First-Class Cricket Matches 1950

AUCKLAND v AUSTRALIANS Played at Eden Park, Auckland, February 17, 18, 20, 1950. Match drawn. AUSTRALIANS 1 K.D.Meuleman run out 51 b Cowie 92 2 J.W.Burke b Cleverley 60 not out 68 3 R.Howard lbw b Cowie 9 4 *W.A.Brown b Cleverley 8 5 P.L.Ridings lbw b Hemmingson 7 6 W.G.Driver b Hemmingson 22 (3) not out 5 7 †D.Tallon c Cleal b Burke 18 8 D.T.Ring st Kent b Burke 60 9 L.J.Johnson b Donaldson 17 10 C.W.Puckett st Kent b Burke 31 11 J.B.Iverson not out 2 Extras b 10, lb 8 18 b 14, lb 2 16 —— —— 303 (1 wicket, declared) 181 FoW (1): 1-89, 2-120, 3-135, 4-140, 5-167, 6-170, 7-203, 8-239, 9-283, 10-303 FoW (2): 1-175 (1) AUCKLAND 1 V.J.Scott b Johnson 17 lbw b Ring 38 2 G.C.Burgess lbw b Ring 7 st Tallon b Ring 35 3 D.D.Coleman c Driver b Puckett 30 c Ring b Puckett 41 4 *W.M.Wallace c Meuleman b Ring 37 run out 36 5 O.C.Cleal c Johnson b Iverson 45 b Burke 45 6 J.B.Donaldson c Brown b Ring 3 st Tallon b Burke 9 7 †L.A.W.Kent run out 2 b Burke 6 8 C.Burke b Iverson 18 run out 4 9 F.E.Hemmingson c Puckett b Johnson 1 not out 1 10 J.Cowie b Johnson 8 not out 0 11 D.C.Cleverley not out 0 Extras b 11, lb 4 15 b 8, lb 7 15 —— —— 183 (8 wickets) 230 FoW (1): 1-22, 2-26, 3-70, 4-114, 5-122, 6-134, 7-167, 8-169, 9-183, 10-183 FoW (2): 1-70, 2-96, 3-147, 4-180, 5-199, 6-219, 7-229, 8-229 Auckland Bowling O M R W O M R W Cowie 23 7 30 1 21 8 29 1 Cleverley 22 3 100 2 17 3 42 0 Cleal 5 0 13 0 Donaldson 9 2 30 1 (3) 7 3 16 0 Burke 19.1 1 79 3 (4) 11 1 48 0 Hemmingson 14 4 33 2 (5) 13 2 30 0 Australians Bowling O M R W O M R W Johnson 13.2 2 37 3 9 3 13 0 Puckett 17 6 33 1 25 4 51 1 Iverson 9 2 31 2 14 3 35 0 Ring 23 7 67 3 34 7 92 2 Burke (5) 6 1 24 3 Umpires: R.W.Mitchell and T.M.Pearce. Toss: Close of Play: 1st day: Auckland (1) 22-0 (Scott 12*, Burgess 7*); 2nd day: Australians (2) 114-0 (Meuleman 61*, Burke 47*). 81