First-Class Cricket Matches 1951

OTAGO v WELLINGTON Played at Carisbrook, Dunedin, January 6, 8, 9, 10, 1951. Otago won by 251 runs. (Points: Otago 8, Wellington 0) OTAGO 1 B.Sutcliffe b Murray 111 c Nightingale b Jones 18 2 L.Watt lbw b Nightingale 24 lbw b O’Neill 94 3 R.T.Hunt b Murray 4 c Kelly b Randall 16 4 E.A.Watson b Reid 36 c Barber b Murray 14 5 S.N.McGregor b Dempster 17 b Murray 59 6 *L.D.Smith b Jones 36 (7) b O’Neill 4 7 †G.H.Mills run out 23 (6) lbw b O’Neill 11 8 D.S.St John not out 38 b Murray 1 9 A.M.Moir c Kelly b Randall 0 c and b Dempster 23 10 F.W.Stanley c Reid b Randall 6 not out 8 11 G.W.F.Overton c Reid b Randall 5 Extras b 3, lb 8, nb 5 16 b 11, lb 7, nb 2 20 —— —— 316 (9 wickets, declared) 268 FoW (1): 1-61, 2-78, 3-186, 4-186, 5-234, 6-252, 7-285, 8-288, 9-306, 10-316 FoW (2): 1-25, 2-45, 3-78, 4-173, 5-174, 6-206, 7-209, 8-246, 9-248 WELLINGTON 1 R.A.Vance c Hunt b Moir 38 c Watson b Stanley 4 2 A.F.Nightingale lbw b Overton 10 run out 1 3 H.E.Dollery c Mills b Overton 5 c St John b Overton 0 4 J.R.Reid b Watson 60 b Overton 11 5 E.W.Dempster lbw b Overton 15 c Moir b Stanley 2 6 *R.T.Barber c Watson b Overton 22 b Stanley 2 7 R.M.Murray not out 41 lbw b Stanley 2 8 †J.W.H.Kelly b Moir 6 c Mills b Stanley 11 9 S.R.O’Neill c McGregor b Smith 27 st Mills b Overton 37 10 J.F.Jones c McGregor b Moir 9 b Smith 0 11 C.L.W.Randall lbw b Moir 10 not out 11 Extras b 7, lb 1 8 lb 1 1 —— —— 251 82 FoW (1): 1-36, 2-46, 3-72, 4-103, 5-143, 6-157, 7-168, 8-205, 9-221, 10-251 FoW (2): 1-5, 2-5, 3-11, 4-18, 5-20, 6-20, 7-27, 8-36, 9-41, 10-82 Wellington Bowling O M R W O M R W Jones 19 6 41 1 10 2 28 1 Murray 29 10 33 2 22 12 32 3 Reid 20 3 64 1 7 3 17 0 O’Neill 16 6 31 0 33.1 11 60 3 Randall 27.3 8 43 3 23 8 37 1 Dempster 16 4 31 1 32 12 57 1 Nightingale 13 0 57 1 5 0 17 0 Otago Bowling O M R W O M R W Stanley 5 0 23 0 14 3 39 5 Overton 39 13 71 4 12.5 4 29 3 Watson 14 3 25 1 Moir 36 10 82 4 (3) 1 0 3 0 Smith 23 8 41 1 (4) 2 0 10 1 Sutcliffe 1 0 1 0 Umpires: A.E.Jelley and S.B.Tomkinson. Toss: Otago Close of Play: 1st day: Otago (1) 252-5 (Smith 36*, Mills 9*); 2nd day: Wellington (1) 168-7 (Murray 7*); 3rd day: Otago (2) 173-4 (Watt 52*, Mills 0*). B.Sutcliffe’s 111 took 269 minutes and included 10 fours. 82