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Australia in New Zealand, 1927/28Canterbury v Australians
 Lancaster Park, Christchurch
 2,3,5 March 1928 (3-day match)
 
Result: Australians won by 9 wickets 
Toss: Not knownUmpires: W Butler and R Coleman
 
Close of Play:
Day 1:
 Day 2: 
Canterbury 1st innings
GR Gregory            c Oldfield         b Blackie              7
IM Hamilton           c Blackie          b Grimmett            69
J Jacobs                                 b Oxenham             24
*ML Page              lbw                b Oxenham             20
JA Newman                                b Grimmett            98
DC Nixon              c Woodfull         b Grimmett             4
WE Merritt            st Oldfield        b Grimmett             2
CE Evans                                 b Grimmett            29
RJ Read                                  b Oxenham              9
+N Dorreen            c Blackie          b Grimmett             5
WHR Cunningham        not out                                  16
Extras                (b 12, lb 9, nb 1)                       22
Total                 (all out, 122.5 overs)                  305
FoW: 1-12, 2-71, 3-125, 4-135, 5-145, 6-147, 7-242, 8-259, 9-264,
     10-305.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
McNamee                     25      8     39      0
Blackie                     17      4     58      1
Grimmett                    43.5    0    128      6
Oxenham                     35      0     55      3
Schneider                    2      1      3      0
Australians 1st innings
WM Woodfull           lbw                b Read                30
WH Ponsford                              b Merritt             16
A Jackson             c Dorreen          b Merritt             12
*VY Richardson        c Hamilton         b Cunningham           6
KJ Schneider          c Read             b Merritt            138
WC Alexander                             b Read                36
RK Oxenham                               b Newman               1
+WAS Oldfield         st Dorreen         b Merritt            137
CV Grimmett           not out                                  12
DD Blackie            st Dorreen         b Merritt              1
RLA McNamee                              b Read                 4
Extras                (b 6, lb 4, nb 1)                        11
Total                 (all out, 106.1 overs)                  404
FoW: 1-36, 2-46, 3-64, 4-64, 5-128, 6-135, 7-364, 8-395, 9-399,
     10-404.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Read                        42.1   10    120      3
Newman                      27      3    114      1
Merritt                     26      0    105      5
Cunningham                   3      1     10      1
Nixon                        4      0     28      0
Evans                        4      0     16      0
Canterbury 2nd innings
GR Gregory                               b McNamee             23
IM Hamilton                              b Grimmett             3
J Jacobs              c Schneider        b Grimmett            60
*ML Page              c Woodfull         b Grimmett             9
JA Newman                                b Grimmett            31
DC Nixon              c Richardson       b Grimmett             3
WE Merritt                               b Grimmett            14
CE Evans              c Jackson          b McNamee             20
RJ Read                                  b McNamee             10
+N Dorreen                               b Grimmett             6
WHR Cunningham        not out                                   3
Extras                (lb 16, nb 3)                            19
Total                 (all out, 78.2 overs)                   201
FoW: 1-10, 2-59, 3-72, 4-140, 5-141, 6-143, 7-170, 8-190, 9-191,
     10-201.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
McNamee                     23      8     29      3
Blackie                      2      0      9      0
Grimmett                    34.2    5    115      7
Oxenham                     19      8     29      0
Australians 2nd innings (target: 103 runs)
WM Woodfull           not out                                  54
WH Ponsford           st Dorreen         b Read                 2
A Jackson             not out                                  42
Extras                (lb 5)                                    5
Total                 (1 wicket, 28.4 overs)                  103
DNB: *VY Richardson, KJ Schneider, WC Alexander, RK Oxenham,
     +WAS Oldfield, CV Grimmett, DD Blackie, RLA McNamee.
FoW: 1-15.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Read                        10      4     28      1
Newman                       6      1     19      0
Merritt                      5.4    0     30      0
Nixon                        4      1      8      0
Page                         3      0     13      0
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