First-Class Cricket Matches 1923

WELLINGTON v M.C.C. Played at Basin Reserve, Wellington, January 26, 27, 29, 1923. M.C.C. won by four wickets. WELLINGTON 1 J.S.Hiddleston c MacLean b Calthorpe 38 b Calthorpe 17 2 *D.C.Collins hit wkt b Calthorpe 7 (6) c Calthorpe b Brand 2 3 E.H.L.Bernau c and b Gibson 4 (7) c Chapman b Calthorpe 19 4 H.H.L.Kortlang c and b Gibson 0 (3) b Gibson 9 5 W.A.Baker b Brand 35 (2) c MacLean b Gibson 0 6 H.M.McGirr c Chapman b Calthorpe 0 (8) st MacLean b Freeman 7 7 C.S.Dempster lbw b Gibson 3 (9) run out 36 8 A.W.S.Brice run out (Calthorpe) 0 (10) run out (Calthorpe) 0 9 †T.A.B.Grant b Calthorpe 12 (5) b Brand 7 10 H.J.Tattersall not out 4 (4) c Brand b Freeman 17 11 M.Henderson st MacLean b Brand 0 not out 8 Extras nb 1 1 b 7, lb 2, nb 2 11 —— —— 104 133 FoW (1): 1-14 (2), 2-47 (3), 3-47 (4), 4-49 (1), 5-49 (6), 6-56 (7), 7-56 (8), 8-87 (9), 9-103 (5), 10-104 (11) FoW (2): 1-11 (2), 2-29 (1), 3-29 (3), 4-54 (5), 5-54 (4), 6-66 (6), 7-79 (8), 8-100 (7), 9-102 (10), 10-133 (9) M.C.C. 1 W.A.C.Wilkinson lbw b Brice 0 b Brice 1 2 C.H.Titchmarsh c Brice b Bernau 21 b Brice 64 3 T.C.Lowry c Dempster b Bernau 15 b Brice 3 4 A.P.F.Chapman c Kortlang b McGirr 18 b Brice 5 5 F.S.G.Calthorpe b Brice 0 b Brice 0 6 W.W.H.Hill-Wood b Brice 4 c Grant b Henderson 21 7 †J.F.MacLean c Hiddleston b McGirr 29 not out 11 8 *J.C.Hartley b Brice 2 not out 4 9 D.F.Brand c Hiddleston b McGirr 1 10 C.H.Gibson b Brice 15 11 A.P.Freeman not out 2 Extras b 20, lb 1, nb 1 22 —— —— 107 (6 wickets) 131 FoW (1): 1-0 (1), 2-36 (2), 3-37 (3), 4-38 (5), 5-58 (6), 6-60 (4), 7-65 (8), 8-70 (9), 9-98 (7), 10-107 (10) FoW (2): 1-3 (1), 2-9 (3), 3-21 (4), 4-21 (5), 5-112 (2), 6-112 (6) M.C.C. Bowling O M R W O M R W Gibson 25 9 59 3 (2) 16 7 23 2 Calthorpe 26 13 44 4 (1) 18 4 38 2 Brand 1.2 1 0 2 (4) 10 1 34 2 Freeman (3) 9 2 27 2 Wellington Bowling O M R W O M R W Brice 15 2 52 5 20 6 45 5 Bernau 9 0 32 2 (3) 6 1 11 0 McGirr 5 1 23 3 (2) 10 3 17 0 Henderson (4) 8 2 18 1 Grant (5) 2 1 5 0 Hiddleston (6) 3 0 6 0 Collins (7) 1 0 7 0 Umpires: T.Cocker and C.A.Webb. Toss: M.C.C. Close of Play: 1st day: No play; 2nd day: Wellington (2) 102-9 (Dempster 16*). After play on the second day the M.C.C. captain protested that a 6 given to Bernau had struck the ground inside the ropes and the Wellington captain agreed to reduce the stroke to 4. 40