First-Class Cricket Matches 1949/40-1945

CANTERBURY v OTAGO Played at Lancaster Park, Christchurch, December 23, 25, 26, 27, 1939. Match drawn. (Points: Canterbury 4, Otago 2) CANTERBURY 1 *J.L.Kerr c Mills b Lemin 0 c Mills b Lemin 4 2 M.P.Donnelly c Mills b Begg 104 not out 20 3 F.P.O’Brien c Monteath b Lemin 65 c Robertson b Lemin 0 4 W.A.Hadlee c Mills b Lemin 58 not out 12 5 I.B.Cromb c Mills b Lemin 1 6 R.E.J.Menzies c Chettleburgh b Robertson 14 7 W.M.Anderson not out 70 8 A.W.Roberts lbw b Robertson 10 9 D.A.N.McRae c Fraser b Moloney 15 10 †R.C.Webb run out 12 11 H.Davis b Lemin 20 Extras b 4, lb 1 5 —— —— 374 (2 wickets) 36 FoW (1): 1-3 (1), 2-140 (3), 3-208 (2), 4-213 (5), 5-238 (6), 6-256 (4), 7-273 (8), 8-304 (9), 9-331 (10), 10-374 (11) FoW (2): 1-4 (1), 2-12 (3) OTAGO 1 G.J.Robertson not out 83 2 V.J.T.Chettleburgh c Webb b Davis 3 3 A.S.H.Cutler c Kerr b McRae 13 4 *D.A.R.Moloney b Davis 15 5 C.J.Elmes st Webb b Cromb 16 6 A.P.J.Monteath c Davis b McRae 12 7 T.C.Fraser b McRae 47 8 †G.H.Mills b Cromb 7 9 G.G.McGregor b McRae 8 10 N.C.Begg c McRae b Roberts 16 11 T.G.F.Lemin b Roberts 6 Extras b 19, lb 4 23 —— 249 FoW (1): 1-15 (2), 2-45 (3), 3-49 (4), 4-68 (5), 5-80 (6), 6-168 (7), 7-195 (8), 8-206 (9), 9-227 (10), 10-249 (11) Otago Bowling O M R W O M R W Begg 10 3 52 1 (2) 2 0 14 0 Lemin 19.4 2 96 5 (1) 3 1 14 2 Moloney 18 0 85 1 Robertson 17 1 87 2 Elmes 3 0 34 0 (3) 1 0 8 0 Chettleburgh 2 0 15 0 Canterbury Bowling O M R W Davis 22 4 64 2 Roberts 15.4 2 35 2 McRae 23 5 58 4 Cromb 15 4 54 2 Donnelly 4 0 15 0 Umpires: T.W.Burgess and J.McGuinness. Toss: Canterbury Close of Play: 1st day: Otago (1) 68-4 (Monteath 6*); 2nd day: Canterbury (2) 36-2 (Donnelly 20*, Hadlee 12*); 3rd day: No play. There was no play on the final day. M.P.Donnelly’s 104 took 150 minutes and included 12 fours. G.J.Robertson retired hurt with severe cramp in the Otago first innings having scored 10 (team had lost 1 wicket) - he returned when the score was 68-4. 25