First-Class Cricket Matches 1949/40-1945

AUCKLAND v OTAGO Played at Eden Park, Auckland, December 30, 1939, January 1, 2, 1940. Auckland won by an innings and 169 runs. (Points: Auckland 8, Otago 0) OTAGO 1 G.J.Robertson b Cowie 9 (2) b Cowie 17 2 V.J.T.Chettleburgh b Matheson 1 absent hurt 0 3 A.S.H.Cutler b Carson 51 c Blandford b Cowie 33 4 *D.A.R.Moloney b Weir 4 b Cowie 6 5 C.J.Elmes b Cowie 51 c Whitelaw b Burke 6 6 T.C.Fraser b Carson 43 b Cowie 0 7 A.P.J.Monteath lbw b Cowie 1 b Cowie 1 8 A.C.Holden st Blandford b Burke 19 (1) c Blandford b Burke 36 9 †G.H.Mills c Blandford b Carson 1 (8) b Cowie 11 10 N.C.Begg run out 1 (9) not out 7 11 T.G.F.Lemin not out 8 (10) c Scott b Burke 2 Extras b 2, lb 1, w 1, nb 1 5 b 12, lb 2 14 —— —— 194 133 FoW (1): 1-5 (2), 2-35 (1), 3-46 (4), 4-89 (3), 5-148, 6-150, 7-173, 8-175, 9-181, 10-194 FoW (2): 1-28 (2), 2-88 (3), 3-102, 4-108, 5-110, 6-110, 7-117, 8-130, 9-133 AUCKLAND 1 P.E.Whitelaw lbw b Elmes 72 2 H.T.Pearson st Mills b Elmes 50 3 V.S.Sale c and b Robertson 23 4 *W.M.Wallace lbw b Elmes 32 5 G.L.Weir lbw b Moloney 49 6 W.N.Carson c Fraser b Begg 12 7 V.J.Scott c Elmes b Begg 100 8 A.M.Matheson c and b Moloney 51 9 C.Burke b Elmes 42 10 †J.A.R.Blandford c Fraser b Elmes 36 11 J.Cowie not out 2 Extras b 17, lb 6, w 1, nb 3 27 —— 496 FoW (1): 1-114 (1), 2-129 (2), 3-173 (3), 4-195 (4), 5-213 (6), 6-266 (5), 7-393, 8-425, 9-489, 10-496 Auckland Bowling O M R W O M R W Cowie 15 1 36 3 21 2 44 6 Matheson 9 2 30 1 (3) 8 0 12 0 Weir 10 0 26 1 (5) 3 0 7 0 Burke 16.6 2 56 1 (2) 13.6 0 39 3 Carson 11 1 41 3 (4) 5 0 17 0 Otago Bowling O M R W Lemin 13 1 62 0 Robertson 23 1 78 1 Begg 15 2 80 2 Elmes 45.3 10 133 5 Moloney 37 4 116 2 Umpires: O.R.Montgomery and R.H.Simmons. Toss: Otago Close of Play: 1st day: Auckland (1) 144-2 (Sale 13*, Wallace 6*); 2nd day: Otago (2) 19-0 (Holden 7*, Robertson 10*). The match was scheduled for four days but completed in three. 34