First-Class Cricket Matches 1923

AUCKLAND v M.C.C. Played at Eden Park, Auckland, December 15, 16, 18, 1922. Match drawn. M.C.C. 1 T.C.Lowry c Rowntree b Allcott 29 2 *A.C.MacLaren st Rowntree b Anthony 58 3 C.H.Titchmarsh b Anthony 154 4 W.A.C.Wilkinson run out (Dacre) 50 5 W.W.H.Hill-Wood c Allcott b Anthony 5 6 A.P.F.Chapman c Dacre b Anthony 14 7 F.S.G.Calthorpe b Anthony 0 8 G.Wilson c and b Anthony 5 9 J.C.Hartley not out 16 10 D.F.Brand c Whelan b Smith 9 11 C.H.Gibson c Allcott b Smith 7 Extras lb 3 3 —— 350 FoW (1): 1-45 (1), 2-129 (2), 3-248 (4), 4-295 (5), 5-300 (3), 6-300 (7), 7-313 (8), 8-323 (6), 9-338 (10), 10-350 (11) AUCKLAND 1 S.G.Smith b Brand 25 2 A.Anthony c MacLaren b Calthorpe 4 3 *A.N.C.Snedden c Chapman b Brand 18 4 E.G.McLeod c Chapman b Brand 8 5 D.R.Garrard not out 37 6 C.C.R.Dacre c Hill-Wood b Brand 6 7 R.E.Frater not out 6 8 A.S.Player 9 †R.W.Rowntree 10 C.F.W.Allcott 11 R.F.W.Whelan Extras b 2, lb 1 3 —— (5 wickets) 107 FoW (1): 1-8 (2), 2-45 (1), 3-57 (4), 4-66 (3), 5- (6) Auckland Bowling O M R W Player 12 0 49 0 Allcott 31 5 103 1 Garrard 11 3 31 0 Snedden 9 2 41 0 Anthony 14 0 43 6 Smith 15.5 2 63 2 Dacre 4 1 17 0 M.C.C. Bowling O M R W Gibson 6 2 9 0 Calthorpe 6 2 29 1 Hill-Wood 9 2 35 0 Brand 10 3 31 4 Chapman 1 1 0 0 Umpires: R.C.Frater and R.E.Turton. Toss: M.C.C. Close of Play: 1st day: M.C.C. (1) 193-2 (Titchmarsh 87*, Wilkinson 19*); 2nd day: Auckland (1) 107-5 (Garrard 37*, Frater 6*). There was no play on the final day. C.H.Titchmarsh’s 154 took 180 minutes and included 25 fours. 19