Date-stamped : 12 Jan94 - 18:31
NZ SHLCUP : Round 7, 9 Jan 94
Auckland v Northern Districts, Eden Park, Auckland.

Once again coach Karl Treiber had to take he field, as the injury
ravaged Northern Districts side overcame their problems to easily
beat the disappointing Aucklanders. ND now share the lead with CD
and Canterbury, while Auckland are firmly rooted at the bottom of
the ladder.
37 year old Barry Cooper and skipper Grant Bradburn provided  the
backbone  of  the  Northern  innings  of 227. As in the last game
their contributions were vital, and their scores (61 and 49) were
identical  to  their  Blake Park efforts. Test bowler Murphy Su'a
made an excellent comeback with 5-42 as only Tait with 37 offered
much late resistence. The score though always seemed competitive.
A 66 run opening stand by Reinholds (41) and Spearman  (32)   was
wasted  by a middle order collapse as Auckland staggered to 93-5.
Despite the later efforts of Barnes (33) and Wiseman (24), ND was
untroubled to win by 31 runs. Cooper and Bradburn completed their
dominant all round performances with 2-35  and 0-22  from   their
respective 10 overs.

<END> Contributed by Jason (jmas@waikato.ac.nz)