First-Class Cricket Matches 1912

WELLINGTON v AUCKLAND Played at Basin Reserve, Wellington, February 23, 24, 26, 1912. Auckland won by one wicket. WELLINGTON 1 E.O.Blamires lbw b Somervell 46 b Thompson 8 2 W.R.L.Gibbes c Ellis b Thompson 81 b Snedden 1 3 W.A.Baker b Thompson 2 b Thompson 29 4 J.J.Mahoney b Snedden 25 c Horspool b Thompson 26 5 F.A.Midlane c Hemus b Snedden 31 c Mason b Snedden 7 6 *J.P.Blacklock b Thompson 1 c Ellis b Jones 51 7 J.F.W.Dickson st Ellis b Snedden 8 b Jones 11 8 C.W.Robinson b Thompson 14 not out 31 9 C.V.Grimmett c and b Thompson 1 b Snedden 2 10 †C.A.Berendsen not out 8 b Snedden 3 11 J.V.Saunders b Snedden 0 c Mason b Jones 12 Extras 15 11 —— —— 232 192 FoW (1): 1-127 (1), 2-130 (3), 3-146 (2), 4-176 (4), 5-177 (6), 6-202 (7), 7-206 (5), 8-207 (9), 9-231 (8), 10-232 (11) FoW (2): 1-10 (1), 2-10 (2), 3-67 (4), 4-70 (3), 5-88 (5), 6-125 (7), 7-152 (6), 8-167 (9), 9-171 (10), 10-192 (11) AUCKLAND 1 *L.G.Hemus b Robinson 66 run out 38 2 †S.H.Ellis c Blacklock b Saunders 2 (7) c Saunders b Grimmett 4 3 E.Horspool b Saunders 5 (2) c and b Grimmett 19 4 A.N.C.Snedden b Saunders 32 c Gibbes b Grimmett 7 5 G.J.Thompson c Robinson b Saunders 22 b Saunders 25 6 L.G.Taylor b Saunders 6 (9) lbw b Grimmett 0 7 R.C.Somervell c Grimmett b Dickson 54 (6) b Saunders 27 8 A.Wallace b Saunders 1 (11) not out 16 9 F.R.Mason lbw b Gibbes 4 (8) not out 28 10 A.Anthony not out 32 (3) c Blamires b Gibbes 3 11 A.O.Jones c Saunders b Robinson 4 (10) c Blamires b Saunders 3 Extras 25 4 —— —— 253 (9 wickets) 174 FoW (1): 1-3 (2), 2-21 (3), 3-97 (4), 4-119 (1), 5-128 (6), 6-139 (5), 7-141 (8), 8-167 (9), 9-219 (7), 10-253 (11) FoW (2): 1-50 (2), 2-59 (3), 3-68 (1), 4-72 (4), 5-117 (6), 6-122 (5), 7-126 (7), 8-128 (9), 9-139 (10) Auckland Bowling O M R W O M R W Thompson 32 12 72 5 31 7 85 3 Jones 14 5 31 0 (4) 11.5 4 30 3 Snedden 17.5 4 48 4 (2) 24 6 46 4 Mason 2 0 12 0 Wallace 6 2 19 0 Taylor 3 0 14 0 Somervell 6 0 21 1 (3) 5 1 20 0 Wellington Bowling O M R W O M R W Saunders 29 6 86 6 20.1 1 84 3 Grimmett 22 7 68 0 (3) 17 0 48 4 Robinson 9.5 2 23 2 (2) 7 0 17 0 Gibbes 5 1 31 1 5 0 21 1 Dickson 2 0 20 1 Umpires: W.R.Bock and D.McKenzie. Toss: Wellington Close of Play: 1st day: Wellington (1) 208-8 (Robinson 0*); 2nd day: Wellington (2) 57-2 (Baker 18*, Mahoney 26*). 41