First-Class Cricket Matches 1948

OTAGO v CANTERBURY Played at Carisbrook, Dunedin, January 23, 24, 26, 27, 1948. Otago won by 12 runs. (Points: Otago 8, Canterbury 0) OTAGO 1 B.Sutcliffe b Scott 118 c Hadlee b Burtt 125 2 L.Watt c MacGibbon b Scott 78 b Burtt 24 3 R.T.Hunt c Anderson b Burtt 54 st Whitford b Hitchcock 42 4 A.W.Roberts c Hitchcock b Burtt 40 not out 85 5 R.H.Robinson c Burtt b Hitchcock 18 c Whitford b Small 28 6 †G.H.Mills b Hitchcock 2 c Whitford b Small 0 7 D.S.St John c Leggat b Small 17 c Whitford b Small 0 8 *L.D.Smith c Hadlee b Small 11 c Whitford b Scott 8 9 I.W.Payne not out 9 b Scott 7 10 T.A.Freeman b Scott 4 not out 2 11 G.W.F.Overton b Scott 1 Extras b 15, lb 4, nb 2 21 b 1, lb 6, nb 1 8 —— —— 373 (8 wickets, declared) 329 FoW (1): 1-209 (1), 2-210 (2), 3-291 (4), 4-313 (5), 5-318 (6), 6-328 (3), 7-351 (8), 8-357 (7), 9-367 (10), 10-373 (11) FoW (2): 1-83 (2), 2-184 (3), 3-196 (1), 4-252 (5), 5-254 (6), 6-260 (7), 7-296 (8), 8-314 (9) CANTERBURY 1 *W.A.Hadlee b Smith 27 c Smith b Overton 100 2 J.G.Leggat run out (Watt/Mills) 22 c Sutcliffe b Freeman 94 3 P.W.O’Malley st Mills b Robinson 67 c Mills b Overton 1 4 F.B.Smith lbw b Roberts 145 c Mills b Freeman 31 5 W.M.Anderson b Sutcliffe 15 b Robinson 37 6 R.H.Scott b Roberts 5 c Payne b Robinson 33 7 A.R.MacGibbon b Sutcliffe 2 c Freeman b Robinson 5 8 †O.R.D.Whitford b Smith 25 b Robinson 21 9 R.E.Hitchcock st Mills b Sutcliffe 1 c and b Smith 10 10 P.A.T.Small b Freeman 22 b Smith 0 11 T.B.Burtt not out 7 not out 0 Extras b 10, lb 3 13 b 7 7 —— —— 351 339 FoW (1): 1-42 (2), 2-60 (1), 3-219 (3), 4-285 (4), 5-285 (5), 6-291 (6), 7-295 (7), 8-299 (9), 9-326 (8), 10-351 (10) FoW (2): 1-179 (1), 2-181 (3), 3-228 (2), 4-233 (4), 5-296 (6), 6-307 (7), 7-310 (5), 8-339 (9), 9-339 (8), 10-339 (10) Canterbury Bowling O M R W O M R W MacGibbon 12 1 49 0 1nb (4) 10 0 29 0 Small 28 6 59 2 27 3 82 3 Scott 31.1 6 81 4 1nb (1) 23 4 71 2 1nb Burtt 39 8 111 2 (3) 28 3 100 2 Hitchcock 10 0 26 2 11 0 39 1 Hadlee 3 0 21 0 O’Malley 1 0 5 0 Otago Bowling O M R W O M R W Roberts 30 15 40 2 5 3 4 0 Overton 19 5 56 0 (3) 23 5 72 2 Freeman 12.1 0 43 1 (2) 28 4 81 2 Robinson 29 4 83 1 35 3 112 4 Smith 26 7 64 2 (6) 9.4 3 25 2 Payne 7 2 17 0 (7) 4 0 15 0 Sutcliffe 14 3 35 3 (5) 11 3 23 0 Umpires: P.Thomson and S.B.Tomkinson. Toss: Otago Close of Play: 1st day: Otago (1) 373 all out; 2nd day: Canterbury (1) 295-7 (Whitford 3*, Hitchcock 0*); 3rd day: Otago (2) 329-8 (Roberts 85*, Freeman 2*). B.Sutcliffe’s 118 took 188 minutes and included 13 fours. F.B.Smith’s 145 took 196 minutes and included 14 fours and 1 six. B.Sutcliffe’s 125 took 155 minutes and included 13 fours. W.A.Hadlee’s 100 took 177 minutes and included 12 fours. 75