ACS First-Class Cricket Matches 1914/15-1919

AUCKLAND v WELLINGTON Played at Eden Park, Auckland, January 26, 28, 1918. Wellington won by eight wickets. AUCKLAND 1 L.G.Hemus b Brice 23 b Brice 9 2 F.A.Midlane b Crawford 10 c Hiddleston b Crawford 17 3 A.N.C.Snedden b Crawford 14 b Brice 0 4 *S.G.Smith not out 83 b Brice 2 5 E.Horspool c and b Crawford 2 b Crawford 0 6 C.C.R.Dacre b Crawford 0 b Crawford 26 7 F.S.Middleton b Hiddleston 6 b Brice 0 8 L.G.Taylor b Crawford 5 b Crawford 3 9 †T.C.Lowry b Brice 28 b Brice 10 10 H.Simpson b Brice 8 c Brice b Crawford 9 11 W.McMath b Brice 4 not out 3 Extras 35 15 —— —— 218 94 FoW (1): 1-22, 2-58, 3-60, 4-67, 5-67, 6-97, 7-117, 8-184, 9-203, 10-218 FoW (2): 1-11, 2-17, 3-19, 4-20, 5-52, 6-61, 7-62, 8-68, 9-90, 10-94 WELLINGTON 1 J.S.Hiddleston c Lowry b Simpson 14 2 C.G.Wilson c Simpson b Smith 13 3 M.A.Dind b Smith 7 4 H.B.Lusk b Middleton 23 5 W.A.Baker c Lowry b Smith 85 6 J.N.Crawford c Midlane b Dacre 110 (3) not out 4 7 B.J.Tuckwell b Simpson 2 (1) c Simpson b Middleton 0 8 H.E.L.Burton c and b Simpson 0 9 *A.W.S.Brice c Snedden b Simpson 5 10 K.H.Tucker not out 8 (4) not out 1 11 †J.W.Condliffe st Lowry b Smith 11 (2) c Smith b Simpson 0 Extras 30 —— —— 308 (2 wickets) 5 FoW (1): 1-28, 2-28, 3-41, 4-71, 5-263, 6-265, 7-277, 8-277, 9-289, 10-308 FoW (2): 1-0, 2-0 Wellington Bowling O M R W O M R W Brice 12.2 1 39 4 13 6 26 5 Crawford 30 8 90 5 13 1 53 5 Hiddleston 14 1 45 1 Tucker 5 0 9 0 Auckland Bowling O M R W O M R W Smith 24.1 2 75 4 Simpson 25 3 73 4 (1) 1 0 4 1 McMath 10 0 33 0 Taylor 1 0 6 0 Middleton 15 0 45 1 (2) 1.2 1 1 1 Snedden 4 1 14 0 Dacre 4 0 15 1 Hemus 2 0 17 0 Umpires: H.Johnston and D.McKenzie. Toss: Auckland Close of Play: 1st day: Wellington (1) 27-0 (Hiddleston 14*, Wilson 12*). The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two. 51