FIrst-Class Cricket Matches 1946

WELLINGTON v AUCKLAND Played at Basin Reserve, Wellington, January 5, 7, 8, 1946. Auckland won by 8 runs. AUCKLAND 1 H.T.Pearson lbw b Rabone 72 c Rabone b Cave 0 2 E.M.Meuli c Mooney b Hatch 56 c Mooney b Cave 20 3 A.C.Kerr c Cave b Hatch 0 lbw b Cave 6 4 V.J.Scott b Hatch 62 (6) not out 2 5 *W.M.Wallace c Cave b Duffy 77 6 O.C.Cleal c Rabone b Ell 39 (4) c Rabone b Rice 22 7 C.Burke c Mooney b Hatch 37 8 †L.A.W.Kent c Barber b Beard 25 (5) not out 10 9 F.E.Hemmingson not out 12 10 D.C.Cleverley st Mooney b Beard 2 11 E.S.Prentice Extras b 7, lb 11, w 1, nb 2 21 b 7, lb 2 9 —— —— (9 wickets, declared) 403 (4 wickets, declared) 69 FoW (1): 1-121 (2), 2-121 (3), 3-167 (1), 4-268 (4), 5-281 (5), 6-355 (6), 7-366 (7), 8-397 (8), 9-403 (10) FoW (2): 1-2 (1), 2-10 (3), 3-39 (2), 4-57 (4) WELLINGTON 1 E.W.T.Tindill b Kerr 73 c Pearson b Cleverley 96 2 R.J.Duffy c Pearson b Prentice 71 (8) c Kerr b Cleal 23 3 *H.F.Rice c Pearson b Kerr 5 (2) st Kent b Cleverley 13 4 J.A.Ell b Cleverley 23 (3) b Cleverley 13 5 R.T.Barber c Cleverley b Burke 16 (6) c Wallace b Cleverley 0 6 †F.L.H.Mooney c Prentice b Hemmingson 7 (7) b Cleverley 7 7 R.J.Kemp b Cleal 32 (4) c sub b Cleverley 16 8 H.B.Cave b Kerr 3 (11) c Kent b Cleal 1 9 G.O.Rabone c Hemmingson b Burke 1 (10) not out 1 10 D.D.Beard b Kerr 8 (5) b Cleverley 27 11 R.K.Hatch not out 4 (9) b Cleverley 0 Extras b 7, lb 4, w 1, nb 1 13 b 4, lb 7 11 —— —— 256 208 FoW (1): 1-139 (1), 2-157 (3), 3-159 (2), 4-195 (5), 5-197 (4), 6-215 (6), 7-227 (8), 8-228 (9), 9-252 (10), 10-256 (7) FoW (2): 1-24 (2), 2-46 (3), 3-82 (4), 4-122 (5), 5-124 (6), 6-136 (7), 7-201 (8), 8-203 (1), 9-205 (9), 10-208 (11) Wellington Bowling O M R W O M R W Hatch 41 10 104 4 2nb 9 3 20 0 Cave 29 9 67 0 12 2 30 3 Beard 25 5 63 2 1w Rabone 10 1 46 1 Duffy 22 2 64 1 Rice 5 0 17 0 (3) 3 0 10 1 Ell 3 0 21 1 Auckland Bowling O M R W O M R W Prentice 21 1 65 1 Cleverley 22 6 40 1 (1) 18 0 75 8 Burke 33 14 53 2 (2) 2 0 15 0 Cleal 17.1 8 21 1 (3) 14.4 0 75 2 Kerr 26 7 47 4 (4) 4 0 32 0 Hemmingson 15 5 17 1 Umpires: C.W.Moore and C.K.Scott. Toss: Auckland Close of Play: 1st day: Auckland (1) 403-9 (Hemmingson 12*); 2nd day: Wellington (1) 153-1 (Duffy 66*, Rice 5*). 45