First-Class Cricket Matches 1948

WELLINGTON v OTAGO Played at Basin Reserve, Wellington, December 25, 26, 27, 29, 1947. Match drawn. (Points: Wellington 2, Otago 4) WELLINGTON 1 E.W.T.Tindill c Hunt b Overton 24 c St John b Roberts 12 2 C.S.Dempster c Mills b Roberts 1 b Overton 26 3 †F.L.H.Mooney b Overton 18 c Gallaway b Roberts 0 4 *J.A.Ongley b Roberts 83 c Roberts b Freeman 0 5 F.R.Crawford b Roberts 11 c Mills b Freeman 45 6 E.W.Dempster b Roberts 0 c Robinson b Overton 67 7 A.McLean b Roberts 41 8 D.S.Wilson not out 42 (7) not out 41 9 M.G.Browne c Smith b Freeman 1 10 J.C.Little run out 0 11 R.M.Murray b Overton 22 Extras b 17, lb 3 20 b 2, lb 5 7 —— —— 263 (6 wickets, declared) 198 FoW (1): 1-2 (2), 2-52 (3), 3-57 (1), 4-73 (5), 5-73 (6), 6-187 (7), 7-210 (4), 8-211 (9), 9-222 (10), 10-263 (11) FoW (2): 1-30 (1), 2-30 (3), 3-31 (4), 4-54 (2), 5-123 (5), 6-198 (6) OTAGO 1 B.Sutcliffe c E.W.Dempster b McLean 75 b Murray 12 2 L.Watt c Wilson b Little 5 c Murray b McLean 39 3 R.T.Hunt b McLean 12 (4) b Wilson 21 4 A.W.Roberts c Tindill b Murray 31 (6) c Tindill b McLean 8 5 R.H.Robinson c Wilson b Browne 18 (3) b Little 22 6 G.H.Mills c Tindill b Murray 0 (5) b Wilson 21 7 D.S.St John c Mooney b Little 85 not out 5 8 *L.D.Smith c Tindill b Murray 26 not out 2 9 T.A.Freeman b Murray 8 10 †I.W.Gallaway c Wilson b Little 4 11 G.W.F.Overton not out 0 Extras b 5, lb 3 8 b 4, lb 5 9 —— —— 272 (6 wickets) 139 FoW (1): 1-26 (2), 2-66 (3), 3-129 (1), 4-129 (4), 5-129 (6), 6-168 (5), 7-250 (8), 8-268 (7), 9-272 (10), 10-272 (9) FoW (2): 1-18 (1), 2-57 (3), 3-96 (4), 4-110 (2), 5-128 (5), 6-130 (6) Otago Bowling O M R W O M R W Roberts 40 15 62 5 23 6 39 2 Overton 30.2 8 71 3 17.5 3 50 2 Freeman 35 12 70 1 18 3 48 2 Robinson 18 7 24 0 12 0 37 0 Smith 9 3 14 0 3 0 11 0 Sutcliffe 2 1 2 0 1 0 6 0 Wellington Bowling O M R W O M R W E.W.Dempster 7 1 21 0 McLean 37 16 50 2 16 4 37 2 Wilson 23 9 40 0 (4) 12 1 37 2 Little 14 2 41 3 (3) 7 1 34 1 Browne 20 3 53 1 3 3 0 0 Murray 23.1 6 59 4 (1) 9 3 22 1 Umpires: T.W.Dick and C.K.Scott. Toss: Wellington Close of Play: 1st day: Wellington (1) 149-5 (Ongley 58*, McLean 20*); 2nd day: Otago (1) 26-0 (Sutcliffe 17*, Watt 5*); 3rd day: Wellington (2) 23-0 (Tindill 5*, C.S.Dempster 18*). In the Wellington second innings, I.W.Gallaway left the field unwell immediately after catching F.L.H.Mooney. L.D. Smith kept wicket for one over before G.H.Mills took over for the remainder of the innings. 42