ACS First-Class Cricket Matches 1914/15-1919

CANTERBURY v OTAGO Played at Hagley Oval, Christchurch, December 25, 26, 1917. Canterbury won by five wickets. OTAGO 1 A.W.Alloo c Watson b Blunt 2 b Blunt 17 2 J.R.Barron run out 10 c Gray b Blunt 3 3 W.R.Brinsley lbw b Blunt 10 (7) b Read 0 4 *W.R.Patrick lbw b Read 107 (5) b Thomas 38 5 W.J.Holden b Read 15 (6) b Read 2 6 †A.Galland b Read 0 (8) c and b Thomas 18 7 N.Conradi b Thomas 8 (3) lbw b Blunt 17 8 T.O.Livingstone b Thomas 0 (10) run out 0 9 A.V.E.M.Keast b Thomas 0 b Thomas 0 10 F.C.Hutchison run out 0 (4) b Blunt 2 11 D.J.McBeath not out 0 not out 0 Extras b 12, lb 6, nb 1 19 b 7 7 —— —— 171 104 FoW (1): 1-15, 2-15, 3-60, 4-112, 5-128, 6-151, 7-151, 8-151, 9-156, 10-171 FoW (2): 1-15, 2-40, 3-41, 4-46, 5-55, 6-55, 7-92, 8-92, 9-104, 10-104 CANTERBURY 1 R.C.Blunt c Barron b McBeath 17 (4) c Galland b McBeath 5 2 H.C.Watson b Livingstone 3 (1) c Patrick b Livingstone 0 3 J.C.Hay b McBeath 5 (2) c Galland b McBeath 16 4 E.G.Perrin b McBeath 9 (3) c Alloo b Livingstone 21 5 I.D.Allardyce c Holden b Patrick 39 6 R.J.Read b Livingstone 18 not out 34 7 D.W.Reese b McBeath 0 8 *J.Gray c Keast b McBeath 20 (5) st Galland b McBeath 32 9 R.H.Booth b Patrick 31 (7) not out 1 10 A.W.Thomas c Holden b McBeath 10 11 †H.Forsyth not out 1 Extras b 14, lb 4 18 nb 1 1 —— —— 171 (5 wickets) 110 FoW (1): 1-3, 2-8, 3-34, 4-39, 5-70, 6-71, 7-105, 8-144, 9-157, 10-171 FoW (2): 1-8, 2-30, 3-43, 4-43, 5-103 Canterbury Bowling O M R W O M R W Read 21.2 6 58 3 18 10 35 2 Blunt 16 2 47 2 14 2 60 4 Thomas 22 7 35 3 3.3 1 2 3 Gray 4 2 12 0 Otago Bowling O M R W O M R W McBeath 29.3 16 52 6 17 5 50 3 Livingstone 27 7 71 2 12 1 42 2 Hutchison 1 0 4 0 Alloo 2 1 9 0 Patrick 6 0 17 2 (3) 3 0 11 0 Conradi (4) 1 0 6 0 Umpires: A.Dey and A.Wilson. Toss: Otago Close of Play: 1st day: Canterbury (1) 22-2 (Blunt 7*, Perrin 5*). The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two. W.R.Patrick’s 107 included 11 fours and 3 sixes. 47