First-Class Cricket Matches 1949

NEW ZEALAND XI v THE REST Played at Lancaster Park, Christchurch, January 27, 28, 29, 1949. New Zealand XI won by 147 runs. NEW ZEALAND XI 1 B.Sutcliffe c Anderson b Hadlee 140 (4) c A.E.Cresswell b Cave 23 2 V.J.Scott c O’Malley b Anderson 106 c G.F.Cresswell b A.E.Cresswell 1 3 S.N.McGregor st Kent b Burtt 10 c Burtt b G.F.Cresswell 22 4 G.H.Mills c Kent b Burtt 51 (1) c Reid b G.F.Cresswell 37 5 R.H.Scott lbw b Cave 2 (6) c Smith b Cave 48 6 C.Burke c G.F.Cresswell b MacGibbon 5 (8) c sub (F.L.H.Mooney) b Burtt 7 7 R.M.Murray lbw b A.E.Cresswell 3 not out 34 8 J.A.Hayes c G.F.Cresswell b A.E.Cresswell 6 9 †G.S.Botting b G.F.Cresswell 3 10 C.A.Snedden c Anderson b Burtt 1 11 *W.M.Wallace not out 1 (5) c Cave b Anderson 25 Extras b 30, lb 2, w 1, nb 2 35 b 11, lb 1 12 —— —— 363 (7 wickets, declared) 209 FoW (1): 1-252 (2), 2-270 (1), 3-272 (3), 4-302 (5), 5-309 (6), 6-319 (7), 7-331 (8), 8-352 (9), 9-362 (10), 10-363 (4) FoW (2): 1-14 (2), 2-63 (1), 3-64 (3), 4-107 (4), 5-125 (5), 6-189 (6), 7-209 (8) THE REST 1 *W.A.Hadlee b Murray 27 (6) b R.H.Scott 3 2 J.R.Reid b Snedden 117 c Mills b Hayes 23 3 P.W.O’Malley b Hayes 25 st Mills b R.H.Scott 14 4 F.B.Smith c Hayes b Burke 32 b Snedden 23 5 W.M.Anderson c Botting b Burke 0 (1) c Hayes b R.H.Scott 29 6 A.R.MacGibbon b Snedden 9 (5) c Snedden b R.H.Scott 4 7 H.B.Cave b Hayes 11 (8) b Snedden 3 8 †L.A.W.Kent c Wallace b Hayes 41 (7) run out 25 9 N.V.Burtt lbw b Hayes 2 b McGregor 0 10 G.F.Cresswell c Snedden b Hayes 2 (11) not out 4 11 A.E.Cresswell not out 1 (10) c R.H.Scott b V.J.Scott 1 Extras b 17, lb 5, nb 3 25 b 2, nb 2 4 —— —— 292 133 FoW (1): 1-55 (1), 2-129 (3), 3-175 (4), 4-176 (5), 5-226 (2), 6-229 (6), 7-259 (7), 8-271 (9), 9-277 (10), 10-292 (8) FoW (2): 1-48 (1), 2-58 (2), 3-89, 4-93, 5-97, 6-104, 7-107, 8-108, 9-115, 10-133 The Rest Bowling O M R W O M R W Cave 19 4 48 1 22 5 39 2 A.E.Cresswell 19 1 59 2 5 0 13 1 G.F.Cresswell 24 8 60 1 20 4 46 2 MacGibbon 18 3 74 1 6nb (5) 16 2 39 0 Burtt 13.3 0 47 3 1w (4) 6.5 1 22 1 Anderson 8 0 27 1 5 0 22 1 Reid 3 0 13 0 Hadlee 1 1 0 1 O’Malley (7) 4 1 16 0 New Zealand XI Bowling O M R W O M R W Hayes 21.1 1 73 5 6 1 30 1 Murray 25 6 62 1 3 0 19 0 R.H.Scott 19 5 58 0 3nb 7 0 36 4 2nb Snedden 19 5 43 2 5 1 18 2 Burke 10 4 31 2 McGregor (5) 5 0 20 1 V.J.Scott (6) 4 1 6 1 Umpires: H.W.Gourlay and B.W.Vine. Toss: New Zealand XI Close of Play: 1st day: New Zealand XI (1) 363 all out; 2nd day: New Zealand XI (2) 42-1 (Mills 27*, McGregor 14*). B.Sutcliffe’s 140 took 240 minutes. V.J.Scott’s 106 took 217 minutes and included 10 fours. J.R.Reid’s 117 took 185 minutes and included 17 fours and 1 six. L.A.W.Kent was injured so permission was given for F.L.H.Mooney, the substitute, to keep wicket in the New Zealand XI second innings. G.H.Mills kept wicket in The Rest second innings. 63