f16759 ps144	Auckland v Canterbury
	Plunket Shield 1939/40
Venue	Eden Park, Auckland on 5th, 6th, 8th, 9th January 1940 (4-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Canterbury won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Auckland won by an innings and 140 runs
Points	Auckland 8; Canterbury 0
Umpires	RW Mitchell, OR Montgomery
Close of play day 1	Auckland (1) 50/2 (Pearson 18*, Wallace 23*)
Close of play day 2	Auckland (1) 545/7 (Scott 134*, Blandford 2*)
Close of play day 3	Canterbury (2) 235/5 (Davis 8*, Menzies 2*)

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Canterbury first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*JL Kerr	b Burke	28
MP Donnelly	b Cowie	3
FP O'Brien	c Blandford b Cowie	12
WA Hadlee	b Cleverley	35
IB Cromb	b Cleverley	51
REJ Menzies	b Cleverley	9
WM Anderson	c and b Burke	25
AW Roberts	c Wallace b Cleverley	30
+V James	b Cowie	4
DAN McRae	b Cleverley	5
H Davis	not out	2
Extras	(14 b, 9 lb)	23
Total	(all out, 75.4 overs)	227
Fall of wickets:
1-3 (Donnelly), 2-25 (O'Brien), 3-68 (Kerr), 4-100 (Hadlee), 5-120 (Menzies), 6-173, 7-193, 8-216, 9-217, 10-227 (75.4 ov)

Auckland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cowie	22	4	54	3	-	-
Cleverley	21.4	2	67	5	-	-
Weir	13	4	23	0	-	-
Carson	5	1	14	0	-	-
Burke	14	3	46	2	-	-

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Auckland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PE Whitelaw	b McRae	4
HT Pearson	c James b Davis	43
VS Sale	b McRae	0
*WM Wallace	st James b Donnelly	211		292	16	3
GL Weir	c James b Donnelly	73
WN Carson	c Roberts b Cromb	26
VJ Scott	c and b Davis	198
C Burke	run out	33
+JAR Blandford	not out	58
DC Cleverley	c McRae b Davis	8
J Cowie	not out	5
Extras	(14 b, 19 lb, 1 w)	34
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 163 overs)	693
Fall of wickets:
1-7 (Whitelaw), 2-9 (Sale), 3-116 (Pearson), 4-276 (Weir), 5-334 (Wallace), 6-389 (Carson), 7-503 (Burke), 8-646 (Scott), 9-683 (Cleverley)

Canterbury bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Roberts	12	0	52	0	-	-
McRae	46	9	168	2	-	-
Davis	28	3	113	3	-	-
Cromb	21	0	107	1	-	-
Donnelly	42	6	145	2	-	-
O'Brien	7	0	38	0	-	-
Anderson	7	0	36	0	-	-

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Canterbury second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*JL Kerr	b Cowie	3
MP Donnelly	c and b Burke	78
FP O'Brien	b Cleverley	86
WA Hadlee	c Weir b Carson	23
IB Cromb	c Blandford b Carson	15
H Davis	c Weir b Burke	33
REJ Menzies	c Whitelaw b Burke	29
WM Anderson	st Blandford b Cleverley	2
AW Roberts	b Cleverley	18
+V James	not out	2
DAN McRae	b Cleverley	0
Extras	(31 b, 5 lb, 1 nb)	37
Total	(all out, 92 overs)	326
Fall of wickets:
1-22 (Kerr), 2-181, 3-187, 4-216, 5-227, 6-278, 7-281, 8-325, 9-326, 10-326 (92 ov)

Auckland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cowie	23	6	70	1	-	-
Cleverley	27	1	94	4	-	-
Weir	3	1	11	0	-	-
Carson	7	0	31	2	-	-
Burke	32	4	83	3	-	-

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Notes
--> V James made his debut in Plunket Shield matches
--> V James made his debut in First-Class matches
--> JL Kerr made his last appearance in Plunket Shield matches
--> MP Donnelly made his last appearance in Plunket Shield matches
--> V James made his last appearance in Plunket Shield matches
--> H Davis made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> H Davis made his last appearance in Plunket Shield matches
--> VS Sale made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> VS Sale made his last appearance in Plunket Shield matches
--> GL Weir made his last appearance in Plunket Shield matches
--> WN Carson made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> WN Carson made his last appearance in Plunket Shield matches
--> JAR Blandford made his last appearance in Plunket Shield matches
--> WM Wallace (1) 100 in 134 minutes
--> WM Wallace (1) passed his previous highest score of 133 in First-Class matches
--> WM Wallace (1) passed his previous highest score of 133 in Plunket Shield matches
--> WM Wallace (1) 200 in 268 minutes
--> VJ Scott (1) 100 in 138 minutes with 16 fours
--> VJ Scott (1) passed his previous highest score of 122 in First-Class matches
--> VJ Scott (1) passed his previous highest score of 122 in Plunket Shield matches
--> VJ Scott (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 44
--> AW Roberts (2) passed 2500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 11
--> H Davis (2) passed his previous highest score of 20 in Plunket Shield matches
--> H Davis (2) passed his previous highest score of 20 in First-Class matches

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