First-Class Cricket Matches 1951

OTAGO v CENTRAL DISTRICTS Played at Carisbrook, Dunedin, February 16, 17, 19, 1951. Match drawn. (Points: Otago 4, Central Districts 2) OTAGO 1 B.Sutcliffe c Cave b G.F.Cresswell 125 b G.F.Cresswell 56 2 L.Watt b G.F.Cresswell 65 run out 11 3 E.A.Watson c Botting b Beard 24 c Beard b Cave 95 4 W.S.Haig lbw b G.F.Cresswell 19 run out 11 5 S.N.McGregor c Miller b Beard 4 b Cave 0 6 *L.D.Smith c Ongley b Beard 3 c McVicar b G.F.Cresswell 17 7 D.S.St John c McVicar b Cave 20 not out 6 8 A.M.Moir b G.F.Cresswell 1 9 †D.M.Dunnet c Meuli b Cave 18 10 F.W.Stanley b G.F.Cresswell 2 11 G.W.F.Overton not out 0 Extras b 9, lb 6, nb 2 17 b 8, lb 3 11 —— —— 298 (6 wickets, declared) 207 FoW (1): 1-178, 2-213, 3-236, 4-242, 5-250, 6-256, 7-258, 8-295, 9-298, 10-298 FoW (2): 1-28, 2-118, 3-147, 4-154, 5-193, 6-207 CENTRAL DISTRICTS 1 C.C.McVicar run out 12 2 H.F.Rice run out 0 (1) lbw b Stanley 2 3 E.M.Meuli lbw b Moir 37 (2) b Moir 39 4 L.S.M.Miller c McGregor b Moir 30 not out 20 5 *J.A.Ongley run out 4 (3) b Watson 7 6 M.E.Chapple c Dunnet b Overton 70 (5) not out 0 7 D.D.Beard lbw b Moir 9 8 H.B.Cave not out 33 9 †G.S.Botting b Moir 11 10 A.E.Cresswell b Overton 1 11 G.F.Cresswell Extras b 6, nb 2 8 b 8, lb 1, nb 1 10 —— —— (9 wickets, declared) 215 (3 wickets) 78 FoW (1): 1-1, 2-14, 3-66, 4-72, 5-113, 6-125, 7-183, 8-210, 9-215 FoW (2): 1-3, 2-17, 3-78 Central Districts Bowling O M R W O M R W Beard 33 12 69 3 17 3 55 0 G.F.Cresswell 46.2 10 83 5 26 8 60 2 Cave 26 4 59 2 20 1 72 2 A.E.Cresswell 17 1 53 0 2 0 5 0 Chapple 2 0 17 0 McVicar (5) 1 0 1 0 Meuli (6) 1 0 3 0 Otago Bowling O M R W O M R W Overton 23.5 9 31 2 10 6 7 0 Stanley 18 7 28 0 8 2 15 1 Watson 12 5 26 0 7 4 14 1 Moir 33 9 74 4 8 2 16 1 Smith 15 5 44 0 3 1 4 0 Sutcliffe 1 0 2 0 2 0 5 0 McGregor 2 0 2 0 Haig (7) 2 0 3 0 St John (8) 2 1 4 0 Watt (9) 1 1 0 0 Umpires: A.Ronaldson and S.B.Tomkinson. Toss: Otago Close of Play: 1st day: Otago (1) 295-7 (St John 20*, Dunnet 17*); 2nd day: Otago (2) 22-0 (Sutcliffe 11*, Watt 10*). The match was scheduled for four days but completed in three. B.Sutcliffe’s 125 took 255 minutes and included 12 fours. 110