First-Class Cricket Matches 1947

NEW ZEALAND v ENGLAND Played at Lancaster Park, Christchurch, March 21, 22, 24, 25, 1947. Match drawn. NEW ZEALAND 1 *W.A.Hadlee c Bedser b Yardley 116 2 B.Sutcliffe c Evans b Bedser 58 3 V.J.Scott c Hammond b Pollard 18 4 W.M.Wallace c Evans b Bedser 9 5 D.D.Taylor lbw b Bedser 12 6 F.B.Smith b Bedser 18 7 †E.W.T.Tindill b Pollard 1 8 R.H.Scott b Edrich 18 9 J.Cowie b Pollard 45 10 T.B.Burtt not out 24 11 C.A.Snedden Extras b 10, lb 11, nb 5 26 —— (9 wickets, declared) 345 FoW (1): 1-133 (2), 2-195 (1), 3-212 (4), 4-212 (3), 5-234 (6), 6-238 (7), 7-258 (5), 8-281 (8), 9-345 (9) ENGLAND 1 C.Washbrook c Smith b Cowie 2 2 N.W.D.Yardley b Cowie 22 3 W.J.Edrich c Taylor b R.H.Scott 42 4 D.C.S.Compton b Cowie 38 5 *W.R.Hammond c Sutcliffe b Cowie 79 6 J.T.Ikin c Tindill b Cowie 45 7 †T.G.Evans not out 21 8 T.P.B.Smith c sub (C.Burke) b Cowie 1 9 A.V.Bedser not out 8 10 D.V.P.Wright 11 R.Pollard Extras b 5, lb 1, nb 1 7 —— (7 wickets, declared) 265 FoW (1): 1-2 (1), 2-46 (2), 3-79 (3), 4-125 (4), 5-222 (6), 6-241 (5), 7-249 (8) England Bowling O M R W Bedser 39 5 95 4 Pollard 29.4 8 73 3 Edrich 11 2 35 1 Wright 13 1 61 0 Smith 6 0 43 0 Yardley 4 0 12 1 New Zealand Bowling O M R W Cowie 30 4 83 6 R.H.Scott 23 3 74 1 Burtt 14 1 55 0 Snedden 16 5 46 0 Umpires: O.R.Montgomery and M.F.Pengelly. Toss: England Close of Play: 1st day: New Zealand (1) 306-8 (Cowie 24*, Burtt 9*); 2nd day: England (1) 265-7 (Evans 21*, Bedser 8*); 3rd day: No play. There was no play on the final day. W.A.Hadlee’s 116 took 167 minutes and included 11 fours. C.S.Dempster, originally selected for this match, withdrew on the night before due to an eye injury. 106