First-Class Cricket Matches 1948

AUCKLAND v WELLINGTON Played at Eden Park, Auckland, January 9, 10, 12, 13, 1948. Match drawn. (Points: Auckland 2, Wellington 4) AUCKLAND 1 H.T.Pearson b McLean 16 c McLean b Challies 43 2 I.E.Wyatt c O’Neill b Dumbleton 13 c McLean b Challies 1 3 V.J.Scott c McLean b Challies 115 b Murray 56 4 *W.M.Wallace c Tindill b McLean 0 c Dumbleton b Murray 58 5 D.D.Taylor c C.S.Dempster b Dumbleton 30 st Tindill b Challies 59 6 K.R.Deas c Tindill b Murray 12 (7) not out 23 7 C.Burke b Murray 42 8 †L.A.W.Kent c and b Challies 29 (6) c Murray b O’Neill 32 9 J.A.Hayes c and b Challies 0 (8) not out 4 10 J.E.Hollywood not out 17 11 F.E.Hemmingson st Tindill b Challies 10 Extras b 10, lb 5 15 b 6, lb 1 7 —— —— 299 (6 wickets, declared) 283 FoW (1): 1-25 (2), 2-47 (1), 3-51 (4), 4-106 (5), 5-138 (6), 6-228 (7), 7-248 (3), 8-254 (9), 9-277 (8), 10-299 (11) FoW (2): 1-9 (2), 2-92 (1), 3-123 (3), 4-184 (4), 5-232 (5), 6-276 (6) WELLINGTON 1 C.S.Dempster b Hayes 7 c and b Hollywood 41 2 †E.W.T.Tindill c Scott b Burke 20 3 J.R.Reid b Burke 17 (2) not out 69 4 R.J.Kemp st Kent b Hemmingson 152 (3) run out 8 5 *J.A.Ongley b Hemmingson 18 (4) not out 26 6 E.W.Dempster c Kent b Hollywood 34 7 A.McLean b Hayes 86 8 R.M.Murray c Kent b Hollywood 23 9 S.R.O’Neill c Wyatt b Hollywood 11 10 R.S.Challies c Wyatt b Hollywood 0 11 D.P.Dumbleton not out 1 Extras b 15, lb 8 23 b 10, lb 3 13 —— —— 392 (2 wickets) 157 FoW (1): 1-14 (1), 2-48 (3), 3-49 (2), 4-79 (5), 5-180 (6), 6-308 (4), 7-369 (8), 8-389, 9-390, 10-392 FoW (2): 1-79 (1), 2-92 (3) Wellington Bowling O M R W O M R W Murray 26 4 64 2 19 3 36 2 Dumbleton 32 5 86 2 (4) 18 4 47 0 McLean 26 11 51 2 (5) 20 2 52 0 Challies 22.5 4 70 4 (3) 19 0 91 3 O’Neill 11 5 13 0 (2) 20 3 50 1 Auckland Bowling O M R W O M R W Hayes 38 7 85 2 10 2 28 0 Hollywood 43 12 86 4 14 2 47 1 Burke 40 6 94 2 (4) 6 1 12 0 Hemmingson 33 9 67 2 (3) 16 3 48 0 Taylor 7 1 32 0 Scott 2 0 5 0 (5) 3 0 9 0 Umpires: J.C.Harris and O.R.Montgomery. Toss: Auckland Close of Play: 1st day: Auckland (1) 79-3 (Scott 34*, Taylor 7*); 2nd day: Wellington (1) 93-4 (Kemp 21*, E.W.Dempster 4*); 3rd day: Auckland (2) 27-1 (Pearson 19*, Scott 7*). V.J.Scott’s 115 took 263 minutes. 57