A History of Balls to an Over New Zealand supplement by Philip Bailey Back to main List In New Zealand Match Balls 1859/60 Auckland v Wellington 6 1862/63 Auckland v Wellington 5 1862/63 Nelson v Wellington (2) 4 1863/64 Otago v Canterbury 4 1863/64 Nelson v Wellington (2) 6 1864/65 Otago v Canterbury 4 1865/66 Otago v Canterbury 4 1866/67 Canterbury v Otago Wellington v Nelson 4 1867/68,1868/69,1869/70 Canterbury v Otago 4 1870/71 Wellington v Nelson 6 1870/71, 1871/72 Otago v Canterbury 4 1872/73 Wellington v Nelson Canterbury v Otago 4 1873/74 Auckland v Wellington Nelson v Wellington except: Auckland v Otago 1st Inns: 5 balls, 2nd Inns: 4 balls 5 Auckland v Canterbury Auckland v Nelson Canterbury v Otago Hawkes Bay v Wellington 4 1874/75 Canterbury v Otago 4 Wellington v Nelson 6 1875/76 Canterbury v Otago 4 Wellington v Nelson 6 1876/77 Wellington v Nelson 5 Canterbury v Otago 4 1877/78 Canterbury v Wellington Wellington v Nelson except: Canterbury v Auckland Canterbury bowling both inns, 5 balls Auckland 1st Inns, 5 balls, 2nd Inns, 4 balls 5 1878/79 Otago v Canterbury 4 1879/80 Nelson v Wellington Otago v Canterury 4 1880/81 Nelson v Wellington 5 Canterbury v Otago 4 1881/82 Canterbury v Otago Nelson v Wellington (2) 4 1882/83 Auckland v Taranaki Canterbury v Otago Canterbury v Auckland 4 Wellington v Nelson Otago v Auckland Wellington v Auckland Nelson v Auckland 5 1883/84 Tasmania v Otago Tasmania v Wellington Canterbury v Wellington Wellington v Nelson Wellington v Canterbury Canterbury v Otago 5 Tasmania v Canterbury Tasmania v Auckland Canterbury v Wellington Canterbury v Hawkes Bay 4 1884/85 Wellington v Nelson Wellington v Hawkes Bay Wellington v Auckland 5 Canterbury v Otago (2) Auckland v Canterbury Auckland v Otago 4 1885/86 Canterbury v Otago Wellington v Hawkes Bay 4 Wellington v Nelson 5 1886/87 Canterbury v Otago 4 Wellington v Canterbury Wellington v Nelson Wellington v Hawkes Bay Wellington v Auckland 5 1887/88 Hawkes Bay v Wellington Otago v Canterbury Wellington v Hawkes Bay 6 Wellington v Nelson (2) except: bowling in Nelson 1st Inns (1st match), 6 balls 5 1888/89 Canterbury v Otago 5 Wellington v Nelson except: Wellington bowling 1st Inns, 6 balls 5 1889/90 Canterbury v Wellington 6 Canterbury v Otago NSW v Auckland, NSW v Wellington NSW v Canterbury Auckland v Canterbury Auckland v Wellington Auckland v Otago 5 1890/91 Wellington v Nelson Wellington v Canterbury 6 Canterbury v Otago 5 1891/92 Auckland v Canterbury 6 Wellington v Canterbury Otago v Canterbury 5 1892/93 Auckland v Otago 6 1893/1894 Auckland v Wellington (2) Auckland v Canterbury NSW v Hawkes Bay NSW v Wellington NSW v Canterbury NSW v North Island NSW v New Zealand Hawkes Bay v Canterbury Hawkes Bay v Wellington 6 Auckland v Otago NSW v Auckland NSW v Otago Hawkes Bay v Otago Canterbury v Otago except: Canterbury bowling 2nd Inns, 6 balls 5 1894/95 Otago v Wellington 1st Inns: 5 balls, 2nd Inns, 6 balls Hawkes Bay v Auckland 1st Inns: 6 balls, 2nd Inns 5 balls - Canterbury v Wellington (2) Canterbury v Otago 6 Back to main List (Article: Copyright © 2005 ACS)

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