FIrst-Class Cricket Matches 1946

CANTERBURY v WELLINGTON Played at Lancaster Park, Christchurch, December 29, 31, 1945, January 1, 2, 1946. Canterbury won by four wickets. (Points: Canterbury 8, Wellington 0) CANTERBURY 1 W.M.Anderson b Buchan 34 lbw b Wilson 25 2 C.V.Walter b Wilson 13 (3) c Wilson b Cave 8 3 R.C.S.A.Shand b Buchan 75 (4) lbw b Hatch 8 4 L.A.Butterfield c Mooney b Wilson 30 (5) c Mooney b Cave 37 5 *I.B.Cromb c Wiren b Buchan 1 (2) b Wilson 43 6 K.F.M.Uttley c Barber b Wilson 47 not out 21 7 R.H.Scott c Rice b Buchan 72 b Cave 1 8 H.E.H.Denham b Buchan 2 9 T.B.Burtt c Rowe b Buchan 20 (8) not out 5 10 †A.E.L.Britton b Buchan 6 11 D.A.N.McRae not out 2 Extras b 25, lb 11, nb 1 37 b 11, lb 3 14 —— —— 339 (6 wickets) 162 FoW (1): 1-48 (2), 2-59 (1), 3-115 (4), 4-118 (5), 5-202 (6), 6-266 (3), 7-276 (8), 8-331 (7), 9-332 (9), 10-339 (10) FoW (2): 1-47 (1), 2-76 (3), 3-90 (2), 4-124 (4), 5-144 (5), 6-148 (7) WELLINGTON 1 A.G.Wiren b Burtt 11 lbw b Burtt 3 2 J.A.Ell c Scott b Butterfield 4 (4) lbw b Scott 76 3 C.G.Rowe c Cromb b Burtt 34 (2) c McRae b Scott 26 4 *H.F.Rice c Shand b Butterfield 38 (3) c Butterfield b Burtt 72 5 R.T.Barber b Scott 2 b Burtt 0 6 †F.L.H.Mooney b Scott 27 b Denham 20 7 H.B.Cave st Britton b Cromb 7 (8) lbw b Cromb 10 8 D.S.Wilson b Scott 22 (7) c Scott b Butterfield 73 9 R.K.Hatch b Scott 4 c Britton b Scott 8 10 R.Buchan c Burtt b Scott 7 b Burtt 1 11 R.Allen not out 0 not out 15 Extras b 11, lb 2, nb 4 17 b 11, lb 5, nb 4 20 —— —— 173 324 FoW (1): 1-4 (2), 2-53, 3-54, 4-64, 5-106, 6-121, 7-136, 8-144, 9-172, 10-173 FoW (2): 1-16 (1), 2-53 (2), 3-135 (3), 4-139 (5), 5-193 (6), 6-212 (4), 7-247 (8), 8-265 (9), 9-277 (10), 10-324 (7) Wellington Bowling O M R W O M R W Hatch 33 10 59 0 16 2 37 1 Buchan 39.1 13 66 7 10 1 27 0 Wilson 34 6 64 3 16 3 32 2 Cave 15 3 40 0 1nb 13 2 30 3 Allen 24 5 62 0 7 2 22 0 Rice 5 0 11 0 Canterbury Bowling O M R W O M R W McRae 16 11 15 0 20 6 43 0 2nb Butterfield 26 10 31 2 22.1 12 34 1 Scott 24.5 8 38 5 4nb 33 6 89 3 2nb Burtt 27 9 62 2 40 13 65 4 Cromb 7 2 10 1 10 0 45 1 Denham 2 2 0 0 9 1 28 1 Umpires: T.W.Burgess and H.W.Gourlay. Toss: Canterbury Close of Play: 1st day: Canterbury (1) 318-7 (Scott 67*, Burtt 14*); 2nd day: Wellington (1) 164-8 (Wilson not out, Buchan not out); 3rd day: Wellington (2) 321-9 (Wilson 72*, Allen 15*). 35