f21172 ps232	Auckland v Wellington
	Plunket Shield 1955/56
Venue	Eden Park, Auckland on 13th, 14th, 16th January 1956 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Wellington won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Auckland 2; Wellington 4
Umpires	TM Pearce, ER Wright
Close of play day 1	Wellington (1) 346/6 (Clark 30*, Sinclair 9*)
Close of play day 2	Auckland (1) 286/7 (Taylor 59*, Dunn 4*)

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Wellington first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DS St John	c Morris b Hambrook	7
AH Preston	c Hambrook b Moyle	17
LSM Miller	run out	144
JEF Beck	st Sorenson b Taylor	62
*RT Barber	c Sorenson b Dunn	51
LA Clark	lbw b Moyle	32
EW Dempster	st Sorenson b Turnbull	14
BW Sinclair	c and b Turnbull	11
+AJ Edgar	lbw b Moyle	2
BD Morrison	c Dunn b Turnbull	0
RS Challies	not out	4
Extras	(4 b, 7 lb, 3 nb)	14
Total	(all out, 152 overs)	358
Fall of wickets:
1-19, 2-40, 3-176, 4-271, 5-299, 6-330, 7-351, 8-351, 9-351, 10-358 (152 ov)

Auckland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Moyle	37	11	78	3	-	-
Hambrook	26	9	44	1	-	-
Dunn	34	7	86	1	-	-
Turnbull	44	11	93	3	-	-
Taylor	9	1	36	1	-	-
Morris	2	0	7	0	-	-

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Auckland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DL Perry	c Barber b Morrison	25
JK Everest	b Preston	69
JB Morris	c Edgar b Challies	19
BJ Postles	st Edgar b Challies	31
DD Taylor	c Edgar b Challies	75
TS Hambrook	b Challies	66
*GA Richards	c Dempster b Morrison	1
+BJ Sorenson	run out	4
EF Dunn	c Barber b Challies	10
H Moyle	not out	9
JA Turnbull	c Preston b Challies	0
Extras	(6 b, 7 lb, 2 nb)	15
Total	(all out, 151.3 overs)	324
Fall of wickets:
1-51, 2-98, 3-128, 4-178, 5-242, 6-246, 7-275, 8-298, 9-320, 10-324 (151.3 ov)

Wellington bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Morrison	23	6	65	2	-	-
Clark	33	16	56	0	-	-
Dempster	21	8	29	0	-	-
Preston	25	8	47	1	-	-
Challies	49.3	12	112	6	-	-

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Wellington second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DS St John	lbw b Moyle	10
AH Preston	b Turnbull	52
LSM Miller	run out	33
JEF Beck	c Morris b Moyle	26
*RT Barber	c sub b Turnbull	77
LA Clark	lbw b Turnbull	6
EW Dempster	not out	4
BW Sinclair	not out	6
+AJ Edgar	did not bat
BD Morrison	did not bat
RS Challies	did not bat
Extras	(19 b, 9 lb)	28
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 77 overs)	242
Fall of wickets:
1-28, 2-96, 3-109, 4-219, 5-227, 6-232

Auckland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Moyle	17	1	67	2	-	-
Hambrook	20	6	38	0	-	-
Dunn	11	2	23	0	-	-
Turnbull	29	7	86	3	-	-

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Auckland second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DL Perry	b Preston	21
JB Morris	c Dempster b Morrison	1
BJ Postles	not out	63
+BJ Sorenson	hit wkt b Dempster	19
*GA Richards	not out	14
JK Everest	did not bat
DD Taylor	did not bat
TS Hambrook	did not bat
EF Dunn	did not bat
H Moyle	did not bat
JA Turnbull	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 1 nb)	3
Total	(3 wickets, 44 overs)	121
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-27, 3-92

Wellington bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Morrison	10	3	28	1	-	-
Clark	7	3	7	0	-	-
Dempster	8	4	13	1	-	-
Preston	12	5	36	1	-	-
Challies	6	0	34	0	-	-
Miller	1	1	0	0	-	-

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Notes
--> AJ Edgar made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> AJ Edgar made his last appearance in Plunket Shield matches
--> GA Richards made his last appearance in Plunket Shield matches
--> LSM Miller (1) passed his previous highest score of 128 in Plunket Shield matches
--> LSM Miller (1) passed his previous highest score of 142 in First-Class matches
--> LSM Miller (1) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 138
--> LA Clark (1) passed his previous highest score of 25 in First-Class matches
--> LA Clark (1) passed his previous highest score of 25 in Plunket Shield matches
--> RS Challies achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Auckland first innings (previous best was 5-52)
--> RS Challies achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Plunket Shield matches in the Auckland first innings (previous best was 5-52)
--> DD Taylor retired hurt in the Auckland first innings having scored 51 (team score 222/4) - he returned when the score was 246/6

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