First-Class Cricket Matches 1949/40-1945

WELLINGTON v CANTERBURY Played at Basin Reserve, Wellington, February 25, 26, 1944. Canterbury won by eight wickets. WELLINGTON 1 S.A.McVicar run out 13 c Uttley b McRae 11 2 W.G.C.Bain b McRae 0 b Scott 1 3 G.H.Stringer c Dunnet b Butterfield 24 c Butterfield b McRae 12 4 F.R.Crawford c Butterfield b McRae 17 c Cromb b Scott 6 5 E.F.Bezzant st Dunnet b Butterfield 36 (6) lbw b Cromb 1 6 †F.L.H.Mooney b Butterfield 1 (7) b Cromb 4 7 *E.W.T.Tindill c Cromb b Butterfield 25 (5) run out 2 8 H.Chapman c Uttley b Scott 0 b Scott 0 9 R.Buchan c Dunnet b Butterfield 17 not out 9 10 J.G.Ashenden c Cromb b Burtt 21 b McRae 27 11 R.Allen not out 2 lbw b McRae 9 Extras b 15, lb 2, nb 6 23 lb 1, nb 2 3 —— —— 179 85 FoW (1): 1-0 (2), 2-38 (1), 3-49 (3), 4-58 (4), 5-63 (6), 6-111, 7-112, 8-144, 9-175, 10-179 FoW (2): 1-1 (2), 2-27 (1), 3-28 (3), 4-33, 5-34, 6-36, 7-36, 8-42, 9-69, 10-85 CANTERBURY 1 I.B.Cromb c Crawford b Ashenden 27 c Bain b Ashenden 4 2 K.F.M.Uttley st Mooney b Allen 75 c Mooney b Chapman 17 3 L.A.Butterfield c Mooney b Ashenden 6 4 *W.A.Hadlee c Crawford b Chapman 18 (3) not out 12 5 W.M.Anderson c and b Buchan 3 6 F.P.O’Brien run out 22 (4) not out 1 7 J.Smith run out (Allen) 43 8 R.H.Scott c Bain b Allen 0 9 D.A.N.McRae c Crawford b Allen 16 10 N.V.Burtt c Chapman b Allen 4 11 †D.M.Dunnet not out 4 Extras b 6, lb 4 10 b 4, nb 1 5 —— —— 228 (2 wickets) 39 FoW (1): 1-53 (1), 2-63 (3), 3-94 (4), 4-97 (5), 5-144 (6), 6-182 (2), 7-182 (8), 8-219 (9), 9-220 (7), 10-228 (10) FoW (2): 1-11 (1), 2-33 (2) Canterbury Bowling O M R W O M R W Scott 18 5 28 1 (2) 14 2 34 3 McRae 13 4 30 2 (1) 12.4 4 15 4 Burtt 20 5 51 1 Butterfield 20 2 47 5 Cromb (3) 7 2 33 2 Wellington Bowling O M R W O M R W Chapman 15 2 66 1 (2) 4 0 20 1 Ashenden 11 1 39 2 (1) 4 0 14 1 Allen 15.2 3 59 4 Buchan 19 3 40 1 Crawford 2 0 14 0 Umpires: C.W.Moore and M.F.Pengelly. Toss: Wellington Close of Play: 1st day: Canterbury (1) 144-4 (Uttley 62*, O’Brien 22*). The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two. J.Smith was run out by R.Allen when backing up too far after a previous warning. 207