First-Class Cricket Matches 1949/40-1945

AUCKLAND v CANTERBURY Played at Eden Park, Auckland, January 5, 6, 8, 9, 1940. Auckland won by an innings and 140 runs. (Points: Auckland 8, Canterbury 0) CANTERBURY 1 *J.L.Kerr b Burke 28 b Cowie 3 2 M.P.Donnelly b Cowie 3 c and b Burke 78 3 F.P.O’Brien c Blandford b Cowie 12 b Cleverley 86 4 W.A.Hadlee b Cleverley 35 c Weir b Carson 23 5 I.B.Cromb b Cleverley 51 c Blandford b Carson 15 6 R.E.J.Menzies b Cleverley 9 (7) c Whitelaw b Burke 29 7 W.M.Anderson c and b Burke 25 (8) st Blandford b Cleverley 2 8 A.W.Roberts c Wallace b Cleverley 30 (9) b Cleverley 18 9 †V.James b Cowie 4 (10) not out 2 10 D.A.N.McRae b Cleverley 5 (11) b Cleverley 0 11 H.Davis not out 2 (6) c Weir b Burke 33 Extras b 14, lb 9 23 b 31, lb 5, nb 1 37 —— —— 227 326 FoW (1): 1-3 (2), 2-25 (3), 3-68 (1), 4-100, 5-120, 6-173, 7-193, 8-216, 9-217, 10-227 FoW (2): 1-22, 2-181, 3-187, 4-216, 5-227, 6-278, 7-281, 8-325, 9-326, 10-326 AUCKLAND 1 P.E.Whitelaw b McRae 4 2 H.T.Pearson c James b Davis 43 3 V.S.Sale b McRae 0 4 *W.M.Wallace st James b Donnelly 211 5 G.L.Weir c James b Donnelly 73 6 W.N.Carson c Roberts b Cromb 26 7 V.J.Scott c and b Davis 198 8 C.Burke run out 33 9 †J.A.R.Blandford not out 58 10 D.C.Cleverley c McRae b Davis 8 11 J.Cowie not out 5 Extras b 14, lb 19, w 1 34 —— (9 wickets, declared) 693 FoW (1): 1-7 (1), 2-9 (3), 3-116 (2), 4-276 (5), 5-334 (4), 6-389 (6), 7-503 (8), 8-646 (7), 9-683 (10) Auckland Bowling O M R W O M R W Cowie 22 4 54 3 23 6 70 1 Cleverley 21.4 2 67 5 27 1 94 4 Weir 13 4 23 0 3 1 11 0 Carson 5 1 14 0 7 0 31 2 Burke 14 3 46 2 32 4 83 3 Canterbury Bowling O M R W Roberts 12 0 52 0 McRae 46 9 168 2 Davis 28 3 113 3 Cromb 21 0 107 1 Donnelly 42 6 145 2 O’Brien 7 0 38 0 Anderson 7 0 36 0 Umpires: R.W.Mitchell and O.R.Montgomery. Toss: Canterbury Close of Play: 1st day: Auckland (1) 50-2 (Pearson 18*, Wallace 23*); 2nd day: Auckland (1) 545-7 (Scott 134*, Blandford 2*); 3rd day: Canterbury (2) 235-5 (Davis 8*, Menzies 2*). W.M.Wallace’s 211 took 292 minutes and included 16 fours and 3 sixes. 38