First-Class Cricket Matches 1949/40-1945

WELLINGTON v AUCKLAND Played at Basin Reserve, Wellington, December 25, 27, 28, 1943. Auckland won by eight wickets. AUCKLAND 1 D.C.Ritchie st Mooney b Allen 30 not out 46 2 N.Ellis b Buchan 63 c Knapp b Buchan 11 3 *H.T.Pearson c Tindill b Knapp 7 (4) not out 13 4 B.Sutcliffe b Dickinson 146 (3) c sub b Buchan 5 5 W.H.Cooper lbw b Allen 52 6 A.C.Kerr b Knapp 72 7 R.W.G.Emery b Dickinson 21 8 †L.A.W.Kent not out 11 9 R.G.Sorenson not out 15 10 H.J.H.Harrison 11 C.Burke Extras b 15, lb 2, w 2, nb 2 21 b 6, lb 1 7 —— —— (7 wickets, declared) 438 (2 wickets) 82 FoW (1): 1-73 (1), 2-80 (3), 3-121 (2), 4-277 (5), 5-351 (4), 6-393 (7), 7-415 (6) FoW (2): 1-43 (2), 2-51 (3) WELLINGTON 1 E.F.Bezzant b Emery 3 (4) st Kent b Kerr 25 2 *E.W.T.Tindill c Sutcliffe b Sorenson 21 (3) c and b Kerr 15 3 R.E.J.Menzies b Burke 1 (5) b Kerr 7 4 G.H.Stringer c and b Emery 47 (1) b Harrison 7 5 W.H.Dustin c Emery b Sorenson 20 (2) c Ellis b Emery 2 6 C.A.Muir lbw b Burke 18 b Kerr 0 7 †F.L.H.Mooney c Kent b Burke 0 c Sorenson b Harrison 180 8 G.R.Dickinson c Emery b Sorenson 10 c Sutcliffe b Sorenson 39 9 R.Allen b Emery 18 b Sorenson 0 10 R.Buchan lbw b Emery 16 b Kerr 34 11 E.C.Knapp not out 5 not out 21 Extras b 3, lb 5 8 b 12, lb 6, nb 3 21 —— —— 167 351 FoW (1): 1-18 (1), 2-19 (3), 3-37, 4-70, 5-98, 6-100, 7-119, 8-145, 9-150, 10-167 FoW (2): 1-10 (1), 2-10 (2), 3-39 (3), 4-53 (5), 5-53 (6), 6-62 (4), 7-106 (8), 8-111 (9), 9-238 (10), 10-351 (7) Wellington Bowling O M R W O M R W Dickinson 23 1 91 2 2w,2nb 5 0 22 0 Buchan 20 1 65 1 7.5 0 30 2 Knapp 24 0 102 2 3 0 23 0 Allen 26 2 107 2 Muir 8 2 40 0 Dustin 2 0 12 0 Auckland Bowling O M R W O M R W Harrison 9 2 23 0 21.3 4 44 2 Emery 15.7 2 41 4 15 2 31 1 Burke 16 1 37 3 (4) 14 1 54 0 Sorenson 14 2 43 3 (3) 18 2 74 2 Kerr 5 1 15 0 27 4 80 5 Sutcliffe (6) 2 0 15 0 Cooper (7) 6 1 32 0 Umpires: M.F.Pengelly and C.A.Webb. Toss: Auckland Close of Play: 1st day: Auckland (1) 337-4 (Sutcliffe 144*, Kerr 27*); 2nd day: Wellington (2) 26-2 (Tindill 7*, Bezzant 8*). B.Sutcliffe’s 146 included 16 fours and 1 six. F.L.H.Mooney’s 180 took 251 minutes and included 25 fours. 192