First-Class Cricket Matches 1950

CANTERBURY v WELLINGTON Played at Lancaster Park, Christchurch, December 31, 1949, January 2, 3, 1950. Wellington won by six wickets. (Points: Canterbury 0, Wellington 8) CANTERBURY 1 *W.A.Hadlee b Rabone 48 (6) c A.E.Cresswell b Reid 11 2 J.G.Leggat b Rabone 80 c Rabone b Murray 1 3 P.W.O’Malley c Murray b G.F.Cresswell 15 c Vance b G.F.Cresswell 5 4 F.B.Smith c Vance b Randall 23 b Murray 6 5 W.M.Anderson st Mooney b Murray 8 (1) c Reid b A.E.Cresswell 1 6 M.E.Chapple b Randall 26 (7) not out 2 7 A.R.MacGibbon c Rabone b Murray 94 (5) c Rabone b G.F.Cresswell 12 8 T.B.Burtt c Mooney b Murray 24 c Mooney b Reid 9 9 P.A.T.Small c Mooney b Randall 1 b Reid 0 10 †R.C.Webb run out 2 b Reid 0 11 J.D.Alderson not out 1 c and b Reid 3 Extras b 4, lb 2 6 b 4, lb 2 6 —— —— 328 56 FoW (1): 1-59, 2-90, 3-117, 4-149, 5-205, 6-213, 7-308, 8-315, 9-327, 10-328 FoW (2): 1-2, 2-2, 3-8, 4-23, 5-34, 6-42, 7-51, 8-51, 9-51, 10-56 WELLINGTON 1 R.A.Vance c Smith b Alderson 28 c and b Chapple 23 2 G.O.Rabone c Leggat b Alderson 1 b Alderson 16 3 *J.A.Ongley c Smith b Burtt 52 lbw b Burtt 10 4 R.J.Kemp c Burtt b MacGibbon 27 5 J.R.Reid c Small b Chapple 2 (4) c Leggat b MacGibbon 10 6 E.W.Dempster c Webb b Alderson 47 (5) not out 47 7 †F.L.H.Mooney b MacGibbon 4 (6) not out 14 8 R.M.Murray c Hadlee b Burtt 26 9 C.L.W.Randall b Alderson 36 10 G.F.Cresswell b Alderson 5 11 A.E.Cresswell not out 1 Extras b 7, lb 10, w 1, nb 7 25 b 10, lb 3, nb 1 14 —— —— 254 (4 wickets) 134 FoW (1): 1-3, 2-64, 3-86, 4-99, 5-112, 6-151, 7-188, 8-213, 9-253, 10-254 FoW (2): 1-26, 2-45, 3-66, 4-74 Wellington Bowling O M R W O M R W A.E.Cresswell 12 2 44 0 5 0 9 1 G.F.Cresswell 36 22 43 1 13 7 12 2 Murray 21 6 65 3 4 2 9 2 Rabone 28 9 62 2 Randall 26.3 5 82 3 Reid 11 2 25 0 (4) 12.1 2 20 5 Dempster 1 0 1 0 Canterbury Bowling O M R W O M R W MacGibbon 29 5 67 2 12.5 4 52 1 Alderson 18.4 1 66 5 5 0 33 1 Small 10 5 17 0 5 3 7 0 Anderson 11 1 25 0 Burtt 32 17 45 2 (4) 11 9 6 1 Chapple 6 2 9 1 (5) 8 2 22 1 Umpires: R.V.Taylor and B.W.Vine. Toss: Canterbury Close of Play: 1st day: Canterbury (1) 281-6 (MacGibbon 63*, Burtt 12*); 2nd day: Wellington (1) 211-7 (Kemp 27*, Randall 7*). The match was scheduled for four days but completed in three. R.J.Kemp retired hurt in the Wellington first innings (team score 84-2) - he returned when the score was 188-6. 48