First-Class Cricket Matches 1949

AUCKLAND v OTAGO Played at Eden Park, Auckland, January 1, 3, 4, 5, 1949. Match drawn. (Points: Auckland 2, Otago 4) AUCKLAND 1 D.D.Taylor c Mills b Overton 0 2 B.Sutcliffe c Mills b Overton 26 3 V.J.Scott b Smith 83 4 J.Hardstaff run out (Overton/Mills) 44 5 *W.M.Wallace c St John b Overton 17 6 D.D.Coleman b Freeman 3 7 J.P.Marsdon c and b Smith 17 8 C.Burke c Smith b Robinson 51 9 †L.A.W.Kent c Freeman b Groves 32 10 J.Cowie c Smith b Groves 33 11 J.E.Hollywood not out 1 Extras b 4, lb 5 9 —— 316 FoW (1): 1-0 (1), 2-46 (2), 3-116 (4), 4-144 (5), 5-152 (6), 6-191 (7), 7-196 (3), 8-274 (9), 9-302 (8), 10-316 (10) OTAGO 1 †G.H.Mills c and b Sutcliffe 30 2 R.T.Hunt c and b Scott 20 3 A.W.Roberts c Taylor b Hollywood 86 4 R.H.Robinson lbw b Scott 28 5 D.S.St John c Wallace b Marsdon 31 6 L.J.Groves c Burke b Hollywood 10 7 L.Watt b Scott 37 8 *L.D.Smith not out 45 9 S.N.McGregor not out 3 10 T.A.Freeman 11 G.W.F.Overton Extras b 26, lb 5, nb 1 32 —— (7 wickets) 322 FoW (1): 1-46 (2), 2-64 (1), 3-129 (4), 4-196 (3), 5-223 (6), 6-223 (5), 7-313 (7) Otago Bowling O M R W Overton 36 11 63 3 Roberts 18 9 19 0 Smith 37 7 69 2 Groves 28.2 6 84 2 Freeman 35 13 53 1 Robinson 10 4 19 1 Auckland Bowling O M R W Cowie 33 10 48 0 Hollywood 42 17 61 2 1nb Burke 43 13 71 0 Scott 29 13 22 3 Taylor 3 0 13 0 Sutcliffe 13 3 33 1 Marsdon 21 7 33 1 Coleman 1 0 1 0 Hardstaff 16 9 8 0 Umpires: O.R.Montgomery and T.M.Pearce. Toss: Otago Close of Play: 1st day: Auckland (1) 28-1 (Sutcliffe 15*, Scott 13*); 2nd day: Auckland (1) 205-7 (Burke 9*, Kent 2*); 3rd day: Otago (1) 138-3 (Roberts 50*, St John 0*). 48