First-Class Cricket Matches 1947

CANTERBURY v OTAGO Played at Lancaster Park, Christchurch, December 25, 26, 27, 28, 1946. Match drawn. (Points: Canterbury 4, Otago 2) OTAGO 1 *W.A.Hadlee b Parks 44 lbw b Parks 13 2 †G.H.Mills lbw b Parks 10 c Britton b Scott 36 3 L.D.Smith c Britton b Parks 9 (9) not out 2 4 L.Watt run out 3 (8) lbw b Cromb 25 5 A.W.Roberts b Burtt 44 (3) not out 110 6 A.S.H.Cutler c Smith b Parks 3 (4) b Burtt 38 7 R.H.Robinson c Carston b Parks 2 (5) b Parks 13 8 T.A.Freeman st Britton b Burtt 0 (7) c Anderson b Scott 12 9 D.J.Blakely c Cromb b Burtt 17 (6) lbw b Scott 10 10 A.W.McDougall not out 2 11 G.W.F.Overton Extras b 9, lb 4, nb 1 14 b 6, lb 6, nb 3 15 —— —— (9 wickets, declared) 148 (7 wickets) 274 FoW (1): 1-27 (2), 2-50 (3), 3-61 (4), 4-85 (1), 5-103 (6), 6-105 (7), 7-108 (8), 8-139 (5), 9-148 (9) FoW (2): 1-48 (2), 2-62 (1), 3-107 (4), 4-126 (5), 5-146 (6), 6-167 (7), 7-264 (8) CANTERBURY 1 *I.B.Cromb c Mills b Overton 29 2 W.M.Anderson lbw b Robinson 53 3 W.Pollitt c Roberts b Overton 0 4 R.C.S.A.Shand c Smith b Overton 0 5 J.H.Parks b Smith 0 6 F.B.Smith c Blakely b Freeman 77 7 T.B.Burtt lbw b McDougall 19 8 R.H.Scott c and b Robinson 86 9 A.T.Burgess b Freeman 41 10 E.C.Carston not out 4 11 †A.E.L.Britton b Freeman 8 Extras b 11, lb 3, nb 2 16 —— 333 FoW (1): 1-61 (1), 2-61 (3), 3-61 (4), 4-62 (5), 5-142 (2), 6-175 (6), 7-223 (7), 8-318 (9), 9-322 (8), 10-333 (11) Canterbury Bowling O M R W O M R W Parks 40 19 62 5 41 15 81 2 Scott 13 2 29 0 1nb 32 12 55 3 2nb Burtt 27.5 11 43 3 (5) 21 3 57 1 Carston (3) 16 5 24 0 Anderson (4) 1 0 4 0 Burgess (6) 6 3 13 0 1nb Cromb (7) 6 2 13 1 Pollitt (8) 6 1 12 0 Otago Bowling O M R W McDougall 29 10 59 1 Roberts 25 8 32 0 Smith 31 11 53 1 Robinson 23 2 64 2 Overton 22 7 63 3 2nb Freeman 14 3 32 3 Cutler 2 1 4 0 Hadlee 4 0 10 0 Umpires: T.W.Burgess and H.W.Gourlay. Toss: Otago Close of Play: 1st day: Otago (1) 61-3 (Hadlee 32*, Roberts 0*); 2nd day: Canterbury (1) 62-4 (Anderson 25*, Smith 0*); 3rd day: Otago (2) 44-0 (Hadlee 9*, Mills 32*). G.W.F.Overton took a hat-trick in the Canterbury first innings (Cromb, Pollitt, Shand). 44