First-Class Cricket Matches 1923

AUCKLAND v M.C.C. Played at Eden Park, Auckland, February 17, 19, 1923. M.C.C. won by an innings and 4 runs. M.C.C. 1 C.H.Titchmarsh c Rowntree b Allcott 73 2 W.W.H.Hill-Wood lbw b Player 52 3 F.S.G.Calthorpe b Allcott 78 4 A.P.F.Chapman b Allcott 108 5 T.C.Lowry b Smith 7 6 G.Wilson b Player 10 7 †J.F.MacLean c McLeod b Allcott 8 8 *J.C.Hartley b Anthony 15 9 D.F.Brand lbw b Allcott 1 10 C.H.Gibson not out 4 11 A.P.Freeman b Allcott 0 Extras b 7, lb 2 9 —— 365 FoW (1): 1-110 (1), 2-142 (2), 3-247 (3), 4-254 (5), 5-282 (6), 6-291 (7), 7-331 (8), 8-350 (9), 9-365 (4), 10-365 (11) AUCKLAND 1 R.E.Frater c Gibson b Freeman 26 b Freeman 1 2 E.Horspool lbw b Freeman 28 (4) lbw b Freeman 0 3 *A.N.C.Snedden b Freeman 31 (2) b Freeman 0 4 S.G.Smith lbw b Gibson 5 (3) c and b Freeman 0 5 C.C.R.Dacre lbw b Gibson 0 (6) c Lowry b Gibson 30 6 D.R.Garrard c and b Freeman 0 (8) b Freeman 7 7 A.Anthony b Gibson 8 (9) c Titchmarsh b Hartley 48 8 E.G.McLeod not out 12 (10) b Brand 50 9 C.F.W.Allcott c Hartley b Freeman 12 (11) not out 4 10 A.S.Player c Lowry b Freeman 18 (5) b Gibson 31 11 †R.W.Rowntree c Gibson b Freeman 36 (7) b Gibson 1 Extras b 2 2 b 10, nb 1 11 —— —— 178 183 FoW (1): 1-38 (1), 2-71 (2), 3-80 (4), 4-80 (5), 5-81 (6), 6-95 (7), 7-100 (3), 8-116 (9), 9-134 (10), 10-178 (11) FoW (2): 1-0 (2), 2-0 (3), 3-0 (4), 4-4 (1), 5-46 (5), 6-53 (7), 7-70 (8), 8-76 (6), 9-169 (9), 10-183 (10) Auckland Bowling O M R W Allcott 31 4 86 6 Player 28 7 91 2 Smith 16 1 59 1 Garrard 8 0 38 0 Anthony 15 4 54 1 Snedden 6 0 28 0 Horspool 1 1 0 0 M.C.C. Bowling O M R W O M R W Gibson 26 6 70 3 19 3 53 3 Calthorpe 4 1 19 0 (4) 4 0 13 0 Freeman 22 4 87 7 (2) 19 4 71 5 Brand (3) 8 1 25 1 Hartley (5) 3 0 10 1 Umpires: Davies and Hardie. Toss: M.C.C. Close of Play: 1st day: M.C.C. (1) 365 all out. The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two. A.P.F.Chapman’s 108 took 130 minutes and included 17 fours. 48