First-Class Cricket Matches 1949/40-1945

NEW ZEALAND SERVICES v NEW ZEALAND XI Played at Basin Reserve, Wellington, March 24, 25, 27, 1944. Match drawn. NEW ZEALAND SERVICES 1 S.A.McVicar st Mooney b Burtt 3 b Butterfield 50 2 *H.T.Pearson c Cromb b McRae 27 b McRae 10 3 J.A.Ongley c Burtt b McRae 2 c and b Burtt 4 4 A.C.Kerr b Burtt 8 b Burtt 1 5 F.R.Crawford not out 35 b Cowie 7 6 E.F.Bezzant c Cromb b Sutcliffe 2 b Cowie 10 7 M.A.O’Brien c Sutcliffe b McRae 8 st Mooney b Burtt 15 8 R.H.Scott c Cromb b McRae 1 c Mooney b Burtt 36 9 L.D.Smith b McRae 0 not out 4 10 N.R.Hoar c Cromb b Burtt 5 not out 1 11 †D.M.Dunnet c McRae b Burtt 0 Extras b 3, lb 2, nb 3 8 b 8, lb 1 9 —— —— 99 (8 wickets) 147 FoW (1): 1-7 (1), 2-26 (3), 3-37 (4), 4-49 (2), 5-59 (6), 6-80 (7), 7-84 (8), 8-84 (9), 9-96 (10), 10-99 (11) FoW (2): 1-11 (2), 2-20 (3), 3-28 (4), 4-40 (5), 5-60 (6), 6-94, 7-120, 8-146 NEW ZEALAND XI 1 I.B.Cromb lbw b Kerr 30 2 K.F.M.Uttley lbw b Scott 60 3 *W.A.Hadlee lbw b Kerr 10 4 W.M.Wallace b Scott 5 5 B.Sutcliffe b Hoar 2 6 F.P.O’Brien b Hoar 0 7 †F.L.H.Mooney b Smith 43 8 D.A.N.McRae b Scott 10 9 L.A.Butterfield b Smith 40 10 T.B.Burtt c O’Brien b Smith 7 11 J.Cowie not out 0 Extras b 13, lb 7, w 2, nb 4 26 —— 233 FoW (1): 1-93 (1), 2-108 (3), 3-121 (2), 4-124 (4), 5-124 (5), 6-124 (6), 7-138 (8), 8-219 (7), 9-233 (10), 10-233 (9) New Zealand XI Bowling O M R W O M R W Cowie 6 0 26 0 13 2 26 2 McRae 17 9 20 5 17 6 30 1 Burtt 18 3 37 4 18 3 52 4 Sutcliffe 3 2 5 1 Butterfield 4 2 3 0 (4) 10 2 19 1 Cromb (5) 4 1 11 0 New Zealand Services Bowling O M R W Hoar 12 1 53 2 Scott 12 5 29 3 Kerr 10 0 44 2 Smith 6.3 0 44 3 O’Brien 9 2 23 0 Crawford 2 0 14 0 Umpires: Chapman and F.W.Harris-Daw. Toss: New Zealand Services Close of Play: 1st day: New Zealand XI (1) 233 all out; 2nd day: New Zealand Services (2) 147-8 (Smith 4*, Hoar 1*). There was no play on the final day. 213