First-Class Cricket Matches 1947

WELLINGTON v CANTERBURY Played at Basin Reserve, Wellington, January 1, 2, 3, 4, 1947. Wellington won by 132 runs. (Points: Wellington 8, Canterbury 0) WELLINGTON 1 *†E.W.T.Tindill lbw b Scott 20 b Scott 12 2 S.A.McVicar run out (Pollitt) 18 c Parks b Scott 0 3 R.E.J.Menzies lbw b Cromb 19 c Small b Parks 40 4 F.R.Crawford b Parks 11 (6) lbw b Burtt 54 5 J.A.Ongley c Britton b Parks 25 (4) lbw b Scott 0 6 C.S.Dempster b Scott 8 (5) c Pollitt b Scott 104 7 M.D.Meech st Britton b Burtt 13 b Parks 4 8 D.S.Wilson c Pollitt b Scott 90 (9) c Scott b Parks 1 9 S.R.O’Neill lbw b Burtt 5 (10) not out 23 10 A.M.Matheson c Anderson b Parks 13 (11) c Parks b Scott 3 11 H.B.Cave not out 1 (8) c Cromb b Scott 6 Extras b 5, lb 10, w 1, nb 4 20 b 5, lb 3, nb 4 12 —— —— 243 259 FoW (1): 1-35 (2), 2-42 (1), 3-63 (4), 4-87 (3), 5-108 (5), 6-108 (6), 7-144 (7), 8-154 (9), 9-228 (10), 10-243 (8) FoW (2): 1-1 (2), 2-37 (1), 3-40 (4), 4-93 (3), 5-197 (6), 6-212 (7), 7-231 (8), 8-232 (5), 9-246 (9), 10-259 (11) CANTERBURY 1 *I.B.Cromb c and b O’Neill 9 c McVicar b Cave 78 2 W.M.Anderson c O’Neill b Cave 6 (5) run out 29 3 W.Pollitt b Cave 10 c O’Neill b Wilson 40 4 T.B.Burtt c Meech b Cave 7 (9) c McVicar b O’Neill 2 5 P.A.T.Small b Cave 45 (10) c Tindill b Wilson 10 6 J.H.Parks lbw b Matheson 9 (2) lbw b Wilson 10 7 R.C.S.A.Shand c Tindill b Cave 0 (4) c Matheson b Cave 1 8 F.B.Smith b Wilson 16 (6) run out 13 9 R.H.Scott b O’Neill 21 (7) lbw b O’Neill 2 10 A.T.Burgess b Cave 10 (8) c Wilson b O’Neill 25 11 †A.E.L.Britton not out 2 not out 0 Extras b 7, lb 3 10 b 6, lb 9 15 —— —— 145 225 FoW (1): 1-17 (1), 2-19 (2), 3-30 (3), 4-50 (4), 5-81 (6), 6-82 (7), 7-106 (8), 8-108 (5), 9-133 (10), 10-145 (9) FoW (2): 1-28 (2), 2-92 (3), 3-96 (4), 4-142 (5), 5-159 (6), 6-163 (7), 7-205 (1), 8-214 (8), 9-219 (9), 10-225 (10) Canterbury Bowling O M R W O M R W Parks 44 12 79 3 (2) 30 6 72 3 Scott 28 6 66 3 3nb (1) 29.5 3 99 6 3nb Burtt 22 4 39 2 18 1 41 1 Cromb 7 0 18 1 3 0 13 0 1nb Small 3 2 2 0 2 0 6 0 Pollitt 3 1 7 0 1w (7) 1 0 6 0 Anderson 6 2 12 0 1nb (8) 1 0 3 0 Burgess (6) 3 1 7 0 Wellington Bowling O M R W O M R W Wilson 12 3 22 1 28.4 7 50 3 O’Neill 22.1 7 47 2 29 9 51 3 Cave 29 8 44 6 (4) 29 5 72 2 Matheson 10 3 22 1 (3) 18 4 26 0 Crawford 1 1 0 0 (6) 2 0 8 0 Meech (5) 1 0 3 0 Umpires: F.W.Harris-Daw and M.Malden. Toss: Wellington Close of Play: 1st day: Canterbury (1) 30-3 (Burtt 0*, Small 0*); 2nd day: Wellington (2) 211-5 (Dempster 89*, Meech 4*); 3rd day: Canterbury (2) 214-7 (Burgess 25*, Burtt 2*). C.S.Dempster’s 104 took 171 minutes and included 8 fours. 62