First-Class Cricket Matches 1924

AUCKLAND v CANTERBURY Played at Eden Park, Auckland, January 5, 7, 8, 1924. Auckland won by ten wickets. CANTERBURY 1 R.C.Blunt c Smith b Allcott 8 (2) c Frater b Smith 104 2 G.R.Gregory b Allcott 7 (1) lbw b Allcott 2 3 C.J.Oliver st Rowntree b Smith 5 (5) st Rowntree b Snedden 72 4 *W.R.Patrick c Gillespie b Allcott 19 c Burton b Smith 7 5 †M.K.Boon c Wilson b Allcott 11 (7) b Anthony 0 6 J.G.Young c Smith b Allcott 0 (3) b Allcott 8 7 R.O.Talbot b Snedden 0 (8) b Anthony 1 8 D.M.Sandman b Allcott 15 (6) b Allcott 6 9 R.J.Read c Allcott b Snedden 4 (10) c Frater b Allcott 21 10 W.H.R.Cunningham not out 17 (9) lbw b Allcott 14 11 D.J.McBeath st Rowntree b Anthony 6 not out 0 Extras 18 7 —— —— 110 242 FoW (1): 1-13, 2-18, 3-20, 4-41, 5-41, 6-59, 7- , 8-63, 9-95, 10-110 FoW (2): 1-4 (1), 2-26 (3), 3-45 (4), 4-156 (5), 5-171 (6), 6-171 (7), 7-178 (8), 8-193 (9), 9-242 (10), 10-242 (2) AUCKLAND 1 A.Anthony c Oliver b McBeath 1 not out 35 2 R.E.Frater lbw b Sandman 24 not out 43 3 A.E.Irving c Blunt b McBeath 25 4 S.G.Smith c and b Read 76 5 *A.N.C.Snedden c Oliver b Read 68 6 C.C.R.Dacre c Talbot b Sandman 7 7 H.E.L.Burton lbw b McBeath 19 8 H.D.Gillespie st Boon b Sandman 0 9 C.F.W.Allcott lbw b Sandman 7 10 H.Wilson c Read b McBeath 16 11 †R.W.Rowntree not out 1 Extras 14 19 —— —— 258 (no wicket) 97 FoW (1): 1-4 (1), 2-48, 3-63, 4-196, 5-212, 6-222, 7-222, 8-232, 9-254, 10-258 Auckland Bowling O M R W O M R W Allcott 22 11 38 6 28 7 82 5 Smith 11 3 25 1 16.3 3 56 2 Snedden 10 2 24 2 9 0 25 1 Anthony 1 0 5 1 13 1 37 2 Wilson (5) 6 0 20 0 Dacre (6) 4 0 15 0 Canterbury Bowling O M R W O M R W Read 13 0 63 2 (3) 6 0 18 0 McBeath 16.4 1 76 4 (1) 8.4 1 19 0 Cunningham 12 2 35 0 (5) 3 0 9 0 Sandman 13 0 53 4 (2) 5 0 26 0 Patrick 4 1 17 0 Talbot (4) 3 0 6 0 Umpires: R.Johnson and R.E.Turton. Toss: Close of Play: 1st day: Auckland (1) 63-3 (Smith 11*); 2nd day: Canterbury (2) 171-5 (Blunt 72*, Boon 0*). R.C.Blunt’s 104 took 210 minutes.