First-Class Cricket Matches 1952

AUCKLAND v CENTRAL DISTRICTS Played at Eden Park, Auckland, January 25, 26, 28, 1952. Auckland won by an innings and 227 runs. (Points: Auckland 8, Central Districts 0) AUCKLAND 1 J.H.Worrall b Leggat 35 2 G.O.Rabone lbw b Chapple 125 3 D.D.Coleman c Leggat b Chapple 63 4 V.J.Scott not out 151 5 *O.C.Cleal c Beard b Cave 40 6 J.B.Morris not out 101 7 C.Burke 8 J.C.Laker 9 T.S.Hambrook 10 †A.W.Ritchie 11 H.Moyle Extras b 5, lb 6 11 —— (4 wickets, declared) 526 FoW (1): 1-63, 2-230, 3-231, 4-292 CENTRAL DISTRICTS 1 A.A.Hunter run out 15 st Ritchie b Burke 15 2 B.A.Turner c and b Rabone 58 c Hambrook b Moyle 11 3 E.M.Meuli c and b Rabone 28 lbw b Burke 9 4 M.E.Chapple lbw b Moyle 4 c Worrall b Burke 3 5 *J.A.Ongley c Morris b Burke 17 st Ritchie b Burke 1 6 M.F.Tremlett c Ritchie b Rabone 26 b Moyle 11 7 D.D.Beard c Worrall b Laker 10 not out 25 8 I.B.Leggat c Worrall b Laker 10 lbw b Laker 7 9 H.B.Cave st Ritchie b Burke 5 c Coleman b Laker 0 10 †G.S.Botting c Ritchie b Burke 7 c Rabone b Laker 4 11 R.S.Challies not out 11 b Burke 0 Extras b 4, lb 5 9 b 9, lb 1, nb 3 13 —— —— 200 99 FoW (1): 1-37, 2-102, 3-107, 4-110, 5-149, 6-166, 7-166, 8-179, 9-185, 10-200 FoW (2): 1-21, 2-41, 3-44, 4-49, 5-53, 6-67, 7-84, 8-90, 9-98, 10-99 Central Districts Bowling O M R W Cave 42 10 100 1 Beard 51 21 100 0 Leggat 20 1 85 1 Chapple 50 11 112 2 Challies 34 6 102 0 Hunter 5 1 16 0 Auckland Bowling O M R W O M R W Moyle 16 6 43 1 9 3 17 2 Hambrook 9 4 14 0 4 0 8 0 Burke 26 9 55 3 18.5 5 33 5 Laker 38 18 48 2 16 2 24 3 Rabone 21 9 31 3 4 2 4 0 Umpires: J.C.Harris and W.Lewis. Toss: Close of Play: 1st day: Auckland (1) 339-4 (Scott 49*, Morris 19*); 2nd day: Central Districts (1) 110-3 (Chapple 4*, Ongley 0*). The match was scheduled for four days but completed in three. G.O.Rabone’s 125 took 257 minutes and included 16 fours. V.J.Scott’s 151 took 286 minutes and included 11 fours. J.B.Morris’s 101 took 226 minutes and included 10 fours. 100