FIrst-Class Cricket Matches 1946

AUCKLAND v WELLINGTON Played at Eden Park, Auckland, January 18, 19, 21, 1946. Auckland won by an innings and 70 runs. (Points: Auckland 8, Wellington 0) AUCKLAND 1 P.E.Whitelaw run out (Ell/Buchan) 46 2 H.T.Pearson c Mooney b Hatch 9 3 A.C.Kerr b Browne 29 4 *W.M.Wallace c Tindill b Buchan 35 5 V.J.Scott run out 3 6 G.F.Wallace lbw b Hatch 57 7 R.W.G.Emery b Parkin 27 8 C.Burke not out 51 9 †L.A.W.Kent b Crawford 35 10 J.Cowie c Hatch b Crawford 8 11 D.C.Cleverley run out 2 Extras b 9, lb 6, nb 3 18 —— 320 FoW (1): 1-18 (2), 2-66 (3), 3-110 (1), 4-120 (5), 5-130 (4), 6-202 (7), 7-224 (6), 8-299 (9), 9-313 (10), 10-320 (11) WELLINGTON 1 *E.W.T.Tindill c Kent b Cowie 25 c Whitelaw b Cleverley 3 2 †F.L.H.Mooney run out 2 b Cowie 6 3 F.R.Crawford c and b Cleverley 55 b Burke 19 4 N.S.H.Burnette b Cleverley 11 (5) c and b Burke 10 5 J.A.Ell b Cleverley 5 (4) b Cowie 12 6 R.T.Barber st Kent b Cleverley 6 st Kent b Burke 7 7 T.S.Russ c and b Burke 3 b Cowie 0 8 M.G.Browne b Burke 3 not out 15 9 K.Parkin not out 11 b Cowie 0 10 R.Buchan c Kent b Burke 0 b Burke 8 11 R.K.Hatch c sub (O.C.Cleal) b Burke 3 b Cowie 26 Extras b 2, lb 3, nb 1 6 b 9, lb 5 14 —— —— 130 120 FoW (1): 1-21 (2), 2-39 (1), 3-68 (4), 4-78 (5), 5-107, 6-110, 7-115, 8-116, 9-122, 10-130 FoW (2): 1-8 (1), 2-20 (2), 3-40, 4-44, 5-58, 6-59, 7-59, 8-64, 9-79, 10-120 Wellington Bowling O M R W Buchan 36 11 79 1 Hatch 24 2 67 2 6nb Parkin 18 3 57 1 Browne 14 0 53 1 Crawford 15.3 2 46 2 Auckland Bowling O M R W O M R W Cowie 13 2 37 1 22 7 33 5 Emery 5 1 12 0 2 2 0 0 Cleverley 19 5 54 4 10 2 35 1 Kerr 4 1 4 0 Burke 15.5 7 17 4 1nb (4) 22 9 38 4 Umpires: R.W.Mitchell and O.R.Montgomery. Toss: Auckland Close of Play: 1st day: Wellington (1) 39-2 (Crawford 12*, Burnette 0*); 2nd day: Wellington (2) 115-9 (Browne 12*, Hatch 24*). The match was scheduled for four days but completed in three. 51