First-Class Cricket Matches 1920

AUCKLAND v CANTERBURY Played at Eden Park, Auckland, January 2, 3, 5, 1920. Auckland won by an innings and 160 runs. CANTERBURY 1 W.R.Patrick c Snedden b Coates 39 b Snedden 5 2 R.C.Blunt c Hemus b Smith 72 b Player 56 3 J.Gray c Rowntree b Smith 1 (8) c Dacre b Smith 10 4 D.M.Sandman c Snedden b Coates 8 (7) c Brook-Smith b Smith 23 5 *D.Reese b Player 33 lbw b Player 25 6 A.W.Thomas c Coates b Smith 24 (4) b Snedden 8 7 C.E.Evans not out 39 (6) b Player 12 8 †L.R.Brunton lbw b Smith 1 (10) b Player 13 9 R.J.Read b Garrard 5 c Garrard b Snedden 29 10 J.N.McEwin st Rowntree b Garrard 3 (3) lbw b Player 39 11 J.H.Bennett lbw b Player 24 not out 5 Extras 6 3 —— —— 255 228 FoW (1): 1-58, 2-59, 3-68, 4-134, 5-180, 6-185, 7-190, 8-203, 9-223, 10-255 FoW (2): 1-7, 2-91, 3-106, 4-134, 5-136, 6-159, 7-169, 8-184, 9-202, 10-228 AUCKLAND 1 E.Horspool c Blunt b Evans 92 2 L.G.Hemus b McEwin 140 3 *A.N.C.Snedden b McEwin 0 4 S.G.Smith c and b Sandman 256 5 C.C.R.Dacre c Blunt b Sandman 9 6 W.Brook-Smith b Read 9 7 A.Anthony c Brunton b Blunt 63 8 D.R.Garrard c Brunton b Thomas 15 9 †R.W.Rowntree c Brunton b Blunt 1 10 A.S.Player c Brunton b Sandman 15 11 R.J.Coates not out 1 Extras 42 —— 643 FoW (1): 1-156, 2-156, 3-372, 4-393, 5-413, 6-569, 7-590, 8-591, 9-642, 10-643 Auckland Bowling O M R W O M R W Coates 13 1 74 2 14 3 36 0 Smith 23 4 76 4 15 4 68 2 Player 6 0 34 2 22 9 45 5 Snedden 6 1 30 0 14.5 3 52 3 Garrard 10 2 35 2 4 1 24 0 Canterbury Bowling O M R W Sandman 15.4 1 74 3 McEwin 30 3 108 2 Bennett 3 0 8 0 Thomas 26 0 114 1 Read 16 1 96 1 Reese 14 1 86 0 Evans 6 0 53 1 Patrick 8 2 28 0 Blunt 8 1 34 2 Umpires: Toss: Canterbury Close of Play: 1st day: Auckland (1) 186-2 (Hemus 76*, Smith 11*); 2nd day: Canterbury (2) 30-1 (Blunt 9*, McEwin 16*). S.G.Smith’s 256 took 330 minutes and included 38 fours and 1 six. 21