First-Class Cricket Matches 1914

AUCKLAND v AUSTRALIANS Played at Eden Park, Auckland, February 6, 7, 9, 1914. Australians won by an innings and 221 runs. AUCKLAND 1 *L.G.Hemus c Noble b McKenzie 112 (2) run out 17 2 L.G.Taylor b Ransford 4 (7) b McKenzie 15 3 A.N.C.Snedden b Armstrong 3 b McKenzie 42 4 R.C.Somervell b Mailey 14 (5) b McKenzie 17 5 W.Brook-Smith b Laver 30 (4) lbw b Armstrong 22 6 E.Horspool c Macgregor b Laver 2 b McKenzie 0 7 J.F.Brook c and b Laver 11 (8) c Laver b Noble 27 8 W.J.Smeeton b Laver 0 (9) b Noble 28 9 E.MacCormick not out 28 (1) b Armstrong 0 10 †H.J.Tattersall b Mailey 22 not out 2 11 C.G.Clarke c Macgregor b Noble 4 b Armstrong 5 Extras b 12, lb 8, nb 1 21 b 2, lb 7, nb 2 11 —— —— 251 186 FoW (1): 1-4 (2), 2-13 (3), 3-50 (4), 4-124 (5), 5-134 (6), 6-182 (7), 7-182 (8), 8-194 (1), 9-246 (10), 10-251 (11) FoW (2): 1-1 (1), 2-36 (2), 3-90 (4), 4-92 (3), 5-104 (6), 6-117 (5), 7-122 (7), 8-178 (9), 9-179 (8), 10-186 (11) AUSTRALIANS 1 C.McKenzie b Snedden 34 2 C.E.Dolling c Brook b Brook-Smith 40 3 H.L.Collins c Smeeton b Brook-Smith 37 4 E.L.Waddy c Tattersall b Somervell 130 5 W.W.Armstrong lbw b Hemus 128 6 V.S.Ransford run out 159 7 M.A.Noble c and b Brook 90 8 *A.Sims b Snedden 5 9 A.A.Mailey c Tattersall b Clarke 10 10 F.J.Laver st Tattersall b Snedden 5 11 †W.Macgregor not out 0 Extras b 13, lb 6, nb 1 20 —— 658 FoW (1): 1-56 (1), 2-113 (2), 3-121 (3), 4-321 (4), 5-443 (5), 6-635 (7), 7-637 (6), 8-650 (8), 9-658 (9), 10-658 (10) Australians Bowling O M R W O M R W Armstrong 28 8 50 1 1nb 25.1 9 47 3 2nb Ransford 7 2 16 1 Laver 29 9 69 4 (2) 15 4 35 0 Mailey 12 2 46 2 13 1 45 0 Noble 12 6 10 1 (3) 6 4 5 2 Collins 4 1 12 0 1 0 2 0 McKenzie 5 0 27 1 (5) 16 4 41 4 Auckland Bowling O M R W Clarke 25.2 3 92 1 Taylor 17 1 85 0 Snedden 28 2 128 3 Hemus 9 0 81 1 1nb Brook-Smith 16 0 100 2 Horspool 9 0 41 0 Brook 12 2 52 1 Somervell 8 0 49 1 Smeeton 2 0 10 0 Umpires: G.Dunn and C.Hardy. Toss: Auckland Close of Play: 1st day: Australians (1) 35-0 (McKenzie 20*, Dolling 9*); 2nd day: Australians (1) 655-8 (Mailey 8*, Laver 4*). L.G.Hemus’s 112 took 165 minutes and included 13 fours. E.L.Waddy’s 130 took 90 minutes and included 23 fours. W.W.Armstrong’s 128 took 136 minutes and included 13 fours. V.S.Ransford’s 159 took 134 minutes and included 27 fours and 1 five. 40