First-Class Cricket Matches 1947

AUCKLAND v WELLINGTON Played at Eden Park, Auckland, February 21, 22, 24, 1947. Auckland won by an innings and 108 runs. AUCKLAND 1 D.D.Taylor c Dempster b Brian 7 2 V.J.Scott run out 15 3 W.N.Snedden b Meech 75 4 *W.M.Wallace c Brian b Murray 166 5 R.W.G.Emery b Meech 123 6 O.C.Cleal b Murray 6 7 A.V.Wiles c sub b Meech 30 8 P.A.Iles b Meech 19 9 †L.A.W.Kent b Meech 4 10 L.E.Partridge c Burton b Challies 19 11 C.A.Snedden not out 1 Extras b 21, lb 9, nb 2 32 —— 497 FoW (1): 1-17, 2-34, 3-193, 4-333, 5-342, 6-396, 7-447, 8-453, 9-491, 10-497 WELLINGTON 1 C.S.Dempster c Scott b C.A.Snedden 18 b C.A.Snedden 108 2 A.Willis c and b Iles 22 b Partridge 9 3 J.R.Capstick c Wiles b C.A.Snedden 0 run out 39 4 J.H.Oakley c and b Iles 19 b Partridge 43 5 *†K.C.James st Kent b C.A.Snedden 0 b Wiles 7 6 J.E.L.Burton c and b Iles 1 b Taylor 36 7 M.D.Meech c Scott b Partridge 9 b Wiles 1 8 R.M.Murray b Taylor 1 b Partridge 1 9 D.E.Brian c Cleal b Taylor 27 b Wiles 26 10 R.S.Challies not out 0 (11) not out 1 11 S.R.O’Neill absent hurt 0 (10) b Taylor 2 Extras b 4, lb 2 6 b 4, lb 9 13 —— —— 103 286 FoW (1): 1-37, 2-37, 3-47, 4-56, 5-59, 6-72, 7-74, 8-103, 9-103 FoW (2): 1-23, 2-140, 3-194, 4-217, 5-223, 6-228, 7-245, 8-278, 9-284, 10-286 Wellington Bowling O M R W O’Neill 2 1 2 0 Murray 31 7 87 2 Challies 34.5 5 136 1 Meech 36 2 130 5 Brian 36 7 87 1 Capstick 1 0 5 0 Willis 3 0 18 0 Auckland Bowling O M R W O M R W Partridge 18 8 21 1 28 6 73 3 C.A.Snedden 22 4 18 3 22 10 41 1 Cleal 7 2 10 0 7 4 10 0 Iles 24 5 46 3 36 12 76 0 Taylor 0.4 0 2 2 11.5 2 27 2 Wiles (6) 23 12 32 3 Emery (7) 9 3 14 0 Umpires: R.Blennerhassett and E.H.S.Dickey. Toss: Auckland Close of Play: 1st day: Auckland (1) 462-8; 2nd day: Wellington (2) 143-2 (Dempster not out, Oakley not out). 90