First-Class Cricket Matches 1907

NEW ZEALAND v M.C.C. Played at Lancaster Park, Christchurch, February 28, March 1, 2, 4, 1907. M.C.C. won by nine wickets. NEW ZEALAND 1 *D.Reese c and b Douglas 0 (6) c and b Branston 17 2 J.D.Lawrence b May 18 c Douglas b Branston 51 3 A.E.Hadden c Johnson b May 25 b Douglas 1 4 K.H.Tucker c Torrens b Douglas 18 (5) run out 2 5 H.G.Siedeberg b May 0 (7) b May 1 6 J.J.Mahoney not out 71 (4) b Douglas 4 7 E.V.Sale b Douglas 4 (1) b Simpson-Hayward 66 8 S.T.Callaway b Douglas 0 b Douglas 15 9 J.H.Bennett b Douglas 5 b Branston 0 10 A.D.Downes b May 16 b Douglas 2 11 †C.Boxshall c Page b May 21 not out 2 Extras b 19, lb 6, nb 4 29 b 16, lb 10 26 —— —— 207 187 FoW (1): 1-0, 2-52, 3-55, 4-55, 5-105, 6-119, 7-119, 8-125, 9-169, 10-207 FoW (2): 1-112, 2-115, 3-123, 4-125, 5-160, 6-163, 7-183, 8-183, 9-185, 10-187 M.C.C. 1 P.R.Johnson lbw b Reese 99 not out 76 2 †R.H.Fox run out 47 b Bennett 18 3 W.B.Burns c Boxshall b Callaway 27 not out 39 4 W.P.Harrison b Downes 2 5 J.W.H.T.Douglas b Downes 40 6 C.C.Page c Mahoney b Reese 2 7 G.T.Branston c Siedeberg b Bennett 9 8 G.H.T.Simpson-Hayward c Mahoney b Bennett 6 9 A.A.Torrens lbw b Downes 7 10 *C.E.de Trafford c Lawrence b Downes 1 11 P.R.May not out 1 Extras b 13, lb 3 16 b 3, lb 4 7 —— —— 257 (1 wicket) 140 FoW (1): 1-151, 2-153, 3-163, 4-193, 5-206, 6-237, 7-237, 8-248, 9-251, 10-257 FoW (2): 1-38 M.C.C. Bowling O M R W O M R W Douglas 16 3 56 5 16.4 2 51 4 Branston 7 1 28 0 15 5 26 3 Simpson-Hayward 10 0 31 0 9 1 24 1 Torrens 13 4 21 0 5 1 14 0 May 16.1 2 42 5 11 2 38 1 Harrison (6) 1 0 8 0 New Zealand Bowling O M R W O M R W Callaway 25 4 84 1 10.1 2 47 0 Downes 26.1 5 83 4 8 1 31 0 Bennett 16 6 35 2 17 5 50 1 Tucker 4 0 18 0 Reese 5 0 21 2 (4) 1 0 5 0 Umpires: C.Hardy and J.Moss. Toss: New Zealand Close of Play: 1st day: New Zealand (1) 189-9 (Mahoney 66*, Boxshall not out); 2nd day: M.C.C. (1) 257 all out; 3rd day: M.C.C. (2) 52-1 (Johnson not out, Burns not out). 41