First-Class Cricket Matches 1949/40-1945

WELLINGTON v CANTERBURY Played at Basin Reserve, Wellington, December 29, 30, 1939, January 1, 1940. Canterbury won by an innings and 5 runs. (Points: Wellington 0, Canterbury 8) WELLINGTON 1 V.H.du Chateau c Davis b Cromb 25 c Anderson b Roberts 8 2 W.F.T.Hepburn b Roberts 7 c Roberts b McRae 42 3 O.L.Wrigley lbw b McRae 2 (4) c Harbridge b Roberts 12 4 †E.W.T.Tindill c Anderson b Davis 69 (3) b Roberts 45 5 W.G.Rainbird b Cromb 1 c Roberts b Davis 33 6 *E.G.McLeod b Cromb 0 (8) not out 18 7 D.S.Wilson c Davis b Roberts 10 (6) c Cromb b Donnelly 83 8 J.R.Lamason c Roberts b Cromb 11 (9) b Davis 8 9 W.F.Airey run out 28 (7) c Menzies b Roberts 13 10 T.L.Pritchard not out 19 b Davis 0 11 J.G.Ashenden b Cromb 13 b Donnelly 5 Extras b 3, lb 5, nb 2 10 b 13, lb 2 15 —— —— 195 282 FoW (1): 1-10 (2), 2-27 (3), 3-52 (1), 4-58 (5), 5-60 (6), 6-84 (7), 7-101 (8), 8-146 (9), 9-166 (4), 10-195 (11) FoW (2): 1-18 (1), 2-94 (2), 3-112 (3), 4-113 (4), 5-190 (5), 6-218 (7), 7-262 (6), 8-275 (9), 9-277 (10), 10-282 (11) CANTERBURY 1 *J.L.Kerr c Lamason b Pritchard 0 2 M.P.Donnelly c Tindill b Lamason 97 3 F.P.O’Brien lbw b Lamason 81 4 W.A.Hadlee b Pritchard 9 5 I.B.Cromb run out 171 6 R.E.J.Menzies c McLeod b Pritchard 28 7 W.M.Anderson st Tindill b Ashenden 10 8 A.W.Roberts c Hepburn b Ashenden 53 9 D.A.N.McRae b Pritchard 8 10 †B.C.Harbridge lbw b Ashenden 6 11 H.Davis not out 3 Extras b 4, lb 9, nb 3 16 —— 482 FoW (1): 1-0 (1), 2-127 (3), 3-150 (4), 4-242 (2), 5-298 (6), 6-329 (7), 7-434 (8), 8-467 (5), 9-473 (9), 10-482 (10) Canterbury Bowling O M R W O M R W Roberts 13 1 33 2 28 3 60 4 McRae 15 2 33 1 25 8 61 1 Davis 17 2 49 1 14 2 47 3 Cromb 22.3 3 66 5 17 3 56 0 Donnelly 2 0 4 0 12.5 3 43 2 Wellington Bowling O M R W Pritchard 33 4 118 4 Ashenden 25.6 2 127 3 Lamason 23 2 88 2 Wilson 17 0 75 0 McLeod 7 0 36 0 Hepburn 3 0 22 0 Umpires: W.A.Aldersley and J.B.Watson. Toss: Wellington Close of Play: 1st day: Canterbury (1) 177-3 (Donnelly 68*, Cromb 11*); 2nd day: Wellington (2) 55-1 (Hepburn 27*, Tindill 16*). The match was scheduled for four days but completed in three. I.B.Cromb’s 171 included 7 fours. 33