misc30238	Ceylon v New Zealanders
	New Zealand in Australia 1927/28
Venue	Colombo on 8th October 1927 (1-day single innings match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Ceylon won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	F Ondaatje, AB Ricketts

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Ceylon innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MK Albert	c and b Allcott	49
WT Brindley	st James b Allcott	24
EHLG Sinclair	b Henderson	17
FA Waldock	b Henderson	4
*CH Gunasekara	st James b Merritt	47
EGS Kelaart	c Blunt b Merritt	48
T Cuming	st James b Merritt	0
S Saravanamuttu	st James b Merritt	0
DA Wright	c Oliver b Merritt	6
LV Jayaweera	lbw b Blunt	0
+VC Schokman	not out	14
Extras	(1 lb, 1 nb)	2
Total	(all out, 63 overs)	211
Fall of wickets:
1-62, 2-79, 3-95, 4-96, 5-191, 6-191, 7-191, 8-194, 9-195, 10-211 (63 ov)

New Zealanders bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McGirr	2	0	16	0	-	-
Henderson	15	6	38	2	-	-
Merritt	20	1	86	5	-	-
Allcott	14	4	32	2	-	-
Blunt	11	1	36	1	-	-
Dempster	1	0	1	0	-	-

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New Zealanders innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HM McGirr	c Schokman b Gunasekara	0
ML Page	b Jayaweera	1
CS Dempster	c Cuming b Brindley	87
RC Blunt	lbw b Gunasekara	7
CCR Dacre	c Gunasekara b Sinclair	37
CJ Oliver	b Sinclair	5
*TC Lowry	b Brindley	12
CFW Allcott	c Schokman b Brindley	0
+KC James	c Schokman b Brindley	45
WE Merritt	not out	3
M Henderson	not out	0
Extras		0
Total	(9 wickets, 53 overs)	197
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-2, 3-9, 4-64, 5-70, 6-96, 7-111, 8-176, 9-197

Ceylon bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gunasekara	8	4	19	2	-	-
Jayaweera	9	1	32	1	-	-
Sinclair	8	0	71	2	-	-
Brindley	17	4	51	4	-	-
Kelaart	11	3	24	0	-	-

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Notes
--> WE Merritt took a hat-trick in the Ceylon innings (Kelaart, Cuming, Saravanamuttu)

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