FIrst-Class Cricket Matches 1946

OTAGO v AUSTRALIANS Played at Carisbrook, Dunedin, March 15, 16, 18, 19, 1946. Australians won by eight wickets. OTAGO 1 W.A.Hadlee c Dooland b Johnson 28 c and b Dooland 198 2 †G.H.Mills c McCool b O’Reilly 25 c Tallon b Lindwall 19 3 T.C.Fraser lbw b O’Reilly 6 b O’Reilly 0 4 C.V.Shirley c Dooland b O’Reilly 16 b O’Reilly 10 5 L.A.Milnes b Johnson 0 lbw b O’Reilly 19 6 A.W.Roberts c and b Johnson 6 c Johnson b McCool 10 7 *L.D.Smith not out 31 c Tallon b Barnes 40 8 T.A.Freeman lbw b O’Reilly 0 st Tallon b O’Reilly 12 9 A.W.McDougall c Brown b Johnson 25 lbw b Barnes 0 10 L.J.Groves c McCool b Dooland 15 run out 18 11 G.W.F.Overton b Barnes 0 not out 0 Extras b 1, lb 13, nb 2 16 b 16, lb 2, nb 3 21 —— —— 168 347 FoW (1): 1-59 (2), 2-63 (1), 3-76 (3), 4-77 (5), 5-85 (4), 6-91 (6), 7-92 (8), 8-119 (9), 9-161 (10), 10-168 (11) FoW (2): 1-41 (2), 2-46 (3), 3-68 (4), 4-100 (5), 5-137 (6), 6-256 (7), 7-278 (8), 8-279 (9), 9-332 (10), 10-347 (1) AUSTRALIANS 1 *W.A.Brown lbw b Roberts 106 c Overton b McDougall 31 2 K.D.Meuleman c Hadlee b Smith 69 c Freeman b McDougall 36 3 S.G.Barnes c Mills b Smith 9 4 R.A.Hamence c Fraser b Smith 2 (3) not out 15 5 C.L.McCool c McDougall b Roberts 75 (4) not out 9 6 A.L.Hassett c Groves b Overton 54 7 I.W.G.Johnson b Overton 41 8 †D.Tallon c Groves b Overton 21 9 R.R.Lindwall lbw b McDougall 22 10 B.Dooland c Shirley b Freeman 15 11 W.J.O’Reilly not out 0 Extras b 1, lb 5 6 b 4, lb 1 5 —— —— 420 (2 wickets) 96 FoW (1): 1-118 (2), 2-130 (3), 3-136 (4), 4-224 (1), 5-295 (5), 6-340 (6), 7-371 (7), 8-390 (8), 9-412 (9), 10-420 (10) FoW (2): 1-60 (1), 2-80 (2) Australians Bowling O M R W O M R W Lindwall 12 3 19 0 32 10 72 1 3nb Hassett 5 0 21 0 Johnson 23 4 47 4 (2) 21 1 63 0 O’Reilly 24 7 39 4 2nb (3) 27 3 89 4 Dooland 8 2 25 1 (4) 10.3 1 26 1 Barnes 0.5 0 1 1 (5) 13 2 24 2 McCool (6) 10 2 20 1 Hamence (7) 11 2 32 0 Otago Bowling O M R W O M R W Overton 33 8 86 3 8 0 22 0 McDougall 33 10 67 1 8 1 26 2 Roberts 26 1 56 2 6 1 24 0 Groves 22 2 94 0 0.3 0 2 0 Smith 32 2 88 3 6 1 17 0 Hadlee 2 0 15 0 Freeman 1.3 0 8 1 Umpires: H.W.Gourlay and G.F.Gunn. Toss: Otago Close of Play: 1st day: Australians (1) 94-0 (Brown 39*, Meuleman 54*); 2nd day: Otago (2) 5-0 (Hadlee 4*, Mills 1*); 3rd day: Otago (2) 306-8 (Hadlee 169*, Groves 7*). W.A.Brown’s 106 took 242 minutes and included 7 fours. W.A.Hadlee’s 198 took 374 minutes and included 18 fours and 1 six. 83