f4607	Canterbury v Wellington
	Other First-Class matches in New Zealand 1896/97
Venue	Lancaster Park, Christchurch on 22nd, 23rd January 1897 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Wellington won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	Elliott, Howard, E Jones
Close of play day 1	Wellington (1) 365/7 (Williams 154*, Benbow 5*)

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Wellington first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WF Warren	b McMurray	31
HGEL Burton	st Fowke b Malone	4
AB Williams	c Clark b Bates	163
*AR Holdship	c North b Bates	63
CS Gore	c Fowke b Bates	57
KH Tucker	b Bates	15
+WCS Levers	b Malone	2
FA Laws	b North	11
CA Benbow	not out	12
FL Ashbolt	not out	16
EF Upham	did not bat
Extras	(13 b, 10 lb, 1 nb, 3 w)	27
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 124 overs)	401
Fall of wickets:
1-13 (Burton), 2-49 (Warren), 3-151 (Holdship), 4-288 (Gore), 5-316 (Tucker), 6-321 (Levers), 7-359 (Laws), 8-376 (Williams)

Canterbury bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bates	45	18	96	4	-	-
Malone	30	7	106	2	-	-
McMurray	10	0	50	1	-	-
North	17	4	52	1	-	-
Clark	9	2	25	0	-	-
Reese	10	1	34	0	-	-
Sims	3	0	11	0	-	-

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Canterbury first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
J Wheatley	run out	21
HC Ridley	c Upham b Tucker	52
D Reese	c Laws b Ashbolt	96
A Sims	not out	103
RD Harman	c Burton b Ashbolt	5
CR Clark	run out	46
TH North	b Warren	0
*+JN Fowke	not out	17
TJ Malone	did not bat
S McMurray	did not bat
AE Bates	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 4 lb)	8
Total	(6 wickets, 129 overs)	348
Fall of wickets:
1-39 (Wheatley), 2-132 (Ridley), 3-205 (Reese), 4-215 (Harman), 5-297 (Clark), 6-297 (North)

Wellington bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Upham	48	11	93	0	-	-
Ashbolt	41	3	126	2	-	-
Benbow	8	1	31	0	-	-
Holdship	12	1	39	0	-	-
Tucker	12	1	42	1	-	-
Laws	3	0	7	0	-	-
Warren	5	3	2	1	-	-

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Notes
--> FA Laws made his debut in First-Class matches
--> CA Benbow made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> S McMurray made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> AB Williams (1) passed his previous highest score of 19 in First-Class matches
--> AB Williams (1) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> CS Gore (1) passed his previous highest score of 40 in First-Class matches
--> HC Ridley (1) passed his previous highest score of 46 in First-Class matches
--> D Reese (1) passed his previous highest score of 55 in First-Class matches
--> A Sims (1) passed his previous highest score of 37 in First-Class matches
--> A Sims (1) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> JN Fowke (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 4
--> AB Williams made his debut for Wellington in First-Class matches

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