First-Class Cricket Matches 1949

WELLINGTON v AUCKLAND Played at Basin Reserve, Wellington, December 25, 27, 28, 29, 1948. Match drawn. (Points: Wellington 2, Auckland 4) AUCKLAND 1 B.Sutcliffe b Wilson 46 2 D.D.Taylor c Mooney b Cresswell 0 3 V.J.Scott c Reid b Cave 40 4 J.Hardstaff lbw b Cresswell 81 5 *W.M.Wallace c Ongley b Rabone 113 6 D.D.Coleman c Mooney b Reid 25 7 J.P.Marsdon st Mooney b Wilson 20 8 C.Burke run out (Rabone/Mooney) 21 9 †L.A.W.Kent b Cave 2 10 J.Cowie c Tindill b Rabone 16 11 J.E.Hollywood not out 0 Extras b 17, lb 8, w 1, nb 2 28 —— 392 FoW (1): 1-5 (2), 2-91 (1), 3-105 (3), 4-277 (4), 5-324 (6), 6-330 (5), 7-358 (7), 8-361 (9), 9-391 (8), 10-392 (10) WELLINGTON 1 E.W.T.Tindill c Kent b Hollywood 12 b Hollywood 149 2 G.O.Rabone c Kent b Cowie 10 c and b Marsdon 31 3 J.R.Reid c Kent b Hollywood 17 b Cowie 46 4 R.J.Kemp c Taylor b Burke 60 retired hurt 16 5 *J.A.Ongley b Cowie 3 lbw b Hollywood 32 6 †F.L.H.Mooney b Cowie 10 c Kent b Cowie 23 7 D.S.Wilson c Sutcliffe b Cowie 17 c Wallace b Marsdon 36 8 T.P.L.Reaney c Cowie b Taylor 1 run out 29 9 R.M.Murray c Sutcliffe b Burke 21 not out 52 10 H.B.Cave c Kent b Burke 9 b Scott 8 11 A.E.Cresswell not out 4 Extras b 7, lb 1 8 b 15, lb 6, w 2 23 —— —— 172 (8 wickets) 445 FoW (1): 1-19 (1), 2-41 (3), 3-46 (5), 4-47 (2), 5-67 (7), 6-71 (8), 7-77 (6), 8-117 (9), 9-153 (10), 10-172 (4) FoW (2): 1-42 (2), 2-121 (3), 3-227 (5), 4-288 (6), 5-345 (7), 6-347 (1), 7-434 (8), 8-445 (10) Wellington Bowling O M R W Cresswell 26 1 83 2 2nb Cave 29 4 89 2 1w Wilson 30 4 82 2 Murray 11 1 45 0 Reaney 17 3 38 0 Rabone 11.3 4 15 2 Reid 8 2 12 1 Auckland Bowling O M R W O M R W Cowie 31 9 50 4 29 5 66 2 Hollywood 24 5 42 2 42 13 68 2 2w Burke 25 5 44 3 (4) 26 5 63 0 Sutcliffe 6 4 5 0 (7) 19 5 46 0 Taylor 9 2 23 1 (6) 15 0 61 0 Scott (3) 15 5 40 1 Marsdon (5) 26 6 75 2 Hardstaff (8) 2 1 3 0 Umpires: J.M.McLellan and M.F.Pengelly. Toss: Auckland Close of Play: 1st day: Auckland (1) 235-3 (Hardstaff 62*, Wallace 70*); 2nd day: Wellington (1) 75-6 (Mooney 10*, Murray 1*); 3rd day: Wellington (2) 127-2 (Tindill 45*, Kemp 1*). W.M.Wallace’s 113 took 219 minutes and included 12 fours. E.W.T.Tindill’s 149 took 459 minutes and included 8 fours. R.J.Kemp retired hurt in the Wellington first innings having scored 0 (team score 41-2) - he returned when the score was 77-7. R.J.Kemp retired hurt in the Wellington second innings having scored 16 (team score 151-2). 40