First-Class Cricket Matches 1907

NEW ZEALAND v M.C.C. Played at Basin Reserve, Wellington, March 8, 9, 11, 1907. New Zealand won by 56 runs. NEW ZEALAND 1 J.D.Lawrence c Branston b Douglas 13 b Douglas 18 2 E.V.Sale run out 19 b Douglas 6 3 J.J.Mahoney c Branston b Douglas 17 c Burns b Douglas 1 4 A.E.Hadden c Branston b Douglas 5 c Johnson b May 71 5 L.G.Hemus b Douglas 38 c Page b Branston 28 6 K.H.Tucker b Douglas 23 (7) b May 1 7 *†A.B.Williams b Douglas 19 (6) not out 72 8 A.H.Fisher lbw b Branston 10 c and b Douglas 19 9 A.D.Downes run out 0 st Fox b Branston 1 10 J.H.Bennett b Douglas 5 c Douglas b Branston 3 11 E.F.Upham not out 2 c Johnson b Douglas 4 Extras b 8, lb 5, nb 1 14 b 17, lb 6, nb 2 25 —— —— 165 249 FoW (1): 1-30, 2-50, 3-50, 4-63, 5-120, 6-127, 7-152, 8-152, 9-158, 10-165 FoW (2): 1-20, 2-26, 3-33, 4-81, 5-188, 6-190, 7-228, 8-231, 9-242, 10-249 M.C.C. 1 P.R.Johnson b Upham 4 b Fisher 4 2 †R.H.Fox b Upham 13 run out 0 3 W.B.Burns lbw b Upham 24 c Sale b Upham 14 4 W.P.Harrison c Downes b Upham 17 c Mahoney b Fisher 5 5 J.W.H.T.Douglas c Mahoney b Fisher 18 lbw b Bennett 37 6 C.C.Page c Downes b Upham 27 c Hemus b Fisher 27 7 G.T.Branston c Williams b Upham 28 b Downes 20 8 *C.E.de Trafford b Fisher 18 c Tucker b Fisher 10 9 W.J.H.Curwen b Fisher 0 not out 30 10 A.A.Torrens b Fisher 4 b Downes 9 11 P.R.May not out 0 c and b Fisher 19 Extras b 5, lb 2 7 b 21, lb 2 23 —— —— 160 198 FoW (1): 1-12, 2-21, 3-50, 4-75, 5-79, 6-127, 7-152, 8-154, 9-158, 10-160 FoW (2): 1-3, 2-4, 3-18, 4-44, 5-94, 6-97, 7-114, 8-141, 9-157, 10-198 M.C.C. Bowling O M R W O M R W Douglas 24.4 9 49 7 19.4 3 75 5 Torrens 18 4 40 0 18 5 47 0 Branston 11 2 38 1 14 3 37 3 May 4 1 24 0 11 1 57 2 Curwen (5) 2 0 8 0 New Zealand Bowling O M R W O M R W Upham 31 7 84 6 22 5 51 1 Downes 11 4 27 0 9 1 27 2 Bennett 9 3 17 0 14 4 36 1 Fisher 13.3 5 25 4 22.2 6 61 5 Umpires: D.McKenzie and J.Moss. Toss: New Zealand Close of Play: 1st day: M.C.C. (1) 79-5 (Page not out, Branston not out); 2nd day: New Zealand (2) 242-9 (Williams not out, Upham not out). The match was scheduled for four days but completed in three. 42