First-Class Cricket Matches 1948

CANTERBURY v AUCKLAND Played at Lancaster Park, Christchurch, December 24, 25, 26, 27, 1947. Match drawn. (Points: Canterbury 2, Auckland 4) CANTERBURY 1 *W.A.Hadlee c Hemmingson b Taylor 97 (2) c Kent b Cowie 11 2 W.M.Anderson b Cowie 6 (1) c Cowie b Hemmingson 1 3 J.G.Leggat b Burke 7 run out 61 4 F.B.Smith c Scott b Cowie 78 (5) c Cleal b Roberts 10 5 A.R.MacGibbon c Kent b Hemmingson 33 (8) lbw b Hemmingson 70 6 R.W.G.Emery hit wkt b Burke 10 c Wyatt b Burke 10 7 C.G.Snook c Scott b Burke 1 lbw b Burke 62 8 P.A.T.Small b Cowie 25 (9) not out 14 9 T.B.Burtt run out 6 (4) b Cowie 2 10 †A.E.L.Britton c Cowie b Burke 9 not out 2 11 N.V.Burtt not out 2 Extras b 3, lb 11 14 b 8, lb 12, nb 6 26 —— —— 288 (8 wickets, declared) 269 FoW (1): 1-7 (2), 2-53 (3), 3-179 (1), 4-213 (4), 5-239 (5), 6-241 (6), 7-254 (7), 8-270 (8), 9-277 (9), 10-288 (10) FoW (2): 1-1 (1), 2-12 (4), 3-29 (5), 4-55 (2), 5-77 (6), 6-125 (3), 7-252 (7), 8-260 (8) AUCKLAND 1 *H.T.Pearson c Small b T.B.Burtt 172 b T.B.Burtt 13 2 I.E.Wyatt st Britton b Emery 67 b T.B.Burtt 47 3 V.J.Scott c MacGibbon b T.B.Burtt 20 b T.B.Burtt 5 4 D.D.Taylor run out 19 c sub (W.Pollitt) b N.V.Burtt 0 5 K.R.Deas b T.B.Burtt 0 not out 47 6 O.C.Cleal c Britton b T.B.Burtt 17 b Anderson 0 7 C.Burke lbw b T.B.Burtt 10 b T.B.Burtt 3 8 J.Cowie c Small b T.B.Burtt 12 not out 0 9 †L.A.W.Kent c Anderson b Small 19 10 A.C.Roberts not out 7 11 F.E.Hemmingson st Britton b T.B.Burtt 0 Extras b 4, lb 5, w 1, nb 2 12 b 4, lb 2, w 1 7 —— —— 355 (6 wickets) 122 FoW (1): 1-139 (2), 2-180 (3), 3-221 (4), 4-229 (5), 5-249 (6), 6-273 (7), 7-292 (8), 8-319 (9), 9-353 (1), 10-355 (11) FoW (2): 1-32 (1), 2-40 (3), 3-45 (4), 4-95 (2), 5-100 (6), 6-117 (7) Auckland Bowling O M R W O M R W Cowie 30 8 72 3 30 7 65 2 1nb Roberts 13 2 53 0 (3) 17 5 46 1 7nb Cleal 9 0 23 0 Hemmingson 20 6 62 1 (2) 25 7 82 2 Burke 25 4 59 4 (4) 19 4 34 2 Taylor 2 1 5 1 (5) 4 2 16 0 Canterbury Bowling O M R W O M R W N.V.Burtt 23 4 73 0 3nb (5) 12 2 38 1 MacGibbon 32 14 50 0 1w (1) 5 1 10 0 1w Snook 24 11 33 0 (4) 2 1 3 0 Small 31 16 46 1 (2) 3 0 8 0 T.B.Burtt 47.4 13 121 7 (3) 20 4 39 4 Emery 9 3 11 1 Anderson 1 0 8 0 (6) 5 1 17 1 Hadlee 1 0 1 0 Umpires: T.W.Burgess and H.W.Gourlay. Toss: Canterbury Close of Play: 1st day: Auckland (1) 3-0 (Pearson not out, Wyatt not out); 2nd day: Auckland (1) 154-1 (Pearson 74*, Scott 10*); 3rd day: Canterbury (2) 78-5 (Leggat 34*, Snook 0*). H.T.Pearson’s 172 included 18 fours. W.A.Hadlee retired hurt in the Canterbury second innings having scored 0 (team score 1-0) - he returned when the score was 29-3. 38