f12198 ps69	Auckland v Otago
	Plunket Shield 1927/28
Venue	Eden Park, Auckland on 31st December 1927, 2nd, 3rd January 1928 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Otago won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Auckland won by 6 wickets
Points	Auckland 1; Otago 0
Umpires	WA Duff, NB Levien
Close of play day 1	Auckland (1) 137/5 (Bowley 81*, Player 12*)
Close of play day 2	Otago (2) 247/7 (Alloo 81*, Elmes 10*)

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Otago first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AR Knight	c Bowley b Matheson	5
WN Vorrath	b Williams	7
JJM McMullan	c Matheson b Player	51
VG Cavanagh	c Matheson b Garrard	21
LC Eastman	c Matheson b Anthony	59
RWH Cherry	c Rowntree b Player	4
+A Galland	c Rowntree b Matheson	22
*AW Alloo	b Matheson	3
CJ Elmes	b Dacre	14
WM Douglas	not out	3
RC Torrance	c Anthony b Dacre	4
Extras		4
Total	(all out, 91.1 overs)	197
Fall of wickets:
1-9 (Vorrath), 2-34 (Knight), 3-75 (McMullan), 4-126 (Cavanagh), 5-134 (Cherry), 6-171 (Eastman), 7-176 (Alloo), 8-181 (Galland), 9-193 (Elmes), 10-197 (Torrance, 91.1 ov)

Auckland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Player	30	13	66	2	-	-
Williams	17	6	41	1	-	-
Bowley	9	5	12	0	-	-
Matheson	16	5	24	3	-	-
Garrard	12	1	34	1	-	-
Anthony	6	3	12	1	-	-
Dacre	1.1	0	4	2	-	-

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Auckland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
EH Bowley	b Torrance	96
JE Mills	lbw b Torrance	2
A Anthony	b Eastman	13
IW Cooper	b Douglas	18
DR Garrard	c Douglas b Eastman	8
*CCR Dacre	c Galland b Torrance	0
AS Player	c and b Alloo	40
AF Weir	b Torrance	0
AM Matheson	st Galland b Eastman	24
AG Williams	not out	9
+RW Rowntree	b Eastman	4
Extras		3
Total	(all out, 88 overs)	217
Fall of wickets:
1-12 (Mills), 2-33 (Anthony), 3-76 (Cooper), 4-93 (Garrard), 5-100 (Dacre), 6-172 (Bowley), 7-180 (Weir), 8-180 (Player), 9-213 (Matheson), 10-217 (Rowntree, 88 ov)

Otago bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Eastman	29	9	64	4	-	-
Torrance	34	17	55	4	-	-
Alloo	13	1	45	1	-	-
Douglas	11	1	44	1	-	-
Elmes	1	0	6	0	-	-

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Otago second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AR Knight	b Player	0
VG Cavanagh	b Player	8
JJM McMullan	c Dacre b Matheson	131
+A Galland	c Rowntree b Player	2
LC Eastman	c Bowley b Matheson	1
WN Vorrath	b Williams	9
RWH Cherry	b Garrard	2
*AW Alloo	b Matheson	97
CJ Elmes	c Williams b Bowley	46
WM Douglas	b Dacre	12
RC Torrance	not out	0
Extras		7
Total	(all out, 143.4 overs)	315
Fall of wickets:
1-1 (Knight), 2-30 (Cavanagh), 3-32 (Galland), 4-37 (Eastman), 5-65 (Vorrath), 6-81 (Cherry), 7-206 (McMullan), 8-277 (Alloo), 9-315 (Douglas), 10-315 (Elmes, 143.4 ov)

Auckland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Player	34	8	70	3	-	-
Williams	24	10	38	1	-	-
Bowley	6.4	2	15	1	-	-
Matheson	38	10	85	3	-	-
Garrard	17	6	31	1	-	-
Anthony	10	4	19	0	-	-
Dacre	9	1	26	1	-	-
Weir	1	0	5	0	-	-
Cooper	4	0	19	0	-	-

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Auckland second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
EH Bowley	c McMullan b Torrance	63
JE Mills	b Torrance	89
A Anthony	b Eastman	75
AS Player	lbw b Eastman	7
IW Cooper	not out	38
DR Garrard	not out	7
*CCR Dacre	did not bat
AF Weir	did not bat
AM Matheson	did not bat
AG Williams	did not bat
+RW Rowntree	did not bat
Extras		17
Total	(4 wickets, 124.5 overs)	296
Fall of wickets:
1-155 (Bowley), 2-178 (Mills), 3-195 (Player), 4-282 (Anthony)

Otago bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Eastman	43.5	9	80	2	-	-
Torrance	37	13	72	2	-	-
Alloo	12	4	38	0	-	-
Douglas	23	9	51	0	-	-
Elmes	9	2	38	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for four days but completed in three.
--> AF Weir made his debut in First-Class matches
--> AF Weir made his debut in Plunket Shield matches
--> AG Williams made his debut in First-Class matches
--> AG Williams made his debut in Plunket Shield matches
--> AG Williams made his last appearance in Plunket Shield matches
--> AG Williams made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> EH Bowley (1) passed his previous highest score of 95 in Plunket Shield matches
--> AM Matheson (1) passed his previous highest score of 20 in Plunket Shield matches
--> JJM McMullan (2) passed his previous highest score of 111 in Plunket Shield matches
--> JJM McMullan (2) passed 1000 runs in Plunket Shield matches when he reached 124
--> AW Alloo (2) passed his previous highest score of 68 in Plunket Shield matches
--> CJ Elmes (2) passed his previous highest score of 14 in Plunket Shield matches
--> CJ Elmes (2) passed his previous highest score of 14 in First-Class matches
--> JE Mills (2) passed his previous highest score of 63 in Plunket Shield matches
--> DR Garrard reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed RWH Cherry, his 1st wicket in the Otago second innings

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