FIrst-Class Cricket Matches 1946

AUCKLAND v AUSTRALIANS Played at Eden Park, Auckland, March 1, 2, 4, 5, 1946. Australians won by an innings and 180 runs. AUSTRALIANS 1 *W.A.Brown b Burke 68 2 K.D.Meuleman run out (Pearson/Kerr) 53 3 S.G.Barnes b Kerr 107 4 K.R.Miller b Cowie 139 5 A.L.Hassett c Emery b Cleverley 121 6 †D.Tallon run out (W.M.Wallace/Kent) 31 7 I.W.G.Johnson not out 28 8 R.R.Lindwall b Cleverley 6 9 B.Dooland run out (Pearson) 2 10 W.J.O’Reilly c G.F.Wallace b Burke 1 11 E.R.H.Toshack run out 6 Extras b 15, lb 2 17 —— 579 FoW (1): 1-96 (2), 2-177 (1), 3-282 (3), 4-440 (4), 5-494 (6), 6-550 (5), 7-562 (8), 8-565 (9), 9-566 (10), 10-579 (11) AUCKLAND 1 P.E.Whitelaw c Lindwall b O’Reilly 8 c Barnes b Johnson 16 2 H.T.Pearson b Lindwall 7 b Toshack 8 3 A.C.Kerr lbw b Toshack 16 c Tallon b Toshack 47 4 *W.M.Wallace b Toshack 22 b O’Reilly 78 5 V.J.Scott not out 41 not out 56 6 G.F.Wallace b O’Reilly 17 lbw b O’Reilly 5 7 R.W.G.Emery lbw b Toshack 5 c Lindwall b O’Reilly 17 8 C.Burke lbw b Toshack 3 b Lindwall 3 9 †L.A.W.Kent lbw b O’Reilly 6 b O’Reilly 0 10 J.Cowie b Toshack 0 b O’Reilly 0 11 D.C.Cleverley lbw b O’Reilly 0 run out 0 Extras b 7, lb 5, nb 1 13 b 12, lb 16, nb 3 31 —— —— 138 261 FoW (1): 1-9 (2), 2-26 (1), 3-36 (3), 4-72 (4), 5-95 (6), 6-100 (7), 7-116 (8), 8-131 (9), 9-132 (10), 10-138 (11) FoW (2): 1-12 (2), 2-45 (1), 3-120 (3), 4-195 (4), 5-211 (6), 6-239 (7), 7-254 (8), 8-257 (9), 9-257 (10), 10-261 (11) Auckland Bowling O M R W Cowie 49 7 153 1 Emery 12 4 45 0 Cleverley 38.5 11 118 2 Burke 39 3 140 2 Kerr 40 5 106 1 Australians Bowling O M R W O M R W Lindwall 7 1 14 1 26 6 45 1 Toshack 25 9 27 5 34 11 64 2 O’Reilly 22 6 51 4 29 12 52 5 Dooland 14 1 33 0 15 1 41 0 Johnson (5) 9 2 20 1 Barnes (6) 4 0 8 0 Umpires: R.W.Mitchell and O.R.Montgomery. Toss: Australians Close of Play: 1st day: Australians (1) 366-3 (Miller 99*, Hassett 28*); 2nd day: Auckland (1) 51-3 (W.M.Wallace 6*, Scott 10*); 3rd day: Auckland (2) 153-3 (W.M.Wallace 54*, Scott 14*). S.G.Barnes’s 107 included 13 fours. K.R.Miller’s 139 took 226 minutes and included 13 fours and 1 six. A.L.Hassett’s 121 took 246 minutes and included 15 fours. 75