First-Class Cricket Matches 1923

NEW ZEALAND v M.C.C. Played at Basin Reserve, Wellington, February 2, 3, 5, 1923. M.C.C. won by an innings and 20 runs. NEW ZEALAND 1 *D.C.Collins c Chapman b Calthorpe 1 c MacLean b Gibson 69 2 R.C.Blunt c MacLean b Gibson 0 (5) c Freeman b Gibson 68 3 J.S.F.Shepherd st MacLean b Gibson 41 c and b Freeman 0 4 C.C.R.Dacre run out 4 c MacLean b Freeman 17 5 H.N.Lambert c Freeman b Calthorpe 23 (6) c Wilkinson b Brand 11 6 D.R.Garrard b Calthorpe 19 (7) lbw b Gibson 12 7 H.M.McGirr c Titchmarsh b Calthorpe 1 (8) c Chapman b Freeman 8 8 E.H.L.Bernau c MacLean b Calthorpe 61 (2) c Chapman b Freeman 3 9 A.W.S.Brice c Lowry b Gibson 10 c Wilson b Gibson 10 10 †W.A.Cate b Calthorpe 0 lbw b Gibson 2 11 D.J.McBeath not out 0 not out 4 Extras b 3, lb 3 6 b 9, lb 1, w 1 11 —— —— 166 215 FoW (1): 1-1 (1), 2-5 (2), 3-19 (4), 4-58 (5), 5-86 (6), 6-88 (3), 7-104 (7), 8-161 (9), 9-161 (10), 10-166 (8) FoW (2): 1-14 (2), 2-14 (3), 3-45 (4), 4-149 (1), 5-160 (6), 6-182 (5), 7-197 (7), 8-197 (8), 9-200 (10), 10-215 (9) M.C.C. 1 G.Wilson b Bernau 19 2 C.H.Titchmarsh c Brice b Bernau 40 3 W.A.C.Wilkinson b Bernau 27 4 A.P.F.Chapman b McGirr 71 5 T.C.Lowry c Dacre b McBeath 130 6 F.S.G.Calthorpe b Brice 0 7 †J.F.MacLean c Garrard b Collins 53 8 *J.C.Hartley c Blunt b McBeath 16 9 D.F.Brand b Brice 9 10 C.H.Gibson c Lambert b McBeath 5 11 A.P.Freeman not out 0 Extras b 25, lb 5, w 1 31 —— 401 FoW (1): 1-62 (1), 2-67 (2), 3-170 (3), 4-188 (4), 5-189 (6), 6-295 (7), 7-353 (8), 8-388 (9), 9-401 (10), 10-401 (5) M.C.C. Bowling O M R W O M R W Gibson 22 2 91 3 (3) 32.4 12 65 5 Calthorpe 21.2 6 53 6 (1) 8 4 13 0 Freeman 2 0 11 0 (2) 40 13 95 4 Brand 2 1 5 0 11 3 31 1 New Zealand Bowling O M R W Brice 33 9 75 2 McBeath 27 6 81 3 McGirr 20 1 70 1 Garrard 13 2 32 0 Bernau 20 1 68 3 Lambert 2 0 9 0 Blunt 1 0 4 0 Shepherd 4 0 25 0 Collins 1 0 6 1 Umpires: J.R.Gardiner and J.Rodgers. Toss: New Zealand Close of Play: 1st day: M.C.C. (1) 180-3 (Chapman 69*, Lowry 8*); 2nd day: New Zealand (2) 178-5 (Blunt 65*, Garrard 5*). T.C.Lowry’s 130 took 167 minutes and included 10 fours and 1 six. 42