First-Class Cricket Matches 1908

WELLINGTON v OTAGO Played at Basin Reserve, Wellington, December 27, 28, 30, 1907. Wellington won by eight wickets. OTAGO 1 T.D.Adams b Hales 5 (8) c and b Hales 18 2 *C.G.Wilson b Hickey 11 c Bruce b Cobcroft 0 3 G.G.Austin c Hickson b Hickey 0 lbw b Hickey 15 4 H.G.Siedeberg lbw b Monaghan 21 b Monaghan 45 5 A.G.Eckhold c Bruce b Cobcroft 26 c Hickson b Cobcroft 41 6 H.C.Watson run out 1 (1) b Monaghan 0 7 A.H.Fisher c Hickson b Hales 34 c Williams b Cobcroft 30 8 W.W.Mackersey st Williams b Cobcroft 8 (6) c Hickson b Cobcroft 41 9 R.C.Torrance c and b Cobcroft 4 c Mahoney b Cobcroft 33 10 †F.Williams lbw b Cobcroft 0 c Mahoney b Monaghan 8 11 A.D.Eckhoff not out 0 not out 6 Extras b 5 5 b 9, lb 7, nb 2 18 —— —— 115 255 FoW (1): 1-15 (2), 2-17 (1), 3-28 (3), 4-49 (4), 5-50 (6), 6-90 (5), 7-96 (8), 8-110 (9), 9-115 (10), 10-115 (7) FoW (2): 1-0 (1), 2-0 (2), 3-36 (3), 4-89 (4), 5-152 (5), 6-165 (6), 7-196 (8), 8-227 (7), 9-241 (10), 10-255 (9) WELLINGTON 1 H.C.Hickson b Torrance 12 b Mackersey 15 2 E.M.Beechey b Torrance 5 3 J.J.Mahoney c and b Mackersey 84 (2) not out 22 4 L.T.Cobcroft b Torrance 4 5 J.A.Bruce b Torrance 6 (4) not out 0 6 F.A.Laws b Torrance 4 7 C.E.Hickey b Torrance 1 8 J.P.Blacklock c Eckhoff b Fisher 60 (3) b Mackersey 9 9 *†A.B.Williams c Mackersey b Fisher 10 10 H.W.Monaghan not out 47 11 E.O.Hales c Wilson b Eckhoff 48 Extras b 14, lb 3, nb 6 23 b 21 21 —— —— 304 (2 wickets) 67 FoW (1): 1-16 (2), 2-31 (1), 3-37 (4), 4-47 (5), 5-50 (6), 6-55 (7), 7-144 (8), 8- (9), 9-218 (3), 10-304 (11) FoW (2): 1-46 (1), 2-56 (3) Wellington Bowling O M R W O M R W Hickey 10 3 23 2 12 3 29 1 Hales 9.5 3 38 2 18 3 55 1 Monaghan 10 2 25 1 27 7 51 3 Laws 4 3 4 0 5 2 9 0 Cobcroft 7 0 20 4 26 2 87 5 Hickson (6) 5 3 6 0 Otago Bowling O M R W O M R W Fisher 20 1 94 2 4 2 12 0 Torrance 22 2 70 6 4 1 4 0 Eckhoff 13 3 48 1 Austin 12 1 35 0 (3) 4 1 20 0 Mackersey 4 0 34 1 (4) 2 0 10 2 Umpires: P.Bevan and D.McKenzie. Toss: Otago Close of Play: 1st day: Wellington (1) 55-6 (Mahoney 16*); 2nd day: Otago (2) 115-4 (Eckhold 23*, Mackersey 26*). 22