First-Class Cricket Matches 1952

AUCKLAND v WELLINGTON Played at Eden Park, Auckland, February 1, 2, 4, 1952. Auckland won by seven wickets. (Points: Auckland 8, Wellington 0) WELLINGTON 1 T.Meale c Hambrook b Laker 27 b Rabone 0 2 †F.L.H.Mooney c Rabone b Moyle 15 b Rabone 7 3 R.F.Romanos b Laker 2 b Laker 9 4 *J.R.Reid b Rabone 19 b Rabone 100 5 A.F.Nightingale c Rabone b Laker 4 b Laker 0 6 L.G.Williams c and b Laker 0 b Rabone 1 7 E.W.Dempster c Scott b Burke 52 c Hambrook b Laker 9 8 M.E.Giles b Rabone 23 c Coleman b Rabone 13 9 F.E.Fisher b Burke 10 c Rabone b Laker 0 10 R.W.Blair b Laker 31 c Morris b Laker 0 11 L.C.Butler not out 10 not out 0 Extras b 14, lb 2 16 b 16, lb 5 21 —— —— 209 160 FoW (1): 1-17, 2-20, 3-47, 4-56, 5-68, 6-98, 7-146, 8-163, 9-185, 10-209 FoW (2): 1-4, 2-9, 3-29, 4-29, 5-44, 6-67, 7-150, 8-160, 9-160, 10-160 AUCKLAND 1 J.H.Worrall c Meale b Dempster 63 c and b Blair 15 2 G.O.Rabone c Reid b Blair 0 c Reid b Fisher 0 3 D.D.Coleman c Reid b Fisher 7 lbw b Dempster 4 4 V.J.Scott c and b Fisher 8 not out 39 5 *O.C.Cleal b Blair 20 not out 11 6 J.B.Morris b Blair 45 7 J.C.Laker b Reid 35 8 T.S.Hambrook b Dempster 72 9 †A.W.Ritchie b Reid 22 10 C.Burke run out 12 11 H.Moyle not out 4 Extras b 10, lb 3 13 b 1 1 —— —— 301 (3 wickets) 70 FoW (1): 1-4, 2-28, 3-44, 4-74, 5-140, 6-155, 7-227, 8-271, 9-292, 10-301 FoW (2): 1-0, 2-35, 3-52 Auckland Bowling O M R W O M R W Moyle 11 4 31 1 9 2 28 0 Hambrook 6 1 18 0 Rabone 24 11 36 2 (2) 23 12 39 5 Laker 35.5 14 53 5 (3) 25.1 7 68 5 Burke 15 2 55 2 (4) 4 1 4 0 Cleal 1 1 0 0 Wellington Bowling O M R W O M R W Blair 22 4 70 3 13 3 27 1 Reid 17.4 1 63 2 4 1 5 0 Fisher 15 4 32 2 11 4 19 1 Butler 11 0 47 0 Dempster 15 2 52 2 (4) 4 1 10 1 Giles 5 0 19 0 (5) 11 6 8 0 Nightingale 1 0 5 0 Umpires: A.Hirst and T.M.Pearce. Toss: Close of Play: 1st day: Auckland (1) 68-3 (Worrall 33*, Cleal 15*); 2nd day: Wellington (2) 119-6 (Reid 74*, Giles 8*). The match was scheduled for four days but completed in three. J.R.Reid’s 100 took 165 minutes and included 12 fours. 106