First-Class Cricket Matches 1951

NEW ZEALAND v ENGLAND Played at Lancaster Park, Christchurch, March 17, 19, 20, 21, 1951. Match drawn. NEW ZEALAND 1 B.Sutcliffe b Statham 116 2 V.J.Scott b Bailey 16 (5) not out 10 3 J.R.Reid b Wright 50 4 W.M.Wallace c Brown b Bedser 66 5 *W.A.Hadlee c Brown b Bailey 50 6 A.R.MacGibbon lbw b Wright 4 (1) c Evans b Simpson 8 7 †F.L.H.Mooney st Evans b Tattersall 39 8 T.B.Burtt b Brown 42 9 A.M.Moir not out 0 (4) not out 7 10 J.A.Hayes (2) lbw b Washbrook 19 11 G.F.Cresswell (3) c Evans b Simpson 2 Extras b 16, lb 16, w 1, nb 1 34 —— —— (8 wickets, declared) 417 (3 wickets) 46 FoW (1): 1-37 (2), 2-168 (3), 3-203 (1), 4-297 (5), 5-307 (6), 6-335 (4), 7-415 (7), 8-417 (8) FoW (2): 1-9 (1), 2-29 (3), 3-29 (2) ENGLAND 1 L.Hutton b Moir 28 2 C.Washbrook c Mooney b Hayes 58 3 R.T.Simpson c Wallace b Moir 81 4 D.C.S.Compton b Burtt 79 5 T.E.Bailey not out 134 6 *F.R.Brown c Scott b Cresswell 62 7 †T.G.Evans c Hayes b Moir 19 8 A.V.Bedser c Hayes b Moir 5 9 R.Tattersall b Moir 2 10 D.V.P.Wright c MacGibbon b Cresswell 45 11 J.B.Statham b Moir 9 Extras b 20, lb 8 28 —— 550 FoW (1): 1-57 (1), 2-108 (2), 3-237 (4), 4-264 (3), 5-356 (6), 6-388 (7), 7-398 (8), 8-406 (9), 9-523 (10), 10-550 (11) England Bowling O M R W O M R W Bedser 41 10 83 1 Bailey 30 9 51 2 Statham 24 6 47 1 Tattersall 16 3 48 1 Wright 27 2 99 2 Brown 15.2 3 34 1 Compton 4 0 21 0 (4) 2 0 10 0 Washbrook (1) 4 0 25 1 Simpson (2) 4 1 4 2 Hutton (3) 3 0 7 0 New Zealand Bowling O M R W Hayes 43 11 85 1 Reid 10 2 29 0 MacGibbon 27 6 74 0 Cresswell 34 10 75 2 Moir 56.3 16 155 6 Burtt 49 23 99 1 Scott 2 0 5 0 Umpires: E.G.Brook and S.B.Tomkinson. Toss: New Zealand Close of Play: 1st day: New Zealand (1) 247-3 (Wallace 32*, Hadlee 20*); 2nd day: England (1) 67-1 (Washbrook 31*, Simpson 0*); 3rd day: England (1) 317-4 (Bailey 19*, Brown 39*). B.Sutcliffe’s 116 took 260 minutes and included 12 fours. T.E.Bailey’s 134 took 379 minutes and included 13 fours. 127