Barnett	33
R Dudley	b AJ Neal	40
AW Barnard	b A Barnett	2
*AEL Britton	b RB Neal	11
W Morris	b AJ Neal	12
+HA Armstrong	b Hounsell	31
RR Sercombe	lbw b Jellyman	8
NM Hurley	not out	14
NS Menzies	not out	11
Extras		14
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 83 overs)	180
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-14, 3-68, 4-?, 5-99 (42.6 ov), 6-101, 7-?, 8-143, 9-?

Marlborough bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jellyman	19	3	52	2	-	-
AJ Neal	22	12	23	3	-	-
RB Neal	25	11	32	1	-	-
Hounsell	7	0	21	1	-	-
A Barnett	9	1	34	2	-	-
Cann	1	0	4	0	-	-

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Marlborough second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
W Hester	b Casey	40
B Fisher	c Hurley b Sercombe	1
AJ McGuire	c Britton b Casey	40
*AJ Neal	not out	14
+JHP Houghton	st Armstrong b Casey	8
W Cann	b Casey	2
RB Neal	c sub b Casey	10
A Barnett	b Casey	5
PA Jellyman	b Menzies	0
RD Hounsell	not out	2
JR Barnett	did not bat
Extras		13
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 47 overs)	135
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?

Royal New Zealand Air Force bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sercombe	11	2	17	1	-	-
Menzies	9	4	19	1	-	-
Hurley	6	1	17	0	-	-
Casey	13	4	44	6	-	-
Roberts	5	0	21	0	-	-
Dudley	3	0	4	0	-	-

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Royal New Zealand Air Force second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DL Roberts	lbw b Hounsell	19
R Dudley	c Houghton b RB Neal	1
CB Raddock	c Houghton b Jellyman	6
*AEL Britton	not out	18
+HA Armstrong	st Houghton b Hounsell	5
W Morris	c and b Jellyman	5
AW Barnard	not out	2
ED Casey	did not bat
RR Sercombe	did not bat
NM Hurley	did not bat
NS Menzies	did not bat
Extras		3
Total	(5 wickets, 19 overs)	59
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?

Marlborough bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
RB Neal	4	0	14	1	-	-
AJ Neal	4	1	7	0	-	-
Jellyman	5	1	16	2	-	-
Hounsell	5	0	14	2	-	-
McGuire	1	0	5	0	-	-

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Royal New Zealand Air Force were given 50 minutes to score 101 for an outright win