First-Class Cricket Matches 1949

OTAGO v WELLINGTON Played at Carisbrook, Dunedin, January 14, 15, 17, 18, 1949. Otago won by one wicket. (Points: Otago 8, Wellington 0) WELLINGTON 1 E.W.T.Tindill c McGregor b Groves 21 b Overton 0 2 G.O.Rabone b Walsh 2 c Overton b Groves 49 3 J.R.Reid b Walsh 19 b Walsh 13 4 R.J.Kemp b Walsh 0 c Overton b Smith 15 5 *J.A.Ongley c Milnes b Overton 48 c and b Groves 41 6 †F.L.H.Mooney not out 89 c St John b Overton 47 7 D.S.Wilson c Robinson b Walsh 36 c Mills b Robinson 1 8 T.P.L.Reaney b Walsh 1 c Mills b Groves 14 9 H.B.Cave c Groves b Overton 6 b Walsh 11 10 C.L.W.Randall c Milnes b Smith 1 not out 2 11 A.E.Cresswell c Walsh b Robinson 5 run out 0 Extras b 10, lb 7 17 b 5, lb 2 7 —— —— 245 200 FoW (1): 1-10 (2), 2-35 (3), 3-35 (4), 4-57 (1), 5-122 (5), 6-183 (7), 7-189 (8), 8-213 (9), 9-214 (10), 10-245 (11) FoW (2): 1-0 (1), 2-22 (3), 3-45 (4), 4-108 (5), 5-131 (2), 6-136 (7), 7-169 (8), 8-197 (6), 9-199 (9), 10-200 (11) OTAGO 1 R.T.Hunt b Cave 7 b Reid 13 2 L.Watt c Mooney b Cave 40 b Cave 60 3 R.H.Robinson lbw b Cresswell 0 (6) c Kemp b Cave 6 4 D.S.StJohn b Cresswell 7 (5) c Ongley b Cresswell 4 5 †G.H.Mills lbw b Cresswell 115 (3) b Cresswell 43 6 *L.D.Smith c Tindill b Randall 25 (4) b Cresswell 0 7 L.J.Groves c Tindill b Cresswell 8 b Cave 7 8 S.N.McGregor b Cave 2 not out 39 9 L.A.Milnes lbw b Cave 1 lbw b Cresswell 17 10 I.A.Walsh b Cresswell 0 b Cave 0 11 G.W.F.Overton not out 0 not out 8 Extras b 13, lb 15 28 b 9, lb 9 18 —— —— 233 (9 wickets) 215 FoW (1): 1-9 (1), 2-14 (3), 3-32 (4), 4-106 (2), 5-183 (6), 6-211 (7), 7-231 (8), 8-233 (5), 9-233 (9), 10-233 (10) FoW (2): 1-24 (1), 2-122 (3), 3-122 (4), 4-128 (5), 5-135 (6), 6-147 (7), 7-150 (2), 8-173 (9), 9-178 (10) Otago Bowling O M R W O M R W Overton 27 8 66 2 22 6 39 2 Walsh 32 8 76 5 18.5 7 34 2 Smith 21 5 34 1 13 4 31 1 Groves 8 1 30 1 (5) 33 10 67 3 St John 1 1 0 0 (6) 2 1 1 0 Robinson 19.5 11 22 1 (4) 24 13 21 1 Wellington Bowling O M R W O M R W Cresswell 33.2 9 57 5 32 5 58 4 Cave 40 16 66 4 41.2 11 81 4 Randall 15 3 36 1 (6) 1 0 8 0 Rabone 6 0 10 0 Reid 7 2 9 0 (3) 11 1 28 1 Reaney 5 2 6 0 (4) 5 1 12 0 Wilson 14 5 21 0 (5) 7 2 10 0 Umpires: S.B.Tomkinson and J.G.Young. Toss: Wellington Close of Play: 1st day: Otago (1) 23-2 (Watt 6*, St John 2*); 2nd day: Wellington (2) 7-1 (Rabone 0*, Reid 6*); 3rd day: Otago (2) 24-1 (Watt 11*). G.H.Mills’s 115 took 311 minutes and included 5 fours. 54