FIrst-Class Cricket Matches 1946

WELLINGTON v OTAGO Played at Basin Reserve, Wellington, December 24, 25, 26, 27, 1945. Otago won by three wickets. (Points: Wellington 0, Otago 8) WELLINGTON 1 J.A.Ell st Mills b Roberts 12 (3) c Smith b Silver 4 2 A.G.Wiren run out 84 c Freeman b Silver 2 3 R.J.Duffy b Harwood 21 (4) c Mills b Freeman 0 4 *H.F.Rice c Bellamy b Silver 12 (5) c Bellamy b Silver 5 5 C.G.Rowe b Silver 72 (1) b Silver 5 6 R.T.Barber run out 45 b Silver 0 7 †F.L.H.Mooney c Mills b Silver 5 (8) b Roberts 7 8 H.B.Cave st Mills b Harwood 12 (7) run out 7 9 R.K.Hatch b Silver 0 c Smith b Freeman 3 10 R.Buchan c Harwood b Smith 37 c Freeman b Silver 6 11 R.Allen not out 10 not out 3 Extras b 8, lb 4 12 —— —— 322 42 FoW (1): 1-17 (1), 2-49 (3), 3-74 (4), 4-135 (2), 5-215 (6), 6-235 (7), 7-261 (5), 8-261 (9), 9-277 (8), 10-322 (10) FoW (2): 1-5 (1), 2-11 (3), 3-11 (2), 4-11 (4), 5-12 (6), 6-20 (7), 7-24 (5), 8-32 (9), 9-38 (8), 10-42 (10) OTAGO 1 F.W.J.Bellamy c Mooney b Hatch 24 b Hatch 12 2 †G.H.Mills b Buchan 8 c Rice b Hatch 0 3 T.C.Fraser b Buchan 5 (4) c Ell b Buchan 49 4 L.C.Baker c Rowe b Hatch 9 (3) c Rowe b Buchan 0 5 L.Watt c Wiren b Allen 38 b Buchan 12 6 A.W.Roberts lbw b Buchan 14 b Hatch 33 7 C.D.G.Toomey c Buchan b Hatch 4 lbw b Allen 6 8 *L.D.Smith c Rowe b Duffy 85 not out 4 9 T.A.Freeman run out 1 not out 7 10 R.C.Harwood c and b Allen 0 11 R.C.D.Silver not out 27 Extras b 9, lb 13 22 b 3, lb 2 5 —— —— 237 (7 wickets) 128 FoW (1): 1-34 (2), 2-34 (1), 3-48 (4), 4-52 (3), 5-84 (6), 6-93 (7), 7-152 (5), 8-153 (9), 9-153 (10), 10-237 (8) FoW (2): 1-3 (2), 2-12 (1), 3-12 (3), 4-44 (5), 5-87 (4), 6-100 (7), 7-117 (6) Otago Bowling O M R W O M R W Silver 32 8 83 4 15.4 6 20 6 Roberts 46 24 59 1 9 8 1 1 Freeman 31 4 82 0 18 9 21 2 Harwood 33 8 56 2 Smith 15.3 5 27 1 Fraser 1 0 3 0 Wellington Bowling O M R W O M R W Hatch 44 15 78 3 16.4 6 29 3 Buchan 46 19 70 3 20 2 57 3 Allen 18 8 30 2 8 1 23 1 Cave 18 4 30 0 4 0 14 0 Rice 2 1 1 0 Duffy 3.3 0 6 1 Umpires: T.W.Dick and M.Malden. Toss: Wellington Close of Play: 1st day: Wellington (1) 257-6 (Rowe 72*, Cave 1*); 2nd day: Otago (1) 68-4 (Watt 5*, Roberts 7*); 3rd day: Wellington (2) 19-5 (Rice 2*, Cave 6*). 12th men: L.A.Milnes (O) and R.J.Kemp (W). 30