First-Class Cricket Matches 1948

SOUTH ISLAND v NORTH ISLAND Played at Carisbrook, Dunedin, February 6, 7, 9, 10, 1948. North Island won by two wickets. SOUTH ISLAND 1 *W.A.Hadlee c Wilson b Challies 149 (6) b Murray 35 2 J.G.Leggat c Murray b Wilson 53 lbw b Wilson 18 3 P.W.O’Malley c Kent b Murray 11 not out 132 4 F.B.Smith c Snedden b Challies 43 (5) c Wallace b Murray 12 5 D.S.St John c Reid b Murray 47 (4) c Snedden b Murray 63 6 R.H.Robinson c Taylor b Sutcliffe 25 (7) c Snedden b Sutcliffe 77 7 †G.H.Mills c Kent b Wilson 4 (8) c Sutcliffe b Snedden 2 8 R.H.Scott c Sutcliffe b Murray 13 (10) not out 0 9 T.B.Burtt c Scott b Snedden 2 (1) b Wilson 11 10 P.A.T.Small b Murray 4 (9) c Scott b Wilson 8 11 G.W.F.Overton not out 0 Extras b 8, lb 3, nb 2 13 b 7, lb 3, nb 3 13 —— —— 364 (8 wickets, declared) 371 FoW (1): 1-141 (2), 2-190 (3), 3-255 (1), 4-266 (4), 5-304 (6), 6-326 (7), 7-348 (5), 8-360 (8), 9-360 (9), 10-364 (10) FoW (2): 1-30 (2), 2-33 (1), 3-135 (4), 4-157 (5), 5-223 (6), 6-337 (7), 7-341 (8), 8-368 (9) NORTH ISLAND 1 B.Sutcliffe c Mills b Scott 7 (2) not out 208 2 D.D.Taylor b Scott 10 (1) run out 20 3 V.J.Scott c Mills b Scott 33 b Overton 45 4 *W.M.Wallace b Scott 120 c Small b Overton 59 5 J.R.Reid b Scott 66 (6) c Mills b Scott 12 6 R.J.Kemp st Mills b Robinson 59 (7) c Scott b Burtt 5 7 D.S.Wilson b Scott 25 (5) c Leggat b Small 14 8 †L.A.W.Kent c O’Malley b Burtt 16 b Burtt 1 9 R.M.Murray b Small 5 b Scott 6 10 C.A.Snedden not out 5 not out 0 11 R.S.Challies b Small 0 Extras b 12, lb 6, nb 1 19 b 4 4 —— —— 365 (8 wickets) 374 FoW (1): 1-13 (1), 2-28 (2), 3-88 (3), 4-234 (4), 5-271 (5), 6-317 (7), 7-346 (8), 8-358 (6), 9-361 (9), 10-365 (11) FoW (2): 1-66 (1), 2-176 (3), 3-273 (4), 4-295 (5), 5-332 (6), 6-345 (7), 7-347 (8), 8-370 (9) North Island Bowling O M R W O M R W Murray 27.5 10 71 4 2nb 30 6 88 3 2nb Snedden 26 5 58 1 (3) 31 7 72 1 1nb Wilson 29 10 71 2 (2) 39 10 83 3 Challies 32 5 115 2 24 5 88 0 Sutcliffe 11 1 35 1 9 2 27 1 Taylor 1 0 1 0 South Island Bowling O M R W O M R W Scott 37 5 98 6 1nb 35 6 117 2 Small 20.5 6 45 2 23 3 82 1 Overton 18 4 72 0 23 1 86 2 Burtt 21 2 76 1 14.2 0 66 2 Robinson 19 1 55 1 7 0 19 0 Umpires: P.Thomson and S.B.Tomkinson. Toss: Close of Play: 1st day: South Island (1) 364 all out; 2nd day: South Island (2) 13-0 (Burtt 2*, Leggat 9*, 4 overs); 3rd day: South Island (2) 340-6 (O’Malley 110*, Mills 2*, 126 overs). W.A.Hadlee’s 149 took 228 minutes and included 17 fours and 2 sixes. W.M.Wallace’s 120 took 164 minutes and included 15 fours and 1 six. P.W.O’Malley’s 132 took 335 minutes and included 7 fours. B.Sutcliffe’s 208 took 317 minutes and included 20 fours. 85