First-Class Cricket Matches 1947

AUCKLAND v CANTERBURY Played at Eden Park, Auckland, January 8, 9, 10, 11, 1947. Auckland won by six wickets. (Points: Auckland 8, Canterbury 0) CANTERBURY 1 *I.B.Cromb c Sutcliffe b Burke 61 c Scott b Snedden 0 2 J.H.Parks c Kent b Cowie 34 c Wiles b Snedden 6 3 W.Pollitt b Cowie 3 (6) c Taylor b Snedden 0 4 R.C.S.A.Shand lbw b Snedden 2 (7) c Scott b Sutcliffe 7 5 W.M.Anderson c Kent b Burke 43 (4) b Snedden 18 6 F.B.Smith c and b Burke 0 (8) c Cowie b Sutcliffe 106 7 R.H.Scott c Taylor b Burke 85 (5) c Wallace b Burke 6 8 A.T.Burgess b Snedden 28 (9) c Kent b Burke 32 9 T.B.Burtt not out 11 (3) c Scott b Snedden 2 10 †A.E.L.Britton b Cowie 5 c Wiles b Snedden 8 11 E.C.Carston c Kent b Cowie 0 not out 0 Extras b 21, lb 5, nb 1 27 b 5, lb 4 9 —— —— 299 194 FoW (1): 1-65 (2), 2-79 (3), 3-97 (4), 4-117 (1), 5-117 (6), 6-188 (5), 7-249 (8), 8-279 (7), 9-297 (10), 10-299 (11) FoW (2): 1-2 (1), 2-5 (3), 3-15 (2), 4-38 (4), 5-38 (6), 6-38 (5), 7-90 (7), 8-163 (8), 9-194 (10), 10-194 (9) AUCKLAND 1 P.E.Whitelaw b Parks 18 run out 28 2 G.C.Burgess b Parks 8 b Parks 23 3 V.J.Scott run out (Pollitt) 42 b Parks 14 4 *W.M.Wallace c Britton b Parks 15 c Cromb b Scott 2 5 B.Sutcliffe c Shand b Burtt 111 not out 62 6 D.D.Taylor lbw b Parks 0 not out 98 7 A.V.Wiles c and b Cromb 30 8 C.Burke not out 18 9 J.Cowie b Burtt 1 10 †L.A.W.Kent c Cromb b Burtt 0 11 C.A.Snedden b Burtt 0 Extras b 11, lb 2, nb 2 15 b 5, lb 3, nb 2 10 —— —— 258 (4 wickets) 237 FoW (1): 1-18 (2), 2-33 (1), 3-53 (4), 4-112 (3), 5-112 (6), 6-180 (7), 7-255 (5), 8-256 (9), 9-258 (10), 10-258 (11) FoW (2): 1-43 (2), 2-72 (1), 3-74 (4), 4-76 (3) Auckland Bowling O M R W O M R W Cowie 36.2 9 65 4 (4) 19 6 27 0 Burke 29 6 81 4 (3) 17.2 4 54 2 Snedden 45 19 82 2 1nb (1) 34 13 59 6 Wiles 19 3 43 0 (5) 8 2 20 0 Sutcliffe 2 1 1 0 (2) 12 4 25 2 Canterbury Bowling O M R W O M R W Parks 50 19 93 4 43 16 61 2 Scott 30 10 61 0 2nb 26 11 52 1 2nb Burtt 17 3 43 4 11 0 43 0 Carston 8 2 23 0 14 2 33 0 Cromb 4 0 22 1 3.5 0 18 0 Pollitt 1 0 1 0 Anderson (6) 2 0 20 0 Umpires: O.R.Montgomery and R.H.Simmons. Toss: Canterbury Close of Play: 1st day: Canterbury (1) 279-8 (Burtt 0*); 2nd day: Auckland (1) 209-6 (Sutcliffe 76*, Burke 11*); 3rd day: Auckland (2) 22-0 (Whitelaw 1*, Burgess 16*). B.Sutcliffe’s 111 took 205 minutes and included 10 fours and 2 sixes. F.B.Smith’s 106 took 111 minutes. 66