First-Class Cricket Matches 1949/40-1945

WELLINGTON v AUCKLAND Played at Basin Reserve, Wellington, December 23, 25, 26, 27, 1939. Match drawn. (Points: Wellington 4, Auckland 2) AUCKLAND 1 P.E.Whitelaw c Wilson b Pritchard 2 lbw b Ashenden 0 2 H.T.Pearson b Ashenden 6 b Pritchard 53 3 V.S.Sale c Tindill b Lamason 14 b Pritchard 97 4 *W.M.Wallace c du Chateau b Lamason 47 c McLeod b Pritchard 7 5 G.L.Weir b Pritchard 10 b Pritchard 50 6 V.J.Scott c Ashenden b Lamason 7 c Wilson b Ashenden 11 7 A.M.Matheson c Wilson b Ashenden 8 b Ashenden 0 8 C.Burke c Tindill b Pritchard 3 b Pritchard 5 9 †J.A.R.Blandford not out 14 c Pritchard b Ashenden 11 10 D.C.Cleverley c Tindill b Pritchard 2 not out 8 11 J.Cowie run out 0 b Pritchard 24 Extras b 6, lb 9, w 2, nb 4 21 b 3, lb 4, w 1, nb 2 10 —— —— 134 276 FoW (1): 1-8 (1), 2-12 (2), 3-69 (3), 4-76 (4), 5-87 (5), 6-92 (6), 7-99 (8), 8-107 (7), 9-129 (10), 10-134 (11) FoW (2): 1-1 (1), 2-147 (2), 3-161 (3), 4-178 (4), 5-222 (6), 6-222 (7), 7-232 (8), 8-238 (5), 9-246 (9), 10-276 (11) WELLINGTON 1 V.H.du Chateau c Cowie b Weir 19 (2) b Cowie 4 2 W.F.T.Hepburn b Cleverley 26 (1) c Wallace b Weir 55 3 W.G.Rainbird lbw b Cleverley 17 (4) run out 6 4 †E.W.T.Tindill lbw b Weir 1 (3) c Matheson b Weir 29 5 J.A.Ongley b Weir 1 c Matheson b Cowie 17 6 J.R.Lamason c Pearson b Cleverley 25 b Cleverley 0 7 W.F.Airey b Cleverley 11 c Cleverley b Weir 5 8 *E.G.McLeod not out 20 not out 13 9 D.S.Wilson c Blandford b Matheson 12 not out 23 10 T.L.Pritchard c Wallace b Matheson 20 11 J.G.Ashenden c Cleverley b Cowie 0 Extras b 7, lb 1, nb 4 12 b 5, lb 6 11 —— —— 164 (7 wickets) 163 FoW (1): 1-44 (2), 2-53 (1), 3-55 (4), 4-61 (5), 5-93 (3), 6-102 (6), 7-110 (7), 8-131 (9), 9-160 (10), 10-164 (11) FoW (2): 1-19 (2), 2-86 (3), 3-97 (1), 4-111 (4), 5-111 (6), 6-122 (7), 7-128 (5) Wellington Bowling O M R W O M R W Pritchard 13.7 0 45 4 1w,3nb 21.4 2 66 6 1w,4nb Ashenden 8 1 29 2 19 4 83 4 Lamason 6 1 24 3 1w (5) 10 3 55 0 Wilson 3 1 15 0 (3) 16 2 45 0 McLeod (4) 5 2 17 0 Auckland Bowling O M R W O M R W Cowie 7.1 0 35 1 12 2 37 2 Matheson 10 0 39 2 2nb 11 3 22 0 Cleverley 14 2 45 4 3nb 16 4 47 1 Weir 10 2 33 3 17 8 30 3 Burke 1 1 0 0 4 0 16 0 Umpires: C.W.Moore and J.B.Watson. Toss: Auckland Close of Play: 1st day: Auckland (2) 18-1 (Pearson not out, Sale not out); 2nd day: Auckland (2) 254-9 (Cleverley 4*, Cowie 6*); 3rd day: Wellington (2) 163-7 (McLeod 13*, Wilson 23*). There was no play on the final day. 28