First-Class Cricket Matches 1949/40-1945

OTAGO v WELLINGTON Played at Carisbrook, Dunedin, February 9, 10, 12, 13, 1940. Otago won by 58 runs. (Points: Otago 8, Wellington 0) OTAGO 1 *D.A.R.Moloney b Pritchard 12 lbw b Wilson 33 2 G.J.Robertson c Tindill b Wilson 17 c Wrigley b Pritchard 11 3 A.S.H.Cutler b Wilson 13 b Ashenden 16 4 C.J.Elmes c Pritchard b Ashenden 0 b Pritchard 17 5 H.R.Cameron b Pritchard 26 b Pritchard 18 6 T.C.Fraser b Wilson 10 c Ashenden b Pritchard 118 7 V.J.T.Chettleburgh c Wrigley b Pritchard 5 c Wilson b Whyte 5 8 C.D.G.Toomey c McLeod b Pritchard 11 c du Chateau b McLeod 51 9 J.V.Leader b Pritchard 17 c Wrigley b McLeod 9 10 †G.H.Mills lbw b Wilson 11 c McLeod b Ashenden 50 11 T.G.F.Lemin not out 3 not out 1 Extras lb 12, nb 1 13 b 8, lb 13, nb 1 22 —— —— 138 351 FoW (1): 1-17 (1), 2-42 (3), 3-43 (4), 4-45 (2), 5-82 (6), 6-84 (5), 7-100, 8-103, 9-124, 10-138 FoW (2): 1-28 (2), 2-50 (1), 3-81, 4-81, 5-110, 6-120, 7-263, 8-279, 9-319, 10-351 WELLINGTON 1 †E.W.T.Tindill lbw b Elmes 40 (9) not out 14 2 O.L.Wrigley b Lemin 1 c Mills b Lemin 6 3 W.G.Rainbird lbw b Lemin 13 c and b Moloney 46 4 J.A.Ongley run out 37 c Cutler b Moloney 6 5 V.H.du Chateau b Elmes 14 c Mills b Lemin 13 6 D.S.Wilson c Robertson b Elmes 16 c Moloney b Elmes 32 7 *E.G.McLeod not out 52 (1) c Elmes b Moloney 28 8 W.F.Airey c Toomey b Leader 30 (7) b Lemin 2 9 T.L.Pritchard b Leader 2 (8) b Moloney 7 10 G.L.Whyte c Moloney b Leader 3 b Lemin 42 11 J.G.Ashenden c Mills b Leader 5 c Toomey b Lemin 0 Extras b 6, lb 1 7 b 9, lb 3, nb 3 15 —— —— 220 211 FoW (1): 1-5 (2), 2-41 (3), 3-98 (4), 4-99 (1), 5-123 (6), 6-130 (5), 7-176 (8), 8-178 (9), 9-208 (10), 10-220 (11) FoW (2): 1-15, 2-59, 3-67, 4-108, 5-115, 6-118, 7-152, 8-161, 9-211, 10-211 Wellington Bowling O M R W O M R W Pritchard 15 1 68 5 1nb 30 2 107 4 Ashenden 8 1 19 1 25.7 3 97 2 Wilson 12.3 3 38 4 16 2 73 1 1nb Whyte (4) 9 0 45 1 McLeod (5) 5 1 7 2 Otago Bowling O M R W O M R W Lemin 20 1 72 2 12.5 2 21 5 1nb Robertson 5 2 17 0 10 1 22 0 1nb Leader 12.6 1 42 4 (4) 19 10 50 0 1nb Elmes 15 4 35 3 (3) 25 8 44 1 Moloney 7 1 39 0 20 2 59 4 Chettleburgh 2 1 8 0 Umpires: L.Diehl and G.McQueen. Toss: Otago Close of Play: 1st day: Wellington (1) 191-8 (McLeod 31*, Whyte 0*); 2nd day: Otago (2) 287-8 (Fraser 105*, Mills 4*); 3rd day: Wellington (2) 175-8 (Tindill 6*, Whyte 14*). T.C.Fraser’s 118 took 253 minutes and included 7 fours. W.G.Rainbird took over as wicket-keeper at lunch on the second day (Otago 73/2) as E.W.T.Tindill was suffering from a chill in his back. 54