First-Class Cricket Matches 1914

HAWKE’S BAY v AUSTRALIANS Played at Nelson Cricket Ground, Hastings, February 18, 19, 1914. Australians won by nine wickets. HAWKE’S BAY 1 †J.H.Board st Macgregor b Mailey 84 b Armstrong 45 2 T.M.Creed b McKenzie 22 c Mailey b Armstrong 2 3 J.S.Hindmarsh c Armstrong b Mailey 2 b Armstrong 14 4 P.R.Fulton c Waddy b Mailey 2 b Armstrong 30 5 H.Ellis c Armstrong b Mailey 4 b Mailey 5 6 *H.L.Blamires c McKenzie b Mailey 0 (7) b Mailey 7 7 C.R.Spackman c McKenzie b Laver 9 (8) run out 2 8 S.J.Geake b Mailey 2 (10) b Armstrong 13 9 R.G.Blinko b Mailey 10 (6) st Macgregor b Waddy 21 10 E.J.Napier not out 12 (9) not out 10 11 W.Hitchens lbw b Mailey 7 st Macgregor b Armstrong 0 Extras b 12, lb 5, nb 1 18 b 5, lb 3, nb 2 10 —— —— 172 159 FoW (1): 1-71 (2), 2-84 (3), 3-92 (4), 4-100 (5), 5-106 (6), 6-141 (1), 7-143 (7), 8-143 (8), 9-160 (9), 10-172 (11) FoW (2): 1-16 (2), 2-38 (3), 3-91 (4), 4-92 (1), 5-104 (5), 6-125 (7), 7-127 (8), 8-140 (6), 9-159 (10), 10-159 (11) AUSTRALIANS 1 E.L.Waddy c Board b Hitchens 14 (3) not out 4 2 C.McKenzie b Napier 25 3 W.W.Armstrong lbw b Napier 4 4 V.T.Trumper c Blinko b Ellis 42 (1) b Geake 23 5 V.S.Ransford c Geake b Fulton 111 6 L.A.Cody lbw b Ellis 1 7 C.E.Dolling lbw b Ellis 19 8 *A.Sims b Napier 7 9 A.A.Mailey b Ellis 1 10 †W.Macgregor b Ellis 35 (2) not out 14 11 F.J.Laver not out 19 Extras b 8, lb 6, nb 1 15 —— —— 293 (1 wicket) 41 FoW (1): 1-23 (1), 2-52 (3), 3-54 (2), 4-122 (4), 5-124 (6), 6-164 (7), 7-193 (8), 8-198 (9), 9-263 (5), 10-293 (10) FoW (2): 1-37 (1) Australians Bowling O M R W O M R W Armstrong 11 2 24 0 18.2 3 65 6 Laver 16 5 50 1 13 4 34 0 Mailey 13.4 2 51 8 11 0 39 2 McKenzie 5 1 6 1 Cody 3 0 23 0 Waddy (4) 2 0 11 1 Hawke’s Bay Bowling O M R W O M R W Napier 20 5 77 3 4 0 13 0 Hitchens 12 0 56 1 Creed 2 0 25 0 Ellis 12.2 0 50 5 (2) 3 0 14 0 Fulton 10 0 60 1 Blamires 3 0 10 0 Geake (3) 1 0 14 1 Umpires: G.Galbraith and W.J.Hughes. Toss: Hawke’s Bay Close of Play: 1st day: Australians (1) 293 all out. The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two. V.S.Ransford’s 111 took 108 minutes and included 19 fours. To fill up the rest of the day the Australians continued batting to reach 175/8 (Macgregor 36, Waddy 30, Sims 8, Laver 18, Cody 2, McKenzie 64, Mailey 0, Ransford 2, extras (b 1, lb 1) 2, Napier 7-1-22-0, Ellis 3-0-14-0, Geake 5-0-30-1, Fulton 4-0-35-2, Creedy 4-0-41-2, Blamires 2.2-0-23-3, Spackman 1-0-8-0.) 48