f16886	New Zealand Army v Royal New Zealand Air Force
	First-Class matches in New Zealand 1942/43
Venue	Lancaster Park, Christchurch on 1st, 2nd, 3rd April 1943 (3-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	New Zealand Army won the toss and decided to bat
Result	New Zealand Army won by 203 runs
Umpires	GE Falgar, H Wilson
Close of play day 1	Royal New Zealand Air Force (1) 62/3 (Crawford 30*, Bezzant 22*)
Close of play day 2	New Zealand Army (2) 315/7 (Weir 43*)

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New Zealand Army first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
ML Page	c Crawford b Lemin	11
*IB Cromb	lbw b Lemin	51
SG Haliday	lbw b Parkin	11
LA Milnes	c and b Bird	46
JL Kerr	c Bird b Parkin	51
GH Hook	b Bird	0
WM Anderson	run out	70
GL Weir	b Bird	8
LE Partridge	b Bird	0
TL Pritchard	c Churchill b Lemin	16
+DM Dunnet	not out	15
Extras	(5 b, 9 lb, 1 nb)	15
Total	(all out, 66.6 overs)	294
Fall of wickets:
1-34, 2-68, 3-88, 4-179, 5-179, 6-185, 7-208, 8-208, 9-239, 10-294 (66.6 ov)

Royal New Zealand Air Force bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hoar	14	2	45	0	-	-
Lemin	20	4	84	3	-	-
Parkin	13	0	61	2	-	-
Kerr	5	0	27	0	-	-
Bird	13.6	1	58	4	-	-
Dustin	1	0	4	0	-	-

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Royal New Zealand Air Force first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AC Kerr	c Dunnet b Pritchard	5
WH Dustin	run out	1
OL Wrigley	run out	2
FR Crawford	b Weir	30
EF Bezzant	c Dunnet b Cromb	63
K Parkin	b Partridge	11
+GA Churchill	run out	2
*CJ Oliver	c Weir b Pritchard	1
NR Hoar	c Page b Pritchard	1
TGF Lemin	b Pritchard	1
WG Bird	not out	0
Extras	(3 b, 7 lb, 1 nb)	11
Total	(all out, 46.6 overs)	128
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-7, 3-9, 4-67, 5-97, 6-115, 7-124, 8-124, 9-128, 10-128 (46.6 ov)

New Zealand Army bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Pritchard	14.6	5	33	4	-	-
Weir	10	1	30	1	-	-
Partridge	9	3	18	1	-	-
Cromb	13	3	36	1	-	-

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New Zealand Army second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
ML Page	c Crawford b Hoar	75
*IB Cromb	c Parkin b Crawford	66
GH Hook	b Parkin	3
LA Milnes	c and b Lemin	14
JL Kerr	run out	62
WM Anderson	b Lemin	30
GL Weir	not out	43
SG Haliday	c Crawford b Dustin	5
LE Partridge	did not bat
TL Pritchard	did not bat
+DM Dunnet	did not bat
Extras	(15 b, 2 lb)	17
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 48.6 overs)	315
Fall of wickets:
1-116, 2-125, 3-151, 4-167, 5-218, 6-293, 7-315 (48.6 ov)

Royal New Zealand Air Force bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hoar	10	0	54	1	-	-
Lemin	16	3	67	2	-	-
Parkin	6	0	52	1	-	-
Kerr	4	0	37	0	-	-
Bird	5	0	38	0	-	-
Dustin	1.6	0	11	1	-	-
Crawford	6	0	39	1	-	-

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Royal New Zealand Air Force second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AC Kerr	c Kerr b Pritchard	0
EF Bezzant	c Kerr b Pritchard	78
WH Dustin	c Cromb b Anderson	12
FR Crawford	st Dunnet b Cromb	7
OL Wrigley	c and b Cromb	52
K Parkin	c Cromb b Pritchard	0
+GA Churchill	b Pritchard	0
NR Hoar	c Dunnet b Anderson	67
*CJ Oliver	not out	17
WG Bird	c Partridge b Pritchard	14
TGF Lemin	run out	0
Extras	(16 b, 12 lb, 3 nb)	31
Total	(all out, 90 overs)	278
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-20, 3-40, 4-133, 5-133, 6-139, 7-228, 8-247, 9-276, 10-278 (90 ov)

New Zealand Army bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Pritchard	24	6	50	5	-	-
Weir	5	1	7	0	-	-
Partridge	14	1	35	0	-	-
Cromb	26	8	77	2	-	-
Anderson	10	2	30	2	-	-
Page	11	0	48	0	-	-

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Notes
--> EF Bezzant made his debut in First-Class matches
--> K Parkin made his debut in First-Class matches
--> GA Churchill made his debut in First-Class matches
--> NR Hoar made his debut in First-Class matches
--> WG Bird made his debut in First-Class matches
--> ML Page made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> SG Haliday made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> JL Kerr made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> GH Hook made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> OL Wrigley made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> GA Churchill made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> CJ Oliver made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> TGF Lemin made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> WG Bird made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> LA Milnes (1) passed his previous highest score of 41 in First-Class matches
--> FR Crawford (1) passed his previous highest score of 14 in First-Class matches
--> IB Cromb (2) passed 3000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 6
--> GL Weir (2) passed 5000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 26
--> OL Wrigley (2) passed his previous highest score of 12 in First-Class matches

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