First-Class Cricket Matches 1949

ENGLAND v NEW ZEALAND Played at Kennington Oval, August 13, 15, 16, 1949. Match drawn. NEW ZEALAND 1 B.Sutcliffe c Bedser b Hollies 88 c Brown b Bedser 54 2 V.J.Scott c Edrich b Bedser 60 c Evans b Bedser 6 3 †J.R.Reid lbw b Wright 5 (6) c Wright b Laker 93 4 W.M.Wallace c Edrich b Bedser 55 st Evans b Hollies 58 5 M.P.Donnelly c Edrich b Bailey 27 c Brown b Bedser 10 6 *W.A.Hadlee c Evans b Bedser 25 (3) c Edrich b Hollies 22 7 G.O.Rabone c Evans b Bailey 18 lbw b Laker 20 8 T.B.Burtt c Evans b Bailey 36 c Compton b Laker 6 9 H.B.Cave b Compton 10 not out 14 10 J.Cowie c Hutton b Bedser 1 c Wright b Laker 4 11 G.F.Cresswell not out 12 not out 0 Extras lb 1, w 1, nb 6 8 b 10, lb 5, nb 6 21 —— —— 345 (9 wickets, declared) 308 FoW (1): 1-121 (2), 2-134 (3), 3-170 (1), 4-239 (4), 5-239 (5), 6-272 (7), 7-287 (6), 8-311 (9), 9-320 (10), 10-345 (8) FoW (2): 1-24 (2), 2-68 (3), 3-115 (1), 4-131 (5), 5-188 (4), 6-276 (6), 7-283 (7), 8-299 (8), 9-308 (10) ENGLAND 1 L.Hutton c Rabone b Cresswell 206 2 R.T.Simpson c Donnelly b Cresswell 68 3 W.J.Edrich c Cave b Cresswell 100 4 D.C.S.Compton c Scott b Cresswell 13 5 T.E.Bailey c Reid b Cowie 36 6 *F.R.Brown c Hadlee b Cresswell 21 7 †T.G.Evans c Donnelly b Cowie 17 8 J.C.Laker c Scott b Cowie 0 9 A.V.Bedser c Reid b Cowie 0 10 W.E.Hollies not out 1 11 D.V.P.Wright lbw b Cresswell 0 Extras b 6, lb 11, nb 3 20 —— 482 FoW (1): 1-147 (2), 2-365 (1), 3-396 (4), 4-401 (3), 5-436 (6), 6-469 (7), 7-470 (8), 8-472 (9), 9-481 (5), 10-482 (11) England Bowling O M R W O M R W Bailey 26.1 7 72 3 11 1 67 0 Bedser 31 6 74 4 23 4 59 3 Edrich 3 0 16 0 Wright 22 1 93 1 (3) 6 0 21 0 Laker 3 0 11 0 29 6 78 4 Hollies 20 7 51 1 (4) 17 6 30 2 Brown 5 1 14 0 (6) 10 0 29 0 Compton 2 0 6 1 (7) 1 0 3 0 New Zealand Bowling O M R W Cowie 28 1 123 4 Cresswell 41.2 6 168 6 Cave 24 4 78 0 Burtt 24 2 93 0 Umpires: D.Davies and F.S.Lee. Toss: New Zealand Close of Play: 1st day: New Zealand (1) 320-8 (Burtt 24*, Cowie 1*); 2nd day: England (1) 432-4 (Bailey 10*, Brown 21*). L.Hutton’s 206 took 300 minutes and included 25 fours. W.J.Edrich’s 100 took 185 minutes and included 14 fours. 332