First-Class Cricket Matches 1951

CANTERBURY v OTAGO Played at Lancaster Park, Christchurch, December 22, 23, 25, 26, 1950. Otago won by 61 runs. (Points: Canterbury 0, Otago 8) OTAGO 1 B.Sutcliffe c Burgess b Burtt 14 (4) b Burtt 11 2 L.Watt c Emery b Hayes 25 lbw b Alderson 11 3 A.W.Roberts b Hayes 3 c Bennett b Burtt 16 4 E.A.Watson c Anderson b Hayes 22 (1) c Alderson b Burtt 23 5 S.N.McGregor c Burtt b MacGibbon 2 (9) c Burtt b Hayes 55 6 *L.D.Smith b Burtt 29 (5) c Alderson b Burtt 9 7 D.J.Blakely lbw b Hayes 13 (6) b Emery 11 8 †G.H.Mills c Bennett b Emery 4 (7) c Burtt b Emery 38 9 D.S.StJohn b Hayes 10 (8) c Dowker b Alderson 22 10 A.M.Moir not out 0 c MacGibbon b Burtt 20 11 G.W.F.Overton b Hayes 0 not out 1 Extras b 5, lb 7, nb 5 17 b 3, lb 4, nb 3 10 —— —— 139 227 FoW (1): 1-8, 2-56, 3-63, 4-69, 5-78, 6-119, 7-129, 8-135, 9-139, 10-139 FoW (2): 1-25, 2-54, 3-54, 4-77, 5-98, 6-120, 7-139, 8-147, 9-189, 10-227 CANTERBURY 1 W.A.Hadlee b Watson 46 c Smith b Watson 83 2 R.T.Dowker lbw b Moir 14 c Mills b Moir 2 3 R.W.G.Emery c and b Overton 10 run out 18 4 A.T.Burgess c Mills b Moir 41 c Blakely b Moir 4 5 T.B.Burtt run out 13 c Watson b Moir 0 6 A.R.MacGibbon lbw b Overton 17 b Moir 7 7 *J.G.Leggat c Overton b Moir 0 not out 6 8 N.Bennett c and b Moir 3 c Roberts b Moir 8 9 J.A.Hayes c Watt b Overton 2 b Moir 0 10 J.D.Alderson not out 1 b Watson 3 11 †G.F.Anderson c Smith b Moir 0 b Watson 4 Extras b 16, lb 2, w 1 19 lb 4 4 —— —— 166 139 FoW (1): 1-60, 2-64, 3-102, 4-137, 5-158, 6-160, 7-160, 8-162, 9-166, 10-166 FoW (2): 1-26, 2-84, 3-115, 4-115, 5-125, 6-125, 7-125, 8-126, 9-130, 10-139 Canterbury Bowling O M R W O M R W Hayes 16.4 6 26 6 23.1 5 42 1 MacGibbon 14 1 30 1 16 2 57 0 Alderson 11 1 34 0 16 2 42 2 Burtt 22 8 24 2 28 13 40 5 Emery 3 0 8 1 7 3 24 2 Bennett (6) 4 0 12 0 Otago Bowling O M R W O M R W Overton 21 8 39 3 11 2 40 0 Watson 15 4 42 1 20.4 8 22 3 Smith 7 1 14 0 4 1 13 0 Moir 24.1 7 52 5 25 7 60 6 Umpires: E.G.Brook and T.H.Garbutt. Toss: Otago Close of Play: 1st day: Canterbury (1) 104-3 (Burgess 22*, Burtt 2*); 2nd day: Otago (2) 99-5; 3rd day: Canterbury (2) 33-1 (Hadlee 27*, Emery 4*). A.M.Moir completed a hat-trick in the Canterbury second innings (Burtt, Hayes, Burgess). B.Sutcliffe retired hurt when he was hit on the hip by the third ball of the first over of the match from Hayes in the Otago first innings having scored 0 (team score 0-0) - he returned when the score was 56-2. 56