First-Class Cricket Matches 1948

CANTERBURY v FIJI Played at Lancaster Park, Christchurch, March 5, 6, 8, 1948. Canterbury won by 36 runs. CANTERBURY 1 J.G.Leggat b Gosling 59 (9) not out 25 2 A.J.Reece run out (Apted) 26 (1) c Tuidraki b Fenn 26 3 P.W.O’Malley st Raddock b Fenn 7 (4) b Fenn 72 4 F.B.Smith lbw b Logavatu 44 (3) b Gosling 11 5 *W.A.Hadlee c Apted b Logavatu 102 6 A.R.MacGibbon c Bula b Snow 78 (7) run out 10 7 C.G.Snook lbw b Apted 43 (8) c Raddock b Cakobau 25 8 R.E.Hitchcock c Tuidraki b Snow 17 (6) c Apted b Fenn 14 9 J.F.Booker st Raddock b Fenn 25 (10) not out 0 10 †A.E.L.Britton not out 4 (5) run out 7 11 R.F.Cook (2) c Apted b Fenn 9 Extras b 9, lb 7 16 b 10 10 —— —— (9 wickets, declared) 421 (8 wickets, declared) 209 FoW (1): 1-62 (2), 2-97 (3), 3-99 (1), 4-198 (4), 5-307 (5), 6-332 (6), 7-371 (8), 8-417 (9), 9-421 (7) FoW (2): 1-24 (2), 2-50 (3), 3-55 (1), 4-66 (5), 5-90 (6), 6-108 (7), 7-183 (4), 8-199 (8) FIJI 1 H.J.Apted c Hitchcock b Booker 23 st Britton b Hitchcock 55 2 †P.T.Raddock c Hitchcock b Cook 47 run out 1 3 I.L.Bula c Britton b Cook 63 (4) c Hadlee b Snook 120 4 G.K.Cakobau c Britton b MacGibbon 2 (5) c Leggat b Hitchcock 0 5 *P.A.Snow b Cook 28 (3) st Britton b Booker 0 6 A.T.Tuidraki c O’Malley b Cook 12 (7) b Booker 0 7 M.Bogisa st Britton b O’Malley 33 (6) b Booker 32 8 M.J.Fenn lbw b MacGibbon 26 c Britton b Cook 24 9 A.J.Wendt run out 6 c Cook b MacGibbon 41 10 I.T.Logavatu not out 2 P.Kubunavanua not out 31 11 J.W.Gosling c Cook b Leggat 5 b MacGibbon 0 Extras b 25, lb 4 29 b 8, lb 6 14 —— —— 276 318 FoW (1): 1-57 (1), 2-104 (2), 3-113 (4), 4-155 (3), 5-173 (6), 6-228 (7), 7-258 (8), 8-266 (9), 9-268 (5), 10-276 (11) FoW (2): 1-5 (2), 2-7 (3), 3-91 (1), 4-101 (5), 5-162 (6), 6-162 (7), 7-229 (8), 8-241 (4), 9-310 (9), 10-318 (11) Fiji Bowling O M R W O M R W Logavatu 30 7 85 2 Cakobau 20 1 63 0 (1) 15 2 39 1 Gosling 21 2 62 1 18 1 55 1 Fenn 24 5 98 2 (2) 33 2 101 4 Snow 11 0 60 2 Wendt 5 0 24 0 Apted 3.1 0 13 1 (4) 1 0 4 0 Canterbury Bowling O M R W O M R W Booker 16 4 43 1 (2) 17 3 41 3 MacGibbon 19 4 50 2 (4) 9.3 3 24 2 Snook 11 2 47 0 (1) 15 3 56 1 Cook 14 2 41 4 (6) 14 0 77 1 Hitchcock 5 1 31 0 (3) 11 0 65 2 O’Malley 6 0 28 1 Smith 1 0 6 0 (5) 3 0 22 0 Leggat 0.3 0 1 1 Reece (7) 2 0 19 0 Umpires: R.V.Taylor and B.W.Vine. Toss: Close of Play: 1st day: Canterbury (1) 421-9 (Britton 4*, 114.1 overs); 2nd day: Canterbury (2) 123-6 (O’Malley 32*, Snook 6*, 41 overs). P.Kubunavanua was a full substitute for Fiji, replacing I.T.Logavatu who was injured. I.L.Bula’s 120 took 140 minutes and included 14 fours and 2 sixes. 12th Men: M.B.Poore (Canterbury), P.Kubunavanua (Fiji). 100