First-Class Cricket Matches 1947

AUCKLAND v OTAGO Played at Eden Park, Auckland, January 1, 2, 3, 4, 1947. Auckland won by one wicket. (Points: Auckland 8, Otago 0) OTAGO 1 *W.A.Hadlee b Cowie 17 c Burke b Snedden 166 2 †G.H.Mills c Kent b Cowie 19 b Wiles 35 3 A.S.H.Cutler c Taylor b Snedden 9 lbw b Cowie 4 4 A.W.Roberts c Kent b Sutcliffe 9 lbw b Sutcliffe 7 5 R.H.Robinson c Snedden b Cowie 26 c and b Sutcliffe 74 6 D.S.St John b Cowie 28 lbw b Cowie 31 7 J.W.Blakely c Cowie b Burke 0 st Kent b Burke 0 8 T.A.Freeman c Taylor b Snedden 16 c Wallace b Taylor 13 9 L.D.Smith b Snedden 3 b Cowie 60 10 A.W.McDougall c Taylor b Snedden 14 run out 6 11 G.W.F.Overton not out 0 not out 13 Extras b 9, lb 3 12 b 16, lb 7 23 —— —— 153 432 FoW (1): 1-33 (2), 2-44 (1), 3-53 (3), 4-65 (4), 5-110 (5), 6-111 (7), 7-117 (6), 8-129 (9), 9-144 (8), 10-153 (10) FoW (2): 1-88 (2), 2-101 (3), 3-118 (4), 4-263 (5), 5-313 (1), 6-314 (7), 7-343 (8), 8-359 (6), 9-372 (10), 10-432 (9) AUCKLAND 1 P.E.Whitelaw b Overton 11 c Roberts b Overton 11 2 G.C.Burgess c St John b Robinson 12 lbw b Robinson 13 3 V.J.Scott c Mills b Overton 56 (9) not out 16 4 *W.M.Wallace b Robinson 58 (6) lbw b McDougall 17 5 B.Sutcliffe c Roberts b McDougall 71 (4) c St John b McDougall 74 6 D.D.Taylor b Robinson 70 (3) c St John b McDougall 27 7 A.V.Wiles lbw b McDougall 5 (5) b McDougall 40 8 †L.A.W.Kent c Roberts b Freeman 17 (10) c Roberts b Overton 5 9 C.Burke b McDougall 17 (7) c McDougall b Overton 13 10 C.A.Snedden c Blakely b Overton 14 (8) c McDougall b Overton 9 11 J.Cowie not out 0 not out 8 Extras b 5, lb 13 18 b 1, lb 3 4 —— —— 349 (9 wickets) 237 FoW (1): 1-26 (1), 2-46 (2), 3-131 (4), 4-190 (3), 5-233 (5), 6-239 (7), 7-274 (8), 8-316 (9), 9-349 (6), 10-349 (10) FoW (2): 1-20 (1), 2-26 (2), 3-76 (3), 4-165 (5), 5-172 (4), 6-188 (6), 7-204 (7), 8-213 (8), 9-227 (10) Auckland Bowling O M R W O M R W Snedden 19.4 9 34 4 (3) 30 7 83 1 Cowie 24 8 58 4 (1) 44.4 12 113 3 Sutcliffe 4 1 13 1 (5) 23 8 47 2 Burke 14 5 21 1 36 6 77 1 Wiles 11 6 15 0 (2) 32 10 81 1 Taylor (6) 3 0 8 1 Otago Bowling O M R W O M R W Overton 39.1 11 78 3 (2) 23.5 6 57 4 Robinson 28 6 64 3 (3) 14 2 38 1 McDougall 32 6 68 3 (1) 21 7 44 4 Smith 19 4 52 0 (5) 11 2 40 0 Roberts 19 7 35 0 (4) 19 4 50 0 Hadlee 1 0 1 0 Freeman 13 1 33 1 (6) 1 0 4 0 Umpires: J.C.Harris and R.W.Mitchell. Toss: Otago Close of Play: 1st day: Auckland (1) 86-2 (Scott 31*, Wallace 25*); 2nd day: Otago (2) 36-0 (Hadlee 20*, Mills 13*); 3rd day: Otago (2) 359-8 (Smith 9*). W.A.Hadlee’s 166 took 322 minutes and included 13 fours. In the Otago second innings, L.A.W.Kent was hit on the head by a delivery from A.V.Wiles and had to leave the field 50 minutes before stumps on the third day with G.C.Burgess taking over as wicketkeeper. 57