First-Class Cricket Matches 1920

WELLINGTON v HAWKE’S BAY Played at Basin Reserve, Wellington, February 28, March 1, 1920. Wellington won by four wickets. HAWKE’S BAY 1 J.L.Paterson c Baker b Middleton 0 c and b Middleton 13 2 N.R.Jacobsen c Baker b Smyrk 9 b Lambert 7 3 J.J.O’Brien b Middleton 24 c Smyrk b Middleton 16 4 *P.R.Fulton c Dind b Middleton 2 lbw b Middleton 24 5 H.E.Crosse b Middleton 0 b Middleton 2 6 W.J.O’Connell c Cate b Smyrk 0 (9) b Lambert 0 7 J.Johnson c Duncan b Middleton 11 b Middleton 0 8 L.A.Charles c Warne b Middleton 23 c Schroder b Middleton 1 9 J.Stevens c Lambert b Smyrk 38 (6) b Middleton 0 10 †C.Mills c Baker b Smyrk 5 run out 16 11 J.J.Gifford not out 4 not out 7 Extras b 4, lb 1 5 9 —— —— 121 95 FoW (1): 1-1, 2-20, 3-22, 4-24, 5-25, 6-42, 7-53, 8-106, 9-115, 10-121 FoW (2): 1-21, 2-41, 3-49, 4-51, 5-51, 6-51, 7-56, 8-59, 9-73, 10-95 WELLINGTON 1 W.A.Baker c O’Brien b O’Connell 0 c Crosse b Paterson 19 2 M.H.Dind b O’Brien 9 b Paterson 18 3 H.N.Lambert c Johnson b O’Connell 0 c Charles b Paterson 13 4 *H.E.L.Burton b O’Connell 0 b Paterson 0 5 A.C.Schroder c Mills b O’Connell 22 b Fulton 0 6 A.E.Donoghue c Charles b O’Connell 2 (8) not out 0 7 F.S.Middleton b O’Connell 0 c Mills b Fulton 11 8 †W.Warne c Johnson b O’Connell 55 (6) not out 39 9 A.W.Duncan c Jacobsen b Paterson 16 10 E.W.Smyrk c Mills b O’Connell 0 11 W.A.Cate not out 3 Extras b 12 12 2 —— —— 119 (6 wickets) 102 FoW (1): 1-0, 2-6, 3-11, 4-11, 5-24, 6-26, 7-53, 8-97, 9-99, 10-119 FoW (2): 1-31, 2-50, 3-50, 4-51, 5-53, 6-83 Wellington Bowling O M R W O M R W Middleton 18 2 56 6 12 4 36 7 Smyrk 11.4 1 45 4 5 0 18 0 Duncan 6 1 15 0 Lambert (3) 6.3 0 32 2 Hawke’s Bay Bowling O M R W O M R W O’Connell 19.5 4 48 8 5 3 15 0 O’Brien 10 1 32 1 Gifford 3 0 7 0 Paterson 6 0 20 1 (2) 13 0 60 4 Stevens (3) 2 0 9 0 Fulton (4) 6.3 2 16 2 Umpires: Toss: Wellington Close of Play: 1st day: Wellington (1) 42-6 (Schroder 6*, Warne 16*). The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two. F.S.Middleton took a hat-trick for Wellington. 35