First-Class Cricket Matches 1949/40-1945

NEW ZEALAND ARMY v NEW ZEALAND AIR FORCE Played at Lancaster Park, Christchurch, April 1, 2, 3, 1943. New Zealand Army won by 203 runs. NEW ZEALAND ARMY 1 M.L.Page c Crawford b Lemin 11 c Crawford b Hoar 75 2 *I.B.Cromb lbw b Lemin 51 c Parkin b Crawford 66 3 S.G.Haliday lbw b Parkin 11 (8) c Crawford b Dustin 5 4 L.A.Milnes c and b Bird 46 c and b Lemin 14 5 J.L.Kerr c Bird b Parkin 51 run out 62 6 G.H.Hook b Bird 0 (3) b Parkin 3 7 W.M.Anderson run out 70 (6) b Lemin 30 8 G.L.Weir b Bird 8 (7) not out 43 9 L.E.Partridge b Bird 0 10 T.L.Pritchard c Churchill b Lemin 16 11 †D.M.Dunnet not out 15 Extras b 5, lb 9, nb 1 15 b 15, lb 2 17 —— —— 294 (7 wickets, declared) 315 FoW (1): 1-34, 2-68, 3-88, 4-179, 5-179, 6-185, 7-208, 8-208, 9-239, 10-294 FoW (2): 1-116, 2-125, 3-151, 4-167, 5-218, 6-293, 7-315 NEW ZEALAND AIR FORCE 1 A.C.Kerr c Dunnet b Pritchard 5 c Kerr b Pritchard 0 2 W.H.Dustin run out 1 (3) c Cromb b Anderson 12 3 O.L.Wrigley run out 2 (5) c and b Cromb 52 4 F.R.Crawford b Weir 30 st Dunnet b Cromb 7 5 E.F.Bezzant c Dunnet b Cromb 63 (2) c Kerr b Pritchard 78 6 K.Parkin b Partridge 11 c Cromb b Pritchard 0 7 †G.A.Churchill run out 2 b Pritchard 0 8 *C.J.Oliver c Weir b Pritchard 1 (9) not out 17 9 N.R.Hoar c Page b Pritchard 1 (8) c Dunnet b Anderson 67 10 T.G.F.Lemin b Pritchard 1 (11) run out 0 11 W.G.Bird not out 0 (10) c Partridge b Pritchard 14 Extras b 3, lb 7, nb 1 11 b 16, lb 12, nb 3 31 —— —— 128 278 FoW (1): 1-6, 2-7, 3-9, 4-67, 5-97, 6-115, 7-124, 8-124, 9-128, 10-128 FoW (2): 1-3, 2-20, 3-40, 4-133, 5-133, 6-139, 7-228, 8-247, 9-276, 10-278 New Zealand Air Force Bowling O M R W O M R W Hoar 14 2 45 0 10 0 54 1 Lemin 20 4 84 3 16 3 67 2 Parkin 13 0 61 2 6 0 52 1 Kerr 5 0 27 0 4 0 37 0 Bird 13.6 1 58 4 5 0 38 0 Dustin 1 0 4 0 1.6 0 11 1 Crawford (7) 6 0 39 1 New Zealand Army Bowling O M R W O M R W Pritchard 14.6 5 33 4 24 6 50 5 Weir 10 1 30 1 5 1 7 0 Partridge 9 3 18 1 14 1 35 0 Cromb 13 3 36 1 26 8 77 2 Anderson (5) 10 2 30 2 Page (6) 11 0 48 0 Umpires: G.E.Falgar and H.Wilson. Toss: New Zealand Army Close of Play: 1st day: New Zealand Air Force (1) 62-3 (Crawford 30*, Bezzant 22*); 2nd day: New Zealand Army (2) 315-7 (Weir 43*). 176