First-Class Cricket Matches 1947

WELLINGTON v AUCKLAND Played at Basin Reserve, Wellington, December 25, 26, 27, 28, 1946. Match drawn. (Points: Wellington 4, Auckland 2) WELLINGTON 1 †E.W.T.Tindill c Sutcliffe b Burke 91 (2) b Wiles 3 2 S.A.McVicar c and b Sutcliffe 42 (1) b Wiles 10 3 R.E.J.Menzies lbw b Cowie 4 lbw b Hayes 15 4 F.R.Crawford c Wallace b Burke 11 b Cowie 21 5 J.A.Ongley c Wiles b Hayes 98 c Sutcliffe b Cowie 1 6 W.G.Rainbird c Burke b Wiles 29 b Cowie 2 7 D.S.Wilson b Hayes 33 lbw b Wiles 33 8 S.R.O’Neill st Edmonds b Sutcliffe 33 b Cowie 11 9 *A.M.Matheson b Wiles 20 (10) b Cowie 5 10 H.B.Cave b Wiles 3 (9) c Scott b Cowie 1 11 T.A.Downes not out 3 not out 22 Extras b 9, lb 13 22 b 4, lb 6, w 1 11 —— —— 389 135 FoW (1): 1-121 (2), 2-132 (3), 3-153 (4), 4-156 (1), 5-231 (6), 6-276 (7), 7-339 (8), 8-372 (5), 9-384 (9), 10-389 (10) FoW (2): 1-8 (2), 2-21 (1), 3-53 (4), 4-55 (3), 5-57 (5), 6-68 (6), 7-80 (8), 8-86 (9), 9-104 (10), 10-135 (7) AUCKLAND 1 P.E.Whitelaw c McVicar b O’Neill 13 not out 13 2 G.C.Burgess c Tindill b Crawford 25 not out 3 3 V.J.Scott c Tindill b Wilson 79 4 *W.M.Wallace c O’Neill b Cave 86 5 B.Sutcliffe c Cave b Wilson 21 6 D.D.Taylor c McVicar b Wilson 10 7 A.V.Wiles not out 8 8 C.Burke c O’Neill b Wilson 0 9 †D.B.Edmonds b Wilson 0 10 J.Cowie c sub (M.D.Meech) b Cave 4 11 J.A.Hayes c Tindill b Wilson 2 Extras b 10, lb 6 16 —— —— 264 (no wicket) 16 FoW (1): 1-25 (1), 2-75 (2), 3-217 (4), 4-218 (3), 5-250 (6), 6-251 (5), 7-251 (8), 8-251 (9), 9-258 (10), 10-264 (11) Auckland Bowling O M R W O M R W Cowie 55 11 105 1 25 6 61 6 Wiles 40.3 9 88 3 23.5 9 49 3 Scott 5 2 13 0 Hayes 26 7 70 2 (3) 3 1 7 1 Burke 34 12 52 2 (4) 3 0 7 0 1w Sutcliffe 20 6 36 2 Taylor 2 1 3 0 Wellington Bowling O M R W O M R W Downes 22 7 39 0 O’Neill 21 7 35 1 2 0 5 0 Wilson 24.1 6 44 6 (1) 3 1 2 0 Cave 25 6 64 2 3 1 5 0 Crawford 12 0 46 1 Matheson 11 4 20 0 Rainbird (3) 3 0 4 0 Umpires: M.F.Pengelly and J.B.Watson. Toss: Wellington Close of Play: 1st day: Wellington (1) 83-0 (Tindill 51*, McVicar 28*); 2nd day: Wellington (1) 356-7 (Ongley 90*, Matheson 6*); 3rd day: Auckland (1) 222-4 (Sutcliffe 3*, Taylor 1*). 47