First-Class Cricket Matches 1949/40-1945

AUCKLAND v CANTERBURY Played at Eden Park, Auckland, December 29, 30, 1944, January 1, 1945. Match drawn. CANTERBURY 1 I.B.Cromb c Kerr b Brown 44 not out 159 2 J.G.Leggat b Brown 3 run out 29 3 *W.A.Hadlee c Whitelaw b Kerr 74 run out 60 4 H.C.Waine st Kent b Burke 15 (6) b Brown 0 5 W.M.Anderson st Kent b Burke 78 6 K.F.M.Uttley c Kent b Brown 5 (5) st Kent b Cleverley 1 7 L.A.Butterfield c Kerr b Cleverley 9 8 R.H.Scott not out 86 9 T.B.Burtt st Kent b Burke 24 10 D.A.N.McRae c Sutcliffe b Burke 3 (4) c W.M.Wallace b Cleverley 4 11 †D.M.Dunnet lbw b Brown 31 Extras b 8, lb 3 11 b 4, lb 6 10 —— —— 383 (5 wickets, declared) 263 FoW (1): 1-7 (2), 2-95 (1), 3-131 (4), 4-153 (3), 5-170 (6), 6-185 (7), 7-273 (5), 8-306 (9), 9-330 (10), 10-383 (11) FoW (2): 1-80 (2), 2-245, 3-254, 4-263, 5-263 AUCKLAND 1 P.E.Whitelaw c Waine b Scott 59 c Burtt b McRae 3 2 H.T.Pearson run out 32 c Butterfield b McRae 5 3 O.C.Cleal b Burtt 24 c Waine b Scott 58 4 *W.M.Wallace c Dunnet b Burtt 108 b McRae 14 5 B.Sutcliffe b Burtt 4 st Dunnet b Burtt 83 6 G.F.Wallace b Burtt 10 c Butterfield b Anderson 11 7 A.C.Kerr c Cromb b Burtt 33 not out 15 8 C.Burke b Butterfield 1 9 †L.A.W.Kent c Cromb b Burtt 6 (8) b Burtt 0 10 D.C.Cleverley not out 2 11 W.J.Brown c Dunnet b Burtt 0 Extras b 9, lb 4, nb 2 15 b 6, lb 1, nb 1 8 —— —— 294 (7 wickets) 197 FoW (1): 1-72, 2-109, 3-145, 4-164, 5-180, 6-279, 7-280, 8-287, 9-294, 10-294 FoW (2): 1-6 (1), 2-10 (2), 3-44, 4-102, 5-153, 6-190, 7-197 Auckland Bowling O M R W O M R W Brown 28 1 84 4 17.2 2 51 1 Cleverley 36 11 85 1 25 2 91 2 Burke 49 9 118 4 15 2 51 0 Sutcliffe 7 2 22 0 8 0 34 0 Kerr 23 4 63 1 4 1 26 0 Canterbury Bowling O M R W O M R W McRae 20 2 51 0 13 3 30 3 Scott 21 3 62 1 5 0 22 1 Burtt 40.5 6 101 7 22.2 4 74 2 Waine 4 0 20 0 2 0 9 0 Butterfield 13 2 23 1 12 4 32 0 Anderson 7 0 22 0 5 0 22 1 Umpires: R.Blennerhassett and J.C.Harris. Toss: Canterbury Close of Play: 1st day: Canterbury (1) 330-9 (Scott 66*, Dunnet 0*); 2nd day: Canterbury (2) 0-0 (Cromb 0*, Leggat 0*). I.B.Cromb’s 159 included 16 fours and 1 six. 236