First-Class Cricket Matches 1949/40-1945

WELLINGTON v AUCKLAND Played at Basin Reserve, Wellington, December 23, 25, 26, 1944. Auckland won by five wickets. WELLINGTON 1 S.A.McVicar run out 19 st Kent b Burke 14 2 C.G.Rowe st Kent b Burke 39 b Wheeler 16 3 R.J.Duffy st Kent b Burke 11 (5) c Kent b Burke 26 4 W.G.C.Bain c Warner b Burke 51 (3) b Burke 6 5 J.A.Ell st Kent b Burke 2 (7) st Kent b Burke 3 6 *†F.L.H.Mooney st Kent b Burke 1 (4) b Wheeler 4 7 A.M.Matheson c Cleal b Burke 9 (6) b Brown 67 8 H.Chapman b Kerr 21 c Kent b Brown 29 9 N.R.Hoar not out 24 c Cleal b Burke 8 10 J.G.Ashenden c sub (Richards) b Kerr 0 b Brown 4 11 R.Allen run out 6 not out 3 Extras b 8, lb 2, w 2 12 b 6, lb 5, nb 1 12 —— —— 195 192 FoW (1): 1-38 (1), 2-73 (2), 3-86 (3), 4-90 (5), 5-98 (6), 6-120 (7), 7-151 (4), 8-186 (8), 9-186 (10), 10-195 (11) FoW (2): 1-25 (2), 2-36 (3), 3-43 (4), 4-45 (1), 5-91 (5), 6-95 (7), 7-155 (8), 8-174 (9), 9-182 (10), 10-192 (6) AUCKLAND 1 *P.E.Whitelaw c Bain b Allen 14 c Matheson b Chapman 28 2 R.H.Cleave c and b Allen 10 (5) b Matheson 1 3 B.H.Warner b Hoar 8 (6) c Mooney b Hoar 0 4 O.C.Cleal c McVicar b Matheson 30 (2) not out 77 5 B.Sutcliffe c Hoar b Allen 75 (3) run out 48 6 A.C.Kerr run out 50 (7) not out 1 7 †L.A.W.Kent b Allen 2 8 W.J.Wheeler st Mooney b Allen 22 (4) c Mooney b Matheson 0 9 C.Burke not out 6 10 W.J.Brown 11 D.C.Cleverley Extras b 2, lb 6, nb 2 10 b 4, lb 2 6 —— —— (8 wickets, declared) 227 (5 wickets) 161 FoW (1): 1-23 (1), 2-26 (2), 3-47 (3), 4-68 (4), 5-196 (5), 6-198 (6), 7-201 (7), 8-227 (8) FoW (2): 1-52 (1), 2-141 (3), 3-145 (4), 4-147 (5), 5-150 (6) Auckland Bowling O M R W O M R W Cleverley 17 4 31 0 (5) 14 1 27 0 Brown 7 4 5 0 (1) 10.2 1 31 3 Kerr 36.5 17 50 2 (4) 27 9 40 0 Wheeler 12 3 26 0 (2) 20 7 33 2 Burke 39 12 71 6 (3) 38 17 46 5 Cleal (6) 4 2 3 0 Wellington Bowling O M R W O M R W Hoar 15 3 40 1 10 1 28 1 Ashenden 13 2 26 0 5 1 26 0 Allen 15.3 0 69 5 Matheson 21 11 25 1 (3) 15 1 49 2 Chapman 11 2 22 0 (4) 11 1 52 1 Duffy 10 2 35 0 Umpires: F.W.Harris-Daw and M.F.Pengelly. Toss: Wellington Close of Play: 1st day: Auckland (1) 44-2 (Warner not out, Cleal not out); 2nd day: Wellington (2) 25-0 (McVicar 8*, Rowe 16*). 234