First-Class Cricket Matches 1923

CANTERBURY v WELLINGTON Played at Lancaster Park, Christchurch, February 23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 1923. Canterbury won by 114 runs. CANTERBURY 1 R.C.Blunt b Brice 44 (4) c Hiddleston b Brice 116 2 R.V.D.Worker c Baker b Hutchings 27 (3) b Aldersley 48 3 R.O.Talbot b Henderson 25 (5) lbw b Aldersley 19 4 G.R.Gregory b McGirr 12 (8) lbw b Brice 51 5 †L.R.Brunton b Brice 3 (1) run out 8 6 *W.R.Patrick lbw b Brice 53 c Collins b Brice 75 7 D.M.Sandman c Condliffe b Henderson 6 b Henderson 8 8 R.F.J.Powell lbw b Brice 10 (9) not out 28 9 R.J.Read c Henderson b Brice 17 (10) c Condliffe b Henderson 0 10 W.H.R.Cunningham b Brice 8 (2) b Henderson 33 11 J.Newman not out 1 b Brice 0 Extras b 17, lb 2 19 b 38, lb 8 46 —— —— 225 432 FoW (1): 1-76 (2), 2-76 (1), 3-93 (4), 4-96 (5), 5-159 (3), 6-167 (7), 7-197 (8), 8-200 (6), 9-220 (10), 10-225 (9) FoW (2): 1-10 (1), 2-89 (3), 3-109 (2), 4-158 (5), 5-318 (6), 6-339 (7), 7-351 (4), 8-426 (8), 9-427 (10), 10-432 (11) WELLINGTON 1 J.S.Hiddleston b Cunningham 51 b Read 30 2 W.A.Baker b Newman 0 c Newman b Cunningham 23 3 H.H.L.Kortlang b Cunningham 53 b Cunningham 21 4 C.S.Dempster c Brunton b Newman 31 b Cunningham 7 5 *D.C.Collins run out 31 b Cunningham 46 6 H.M.McGirr c Sandman b Cunningham 28 (7) b Read 0 7 A.W.S.Brice c Powell b Read 18 (8) b Sandman 9 8 J.H.Hutchings b Read 0 (9) b Cunningham 21 9 W.A.Aldersley c Read b Blunt 48 (6) b Read 2 10 †J.W.Condliffe b Read 39 c Newman b Read 5 11 M.Henderson not out 19 not out 2 Extras b 40, lb 11, w 1 52 b 4, lb 3 7 —— —— 370 173 FoW (1): 1-8 (2), 2-114 (1), 3-125 (3), 4-195 (4), 5-217 (5), 6-240 (6), 7-245 (8), 8-270 (7), 9-342 (10), 10-370 (9) FoW (2): 1-39 (1), 2-65 (2), 3-76 (3), 4-88 (6), 5-88 (7), 6-113 (8), 7-115 (4), 8-161 (5), 9-166 (10), 10-173 (9) Wellington Bowling O M R W O M R W Brice 26.6 5 65 6 45.1 12 109 4 McGirr 16 4 34 1 19 2 38 0 Henderson 17 4 49 2 36 8 94 3 Aldersley 10 2 25 0 12 2 53 2 Hutchings 8 1 27 1 12 1 59 0 Collins 3 1 6 0 3 1 15 0 Hiddleston (7) 2 0 14 0 Dempster (8) 1 0 4 0 Canterbury Bowling O M R W O M R W Read 32 8 98 3 22 5 49 4 Newman 22 5 54 2 5 0 15 0 Sandman 17 2 58 0 6 0 22 1 Cunningham 25 6 73 3 21.2 5 72 5 Talbot 5 1 16 0 Patrick 5 1 15 0 Blunt 2.1 0 4 1 (5) 1 0 4 0 Gregory (6) 2 0 4 0 Umpires: R.D.W.Barry and H.E.Lawrence. Toss: Canterbury Close of Play: 1st day: Wellington (1) 63-1 (Hiddleston 29*, Kortlang 21*); 2nd day: Canterbury (2) 10-1 (Cunningham 2*); 3rd day: Canterbury (2) 311-4 (Blunt 107*, Patrick 69*); 4th day: Wellington (2) 161-7 (Collins 46*, Hutchings 16*). R.C.Blunt’s 116 took 270 minutes and included 13 fours. C.S.Dempster retired hurt in the Wellington second innings having scored 7 (team had lost 3 wickets) - he returned when the score was 113-6. 50