First-Class Cricket Matches 1923

WELLINGTON v AUCKLAND Played at Basin Reserve, Wellington, December 23, 25, 26, 27, 1922. Wellington won by 108 runs. WELLINGTON 1 J.S.Hiddleston c Rowntree b Allcott 28 c and b Garrard 10 2 W.A.Baker c Allcott b Anthony 31 b Allcott 3 3 C.S.Dempster c Allcott b Anthony 8 (6) st Rowntree b Smith 70 4 H.H.L.Kortlang c Horspool b Allcott 113 c and b Smith 53 5 *D.C.Collins b Snedden 28 b Snedden 116 6 E.H.L.Bernau b McLeod 117 (3) c Allcott b Garrard 6 7 A.Ronaldson c Rowntree b Garrard 16 b Smith 0 8 H.M.McGirr c Dacre b Allcott 58 b Allcott 95 9 T.A.B.Grant c Rowntree b Allcott 21 b Anthony 17 10 A.W.S.Brice b Allcott 1 (11) not out 16 11 †W.A.Cate not out 5 (10) st Rowntree b Anthony 3 Extras b 1, lb 8 9 b 5, nb 2 7 —— —— 435 396 FoW (1): 1-54 (1), 2-63 (2), 3-69 (3), 4-129 (5), 5-282 (4), 6-324 (7), 7-370 (6), 8-412 (8), 9-420 (10), 10-435 (9) FoW (2): 1-5 (2), 2-16 (3), 3-21 (1), 4-224 (6), 5-224 (7), 6-246 (4), 7-278 (5), 8-327 (9), 9-341 (10), 10-396 (8) AUCKLAND 1 E.Horspool b Brice 5 b Brice 22 2 A.Anthony b McGirr 6 b Bernau 5 3 *A.N.C.Snedden b Brice 79 c Ronaldson b Grant 88 4 S.G.Smith c Baker b Grant 37 lbw b McGirr 23 5 C.C.R.Dacre b Brice 145 c Brice b Bernau 68 6 E.G.McLeod b Bernau 25 run out 4 7 D.R.Garrard c Baker b Hiddleston 24 not out 36 8 J.L.Paterson run out (Ronaldson) 4 c Brice b Bernau 0 9 R.F.W.Whelan c Kortlang b Bernau 7 c sub (J.A.Bruce) b McGirr 50 10 C.F.W.Allcott b Hiddleston 29 lbw b Hiddleston 6 11 †R.W.Rowntree not out 4 b McGirr 2 Extras b 12, lb 9 21 b 21, lb 4, nb 8 33 —— —— 386 337 FoW (1): 1-8 (2), 2-14 (1), 3-79 (4), 4-259 (3), 5-312 (5), 6-316 (6), 7-321 (8), 8-333 (9), 9-381 (7), 10-386 (10) FoW (2): 1-14 (2), 2-39 (1), 3-96 (4), 4-193 (3), 5-214 (6), 6-259 (5), 7-259 (8), 8-321 (9), 9-330 (10), 10-337 (11) Auckland Bowling O M R W O M R W Allcott 31.3 3 92 5 22.2 2 99 2 Garrard 18 2 87 1 17 4 63 2 Anthony 15 0 61 2 12 0 51 2 Dacre 5 0 39 0 Smith 15 3 61 0 (4) 25 0 105 3 McLeod 4 0 31 1 4 0 29 0 Snedden 14 0 55 1 (5) 9 1 42 1 Wellington Bowling O M R W O M R W Brice 25 1 118 3 15 3 81 1 McGirr 11 0 55 1 10 0 50 3 Grant 7 0 44 1 7 1 55 1 Collins 5 0 32 0 4 0 22 0 Bernau 12 1 67 2 17 0 95 3 Hiddleston 5 0 49 2 1 0 1 1 Umpires: P.Bevan and A.Francis. Toss: Wellington Close of Play: 1st day: Wellington (1) 414-8 (Grant not out, Brice 1*); 2nd day: Auckland (1) 298-4 (Dacre 140*, McLeod 14*); 3rd day: Wellington (2) 284-7 (McGirr 18*, Grant 2*). H.H.L.Kortlang’s 113 included 13 fours and 1 five. E.H.L.Bernau’s 117 included 20 fours. C.C.R.Dacre’s 145 took 115 minutes and included 19 fours and 1 six. D.C.Collins’s 116 took 215 minutes and included 11 fours. H.H.L.Kortlang retired hurt with a leg injury in the Wellington second innings having scored 35 (team score 68-3) - he returned when the score was 224-5. Ronaldson kept wicket from 2.50pm on the last day as Cate had to return to his employment. 26