First-Class Cricket Matches 1951

CENTRAL DISTRICTS v CANTERBURY Played at Sportsground, Palmerston North, January 11, 12, 13, 1951. Central Districts won by 144 runs. (Points: Central Districts 8, Canterbury 0) CENTRAL DISTRICTS 1 C.C.McVicar b Hayes 42 c Dowker b Burtt 12 2 E.M.Meuli run out 2 st Anderson b Burtt 20 3 *J.A.Ongley b Hayes 16 (4) c Dowker b Burtt 11 4 M.E.Chapple c Dawson b Burtt 20 (6) lbw b Hayes 4 5 L.S.M.Miller b Burtt 19 c Anderson b Harris 64 6 I.H.Ching b Hayes 0 (8) c MacGibbon b Burtt 24 7 H.B.Cave c Dawson b Burtt 3 (3) b Burtt 24 8 D.D.Beard c MacGibbon b Hayes 25 (7) b Burtt 19 9 †G.S.Botting not out 27 c Anderson b Burtt 0 10 G.F.Cresswell c Dowker b Burtt 0 (11) not out 4 11 A.E.Cresswell st Anderson b Burtt 17 (10) b Harris 12 Extras b 2, lb 10, nb 5 17 b 22, lb 4, nb 3 29 —— —— 188 223 FoW (1): 1-11, 2-81, 3-88, 4-88, 5-88, 6-105, 7-141, 8-147, 9-148, 10-188 FoW (2): 1-24, 2-37, 3-64, 4-93, 5-112, 6-156, 7-198, 8-198, 9-216, 10-223 CANTERBURY 1 R.W.G.Emery b A.E.Cresswell 3 b Beard 11 2 N.Bennett lbw b A.E.Cresswell 3 (7) c A.E.Cresswell b Beard 5 3 P.G.Z.Harris st Botting b G.F.Cresswell 12 c Chapple b G.F.Cresswell 21 4 R.T.Dowker c McVicar b Beard 12 c Botting b Beard 0 5 M.B.Poore c McVicar b A.E.Cresswell 14 c Ongley b G.F.Cresswell 10 6 *A.R.MacGibbon lbw b A.E.Cresswell 7 c Miller b G.F.Cresswell 17 7 F.F.Dawson c and b G.F.Cresswell 54 (2) b G.F.Cresswell 4 8 T.B.Burtt lbw b Cave 44 run out 1 9 †G.F.Anderson c McVicar b G.F.Cresswell 0 c Botting b Beard 4 10 J.D.Alderson not out 7 not out 3 11 J.A.Hayes c Beard b Cave 7 b G.F.Cresswell 10 Extras b 1, lb 3, nb 2 6 b 12 12 —— —— 169 98 FoW (1): 1-7, 2-10, 3-26, 4-38, 5-52, 6-58, 7-147, 8-149, 9-155, 10-169 FoW (2): 1-5, 2-27, 3-27, 4-54, 5-59, 6-68, 7-74, 8-85, 9-85, 10-98 Canterbury Bowling O M R W O M R W Hayes 22 3 76 4 20 3 41 1 Alderson 6 3 10 0 9 4 20 0 Bennett 5 2 7 0 Burtt 30 12 56 5 (3) 39 16 74 7 MacGibbon 8 2 16 0 (4) 12 3 28 0 Emery 5 2 6 0 (5) 3 0 18 0 Harris (6) 9.2 2 7 2 Poore (7) 3 1 6 0 Central Districts Bowling O M R W O M R W A.E.Cresswell 18 4 42 4 5 0 16 0 G.F.Cresswell 29 12 53 3 24.2 9 31 5 Beard 13 7 11 1 20 5 39 4 Cave 22.1 8 38 2 Chapple 4 1 19 0 Umpires: N.E.Hassell and C.Whitehead. Toss: Central Districts Close of Play: 1st day: Canterbury (1) 52-5 (Poore 14*); 2nd day: Central Districts (2) 109-4 (Miller 27*, Chapple 4*). The match was scheduled for four days but completed in three. J.A.Ongley retired hurt in the Central Districts first innings having scored 16 (team score 46-1) - he returned when the score was 88-4. 86