First-Class Cricket Matches 1948

CANTERBURY v WELLINGTON Played at Lancaster Park, Christchurch, December 31, 1947, January 1, 2, 3, 1948. Canterbury won by 142 runs. (Points: Canterbury 8, Wellington 0) CANTERBURY 1 *W.A.Hadlee c sub (F.L.H.Mooney) b Little 117 c Tindill b Murray 1 2 J.G.Leggat b Wilson 108 c Wilson b Murray 13 3 P.W.O’Malley c Tindill b Murray 42 c McLean b Wilson 91 4 F.B.Smith c and b Murray 90 b Browne 78 5 W.M.Anderson run out 28 c Browne b McLean 66 6 W.Pollitt c Reid b McLean 10 7 P.A.T.Small b McLean 26 8 A.R.MacGibbon lbw b McLean 6 (6) not out 11 9 C.G.Snook c Tindill b Wilson 9 10 T.B.Burtt not out 14 (7) b McLean 7 11 †A.E.L.Britton c C.S.Dempster b McLean 3 Extras b 1, lb 6, nb 2 9 b 5, lb 5 10 —— —— 462 (6 wickets, declared) 277 FoW (1): 1-218 (2), 2-242 (1), 3-355 (3), 4-362 (4), 5-392 (5), 6-424 (7), 7-432, 8-433, 9-451, 10-462 FoW (2): 1-3 (1), 2-22 (2), 3-151 (4), 4-253 (3), 5-255 (5), 6-277 (7) WELLINGTON 1 C.S.Dempster b Small 12 (6) lbw b Burtt 12 2 †E.W.T.Tindill c Britton b Burtt 112 (4) b Small 51 3 J.R.Reid c Small b Burtt 79 run out 1 4 *J.A.Ongley c and b Burtt 9 (5) lbw b Small 17 5 F.R.Crawford c Small b Burtt 1 (7) c Anderson b Small 4 6 E.W.Dempster b Burtt 17 (9) c Britton b Burtt 52 7 D.S.Wilson c Leggat b Snook 14 (8) c Britton b Hadlee 60 8 A.McLean lbw b Burtt 15 (10) not out 38 9 M.G.Browne c Britton b Small 32 (11) b Small 3 10 R.M.Murray not out 11 (1) c Small b MacGibbon 12 11 J.C.Little c Britton b MacGibbon 2 (2) c Anderson b Snook 0 Extras b 9, lb 4, nb 6 19 b 16, lb 4, nb 4 24 —— —— 323 274 FoW (1): 1-39 (1), 2-194 (2), 3-208 (4), 4-217 (5), 5-230 (3), 6-253 (6), 7-260 (7), 8-303 (8), 9-313 (9), 10-323 (11) FoW (2): 1-15 (2), 2-15 (1), 3-22 (3), 4-46 (5), 5-71 (6), 6-82 (7), 7-138 (4), 8-195 (8), 9-252 (9), 10-274 (11) Wellington Bowling O M R W O M R W Murray 40 9 115 2 2nb (2) 16 1 68 2 McLean 16.2 4 25 4 (5) 13.1 2 47 2 Little 25 7 88 1 (1) 10 0 46 0 Wilson 40 6 119 2 (3) 16 2 49 1 Browne 14 0 58 0 (4) 14 0 57 1 E.W.Dempster 9 1 42 0 Crawford 1 0 6 0 Canterbury Bowling O M R W O M R W MacGibbon 23.5 6 55 1 5nb 20 3 59 1 6nb Small 34 7 68 2 1nb 25.5 6 52 4 Snook 34 11 50 1 2nb (4) 18 9 25 1 Burtt 51 16 94 6 (5) 35 11 59 2 Anderson 4 0 18 0 (7) 8 3 24 0 Hadlee 6 1 19 0 2nb (3) 10 2 20 1 O’Malley (6) 3 0 11 0 Umpires: H.W.Gourlay and B.W.Vine. Toss: Canterbury Close of Play: 1st day: Canterbury (1) 417-5 (Pollitt 4*, Small 21*); 2nd day: Wellington (1) 247-5 (E.W.Dempster 14*, Wilson 6*); 3rd day: Wellington (2) 9-0 (Murray 9*, Little 0*). E.W.T.Tindill’s 112 took 222 minutes and included 10 fours. 48