FIrst-Class Cricket Matches 1946

CANTERBURY v AUCKLAND Played at Lancaster Park, Christchurch, December 24, 25, 26, 27, 1945. Match drawn. (Points: Canterbury 4, Auckland 2) AUCKLAND 1 H.T.Pearson c Britton b Butterfield 3 c Cromb b Burtt 31 2 E.M.Meuli c Britton b Scott 10 c Burgess b Scott 8 3 A.C.Kerr c Burtt b Scott 23 (5) c Scott b McRae 11 4 *W.M.Wallace c Burgess b Butterfield 78 c Uttley b Scott 32 5 V.J.Scott lbw b McRae 70 (6) not out 45 6 O.C.Cleal b McRae 17 (7) c Cromb b Burtt 0 7 J.Cowie c Britton b Scott 3 (8) c Burtt b McRae 24 8 †L.A.W.Kent b Scott 30 (9) b Burtt 16 9 C.Burke c Burgess b Scott 5 (10) b McRae 23 10 D.C.Cleverley c Shand b Burtt 4 (11) c Britton b McRae 0 11 F.E.Hemmingson not out 4 (3) b Butterfield 11 Extras b 15, lb 5, nb 2 22 b 16, lb 3, nb 3 22 —— —— 269 223 FoW (1): 1-17 (1), 2-42 (2), 3-53 (3), 4-173 (4), 5-213 (6), 6-222 (5), 7-246 (7), 8-260 (9), 9-265 (8), 10-269 (10) FoW (2): 1-15 (2), 2-30 (3), 3-83 (4), 4-105 (5), 5-105 (1), 6-109 (7), 7-138 (8), 8-163 (9), 9-217 (10), 10-223 (11) CANTERBURY 1 *I.B.Cromb c Scott b Burke 20 c Cleverley b Cowie 0 2 K.F.M.Uttley c Hemmingson b Cowie 6 c Kerr b Hemmingson 29 3 C.V.Walter b Cowie 8 c Kent b Kerr 0 4 W.M.Anderson st Kent b Burke 4 c Wallace b Cowie 9 5 A.T.Burgess b Cowie 3 c Meuli b Cleverley 10 6 L.A.Butterfield c Cowie b Cleverley 76 (7) b Cleverley 20 7 R.C.S.A.Shand run out 77 (6) c Pearson b Cowie 15 8 R.H.Scott b Cleverley 1 not out 40 9 T.B.Burtt st Kent b Cowie 6 not out 4 10 †A.E.L.Britton b Cleverley 18 11 D.A.N.McRae not out 27 Extras b 29, lb 6 35 b 16, lb 2 18 —— —— 281 (7 wickets) 145 FoW (1): 1-29 (2), 2-33 (1), 3-44 (3), 4-44 (4), 5-48 (5), 6-220 (6), 7-224 (8), 8-231 (9), 9-232 (7), 10-281 (10) FoW (2): 1-4 (1), 2-10 (3), 3-34 (2), 4-59 (5), 5-59 (4), 6-84 (6), 7-132 (7) Canterbury Bowling O M R W O M R W McRae 25 8 62 2 3nb 26.2 11 50 4 Butterfield 24 8 43 2 13 7 13 1 Scott 22 8 65 5 21 4 56 2 3nb Burtt 23.2 7 66 1 22 4 82 3 Burgess 3 0 11 0 Auckland Bowling O M R W O M R W Cowie 43 16 77 4 14 9 16 3 Burke 36 12 68 2 5 0 13 0 Cleverley 26.1 9 66 3 19 5 42 2 Kerr 12 1 27 0 16 6 33 1 1nb Hemmingson 5 2 8 0 10 3 23 1 Umpires: T.W.Burgess and B.W.Vine. Toss: Auckland Close of Play: 1st day: Canterbury (1) 48-5 (Butterfield 1*); 2nd day: Canterbury (1) 208-5 (Butterfield 70*, Shand 71*); 3rd day: Canterbury (2) 8-1 (Uttley 4*, Walter 0*). 12th men J.Smith (C) and R.W.G.Emery (A). 27