First-Class Cricket Matches 1947

OTAGO v M.C.C. Played at Carisbrook, Dunedin, March 15, 17, 18, 1947. Match drawn. OTAGO 1 *W.A.Hadlee c Hammond b Pollard 12 lbw b Pollard 47 2 B.Sutcliffe c and b Edrich 197 c Compton b Wright 128 3 G.H.Mills b Pollard 32 c Ikin b Wright 14 4 A.W.Roberts c Evans b Bedser 0 b Wright 1 5 R.H.Robinson b Pollard 17 b Voce 20 6 D.S.St John b Bedser 6 c Pollard b Bedser 25 7 L.D.Smith c Edrich b Voce 12 c Edrich b Bedser 6 8 J.M.O’Sullivan b Pollard 4 not out 0 9 A.W.McDougall not out 16 10 †I.W.Gallaway b Edrich 0 11 G.W.F.Overton c Evans b Bedser 4 Extras b 12, lb 20, nb 8 40 b 8, lb 9, nb 4 21 —— —— 340 (7 wickets, declared) 262 FoW (1): 1-35 (1), 2-154 (3), 3-155 (4), 4-203 (5), 5-224 (6), 6-249 (7), 7-293 (8), 8-322 (2), 9-322 (10), 10-340 (11) FoW (2): 1-139 (1), 2-195 (3), 3-204 (2), 4-210 (4), 5-238 (5), 6-261 (6), 7-262 (7) M.C.C. 1 N.W.D.Yardley b McDougall 126 c and b Roberts 8 2 L.B.Fishlock c Hadlee b McDougall 3 b McDougall 4 3 W.J.Edrich b Roberts 1 (4) c Sutcliffe b Roberts 26 4 D.C.S.Compton c O’Sullivan b McDougall 7 (5) st Gallaway b Smith 27 5 *W.R.Hammond c Mills b Overton 33 (6) c Hadlee b McDougall 4 6 J.T.Ikin not out 102 (7) not out 48 7 †T.G.Evans c O’Sullivan b Robinson 101 (3) c Robinson b McDougall 64 8 A.V.Bedser not out 6 b McDougall 25 9 W.Voce c McDougall b Roberts 1 10 D.V.P.Wright run out 3 11 R.Pollard Extras b 3, lb 2, nb 1 6 b 4, lb 2 6 —— —— (6 wickets, declared) 385 (9 wickets) 216 FoW (1): 1-7 (2), 2-8 (3), 3-26 (4), 4-91 (5), 5-207 (1), 6-378 (7) FoW (2): 1-5 (2), 2-21 (1), 3-90 (4), 4-129 (5), 5-133 (3), 6-145 (6), 7-203 (8), 8-206 (9), 9-216 (10) M.C.C. Bowling O M R W O M R W Voce 14 2 51 1 2nb 12 1 34 1 1nb Bedser 30 5 76 3 1nb 14.4 1 39 2 1nb Pollard 32 9 92 4 5nb 14 2 62 1 2nb Wright 19 4 60 0 11 1 83 3 Yardley 3 0 7 0 6 1 15 0 Edrich 6 1 14 2 2 1 4 0 Compton (7) 1 0 4 0 Otago Bowling O M R W O M R W McDougall 24 4 98 3 (2) 13 0 62 4 Roberts 19 3 73 1 (1) 12 1 56 3 Overton 15 3 46 1 1nb 4 0 32 0 Robinson 17 2 68 1 Smith 13 0 75 0 (4) 6 0 45 1 Sutcliffe 3 0 10 0 Hadlee 2 0 9 0 O’Sullivan (5) 3 0 15 0 Umpires: H.T.Drees and P.Thomson. Toss: Otago Close of Play: 1st day: Otago (1) 322-9 (McDougall 5*, 94.4 overs); 2nd day: M.C.C. (1) 385-6d. B.Sutcliffe’s 197 took 320 minutes and included 23 fours and 1 six. N.W.D.Yardley’s 126 took 177 minutes and included 18 fours. J.T.Ikin’s 102 took 180 minutes and included 9 fours. T.G.Evans’s 101 took 80 minutes and included 15 fours and 1 six. B.Sutcliffe’s 128 included 19 fours. 104