First-Class Cricket Matches 1949/40-1945

WELLINGTON v AUCKLAND Played at Basin Reserve, Wellington, December 25, 26, 27, 1940. Auckland won by eight wickets. WELLINGTON 1 J.A.Standidge c Burke b Andrews 25 st Blandford b Cleverley 4 2 H.W.Osborn lbw b Cleverley 13 b Weir 0 3 P.D.Wilson c Blandford b Weir 32 c Cleverley b Andrews 12 4 *J.R.Lamason b Andrews 0 (7) st Blandford b Burke 7 5 †W.E.Norris c Andrews b Cleverley 16 (4) c Cleal b Weir 48 6 D.S.Wilson c and b Weir 17 (5) c Blandford b Andrews 16 7 N.S.H.Burnette c and b Weir 8 (6) lbw b Andrews 44 8 T.S.Russ b Cleverley 2 lbw b Burke 0 9 C.K.Parsloe c Cleal b Weir 9 b Weir 1 10 G.O.Rabone b Cleverley 11 c Blandford b Andrews 8 11 T.A.Downes not out 1 not out 2 Extras b 1, lb 8 9 b 4, lb 3, w 1 8 —— —— 143 150 FoW (1): 1-40 (2), 2-40 (1), 3-40 (4), 4-91, 5-103, 6-119, 7-120, 8-130, 9-136, 10-143 FoW (2): 1-2 (2), 2-5 (1), 3-27 (3), 4-57 (5), 5-110 (4), 6-119 (7), 7-119, 8-120, 9-147, 10-150 AUCKLAND 1 P.E.Whitelaw lbw b Parsloe 1 c Norris b Parsloe 17 2 G.C.Burgess c Norris b Lamason 21 c Norris b D.S.Wilson 26 3 H.T.Pearson b Parsloe 70 (4) not out 0 4 *G.L.Weir b Lamason 0 5 V.J.Scott c Parsloe b Downes 21 (3) not out 28 6 O.C.Cleal c Burnette b Parsloe 58 7 †J.A.R.Blandford b Downes 8 8 H.J.H.Harrison lbw b Parsloe 0 9 C.Burke b Downes 2 10 D.C.Cleverley run out 5 11 F.M.Andrews not out 17 Extras b 11, lb 5, nb 3 19 b 2 2 —— —— 222 (2 wickets) 73 FoW (1): 1-2 (1), 2-44 (2), 3-44 (4), 4-94 (5), 5-185 (6), 6-196 (3), 7-196 (8), 8-197 (7), 9-200 (9), 10-222 (10) FoW (2): 1-28 (1), 2-67 (2) Auckland Bowling O M R W O M R W Cleverley 14.7 1 61 4 11 0 39 1 Weir 7 0 25 4 13 4 30 3 Andrews 10 1 25 2 12.4 1 45 4 Burke 5 1 13 0 10 2 26 2 Harrison 3 1 10 0 0.4 0 2 0 Wellington Bowling O M R W O M R W Parsloe 21.5 3 62 4 6 0 20 1 Downes 21 4 74 3 5 0 25 0 Lamason 8 0 30 2 Rabone 4 0 14 0 (3) 3.2 0 19 0 D.S.Wilson 4 0 23 0 (4) 3 0 7 1 Umpires: W.A.Aldersley and C.W.Moore. Toss: Auckland Close of Play: 1st day: Auckland (1) 48-3 (Pearson 19*, Scott 2*); 2nd day: Auckland (2) 10-0 (Whitelaw 5*, Burgess 5*). 86