f17840	Canterbury v Fiji
	Fiji in New Zealand 1947/48
Venue	Lancaster Park, Christchurch on 5th, 6th, 8th March 1948 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Canterbury won by 36 runs
Umpires	RV Taylor, BW Vine
Close of play day 1	Canterbury (1) 421/9 (Britton 4*)
Close of play day 2	Canterbury (2) 123/6 (O'Malley 32*, [unknown] ?*)
Pictures	Group photograph of the two teams

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Canterbury first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JG Leggat	b Gosling	59
AJ Reece	run out	26
PW O'Malley	st Raddock b Fenn	7
FB Smith	lbw b Logavatu	44
*WA Hadlee	c Apted b Logavatu	102
AR MacGibbon	c Bula b Snow	78
CG Snook	lbw b Apted	43
RE Hitchcock	c Tuidraki b Snow	17
JF Booker	st Raddock b Fenn	25
+AEL Britton	not out	4
RF Cook	did not bat
Extras	(9 b, 7 lb)	16
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 114.5 overs)	421
Fall of wickets:
1-62, 2-97, 3-99, 4-198, 5-307, 6-332, 7-371, 8-417, 9-421 (114.5 ov)

Fiji bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Logavatu	30	7	85	2	-	-
Cakobau	20	1	63	0	-	-
Gosling	21	2	62	1	-	-
Fenn	24.4	5	98	2	-	-
Snow	11	0	60	2	-	-
Wendt	5	0	24	0	-	-
Apted	3.1	0	13	1	-	-

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Fiji first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HJ Apted	c Hitchcock b Booker	23
+PT Raddock	c Hitchcock b Cook	47
IL Bula	c Britton b Cook	63
GK Cakobau	c Britton b MacGibbon	2
*PA Snow	b Cook	28
AT Tuidraki	c O'Malley b Cook	12
M Bogisa	st Britton b O'Malley	33
MJ Fenn	lbw b MacGibbon	26
AJ Wendt	run out	6
IT Logavatu	not out	2
JW Gosling	c Cook b Leggat	5
Extras	(25 b, 4 lb)	29
Total	(all out, 72.3 overs)	276
Fall of wickets:
1-57, 2-104, 3-113, 4-155, 5-173, 6-228, 7-258, 8-266, 9-268, 10-276 (72.3 ov)

Canterbury bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Booker	16	4	43	1	-	-
MacGibbon	19	4	50	2	-	-
Snook	11	2	47	0	-	-
Cook	14	2	41	4	-	-
Hitchcock	5	1	31	0	-	-
O'Malley	6	0	28	1	-	-
Smith	1	0	6	0	-	-
Leggat	0.3	0	1	1	-	-

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Canterbury second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JG Leggat	not out	25
AJ Reece	c Tuidraki b Fenn	26
PW O'Malley	b Fenn	72
FB Smith	b Gosling	11
AR MacGibbon	run out	10
CG Snook	c Raddock b Cakobau	25
RE Hitchcock	c Apted b Fenn	14
JF Booker	not out	0
+AEL Britton	run out	7
RF Cook	c Apted b Fenn	9
*WA Hadlee	did not bat
Extras	(10 b)	10
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 67 overs)	209
Fall of wickets:
1-24, 2-50, 3-55, 4-66, 5-90, 6-108, 7-183, 8-199

Fiji bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cakobau	15	2	39	1	-	-
Gosling	18	1	55	1	-	-
Fenn	33	2	101	4	-	-
Apted	1	0	4	0	-	-

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Fiji second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HJ Apted	st Britton b Hitchcock	55
+PT Raddock	run out	1
IL Bula	c Hadlee b Snook	120
GK Cakobau	c Leggat b Hitchcock	0
*PA Snow	st Britton b Booker	0
AT Tuidraki	b Booker	0
M Bogisa	b Booker	32
MJ Fenn	c Britton b Cook	24
AJ Wendt	c Cook b MacGibbon	41
P Kubunavanua	not out	31
JW Gosling	b MacGibbon	0
Extras	(8 b, 6 lb)	14
Total	(all out, 71.3 overs)	318
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-7, 3-91, 4-101, 5-162, 6-162, 7-229, 8-241, 9-310, 10-318 (71.3 ov)

Canterbury bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Booker	17	3	41	3	-	-
MacGibbon	9.3	3	24	2	-	-
Snook	15	3	56	1	-	-
Cook	14	0	77	1	-	-
Hitchcock	11	0	65	2	-	-
Smith	3	0	22	0	-	-
Reece	2	0	19	0	-	-

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Notes
--> Fiji full substitute: P Kubunavanua for IT Logavatu
--> AJ Reece made his debut in first-class matches
--> WA Hadlee (1) passed 5000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 1
--> AR MacGibbon (1) passed his previous highest score of 70 in first-class matches
--> RE Hitchcock (1) passed his previous highest score of 10 in first-class matches
--> JF Booker made his debut in first-class matches
--> PT Raddock (1) passed his previous highest score of 31 in first-class matches
--> M Bogisa (1) passed his previous highest score of 18 in first-class matches
--> JW Gosling made his debut in first-class matches
--> P Kubunavanua made his debut in first-class matches
--> HJ Apted (2) passed his previous highest score of 32 in first-class matches
--> IL Bula (2) passed his previous highest score of 88 in first-class matches
--> AJ Wendt (2) passed his previous highest score of 11 in first-class matches
--> RF Cook achieved his best innings bowling analysis in first-class matches in the Fiji first innings (previous best was 1-42)
--> MJ Fenn achieved his best innings bowling analysis in first-class matches in the Canterbury second innings (previous best was 2-30)

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