First-Class Cricket Matches 1924

WELLINGTON v CANTERBURY Played at Basin Reserve, Wellington, December 31, 1923, January 1, 2, 1924. Wellington won by four wickets. CANTERBURY 1 R.C.Blunt c Hiddleston b McGirr 25 c James b McGirr 21 2 G.R.Gregory c Hiddleston b McGirr 37 c McGirr b Brice 3 3 R.O.Talbot c McGirr b Brice 3 c James b Brice 0 4 †M.K.Boon c Bernau b McGirr 28 b Brice 7 5 *W.R.Patrick c Brice b McGirr 22 c James b Brice 13 6 C.J.Oliver c James b Brice 20 c Dempster b Brice 33 7 C.G.Crawford b McGirr 0 b Brice 22 8 J.G.Young not out 33 not out 19 9 D.M.Sandman c Bernau b McGirr 24 c Dempster b Collins 37 10 W.H.R.Cunningham b Brice 1 lbw b Collins 0 11 D.J.McBeath b Brice 0 st James b Collins 0 Extras b 30, lb 7, nb 7 44 b 16, lb 1, nb 2 19 —— —— 237 174 FoW (1): 1-50 (1), 2-53 (3), 3-92 (4), 4-122 (2), 5-137 (5), 6-137 (7), 7-174 (6), 8-228 (9), 9-235 (10), 10-237 (11) FoW (2): 1-16 (2), 2-16 (3), 3-28 (1), 4-34 (4), 5-58 (5), 6-100 (7), 7-173 (9), 8-173 (6), 9-174 (10), 10-174 (11) WELLINGTON 1 J.S.Hiddleston st Boon b Cunningham 94 c Young b McBeath 34 2 W.A.Baker c Patrick b Cunningham 21 c Patrick b McBeath 15 3 H.H.L.Kortlang c Blunt b McBeath 1 c Gregory b McBeath 17 4 G.Orr c Blunt b Cunningham 9 c Oliver b McBeath 0 5 *D.C.Collins c Patrick b Cunningham 13 c Oliver b McBeath 5 6 C.S.Dempster c Boon b Patrick 15 c Blunt b Patrick 1 7 C.A.Holland lbw b McBeath 14 not out 8 8 H.M.McGirr c Talbot b McBeath 19 not out 5 9 E.H.L.Bernau run out 65 10 †K.C.James not out 45 11 A.W.S.Brice c Gregory b Patrick 4 Extras b 13, lb 2, w 1, nb 6 22 b 4, nb 2 6 —— —— 322 (6 wickets) 91 FoW (1): 1-57 (2), 2-61 (3), 3-88 (4), 4-118 (5), 5-144 (1), 6-162 (6), 7-182 (7), 8-203 (8), 9-318 (9), 10-322 (11) FoW (2): 1-43 (2), 2-64 (1), 3-71 (3), 4-72 (4), 5-77 (6), 6-77 (5) Wellington Bowling O M R W O M R W Bernau 12 2 38 0 5nb (3) 7 0 25 0 Hiddleston 8 2 20 0 McGirr 19 4 52 6 2nb (1) 16 3 43 1 Brice 11.6 1 47 4 (2) 21 4 54 6 Holland 10 0 36 0 (4) 3 0 28 0 Collins (5) 1.4 0 5 3 Canterbury Bowling O M R W O M R W Cunningham 37 7 122 4 4 0 23 0 Sandman 13 0 54 0 McBeath 23 2 70 3 (2) 13.6 2 31 5 Blunt 1 0 7 0 Talbot 2 0 17 0 Patrick 5.6 0 21 2 (3) 10 2 31 1 Gregory 2 0 9 0 Umpires: W.R.Bock and T.Cocker. Toss: Canterbury Close of Play: 1st day: Wellington (1) 75-2 (Hiddleston 45*, Orr 7*); 2nd day: Canterbury (2) 63-5 (Oliver 10*, Crawford 2*, 21 overs). C.J.Oliver retired hurt hit by a ball from Brice in the Canterbury second innings having scored 33 (team had lost 6 wickets) - he returned when the score was 173-7.