f29928 t728	Australia v New Zealand
	New Zealand in Australia 1973/74 (1st Test)
Venue	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 29th, 30th December 1973, 1st, 2nd January 1974 (5-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Australia won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Australia won by an innings and 25 runs
Umpires	TF Brooks, JR Collins
Scorers	BW Bright (Australia), MP Ringham (New Zealand)
Close of play day 1	Australia (1) 335/4 (Walters 52*, Davis 15*)
Close of play day 2	New Zealand (1) 51/3 (Parker 26*)
Close of play day 3	New Zealand (2) 85/3 (Hastings 12*, Congdon 1*)

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Australia first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
KR Stackpole	c Parker b Shrimpton	122	192	222	13	-
AP Sheahan	c Wadsworth b DR Hadlee	28	69	100	1	-
*IM Chappell	c RJ Hadlee b Shrimpton	54	112	135	3	-
GS Chappell	c Wadsworth b Congdon	60	115	93	7	1
KD Walters	c Wadsworth b DR Hadlee	79	142	179	9	-
IC Davis	c Wadsworth b DR Hadlee	15	42	48	1	-
+RW Marsh	c Parker b DR Hadlee	6	17	20	-	-
KJ O'Keeffe	not out	40	67	90	2	-
GJ Gilmour	b Congdon	52	58	69	5	-
AA Mallett	did not bat
AHR Dell	did not bat
Extras	(4 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	6
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 479 minutes, 101.5 overs)	462
Fall of wickets:
1-75 (Sheahan), 2-203 (Stackpole), 3-212 (IM Chappell), 4-304 (GS Chappell), 5-345 (Davis), 6-363 (Marsh), 7-381 (Walters), 8-462 (Gilmour, 101.5 ov)

New Zealand bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
RJ Hadlee	25	4	104	0	-	-
Andrews	19	2	100	0	-	1
DR Hadlee	20	2	102	4	-	-
O'Sullivan	22	3	80	0	1	-
Shrimpton	7	0	39	2	-	-
Congdon	8.5	1	31	2	-	-

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New Zealand first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GM Turner	c Gilmour b Dell	6	58	72	-	-
JM Parker	c IM Chappell b O'Keeffe	27	129	151	1	-
MJF Shrimpton	c Marsh b Gilmour	16	46	43	1	-
BF Hastings	b O'Keeffe	1	24	26	-	-
*BE Congdon	st Marsh b Mallett	31	65	63	4	-
JFM Morrison	c Marsh b Gilmour	44	139	140	4	-
+KJ Wadsworth	c GS Chappell b Gilmour	80	126	138	8	-
RJ Hadlee	c Marsh b Gilmour	9	16	19	1	-
DR Hadlee	run out (Mallett->Marsh)	2	17	22	-	-
DR O'Sullivan	c Davis b Mallett	6	16	18	-	-
B Andrews	not out	0	6	8	-	-
Extras	(8 b, 5 lb, 2 nb)	15
Total	(all out, 354 minutes, 79.7 overs)	237
Fall of wickets:
1-19 (Turner), 2-47 (Shrimpton), 3-51 (Hastings), 4-56 (Parker), 5-100 (Congdon), 6-189 (Morrison), 7-215 (RJ Hadlee), 8-230 (DR Hadlee), 9-237 (Wadsworth), 10-237 (O'Sullivan, 79.7 ov)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Dell	22	7	54	1	-	1
Gilmour	22	4	75	4	-	-
GS Chappell	4	2	4	0	-	-
Mallett	16.7	2	46	2	-	1
O'Keeffe	14	4	40	2	-	-
IM Chappell	1	0	3	0	-	-

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New Zealand second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JM Parker	c IM Chappell b Walters	23	63	76	1	-
JFM Morrison	c Marsh b Walters	16	41	51	1	-
MJF Shrimpton	b Walters	22	77	75	1	-
BF Hastings	c Marsh b Mallett	22	129	112	1	-
*BE Congdon	c Marsh b Mallett	14	55	52	1	-
+KJ Wadsworth	c Stackpole b Mallett	30	63	67	2	-
RJ Hadlee	c IM Chappell b O'Keeffe	6	29	27	1	-
DR Hadlee	c and b O'Keeffe	37	123	97	5	-
DR O'Sullivan	c and b Mallett	8	50	41	1	-
B Andrews	not out	5	24	22	-	-
GM Turner	absent hurt
Extras	(8 b, 9 lb)	17
Total	(all out, 316 minutes, 81.6 overs)	200
Fall of wickets:
1-37 (Morrison), 2-54 (Parker), 3-83 (Shrimpton), 4-109 (Congdon), 5-113 (Hastings), 6-134 (RJ Hadlee), 7-150 (Wadsworth), 8-188 (O'Sullivan), 9-200 (DR Hadlee, 81.6 ov)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Dell	5	0	9	0	-	-
Gilmour	3	0	16	0	-	-
GS Chappell	7	3	18	0	-	-
Walters	13	4	26	3	-	-
O'Keeffe	29.6	12	51	2	-	-
Mallett	24	4	63	4	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for five days but completed in four.
--> IC Davis made his debut in Test matches
--> GJ Gilmour made his debut in Test matches
--> JFM Morrison made his debut in Test matches
--> B Andrews made his debut in Test matches
--> AHR Dell made his last appearance in Test matches
--> KR Stackpole (1) 50 in 94 balls
--> KR Stackpole (1) 100 in 176 balls, 200 minutes with 9 fours
--> IM Chappell (1) 50 in 103 balls
--> GS Chappell (1) 50 in 102 balls
--> KD Walters (1) 50 in 100 balls
--> KJ O'Keeffe (1) equalled his previous highest score of 40 in Test matches
--> GJ Gilmour (1) 50 in 57 balls with 5 fours
--> KJ Wadsworth (1) 50 in 93 balls
--> KJ Wadsworth (1) passed his previous highest score of 78 in Test matches
--> B Andrews made his debut for New Zealand in First-Class matches
--> IC Davis made his debut for Australia in First-Class matches
--> GJ Gilmour made his debut for Australia in First-Class matches
--> JFM Morrison made his debut for New Zealand in First-Class matches
--> MJF Shrimpton made his debut in Australia in Test matches
--> BE Congdon made his debut in Australia in Test matches
--> BF Hastings made his debut in Australia in Test matches
--> GM Turner made his debut in Australia in Test matches
--> DR Hadlee made his debut in Australia in Test matches
--> KJ Wadsworth made his debut in Australia in Test matches
--> RJ Hadlee made his debut in Australia in Test matches
--> JM Parker made his debut in Australia in Test matches
--> DR O'Sullivan made his debut in Australia in Test matches

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