First-Class Cricket Matches 1920

WELLINGTON v CANTERBURY Played at Basin Reserve, Wellington, January 8, 9, 10, 1920. Match drawn. CANTERBURY 1 R.C.Blunt c Condliffe b Middleton 40 not out 137 2 W.R.Patrick b McGirr 15 (4) run out 68 3 J.N.McEwin b McGirr 25 c and b McGirr 16 4 A.W.Thomas c Condliffe b Duncan 52 (5) c Gedye b Middleton 44 5 *D.Reese b McGirr 27 (6) run out 5 6 C.E.Evans c Condliffe b McGirr 17 (9) b Hutchings 4 7 D.M.Sandman b Middleton 33 c Duncan b Hutchings 19 8 J.Gray b Middleton 4 c Condliffe b Hutchings 14 9 H.Watson not out 27 (2) c Schroder b Hutchings 8 10 R.J.Read run out (G.H.Baker) 1 c Duncan b Middleton 7 11 †L.R.Brunton lbw b Middleton 15 c Duncan b Middleton 3 Extras 29 11 —— —— 285 336 FoW (1): 1-36, 2-88, 3-90, 4-177, 5-181, 6-219, 7-228, 8-245, 9-257, 10-285 FoW (2): 1-22, 2-65, 3-178, 4-232, 5-253, 6-283, 7-301, 8-315, 9-330, 10-336 WELLINGTON 1 W.A.Baker c Patrick b Read 22 b Read 13 2 M.H.Dind c Brunton b Read 13 c Reese b Sandman 59 3 A.E.Gedye c Patrick b Read 1 (9) c Blunt b Evans 17 4 A.C.Schroder c Reese b McEwin 1 (3) lbw b Sandman 26 5 *H.E.L.Burton b McEwin 2 (4) st Brunton b McEwin 57 6 G.H.Baker b McEwin 4 (5) c Patrick b McEwin 0 7 †J.W.Condliffe c Brunton b Watson 62 (6) run out 8 8 H.M.McGirr c Brunton b Watson 68 (7) c Thomas b Sandman 11 9 F.S.Middleton b Thomas 41 (8) b Sandman 48 10 J.H.Hutchings not out 23 not out 14 11 A.W.Duncan c Patrick b Watson 7 not out 12 Extras 18 23 —— —— 262 (9 wickets) 288 FoW (1): 1-15, 2-36, 3-37, 4-37, 5-42, 6-47, 7-137, 8-199, 9-246, 10-262 FoW (2): 1-29, 2-90, 3-119, 4-141, 5-157, 6-210, 7-210, 8-250, 9-266 Wellington Bowling O M R W O M R W McGirr 21 0 88 4 16 2 78 1 Duncan 12 1 62 1 8 0 44 0 Middleton 16 2 70 4 16.4 0 72 3 Hutchings 5 0 25 0 16 1 102 4 Dind 2 0 11 0 4 0 23 0 W.A.Baker (6) 1 0 6 0 Canterbury Bowling O M R W O M R W Read 20 0 90 3 9 0 46 1 McEwin 19 5 54 3 12 1 33 2 Sandman 6 0 27 0 20 1 77 4 Reese 5 1 20 0 1 0 2 0 Thomas 8 2 31 1 15 2 67 0 Watson 5.5 0 22 3 4 0 20 0 Evans (7) 2 0 7 1 Patrick (8) 2 0 13 0 Umpires: W.R.Bock and D.McKenzie and C.A.Webb. Toss: Canterbury Close of Play: 1st day: Canterbury (1) 285 all out; 2nd day: Canterbury (2) 160-2 (Blunt 77*, Patrick 54*). R.C.Blunt’s 137 included 11 fours. 23