First-Class Cricket Matches 1924

WELLINGTON v AUCKLAND Played at Wellington College Ground, December 25, 26, 27, 28, 1923. Wellington won by 365 runs. (Points: Wellington 1, Auckland 0) WELLINGTON 1 J.S.Hiddleston c Gillespie b Wilson 163 c Gillespie b Smith 50 2 W.A.Baker st Rowntree b Smith 29 c Snedden b Smith 2 3 H.H.L.Kortlang c Gillespie b Wilson 33 st Rowntree b Allcott 134 4 G.Orr c Rowntree b Smith 69 c and b Allcott 35 5 *D.C.Collins c Irving b Wilson 127 run out 24 6 C.S.Dempster c Snedden b Smith 1 c Frater b Dacre 69 7 H.M.McGirr c Irving b Smith 36 c Smith b Allcott 0 8 E.H.L.Bernau c Rowntree b McLeod 30 c Smith b McLeod 0 9 C.A.Holland b Smith 54 c Burton b Smith 19 10 †K.C.James c Gillespie b Smith 3 not out 5 11 A.W.S.Brice not out 1 c Frater b Smith 25 Extras b 7, lb 11, nb 5 23 b 12, lb 4 16 —— —— 569 379 FoW (1): 1-74 (2), 2-136 (3), 3-269 (1), 4-317 (4), 5-321 (6), 6-385 (7), 7-447 (8), 8-554 (5), 9-563 (9), 10-569 (10) FoW (2): 1-8 (2), 2-89 (1), 3-189 (4), 4-248 (5), 5-260 (3), 6-260 (7), 7-261 (8), 8-347 (9), 9-349 (6), 10-379 (11) AUCKLAND 1 *A.N.C.Snedden b McGirr 28 (3) c Baker b Bernau 15 2 R.E.Frater b McGirr 13 (1) c Hiddleston b McGirr 11 3 A.E.Irving b McGirr 7 (8) lbw b Hiddleston 5 4 S.G.Smith c Collins b Bernau 42 c Bernau b Hiddleston 33 5 C.C.R.Dacre b Bernau 63 b Hiddleston 88 6 H.E.L.Burton c Holland b Brice 43 (7) c and b Brice 41 7 E.G.McLeod c Orr b Holland 37 (6) lbw b Hiddleston 11 8 H.D.Gillespie c and b Holland 0 (2) c Collins b Holland 61 9 C.F.W.Allcott not out 13 not out 15 10 H.Wilson c Bernau b McGirr 4 b Brice 0 11 †R.W.Rowntree c and b McGirr 7 absent hurt 0 Extras b 20, lb 3 23 b 19, lb 3, nb 1 23 —— —— 280 303 FoW (1): 1-41 (1), 2-42 (2), 3-53 (3), 4-162 (5), 5-169 (4), 6-226 (7), 7-226 (8), 8-256 (6), 9-268 (10), 10-280 (11) FoW (2): 1-31 (1), 2-73 (3), 3-116 (2), 4-218 (4), 5-219 (5), 6-240 (6), 7-254 (8), 8-303 (7), 9-303 (10) Auckland Bowling O M R W O M R W Wilson 26 1 121 3 10 1 50 0 Allcott 25 3 111 0 (5) 27 5 94 3 Smith 35.2 5 172 6 28 3 128 4 Snedden 16 1 64 0 (2) 6 0 27 0 McLeod 7 0 40 1 (4) 7 1 50 1 Irving 3 0 13 0 Dacre 4 1 25 0 (6) 4 1 14 1 Wellington Bowling O M R W O M R W Brice 14 3 64 1 22.5 2 101 2 McGirr 12.2 3 64 5 12 1 38 1 Holland 9 0 60 2 (4) 10 1 49 1 Bernau 10 0 69 2 (5) 5 1 9 1 Hiddleston (3) 13 2 42 4 Collins (6) 3 0 41 0 Umpires: P.Bevan and W.Francis. Toss: Wellington Close of Play: 1st day: Wellington (1) 263-2 (Hiddleston 150*, Orr 36*, 63 overs); 2nd day: Auckland (1) 265-8 (Allcott 8*, Wilson 1*); 3rd day: Auckland (2) 27-0 (Frater 9*, Gillespie 17*, 9 overs).