FIrst-Class Cricket Matches 1946

NEW ZEALAND v AUSTRALIA Played at Basin Reserve, Wellington, March 29, 30, 1946. Australia won by an innings and 103 runs. NEW ZEALAND 1 *W.A.Hadlee c Miller b Toshack 6 b Miller 3 2 W.M.Anderson b Lindwall 4 b Lindwall 1 3 V.J.Scott c Barnes b O’Reilly 14 c Tallon b Miller 4 4 W.M.Wallace c Barnes b Toshack 10 run out 14 5 †E.W.T.Tindill b Toshack 1 lbw b Toshack 13 6 C.G.Rowe b O’Reilly 0 b O’Reilly 0 7 L.A.Butterfield lbw b O’Reilly 0 lbw b O’Reilly 0 8 D.A.N.McRae c Hassett b O’Reilly 0 (9) c Meuleman b McCool 8 9 C.Burke lbw b Toshack 1 (8) b Toshack 3 10 J.Cowie st Tallon b O’Reilly 2 c Toshack b O’Reilly 0 11 D.C.Cleverley not out 1 not out 1 Extras b 3 3 b 5, nb 2 7 —— —— 42 54 FoW (1): 1-7 (2), 2-15 (1), 3-37 (4), 4-37 (3), 5-37 (6), 6-37 (7), 7-37 (8), 8-39 (9), 9-40 (5), 10-42 (10) FoW (2): 1-3 (1), 2-5 (2), 3-12 (3), 4-36 (5), 5-37 (6), 6-37 (4), 7-39 (7), 8-41 (8), 9-42 (10), 10-54 (9) AUSTRALIA 1 *W.A.Brown c Rowe b Burke 67 2 K.D.Meuleman b Cowie 0 3 S.G.Barnes b Cowie 54 4 K.R.Miller c Hadlee b Burke 30 5 A.L.Hassett c Tindill b Cowie 19 6 C.L.McCool c Hadlee b Cowie 7 7 I.W.G.Johnson not out 7 8 †D.Tallon c Scott b Cowie 5 9 R.R.Lindwall c Anderson b Cowie 0 10 W.J.O’Reilly 11 E.R.H.Toshack Extras b 5, lb 3, nb 2 10 —— (8 wickets, declared) 199 FoW (1): 1-9 (2), 2-118 (1), 3-142 (3), 4-174 (5), 5-186 (4), 6-186 (6), 7-196 (8), 8-199 (9) Australia Bowling O M R W O M R W Lindwall 8 1 13 1 9 3 16 1 Toshack 19 13 12 4 10 5 6 2 O’Reilly 12 5 14 5 7 1 19 3 Miller (4) 6 2 6 2 McCool (5) 0.2 0 0 1 New Zealand Bowling O M R W McRae 14 3 44 0 Cowie 21 8 40 6 Cleverley 15 1 51 0 Butterfield 13 6 24 0 Burke 11 2 30 2 Umpires: H.W.Gourlay and M.F.Pengelly. Toss: New Zealand Close of Play: 1st day: Australia (1) 149-3 (Miller 14*, Hassett 6*). The match was scheduled for four days but completed in two. This was New Zealand’s first Test match against Australia. 89