FIrst-Class Cricket Matches 1946

OTAGO v AUCKLAND Played at Carisbrook, Dunedin, December 31, 1945, January 1, 2, 3, 1946. Match drawn. (Points: Otago 2, Auckland 4) OTAGO 1 W.A.Hadlee c Cleal b Kerr 157 2 F.W.J.Bellamy c Cowie b Emery 3 (1) not out 12 3 †G.H.Mills lbw b Cowie 61 4 T.C.Fraser c Pearson b Cowie 0 (2) not out 5 5 L.Watt b Cleverley 3 6 A.W.Roberts c Meuli b Burke 51 7 *L.D.Smith c Wallace b Cleverley 36 8 T.A.Freeman c Cleal b Burke 11 9 C.F.W.Allcott lbw b Cowie 19 10 R.C.Harwood b Cowie 19 11 R.C.D.Silver not out 7 Extras b 15, lb 1 16 —— —— 383 (no wicket) 17 FoW (1): 1-8 (2), 2-167 (3), 3-175 (4), 4-196 (5), 5-241 (1), 6-314 (6), 7-331 (7), 8-342 (8), 9-368 (9), 10-383 (10) AUCKLAND 1 H.T.Pearson c Freeman b Allcott 107 2 E.M.Meuli b Roberts 15 3 A.C.Kerr c and b Allcott 16 4 V.J.Scott c sub (C.D.G.Toomey) b Allcott 167 5 R.W.G.Emery c Bellamy b Silver 110 6 O.C.Cleal lbw b Silver 5 7 C.Burke run out 23 8 †L.A.W.Kent c Bellamy b Silver 3 9 J.Cowie c Smith b Harwood 11 10 D.C.Cleverley not out 0 11 *W.M.Wallace absent hurt 0 Extras b 12, lb 4 16 —— 473 FoW (1): 1-34 (2), 2-58 (3), 3-223 (1), 4-399 (4), 5-414 (6), 6-439 (5), 7-443 (8), 8-464 (9), 9-473 (7) Auckland Bowling O M R W O M R W Cleverley 41 12 88 2 5 2 10 0 Emery 35 11 63 1 Kerr 32 13 67 1 (2) 7 4 4 0 Cowie 47 20 77 4 Burke 30 10 72 2 Cleal (3) 2 1 1 0 Pearson (4) 1 0 2 0 Otago Bowling O M R W Silver 45 8 110 3 Roberts 35 14 37 1 Freeman 38.5 6 108 0 Allcott 38 5 91 3 Harwood 25 4 60 1 Smith 10 0 30 0 Hadlee 7 0 21 0 Umpires: H.Fogarty and J.Porteous. Toss: Otago Close of Play: 1st day: Otago (1) 191-3 (Hadlee 118*, Watt 3*); 2nd day: Auckland (1) 30-0 (Pearson 10*, Meuli 12*); 3rd day: Auckland (1) 298-3 (Scott 109*, Emery 39*). W.A.Hadlee’s 157 took 294 minutes and included 12 fours and 3 sixes. H.T.Pearson’s 107 took 313 minutes and included 8 fours and 2 sixes. V.J.Scott’s 167 took 431 minutes and included 5 fours. R.W.G.Emery’s 110 took 242 minutes and included 8 fours. 42