BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
James Marshall	run out (Walker)	25	50	68	4	0	50.00
Nick Horsley	c Richardson b Canning	8	17	25	1	0	47.05
Hamish Marshall	lbw b Canning	12	34	35	1	0	35.29
Matthew Hart	c Nicol b Canning	5	13	20	1	0	38.46
Mark Orchard	lbw b Nicol	30	107	136	3	0	28.03
Grant Robinson	not out	125	251	313	16	0	49.80
Joseph Yovich	c †Young b Barnes	14	40	41	2	0	35.00
Robbie Hart (c)†	c †Young b Pryor	14	47	55	1	0	29.78
Bruce Martin	c †Young b Canning	11	31	42	1	1	35.48
Gareth Irwin	c McIntosh b Pryor	2	5	13	0	0	40.00
Ian Butler	c †Young b Davis	24	29	35	5	0	82.75
Extras	(lb 15, nb 1, w 12)	28
TOTAL	103.5 Ov (RR: 2.86, 396 Mins)	298
Fall of wickets: 1-28 (Nick Horsley, 6.3 ov), 2-46 (Hamish Marshall, 16.2 ov), 3-49 (James Marshall, 17.3 ov), 4-54 (Matthew Hart, 20.4 ov), 5-158 (Mark Orchard, 54.6 ov), 6-194 (Joseph Yovich, 66.3 ov), 7-230 (Robbie Hart, 83.4 ov), 8-250 (Bruce Martin, 92.6 ov), 9-262 (Gareth Irwin, 95.4 ov), 10-298 (Ian Butler, 103.5 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Tama Canning	34	12	96	4	2.82	-	-	-	5	0
Craig Pryor	18	2	67	2	3.72	-	-	-	2	1
Heath Davis	15.5	6	34	1	2.14	-	-	-	0	0
Bradley Nielsen	4	2	7	0	1.75	-	-	-	0	0
Rob Nicol	9	1	26	1	2.88	-	-	-	5	0
Aaron Barnes	5	2	8	1	1.60	-	-	-	0	0
Brooke Walker	18	6	45	0	2.50	-	-	-	0	0

Auckland 1st Innings

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Mark Richardson	c †RG Hart b Butler	39	103	162	7	0	37.86
Tim McIntosh	not out	146	313	398	22	0	46.64
Matt Horne	c †RG Hart b Butler	19	33	41	3	0	57.57
Rob Nicol	c JAH Marshall b Yovich	5	22	32	1	0	22.72
Tama Canning	c HJH Marshall b Yovich	4	8	10	1	0	50.00
Aaron Barnes	lbw b Butler	7	16	30	0	0	43.75
Bradley Nielsen	c JAH Marshall b Martin	14	36	30	1	1	38.88
Craig Pryor	c HJH Marshall b Yovich	32	65	87	3	1	49.23
Extras	(b 5, lb 8, nb 9, w 6)	28
TOTAL	97.5 Ov (RR: 3.00, 398 Mins)	294/7d
Did not bat: Brooke Walker (c), Reece Young †, Heath Davis
Fall of wickets: 0-72, 1-104 (Matt Horne, 37.3 ov), 2-120 (Rob Nicol, 45.3 ov), 3-125 (Tama Canning, 47.4 ov), 4-162 (Aaron Barnes, 55.4 ov), 5-183 (Bradley Nielsen, 64.3 ov), 6-250 (Craig Pryor, 87.2 ov), 7-294 (Mark Richardson, 97.5 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Ian Butler	27.5	3	87	3	3.12	-	-	-	4	0
Joseph Yovich	21	4	69	3	3.28	-	-	-	2	6
Gareth Irwin	16.4	5	40	0	2.40	-	-	-	0	0
Mark Orchard	4	2	20	0	5.00	-	-	-	0	0
Bruce Martin	25.2	6	48	1	1.89	-	-	-	0	0
Matthew Hart	3	0	17	0	5.66	-	-	-	0	3

Northern Districts 2nd Innings

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
James Marshall	c Nicol b Pryor	12	36	52	1	0	33.33
Grant Robinson	lbw b Pryor	9	15	18	0	0	60.00
Hamish Marshall	c Canning b Horne	57	174	197	10	1	32.75
Matthew Hart	not out	201	308	401	33	0	65.25
Mark Orchard	c Nicol b Horne	6	59	73	1	0	10.16
Joseph Yovich	lbw b Canning	25	44	67	5	0	56.81
Robbie Hart (c)†	b Canning	0	7	7	0	0	0.00
Bruce Martin	c †Young b Pryor	1	17	19	0	0	5.88
Nick Horsley	c & b Pryor	0	2	1	0	0	0.00
Gareth Irwin	c Richardson b Pryor	4	12	16	0	0	33.33
Ian Butler	not out	16	30	49	3	0	53.33
Extras	(lb 14, nb 6, w 1)	21
TOTAL	116.2 Ov (RR: 3.02, 454 Mins)	352/9d
Fall of wickets: 1-16 (Grant Robinson, 5.1 ov), 2-40 (James Marshall, 13.6 ov), 3-171 (Hamish Marshall, 56.2 ov), 4-203 (Mark Orchard, 76.6 ov), 5-273 (Joseph Yovich, 92.5 ov), 6-275 (Robbie Hart, 94.3 ov), 7-280 (Bruce Martin, 99.2 ov), 8-281 (Nick Horsley, 99.3 ov), 9-298 (Gareth Irwin, 103.4 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Tama Canning	23	5	56	2	2.43	-	-	-	1	1
Craig Pryor	25	6	59	5	2.36	-	-	-	0	1
Heath Davis	11	3	39	0	3.54	-	-	-	0	2
Brooke Walker	2	0	19	0	9.50	-	-	-	0	0
Aaron Barnes	3	0	18	0	6.00	-	-	-	0	2
Rob Nicol	2	0	15	0	7.50	-	-	-	0	0
Bradley Nielsen	27	13	60	0	2.22	-	-	-	0	0
Matt Horne	21	8	58	2	2.76	-	-	-	0	0
Tim McIntosh	2.2	0	14	0	6.00	-	-	-	0	0

Auckland 2nd Innings (T: 357 runs)

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Mark Richardson	c Irwin b Martin	113	205	264	12	1	55.12
Tim McIntosh	c sub (DP Kelly) b Butler	64	97	125	12	0	65.97
Matt Horne	c HJH Marshall b Martin	3	11	14	0	0	27.27
Rob Nicol	c Orchard b JAH Marshall	56	90	95	6	1	62.22
Tama Canning	c & b Martin	42	33	45	4	1	127.27
Aaron Barnes	b Orchard	2	5	11	0	0	40.00
Craig Pryor	c Irwin b Orchard	20	14	19	1	2	142.85
Bradley Nielsen	c †RG Hart b Butler	11	19	29	0	0	57.89
Reece Young †	run out (Orchard/†RG Hart)	11	11	12	1	0	100.00
Brooke Walker (c)	not out	1	1	4	0	0	100.00
Heath Davis	b Butler	4	3	1	1	0	133.33
Extras	(b 1, lb 8, nb 3, w 1)	13
TOTAL	81 Ov (RR: 4.19, 314 Mins)	340
Fall of wickets: 1-118 (Tim McIntosh, 34.3 ov), 2-125 (Matt Horne, 37.2 ov), 3-234 (Rob Nicol, 63.6 ov), 4-271 (Mark Richardson, 69.4 ov), 5-291 (Aaron Barnes, 72.3 ov), 6-293 (Tama Canning, 73.5 ov), 7-319 (Craig Pryor, 76.5 ov), 8-334 (Reece Young, 79.6 ov), 9-336 (Bradley Nielsen, 80.3 ov), 10-340 (Heath Davis, 80.6 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Ian Butler	20	4	66	3	3.30	-	-	-	1	2
Gareth Irwin	6	2	23	0	3.83	-	-	-	0	0
Bruce Martin	30	1	136	3	4.53	-	-	-	0	0
Mark Orchard	21	3	89	2	4.23	-	-	-	0	0
James Marshall	4	0	17	1	4.25	-	-	-	0	1

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Mon, 17 Mar - day 1 - Northern Dis 1st innings 292/9 (Grant Robinson 123*, Ian Butler 20*, 102 ov)

Tue, 18 Mar - day 2 - Auckland 1st innings 294/7 (Tim McIntosh 146*, 97.5 ov)

Wed, 19 Mar - day 3 - Northern Dis 2nd innings 280/7 (Matthew Hart 156*, 99.2 ov)

Thu, 20 Mar - day 4 - Auckland 2nd innings 340 (81 ov) - end of match

MATCH FLOW

General

Day 1

Lunch: Northern Districts 100/4 (Orchard 16*, Robinson 25*; 35 overs)
Tea: Northern Districts 207/6 (Robinson 88*, RG Hart 7*; 73 overs)
Northern Districts 1st innings:
50 in 72 minutes, from 108 balls;
100 in 135 minutes, from 204 balls;
150 in 197 minutes, from 317 balls;
200 in 257 minutes, from 417 balls;
250 in 329 minutes, from 539 balls.
5th wicket partnership (Orchard/Robinson):
50 in 63 minutes, from 98 balls;
100 in 116 minutes, from 194 balls.
GG Robinson:
50 in 107 minutes, from 91 balls, 7x4;
100 in 228 minutes, from 199 balls, 13x4.
New ball taken after 80 overs (Northern Districts 221/6)
GG Robinson dropped by TG McIntosh at slip off RJ Nicol on 24 (Northern Districts 98/4).

Day 2

Lunch: Auckland 72/0 (Richardson 24*, McIntosh 42*; 28 overs)
Tea: Auckland 172/4 (McIntosh 88*, Nielsen 7*; 60 overs)
Auckland 1st innings:
50 in 94 minutes, from 125 balls;
100 in 154 minutes, from 218 balls;
150 in 222 minutes, from 311 balls;
200 in 290 minutes, from 430 balls;
250 in 351 minutes, from 525 balls.
6th wicket partnership (McIntosh/Pryor):
50 in 58 minutes, from 99 balls.
TG McIntosh:
50 in 171 minutes, from 128 balls, 8x4;
100 in 290 minutes, from 223 balls, 14x4.
New ball taken after 80 overs (Auckland 231/5)
MH Richardson (1) retired hurt on 24* from 72/0 to 250/6 (during the lunch interval due to an injured back, used RJ Nicol as his runner upon resumption).
GD Irwin injured his hand while bowling when trying to stop a drive from TG McIntosh (4th ball of the 37th over). GL West acted as a substitute for Irwin. BP Martin completed the over.
NKW Horsley was injured 2nd ball of the 75th over when fielding at short leg - ball smashed into his knee by pull shot from TG McIntosh.

Day 3

Lunch: Northern Districts 110/2 (HJH Marshall 40*, MN Hart 38*; 36 overs)
Tea: Northern Districts 194/3 (MN Hart 97, Orchard 6*; 71 overs)
Northern Districts 2nd innings:
50 in 84 minutes, from 126 balls;
100 in 133 minutes, from 208 balls;
150 in 184 minutes, from 292 balls;
200 in 283 minutes, from 453 balls;
250 in 342 minutes, from 538 balls.
3rd wicket partnership (HJH Marshall/MN Hart):
50 in 76 minutes, from 117 balls;
100 in 122 minutes, from 194 balls.
5th wicket partnership (MN Hart/Yovich):
50 in 52 minutes, from 73 balls.
HJH Marshall:
50 in 181 minutes, from 164 balls, 9x4, 1x6.
MN Hart:
50 in 112 minutes, from 76 balls, 7x4;
100 in 228 minutes, from 171 balls, 18x4;
150 in 303 minutes, from 233 balls, 25x4.
New ball taken after 90 overs (Northern Districts 260/4)
AJ McKay fielded as substitute for MH Richardson for part of the innings.

Day 4

Lunch: Auckland 61/0 (Richardson 27*, McIntosh 31*; 16 overs)
Tea: Auckland 166/2 (Richardson 75*, Nicol 18*; 52 overs)
Northern Districts 2nd innings:
300 in 407 minutes, from 629 balls;
350 in 454 minutes, from 704 balls.
10th wicket partnership (MN Hart/Butler):
50 in 46 minutes, from 72 balls.
MN Hart:
200 in 401 minutes, from 308 balls, 33x4;
MN Hart's 201* is the 5th highest first-class score by a Northern Districts batsman.
Auckland required 357 to win from a minimum of 83 overs (including 15 in last hour).
Auckland 2nd innings:
50 in 53 minutes, from 77 balls;
100 in 104 minutes, from 175 balls;
150 in 170 minutes, from 274 balls;
200 in 209 minutes, from 346 balls;
250 in 252 minutes, from 408 balls;
300 in 288 minutes, from 453 balls.
1st wicket partnership (Richardson/McIntosh):
50 in 53 minutes, from 77 balls;
100 in 104 minutes, from 175 balls.
3rd wicket partnership (Richardson/Nicol):
50 in 55 minutes, from 97 balls;
100 in 86 minutes, from 147 balls.
MH Richardson:
50 in 122 minutes, from 110 balls, 8x4;
100 in 235 minutes, from 189 balls, 11x4, 1x6.
TG McIntosh:
50 in 96 minutes, from 73 balls, 9x4.
RJ Nicol:
50 in 81 minutes, from 79 balls, 6x4, 1x6.
GL West and DP Kelly fielded as substitutes for NKW Horsley (injured, although he spent some time on the field) and JAF Yovich (absent through illness).

MATCH DETAILS

Eden Park Outer Oval, Auckland
Toss	Northern Districts, elected to bat first
Series	State Championship
Season	2002/03
Series result	Auckland won the 2002/03 State Championship
Match days	day (4-day match)
Umpires	Dave Quested Evan Watkin
Points	Northern Districts 6, Auckland 0

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Auckland Innings

PLAYER NAME		R	B
MH Richardson	caught	113	205
TG McIntosh	caught	64	97
MJ Horne	caught	3	11
RJ Nicol	caught	56	90
TK Canning	caught	42	33
AC Barnes	bowled	2	5
CR Pryor	caught	20	14
BJ Nielsen	caught	11	19
RA Young	run out	11	11
BGK Walker	not out	1	1
HT Davis	bowled	4	3
Extras	(b 1, lb 8, nb 3, w 1)
Total	340(10 wkts; 81 ovs)

PLAYER NAME	O	M	R	W	Econ
IG Butler	20	4	66	3	3.3 (2 nb)
GD Irwin	6	2	23	0	3.83
BP Martin	30	1	136	3	4.53
MG Orchard	21	3	89	2	4.23
JAH Marshall	4	0	17	1	4.25 (1 nb)

WKT	RUNS	PLAYERS
1st	118	Tim McIntosh	Mark Richardson
2nd	7	Matt Horne	Mark Richardson
3rd	109	Mark Richardson	Rob Nicol
4th	37	Tama Canning	Mark Richardson
5th	20	Tama Canning	Aaron Barnes
6th	2	Tama Canning	Craig Pryor
7th	26	Craig Pryor	Bradley Nielsen
8th	15	Reece Young	Bradley Nielsen
9th	2	Brooke Walker	Bradley Nielsen
10th	4	Heath Davis	Brooke Walker

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State Championship

TEAM	M	W	L	D	PT
AUCK	10	4	2	4	34
WELL	10	4	3	3	31
OTAGO	10	4	3	3	26
CD	10	2	4	4	22
ND	10	3	3	4	22
CANT	10	2	4	4	16

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