FIrst-Class Cricket Matches 1946

CANTERBURY v AUSTRALIANS Played at Lancaster Park, Christchurch, March 8, 9, 11, 1946. Australians won by an innings and 35 runs. AUSTRALIANS 1 *W.A.Brown c McRae b Cromb 137 2 K.D.Meuleman c Burtt b McRae 61 3 S.G.Barnes c McRae b Scott 48 4 R.A.Hamence run out (Sharp) 11 5 K.R.Miller b Burtt 42 6 A.L.Hassett c Butterfield b O’Brien 43 7 C.L.McCool lbw b Burtt 13 8 †D.Tallon not out 38 9 R.R.Lindwall b Scott 2 10 W.J.O’Reilly not out 7 11 E.R.H.Toshack Extras b 6, lb 5, nb 2 13 —— (8 wickets, declared) 415 FoW (1): 1-144 (2), 2-229 (3), 3-259 (1), 4-288 (4), 5-328 (5), 6-344 (7), 7-386 (6), 8-393 (9) CANTERBURY 1 *I.B.Cromb c Brown b Lindwall 19 c McCool b Toshack 6 2 W.M.Anderson c Barnes b O’Reilly 61 c Hamence b Lindwall 12 3 J.Smith b Lindwall 6 b Miller 8 4 F.P.O’Brien c Lindwall b McCool 12 b Miller 2 5 L.A.Butterfield b McCool 4 b McCool 14 6 R.C.S.A.Shand b Barnes 18 c Tallon b McCool 60 7 R.H.Scott c Toshack b O’Reilly 1 b Lindwall 30 8 T.M.Sharp b O’Reilly 3 lbw b Toshack 25 9 T.B.Burtt b Barnes 5 c and b Barnes 32 10 D.A.N.McRae lbw b Barnes 0 c Lindwall b Barnes 28 11 †A.E.L.Britton not out 4 not out 5 Extras b 5, lb 2, nb 1 8 b 10, lb 5, nb 2 17 —— —— 141 239 FoW (1): 1-52 (1), 2-66 (3), 3-105 (2), 4-109 (4), 5-112 (5), 6-113 (7), 7-126 (8), 8-136 (9), 9-136 (10), 10-141 (6) FoW (2): 1-12 (1), 2-18 (2), 3-28 (3), 4-33 (4), 5-83 (5), 6-136 (6), 7-148 (7), 8-184 (8), 9-228 (10), 10-239 (9) Canterbury Bowling O M R W McRae 34 13 76 1 Burtt 23 1 108 2 Butterfield 28 5 68 0 Scott 28 4 86 2 Sharp 6 0 32 0 Cromb 2 0 15 1 O’Brien 7 2 17 1 Australians Bowling O M R W O M R W Lindwall 17 5 35 2 13 2 45 2 2nb Toshack 17 6 20 0 19 2 51 2 O’Reilly 16 6 28 3 1nb 4 0 5 0 McCool 18 3 50 2 16 0 81 2 Barnes 2.1 2 0 3 13.1 3 34 2 Miller (6) 4 0 6 2 Umpires: T.W.Burgess and H.W.Gourlay. Toss: Australians Close of Play: 1st day: Australians (1) 415-8 (Tallon 38*, O’Reilly 7*); 2nd day: Canterbury (2) 136-6 (Scott 23*). The match was scheduled for four days but completed in three. W.A.Brown’s 137 took 204 minutes. 79