First-Class Cricket Matches 1950

OTAGO v AUCKLAND Played at Carisbrook, Dunedin, December 31, 1949, January 2, 3, 4, 1950. Match drawn. (Points: Otago 4, Auckland 2) OTAGO 1 B.Sutcliffe b Blane 355 2 R.T.Hunt c Kent b Donaldson 9 3 A.W.Roberts b Hardstaff 29 4 †G.H.Mills c Marsdon b Cleal 14 5 S.N.McGregor b Hemmingson 36 6 W.S.Haig b Donaldson 67 7 *L.D.Smith c Cleal b Donaldson 5 8 L.J.Groves c Scott b Hemmingson 3 9 E.A.Watson not out 2 10 G.W.F.Overton 11 I.A.Walsh Extras b 26, lb 9, nb 3 38 —— (8 wickets, declared) 558 FoW (1): 1-14, 2-113, 3-163, 4-278, 5-544, 6-548, 7-553, 8-558 AUCKLAND 1 D.L.Perry c Mills b Overton 3 st Mills b Watson 23 2 *V.J.Scott c Hunt b Roberts 116 (6) not out 5 3 D.D.Coleman run out 5 c Roberts b Overton 74 4 J.Hardstaff c Mills b Overton 11 c and b Smith 135 5 O.C.Cleal c Roberts b Overton 32 c Walsh b Watson 81 6 J.P.Marsdon st Mills b Smith 8 (7) not out 2 7 J.P.Blane b Overton 32 (2) lbw b Roberts 7 8 †L.A.W.Kent c Watson b Overton 12 9 J.B.Donaldson b Smith 0 10 K.R.Dollery lbw b Smith 0 11 F.E.Hemmingson not out 0 Extras b 7, lb 5 12 b 12, lb 3 15 —— —— 231 (5 wickets) 342 FoW (1): 1-21, 2-34, 3-69, 4-149, 5-164, 6-205, 7-226, 8-227, 9-231, 10-231 FoW (2): 1-26, 2-36, 3-208, 4-335, 5-335 Auckland Bowling O M R W Dollery 8 3 10 0 Donaldson 41 5 105 3 Hemmingson 42.2 12 99 2 Blane 26 3 74 1 Hardstaff 26 4 102 1 Cleal 19 2 67 1 Marsdon 11 3 45 0 Coleman 4 0 14 0 Scott 1 0 4 0 Otago Bowling O M R W O M R W Walsh 23 5 47 0 12 1 45 0 Overton 37 7 95 5 20 3 53 1 Watson 4 0 6 0 24 7 59 2 Smith 13.1 0 36 3 19 3 44 1 Groves 8 0 20 0 18 2 77 0 Roberts 11 5 15 1 18 3 40 1 Sutcliffe (7) 3 0 9 0 Umpires: H.P.Thomson and S.B.Tomkinson. Toss: Otago Close of Play: 1st day: Otago (1) 400-4 (Sutcliffe 257*, Haig 30*); 2nd day: Auckland (1) 158-4 (Scott 95*, Marsdon 4*); 3rd day: Auckland (2) ?-3 (Hardstaff 91*, Cleal 5*). B.Sutcliffe’s 355 took 485 minutes and included 38 fours. V.J.Scott’s 116 took 245 minutes and included 2 fours. J.Hardstaff’s 135 took 273 minutes and included 8 fours. 50