First-Class Cricket Matches 1949

CANTERBURY v OTAGO Played at Lancaster Park, Christchurch, December 25, 27, 28, 29, 1948. Canterbury won by ten wickets. (Points: Canterbury 8, Otago 0) OTAGO 1 R.T.Hunt c Hadlee b Mahoney 75 c O’Malley b Scott 74 2 L.Watt c Anderson b Small 10 lbw b Scott 18 3 A.W.Roberts c Hadlee b Mahoney 13 b Small 47 4 R.H.Robinson c Webb b Mahoney 4 c Webb b Mahoney 7 5 D.S.St John c Small b Burtt 7 c Anderson b Burtt 53 6 L.J.Groves c Anderson b Mahoney 35 b Small 1 7 *L.D.Smith lbw b Cook 23 (8) b Scott 10 8 †G.H.Mills c Anderson b Small 34 (7) c and b Small 40 9 S.N.McGregor c Mahoney b Scott 18 not out 19 10 T.A.Freeman not out 26 st Webb b Cook 7 11 G.W.F.Overton run out 3 b Burtt 3 Extras b 6, lb 7, nb 1 14 b 19, lb 18, nb 2 39 —— —— 262 318 FoW (1): 1-36 (2), 2-67 (3), 3-74 (4), 4-89 (5), 5-141 (1), 6-170 (6), 7-200 (7), 8-228 (8), 9-246 (9), 10-262 (11) FoW (2): 1-62 (2), 2-125 (1), 3-147 (4), 4-209 (3), 5-211 (6), 6-249 (5), 7-275 (8), 8-292 (7), 9-303 (10), 10-318 (11) CANTERBURY 1 *W.A.Hadlee b Smith 33 not out 110 2 J.G.Leggat b Overton 0 not out 110 3 P.W.O’Malley b Overton 36 4 F.B.Smith c Watt b Smith 153 5 W.M.Anderson c Watt b Overton 38 6 R.H.Scott c Overton b Roberts 30 7 T.B.Burtt b Overton 6 8 P.A.T.Small run out 12 9 L.A.Mahoney c McGregor b Groves 10 10 †R.C.Webb b Overton 26 11 R.F.Cook not out 0 Extras b 10, lb 1 11 b 6 6 —— —— 355 (no wicket) 226 FoW (1): 1-5 (2), 2-49 (1), 3-77 (3), 4-161 (5), 5-253 (6), 6-272 (7), 7-318 (4), 8-318 (8), 9-352 (9), 10-355 (10) Canterbury Bowling O M R W O M R W Mahoney 17.1 3 52 4 (5) 20 4 57 1 Small 19 0 61 2 (1) 29 9 66 3 Scott 23 5 65 1 3nb (2) 26 5 67 3 4nb Burtt 19 5 50 1 (6) 22.5 10 29 2 Cook 9 3 20 1 (3) 19 4 42 1 Anderson (4) 4 0 18 0 Otago Bowling O M R W O M R W Overton 23.1 0 113 5 13 1 37 0 Roberts 12 5 58 1 10 1 27 0 Freeman 12 1 53 0 (4) 9.2 1 31 0 Robinson 9 2 46 0 (5) 7 0 32 0 Smith 8 0 34 2 (3) 7 0 33 0 Groves 10 2 40 1 7 0 56 0 McGregor (7) 1 0 4 0 Umpires: H.W.Gourlay and B.W.Vine. Toss: Otago Close of Play: 1st day: Otago (1) 226-7 (Mills 33*, McGregor 16*); 2nd day: Otago (2) 34-0 (Hunt 22*, Watt 11*); 3rd day: Canterbury (2) 18-0 (Hadlee 11*, Leggat 5*). F.B.Smith’s 153 took 163 minutes and included 18 fours and 4 sixes. W.A.Hadlee’s 110 took 170 minutes and included 12 fours and 1 six. J.G.Leggat’s 110 took 170 minutes and included 8 fours. 38