FIrst-Class Cricket Matches 1946

WELLINGTON v AUSTRALIANS Played at Basin Reserve, Wellington, March 22, 23, 25, 1946. Australians won by an innings and 160 runs. WELLINGTON 1 †E.W.T.Tindill c and b Miller 8 c Tallon b Toshack 36 2 H.F.Rice b Toshack 0 lbw b Toshack 17 3 J.A.Ongley c Dooland b Toshack 0 c McCool b Toshack 5 4 C.G.Rowe c Tallon b Dooland 22 c Hassett b McCool 12 5 F.R.Crawford b Johnson 12 lbw b Toshack 40 6 *J.R.Lamason c Tallon b Johnson 5 c Johnson b Barnes 18 7 D.S.Wilson run out (Tallon) 12 (8) run out (Tallon) 7 8 R.T.Barber b Dooland 2 (7) c McCool b Toshack 0 9 R.K.Hatch lbw b Dooland 8 c Hassett b Toshack 8 10 T.A.Downes c Brown b Johnson 2 run out 0 11 R.Buchan not out 1 not out 0 Extras b 17, lb 5 22 b 13, lb 5 18 —— —— 94 161 FoW (1): 1-6 (2), 2-6 (3), 3-30 (1), 4-54 (5), 5-66 (6), 6-68 (4), 7-82 (8), 8-84 (7), 9-89 (10), 10-94 (9) FoW (2): 1-36 (2), 2-46 (3), 3-63 (4), 4-121 (1), 5-126 (5), 6-126 (7), 7-153 (6), 8-153 (8), 9-161 (10), 10-161 (9) AUSTRALIANS 1 *W.A.Brown c Tindill b Downes 34 2 K.D.Meuleman b Hatch 11 3 S.G.Barnes b Lamason 46 4 R.A.Hamence c Tindill b Downes 46 5 K.R.Miller b Buchan 46 6 C.L.McCool b Buchan 44 7 A.L.Hassett b Buchan 114 8 I.W.G.Johnson c Wilson b Lamason 22 9 †D.Tallon not out 28 10 B.Dooland b Buchan 2 11 E.R.H.Toshack run out 2 Extras b 12, lb 8 20 —— 415 FoW (1): 1-23 (2), 2-64 (1), 3-106 (3), 4-158 (4), 5-224 (5), 6-263 (6), 7-347 (8), 8-403 (7), 9-411 (10), 10-415 (11) Australians Bowling O M R W O M R W Miller 8 5 7 1 5 1 8 0 Toshack 11 4 18 2 26 12 40 6 Johnson 12 2 31 3 10 2 18 0 Dooland 9 2 16 3 6 0 19 0 McCool (5) 19 8 33 1 Barnes (6) 7 1 25 1 Wellington Bowling O M R W Hatch 30 9 60 1 Downes 36 7 101 2 Buchan 42.1 9 99 4 Lamason 26 5 71 2 Wilson 13 3 31 0 Crawford 6 0 33 0 Umpires: T.W.Dick and M.F.Pengelly. Toss: Wellington Close of Play: 1st day: Australians (1) 158-4 (Miller 18*, McCool 0*); 2nd day: Wellington (2) 27-0 (Tindill 13*, Rice 11*). The match was scheduled for four days but completed in three. 87