First-Class Cricket Matches 1948

AUCKLAND v FIJI Played at Eden Park, Auckland, April 3, 5, 6, 1948. Fiji won by 115 runs. FIJI 1 H.J.Apted b Cleverley 6 b Brooker 97 2 †P.T.Raddock b Cleverley 13 c Sutcliffe b Cleverley 33 3 I.L.Bula c and b Burke 15 c Hemmingson b Brooker 56 4 E.T.T.Cakobau c Cleal b Burke 8 b Burke 27 5 K.T.Aria c Cleal b Burke 21 lbw b Cleverley 46 6 P.Kubunavanua c Cleal b Hemmingson 11 not out 33 7 *P.A.Snow not out 16 8 M.J.Fenn c Sutcliffe b Hemmingson 0 c Crump b Cleverley 2 9 M.Bogisa b Cleverley 18 (7) b Brooker 16 10 I.T.Logavatu st Crump b Hemmingson 2 11 S.M.Viliame c and b Hemmingson 13 (9) not out 13 Extras b 5, lb 1 6 b 24, lb 3, nb 1 28 —— —— 129 (7 wickets, declared) 351 FoW (1): 1-19 (2), 2-38 (1), 3-40 (3), 4-63 (5), 5-69 (4), 6-81 (6), 7-81 (8), 8-108 (9), 9-110 (10), 10-129 (11) FoW (2): 1-40 (2), 2-175 (3), 3-220 (1), 4-232 (4), 5-296 (5), 6-323 (7), 7-334 (8) AUCKLAND 1 B.Sutcliffe b Cakobau 67 c Apted b Logavatu 97 2 *H.T.Pearson c Aria b Fenn 26 b Fenn 9 3 D.D.Taylor c Apted b Fenn 10 lbw b Logavatu 0 4 A.J.Deane c Apted b Fenn 22 (5) b Fenn 0 5 A.G.Putt b Cakobau 9 (6) c Apted b Fenn 35 6 O.C.Cleal c Apted b Fenn 4 (4) c Logavatu b Fenn 20 7 V.G.Brooker not out 19 st Raddock b Fenn 15 8 C.Burke c Raddock b Logavatu 3 not out 2 9 †W.C.Crump b Fenn 2 (10) c Raddock b Logavatu 0 10 F.E.Hemmingson not out 11 (9) c Raddock b Logavatu 0 11 D.C.Cleverley st Raddock b Fenn 0 Extras b 5, lb 3 8 b 3, lb 3 6 —— —— (8 wickets, declared) 181 184 FoW (1): 1-51 (2), 2-95 (3), 3-103 (1), 4-135, 5-136, 6-140, 7-147, 8-156 FoW (2): 1-47 (2), 2-51 (3), 3-83 (4), 4-83 (5), 5-149 (6), 6-181, 7-181, 8-181, 9-183, 10-184 Auckland Bowling O M R W O M R W Cleverley 23 9 30 3 (3) 33 6 80 3 Brooker 11 3 23 0 (1) 29 12 74 3 1nb Burke 10 1 35 3 (4) 21 3 74 1 Hemmingson 11 2 35 4 (2) 23 6 77 0 Sutcliffe (5) 5 2 9 0 Taylor (6) 2 0 9 0 Fiji Bowling O M R W O M R W Fenn 38 14 81 5 24.5 1 94 6 Logavatu 23 7 41 1 13 2 46 4 Viliame 5 1 28 0 Cakobau 9 2 23 2 (3) 10 1 34 0 Aria 1 1 0 0 (4) 1 0 4 0 Umpires: E.H.S.Dickey and N.Ellis. Toss: Auckland Close of Play: 1st day: Auckland (1) 140-6 (Brooker 0*, 41 overs); 2nd day: Fiji (2) 205-2 (Apted 85*, Cakobau 18*, 77 overs). 111