First-Class Cricket Matches 1923

CANTERBURY v M.C.C. Played at Lancaster Park, Christchurch, December 23, 25, 26, 1922. M.C.C. won by eight wickets. M.C.C. 1 W.W.H.Hill-Wood b Sandman 19 (3) not out 0 2 †T.C.Lowry c Brunton b Read 27 st Hayes b Sandman 12 3 C.H.Titchmarsh b Read 5 (1) c Blunt b Read 10 4 W.A.C.Wilkinson c Worker b Sandman 102 not out 1 5 A.P.F.Chapman run out (Young) 183 6 F.S.G.Calthorpe c Smith b Hayes 60 7 G.Wilson not out 15 8 D.F.Brand not out 23 9 *A.C.MacLaren 10 C.H.Gibson 11 J.C.Hartley Extras b 14, lb 6 20 —— —— (6 wickets, declared) 454 (2 wickets) 23 FoW (1): 1-50 (2), 2-50 (1), 3-60 (3), 4-342 (5), 5-357 (4), 6-417 (6) FoW (2): 1-21 (1), 2-22 (2) CANTERBURY 1 R.C.Blunt c Wilson b Gibson 13 b Gibson 174 2 R.V.D.Worker c Chapman b Gibson 16 c and b Gibson 65 3 F.A.Smith b Calthorpe 19 b Gibson 0 4 W.H.J.Hayes c Lowry b Hartley 20 b Brand 6 5 *W.R.Patrick c Titchmarsh b Calthorpe 18 b Gibson 0 6 J.G.Young lbw b Hartley 0 not out 28 7 D.M.Sandman st Lowry b Hartley 43 c Wilkinson b Gibson 8 8 A.W.Thomas c Chapman b Hartley 2 b Gibson 0 9 R.J.Read b Gibson 27 b Gibson 0 10 C.T.Rix b Gibson 0 b Gibson 0 11 †L.R.Brunton not out 9 b Brand 0 Extras b 10, lb 4 14 b 10, lb 4 14 —— —— 181 295 FoW (1): 1-28 (1), 2-51 (2), 3-53 (3), 4-81 (5), 5-84 (6), 6-111 (4), 7-113 (8), 8-167 (9), 9-167 (10), 10-181 (7) FoW (2): 1-208, 2-208, 3-253, 4-255, 5-262, 6-278, 7-278, 8-282, 9-292, 10-295 Canterbury Bowling O M R W O M R W Read 30 2 136 2 4 0 9 1 Rix 16 1 70 0 Sandman 27 3 102 2 (2) 4 0 14 1 Hayes 14 4 54 1 Thomas 13 5 23 0 Patrick 7 0 27 0 Blunt 5 0 22 0 M.C.C. Bowling O M R W O M R W Gibson 22 2 77 4 33 19 57 8 Calthorpe 27 14 35 2 18 6 56 0 Hartley 15.1 2 55 4 11 1 35 0 Brand (4) 25.5 5 92 2 Hill-Wood (5) 6 0 35 0 Chapman (6) 2 1 6 0 Umpires: R.D.W.Barry and H.E.Lawrence. Toss: M.C.C. Close of Play: 1st day: M.C.C. (1) 454-6 (Wilson 15*, Brand 23*); 2nd day: Canterbury (2) 30-0 (Blunt 21*, Worker 7*). W.A.C.Wilkinson’s 102 took 158 minutes and included 10 fours. A.P.F.Chapman’s 183 took 135 minutes and included 27 fours and 2 sixes. R.C.Blunt’s 174 took 212 minutes and included 25 fours. 23