First-Class Cricket Matches 1950

WELLINGTON v OTAGO Played at Basin Reserve, Wellington, December 24, 26, 27, 1949. Wellington won by seven wickets. (Points: Wellington 8, Otago 0) OTAGO 1 B.Sutcliffe c Reid b Randall 29 c Ongley b Randall 17 2 R.T.Hunt b A.E.Cresswell 62 c A.E.Cresswell b G.F.Cresswell 18 3 A.W.Roberts run out 22 c Randall b Murray 51 4 S.N.McGregor c Reid b Murray 1 c Ongley b Randall 0 5 W.S.Haig c Ongley b Murray 0 c Mooney b G.F.Cresswell 1 6 †G.H.Mills b Murray 0 c Reid b Murray 21 7 E.A.Watson b G.F.Cresswell 9 c G.F.Cresswell b Murray 13 8 *L.D.Smith c and b G.F.Cresswell 3 c Reid b Randall 16 9 L.J.Groves b Randall 2 b Reid 15 10 G.W.F.Overton c Mooney b Randall 0 c Reid b G.F.Cresswell 0 11 I.A.Walsh not out 2 not out 0 Extras b 3, lb 6, nb 5 14 b 5, lb 12, nb 5 22 —— —— 144 174 FoW (1): 1-50, 2-97, 3-116, 4-116, 5-116, 6-133, 7-137, 8-140, 9-141, 10-144 FoW (2): 1-39, 2-39, 3-39, 4-48, 5-122, 6-137, 7-149, 8-159, 9-174, 10-174 WELLINGTON 1 S.A.McVicar c Groves b Overton 5 not out 73 2 G.O.Rabone c Watson b Smith 32 run out 4 3 *J.A.Ongley c Walsh b Watson 11 c Roberts b Walsh 52 4 R.J.Kemp b Overton 4 st Mills b Groves 1 5 J.R.Reid st Mills b Watson 47 not out 38 6 E.W.Dempster c Mills b Overton 14 7 †F.L.H.Mooney st Mills b Overton 22 8 R.M.Murray b Overton 1 9 C.L.W.Randall lbw b Watson 0 10 G.F.Cresswell b Watson 0 11 A.E.Cresswell not out 4 Extras b 6, lb 3, w 1 10 lb 4 4 —— —— 150 (3 wickets) 172 FoW (1): 1-9, 2-31, 3-38, 4-73, 5-104, 6-135, 7-136, 8-142, 9-142, 10-150 FoW (2): 1-5, 2-96, 3-97 Wellington Bowling O M R W O M R W A.E.Cresswell 17 6 19 1 22 5 45 0 Reid 10 0 29 0 7 5 6 1 Murray 9 4 13 3 18 6 41 3 G.F.Cresswell 28 15 23 2 32.4 18 32 3 Randall 19 5 34 3 22 11 28 3 Rabone 8 3 12 0 Otago Bowling O M R W O M R W Walsh 12 2 30 0 13 2 38 1 Overton 29.1 12 60 5 20 3 52 0 Watson 11 4 26 4 4 0 17 0 Groves 1 0 2 0 12 3 38 1 Smith 12 3 20 1 11 2 19 0 Roberts 3 1 2 0 Sutcliffe (6) 0.1 0 4 0 Umpires: T.W.Dick and M.F.Pengelly. Toss: Otago Close of Play: 1st day: Wellington (1) 48-3 (Rabone 20*, Reid 5*); 2nd day: Otago (2) 94-4 (Roberts 35*, Mills 8*). The match was scheduled for four days but completed in three. R.M.Murray completed a hat-trick in the Otago first innings (McGregor, Haig, Mills). 44