First-Class Cricket Matches 1907

AUCKLAND v M.C.C. Played at Auckland Domain, January 26, 28, 29, 1907. M.C.C. won by two wickets. AUCKLAND 1 L.G.Hemus b Douglas 29 c Fox b Douglas 2 2 J.M.Hussey b Douglas 5 (7) c Fox b Douglas 2 3 E.V.Sale b Douglas 3 hit wkt b Simpson-Hayward 40 4 *A.E.Hadden b Branston 35 (5) b Douglas 0 5 F.R.Mason b Branston 28 (6) b Douglas 7 6 W.Brook-Smith st Fox b Branston 9 (9) not out 70 7 T.D.B.Hay st Fox b Simpson-Hayward 3 (4) lbw b Douglas 12 8 E.MacCormick b May 6 (2) b Curwen 77 9 C.Olliff b May 0 (8) b Douglas 6 10 A.M.Howden b Simpson-Hayward 0 c Fox b Curwen 1 11 †W.Robinson not out 0 c and b Simpson-Hayward 0 Extras b 4, lb 5 9 b 20, lb 4 24 —— —— 127 241 FoW (1): 1-12 (2), 2-26 (3), 3-55 (1), 4-100 (4), 5-110 (6), 6-115 (5), 7-126 (7), 8-126 (8), 9-127 (9), 10-127 (10) FoW (2): 1-2 (1), 2-81 (3), 3-102 (4), 4-102 (5), 5-110 (6), 6-122 (7), 7-222 (2), 8-239 (8), 9-240 (10), 10-241 (11) M.C.C. 1 †R.H.Fox b Olliff 30 (8) b Howden 4 2 N.C.Tufnell b Howden 0 (9) b Howden 3 3 A.A.Torrens c Robinson b Hussey 15 4 W.B.Burns b Olliff 13 (3) c Sale b Howden 2 5 C.C.Page b Howden 22 (4) b Hussey 0 6 J.W.H.T.Douglas not out 46 (2) not out 64 7 G.T.Branston lbw b Howden 0 c Hemus b Brook-Smith 30 8 G.H.T.Simpson-Hayward b Hussey 47 (6) b Hussey 14 9 W.J.H.Curwen c Robinson b Brook-Smith 11 (5) c Robinson b Hussey 6 10 *C.E.de Trafford c MacCormick b Brook-Smith 2 (1) b Howden 8 11 P.R.May b Brook-Smith 13 (10) not out 1 Extras b 4, lb 5, nb 6 15 b 8, lb 5, nb 1 24 —— —— 214 (8 wickets) 156 FoW (1): 1-0 (2), 2-45 (3), 3-51 (1), 4-72 (4), 5-87 (5), 6-87 (7), 7-180 (8), 8-198 (9), 9-200 (10), 10-214 (11) FoW (2): 1-10 (1), 2-12 (3), 3-13 (4), 4-19 (5), 5-46 (6), 6-123 (7), 7-138 (8), 8-150 (9) M.C.C. Bowling O M R W O M R W May 13 5 23 2 7 1 27 0 Douglas 22 6 47 3 22.2 3 73 6 Simpson-Hayward 11 1 16 2 23 4 51 2 Branston 23 4 32 3 13 3 42 0 Curwen (5) 12 7 16 2 Page (6) 2 0 8 0 Auckland Bowling O M R W O M R W Hay 12 2 39 0 Howden 21 4 40 3 (1) 19 3 47 4 Hussey 18 6 31 2 (2) 17 3 45 3 Olliff 14 2 56 2 (3) 5 2 19 0 Mason 3 0 6 0 Hadden 3 0 9 0 (4) 2 0 9 0 Brook-Smith 2.5 0 18 3 (5) 7 2 12 1 Umpires: J.Moss and H.C.Sharples. Toss: Auckland Close of Play: 1st day: M.C.C. (1) 0-1 (Fox 0*, Torrens 0*); 2nd day: Auckland (2) 102-3 (MacCormick 35*). 33