misc28353	Auckland v Fiji
	Fiji in New Zealand 1961/62
Venue	Eden Park, Auckland on 16th, 18th December 1961 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Fiji won the toss and decided to field
Result	Auckland won by 206 runs
Umpires	DHV Bindon, W Heard
Close of play day 1	Auckland (1) 9/0 (Gedye 0*, Harris 9*; 5 overs)

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Auckland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SG Gedye	run out	29
RM Harris	c Snowsill b Dews	39		41	5	1
WR Playle	c Sorovakatini b Driu	86		125	12	-
RW Morgan	lbw b Tavo	49
JG Kemp	c sub (IV Tabualevu) b Logavatu	61		16	9	-
PPW Morris	not out	50		62	7	-
WB Norman	not out	0
*LA Clark	did not bat
+MEF Dormer	did not bat
RS Cunis	did not bat
JM McIntyre	did not bat
Extras	(13 b, 3 lb, 2 nb)	18
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 83 overs)	332
Fall of wickets:
1-66 (Harris), 2-86 (Gedye), 3-216, 4-216, 5-330

Fiji bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Driu	17	5	65	1	-	-
Tavo	10	1	48	1	-	-
Dews	17	5	39	1	-	-
Uluiviti	24	3	89	0	-	-
Logavatu	15	1	73	1	-	-

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Fiji first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HJ Apted	lbw b Cunis	0
E Loganimoce	c Morris b Norman	17
U Sorovakatini	run out	49		48	7	1
IL Bula	c Norman b McIntyre	42		58	5	1
NM Uluiviti	b Norman	0
IT Logavatu	c Clark b Norman	7
W McGoon	b McIntyre	8
*+SB Snowsill	st Dormer b Morgan	18
A Driu	b McIntyre	0
S Tavo	not out	6
A Dews	absent
Extras	(9 b, 1 lb)	10
Total	(all out, 35.3 overs)	157
Fall of wickets:
1-0 (Apted, 0.2 ov), 2-44 (Loganimoce), 3-69 (Sorovakatini), 4-78 (Uluiviti), 5-118, 6-129, 7-147, 8-147, 9-157 (35.3 ov)

Auckland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cunis	7	1	35	1	-	-
Norman	15	4	49	3	-	-
Clark	5	3	13	0	-	-
McIntyre	6	1	32	3	-	-
Morgan	2.3	0	18	1	-	-

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Auckland second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RM Harris	b Tavo	20
SG Gedye	run out	14
WR Playle	not out	56			4	-
RW Morgan	not out	52			2	-
JG Kemp	did not bat
PPW Morris	did not bat
WB Norman	did not bat
*LA Clark	did not bat
+MEF Dormer	did not bat
RS Cunis	did not bat
JM McIntyre	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(2 wickets, declared, 50 overs)	143
Fall of wickets:
1-26, 2-39

Fiji bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Driu	13	4	31	0	-	-
Tavo	16	3	42	1	-	-
Uluiviti	11	2	30	0	-	-
Apted	5	0	17	0	-	-
Bula	4	0	20	0	-	-
McGoon	1	0	2	0	-	-

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Fiji second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
E Loganimoce	run out (Kemp)	1
HJ Apted	lbw b Morgan	32
U Sorovakatini	c Clark b Norman	0
IL Bula	run out	8
NM Uluiviti	c Dormer b McIntyre	10
*+SB Snowsill	c Morris b Morgan	15
IT Logavatu	b Morgan	30
W McGoon	b Morgan	4
A Driu	not out	5
S Tavo	c Norman b Morgan	7
A Dews	absent
Extras		0
Total	(all out, 37.4 overs)	112
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-6, 3-20, 4-34, 5-62, 6-69, 7-81, 8-104, 9-112 (37.4 ov)

Auckland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cunis	6	2	12	0	-	-
Norman	5	0	10	1	-	-
McIntyre	13	3	27	1	-	-
Morgan	13.4	1	63	5	-	-

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WR Playle and RW Morgan added 130 in 102 minutes for the third wicket in the Auckland first innings
JG Kemp and PPW Morris added 114 in 57 minutes for the fifth wicket in the Auckland first innings
WR Playle and RW Morgan added 104 in 100 minutes for the third wicket in the Auckland second innings
A wild return to the bowlers end during the Auckland first innings caused the Fiji bowler, A Dews, to break the top joint of the second finger on his right hand which meant he took no further part in the game.

 

 

 

 

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