First-Class Cricket Matches 1948

OTAGO v AUCKLAND Played at Carisbrook, Dunedin, January 1, 2, 3, 5, 1948. Match drawn. (Points: Otago 2, Auckland 4) AUCKLAND 1 *H.T.Pearson c Mills b Overton 39 c Mills b Overton 10 2 I.E.Wyatt lbw b Payne 33 c Payne b Robinson 41 3 V.J.Scott c St John b Overton 204 (7) not out 27 4 D.D.Taylor b Freeman 24 (3) c Payne b Robinson 20 5 K.R.Deas lbw b Robinson 23 (8) run out 24 6 O.C.Cleal run out (Robinson/Mills) 20 (4) run out (Robinson/Mills) 29 7 C.Burke c Mills b Overton 30 8 J.Cowie b Overton 18 (6) c St John b Smith 18 9 †L.A.W.Kent b Robinson 9 (5) b Robinson 0 10 C.A.Snedden not out 6 11 F.E.Hemmingson c Freeman b Robinson 0 Extras b 8, lb 1 9 lb 5 5 —— —— 415 (7 wickets, declared) 174 FoW (1): 1-59 (2), 2-96 (1), 3-143 (4), 4-223 (5), 5-250 (6), 6-374 (7), 7-383 (3), 8-398 (9), 9-408 (8), 10-415 (11) FoW (2): 1-18 (1), 2-65 (3), 3-96 (2), 4-98 (5), 5-112 (4), 6-123 (6), 7-174 (8) OTAGO 1 B.Sutcliffe b Cowie 99 (2) b Cowie 103 2 L.Watt b Cowie 2 (4) b Snedden 1 3 R.T.Hunt b Burke 11 (6) b Hemmingson 29 4 R.H.Robinson c and b Burke 19 (1) b Snedden 21 5 L.A.Milnes c Taylor b Cowie 35 (3) b Snedden 6 6 †G.H.Mills c Kent b Cowie 68 (5) c Deas b Burke 38 7 D.S.St John c Taylor b Hemmingson 13 (8) not out 13 8 *L.D.Smith b Snedden 4 (9) not out 7 9 I.W.Payne not out 23 (7) b Burke 6 10 T.A.Freeman c Cleal b Cowie 10 11 G.W.F.Overton b Cowie 0 Extras b 12, lb 10, nb 2 24 b 3, lb 7 10 —— —— 308 (7 wickets) 234 FoW (1): 1-5 (2), 2-38 (3), 3-77 (4), 4-153 (5), 5-199 (1), 6-226 (7), 7-254 (8), 8-282 (6), 9-300 (10), 10-308 (11) FoW (2): 1-62 (1), 2-70 (3), 3-88 (4), 4-167 (5), 5-183 (2), 6-194 (7), 7-222 (6) Otago Bowling O M R W O M R W Freeman 39 6 81 1 19 1 47 0 Overton 47 10 114 4 15.3 3 28 1 Robinson 48.5 12 117 3 21 3 55 3 Smith 18 2 41 0 (5) 8 0 24 1 Sutcliffe 5 0 17 0 Payne 15 2 36 1 (4) 7 2 15 0 Auckland Bowling O M R W O M R W Cowie 48.5 14 94 6 2nb 13 0 61 1 Cleal 22 12 19 0 11 1 41 0 Burke 36 12 50 2 (4) 11 1 56 2 Snedden 27 9 60 1 (3) 10 1 38 3 Hemmingson 32 9 56 1 7 1 28 1 Taylor 2 1 5 0 Umpires: G.McDonald and P.Thomson. Toss: Auckland Close of Play: 1st day: Auckland (1) 312-5 (Scott 159*, Burke 9*); 2nd day: Otago (1) 121-3 (Sutcliffe 60*, Milnes 17*); 3rd day: Auckland (2) 18-0 (Pearson 10*, Wyatt 8*). V.J.Scott’s 204 took 351 minutes. B.Sutcliffe’s 103 took 126 minutes and included 13 fours and 1 six. 53