First-Class Cricket Matches 1950

OTAGO v AUSTRALIANS Played at Carisbrook, Dunedin, March 10, 11, 13, 1950. Australians won by an innings and 356 runs. AUSTRALIANS 1 K.D.Meuleman b Smith 86 2 J.W.Burke c Sutcliffe b Overton 5 3 *W.A.Brown b Freeman 184 4 R.Howard b Watson 141 5 P.L.Ridings run out 1 6 L.D.Duldig b Smith 37 7 †D.Tallon not out 70 8 D.T.Ring c Hunt b Watson 16 9 L.J.Johnson not out 9 10 C.W.Puckett 11 J.B.Iverson Extras b 17, lb 2 19 —— (7 wickets, declared) 568 FoW (1): 1-15, 2-188, 3-329, 4-330, 5-442, 6-497, 7-539 OTAGO 1 B.Sutcliffe c Tallon b Iverson 43 c Burke b Iverson 44 2 L.Watt c Tallon b Puckett 14 c sub b Ridings 4 3 R.T.Hunt b Puckett 0 c sub b Iverson 7 4 S.N.McGregor b Ring 7 b Iverson 5 5 W.S.Haig b Puckett 12 b Iverson 1 6 E.A.Watson b Ring 3 st Tallon b Ring 0 7 †G.H.Mills c Tallon b Puckett 13 b Ring 2 8 *L.D.Smith b Puckett 0 not out 12 9 A.M.Moir st Tallon b Iverson 16 st Tallon b Iverson 9 10 T.A.Freeman b Iverson 0 b Iverson 1 11 G.W.F.Overton not out 1 b Ring 0 Extras b 3, lb 4 7 b 6, lb 5 11 —— —— 116 96 FoW (1): 1-46, 2-46, 3-64, 4-66, 5-73, 6-90, 7-98, 8-105, 9-113, 10-116 FoW (2): 1-8, 2-9, 3-33, 4-68, 5-72, 6-77, 7-79, 8-80, 9-83, 10-96 Otago Bowling O M R W Overton 45 14 94 1 Freeman 38 9 108 1 Moir 35 6 150 0 Watson 32 8 80 2 Smith 25 2 108 2 Sutcliffe 2 0 9 0 Australians Bowling O M R W O M R W Puckett 24 13 24 5 3 0 3 0 Iverson 13 2 30 3 20 3 47 6 Ring 15 6 24 2 17 8 29 3 Johnson 5 0 15 0 Ridings 9 3 16 0 (4) 6 2 6 1 Umpires: A.E.Jelley and S.B.Tomkinson. Toss: Australians Close of Play: 1st day: Australians (1) 334-4 (Howard 46*, Duldig 2*); 2nd day: Otago (1) 84-5 (Haig 7*, Mills 6*). W.A.Brown’s 184 took 271 minutes and included 24 fours. R.Howard’s 141 took 263 minutes and included 14 fours. 92