First-Class Cricket Matches 1949

AUCKLAND v CANTERBURY Played at Eden Park, Auckland, January 7, 8, 10, 11, 1949. Match drawn. (Points: Auckland 2, Canterbury 4) AUCKLAND 1 B.Sutcliffe lbw b MacGibbon 141 c and b Scott 135 2 D.D.Taylor c Burtt b Cook 99 run out 143 3 V.J.Scott b Scott 63 4 J.Hardstaff c Small b Burtt 17 (3) not out 26 5 *W.M.Wallace b MacGibbon 4 (4) not out 22 6 C.Burke b Scott 11 7 J.P.Marsdon lbw b MacGibbon 8 8 V.G.Brooker st Webb b Burtt 16 9 †L.A.W.Kent b Scott 0 10 J.Cowie b Scott 0 11 J.E.Hollywood not out 4 Extras b 8, lb 1, nb 9 18 b 9, lb 2, nb 4 15 —— —— 381 (2 wickets, declared) 341 FoW (1): 1-220 (2), 2-265 (1), 3-291 (4), 4-298 (5), 5-325 (6), 6-347 (7), 7-366 (3), 8-370 (9), 9-370 (10), 10-381 (8) FoW (2): 1-286 (1), 2-302 (2) CANTERBURY 1 *W.A.Hadlee c Wallace b Burke 72 c Marsdon b Burke 36 2 J.G.Leggat c Burke b Hollywood 89 (6) c Kent b Hollywood 28 3 P.W.O’Malley b Cowie 1 (7) not out 13 4 F.B.Smith c Brooker b Burke 146 (3) b Cowie 9 5 W.M.Anderson not out 90 (2) c Kent b Hollywood 46 6 A.R.MacGibbon b Cowie 7 (4) b Cowie 0 7 R.H.Scott b Cowie 0 (5) c Sutcliffe b Hollywood 0 8 T.B.Burtt c and b Hollywood 26 not out 23 9 P.A.T.Small not out 28 10 †R.C.Webb 11 R.F.Cook Extras b 14, lb 8 22 b 3, lb 4, w 1 8 —— —— (7 wickets, declared) 481 (6 wickets) 163 FoW (1): 1-144 (1), 2-149 (3), 3-264 (2), 4-352 (4), 5-366 (6), 6-370 (7), 7-442 (8) FoW (2): 1-66 (2), 2-81 (3), 3-81 (4), 4-82 (5), 5-114 (1), 6-126 (6) Canterbury Bowling O M R W O M R W Scott 36 13 73 4 5nb 21 2 83 1 1nb Small 24 3 80 0 (6) 14 1 36 0 Cook 31 4 99 1 3nb (4) 9 0 39 0 Burtt 30.1 9 61 2 (3) 25 1 77 0 Anderson 3 0 8 0 (7) 2 0 19 0 MacGibbon 19 4 42 3 1nb (2) 12 1 59 0 3nb Hadlee (5) 4 0 13 0 Auckland Bowling O M R W O M R W Cowie 36 5 89 3 14 3 48 2 Brooker 27 6 65 0 (3) 3 0 24 0 Hollywood 25 3 63 2 (2) 13 4 50 3 Burke 31 6 91 2 6 0 20 1 Marsdon 21 6 55 0 Scott 16 3 34 0 Sutcliffe 8 0 26 0 (5) 4 0 13 0 1w Hardstaff 16 5 36 0 Umpires: J.C.Harris and V.S.Sale. Toss: Close of Play: 1st day: Auckland (1) 276-2 (Scott 21*, Hardstaff 6*); 2nd day: Canterbury (1) 177-2 (Leggat 82*, Smith 13*); 3rd day: Auckland (2) 62-0 (Sutcliffe 39*, Taylor 21*). B.Sutcliffe’s 141 took 257 minutes and included 14 fours. F.B.Smith’s 146 took 203 minutes and included 15 fours and 1 six. B.Sutcliffe’s 135 took 235 minutes and included 13 fours. D.D.Taylor’s 143 took 249 minutes and included 13 fours. 50