First-Class Cricket Matches 1950

OTAGO v CANTERBURY Played at Carisbrook, Dunedin, January 7, 9, 10, 11, 1950. Match drawn. (Points: Otago 4, Canterbury 2) OTAGO 1 B.Sutcliffe c Alderson b Snook 117 b Cameron 51 2 R.T.Hunt c Alderson b Snook 11 3 †G.H.Mills c Leggat b MacGibbon 4 4 L.Watt c O’Malley b Snook 0 (2) not out 41 5 S.N.McGregor b Burtt 75 (4) not out 24 6 W.S.Haig st G.F.Anderson b Burtt 3 (3) c G.F.Anderson b Cameron 0 7 *L.D.Smith lbw b MacGibbon 3 8 E.A.Watson lbw b Cameron 8 9 A.M.Moir not out 35 10 G.W.F.Overton c G.F.Anderson b MacGibbon 2 11 M.F.Muir st G.F.Anderson b Burtt 0 Extras b 5, lb 4, nb 9 18 b 1, lb 2 3 —— —— 276 (2 wickets) 119 FoW (1): 1-79, 2-88, 3-90, 4-171, 5-185, 6-202, 7-234, 8-239, 9-253, 10-276 FoW (2): 1-73, 2-73 CANTERBURY 1 J.G.Leggat c Watson b Moir 37 2 R.T.Dowker b Overton 32 3 P.W.O’Malley c Muir b Overton 4 4 F.B.Smith b Moir 1 5 *W.M.Anderson c Moir b Overton 35 6 T.B.Burtt b Moir 13 7 A.R.MacGibbon b Overton 26 8 C.G.Snook lbw b Moir 17 9 S.M.Cameron not out 29 10 †G.F.Anderson b Overton 10 11 J.D.Alderson b Overton 0 Extras b 6, lb 2 8 —— 212 FoW (1): 1-49, 2-76, 3-77, 4-83, 5-107, 6-150, 7-157, 8-193, 9-212, 10-212 Canterbury Bowling O M R W O M R W MacGibbon 30 9 57 3 11 1 39 0 Alderson 15 4 30 0 4 0 15 0 Cameron 12 2 36 1 7 1 12 2 Burtt 34.3 16 83 3 7 3 22 0 Snook 21 6 52 3 8 3 20 0 W.M.Anderson (6) 1 0 8 0 Otago Bowling O M R W Overton 36.5 11 63 6 Watson 19 5 46 0 Muir 5 0 20 0 Moir 27 5 55 4 Smith 9 3 20 0 Umpires: A.E.Jelley and S.B.Tomkinson. Toss: Otago Close of Play: 1st day: Otago (1) 127-3 (Sutcliffe 86*, McGregor 16*); 2nd day: Canterbury (1) 93-4 (W.M.Anderson 8*, Burtt 5*); 3rd day: Otago (2) 119-2 (Watt 41*, McGregor 24*). There was no play on the final day. B.Sutcliffe’s 117 took 209 minutes and included 13 fours. 56