First-Class Cricket Matches 1952

WELLINGTON v CENTRAL DISTRICTS Played at Basin Reserve, Wellington, December 22, 24, 25, 26, 1951. Central Districts won by one wicket. (Points: Wellington 0, Central Districts 8) WELLINGTON 1 T.Meale st Botting b Cave 24 c McVicar b Cave 1 2 K.F.M.Uttley lbw b Cave 18 run out 7 3 R.A.Vance lbw b Chapple 21 b Cave 7 4 *J.R.Reid st Botting b Cave 29 c Botting b Leggat 25 5 R.F.Romanos b Chapple 0 b Beard 9 6 L.G.Williams c Cave b Cresswell 5 c Cave b Beard 64 7 †F.L.H.Mooney st Botting b Cresswell 8 b Chapple 0 8 E.W.Dempster b Leggat 25 run out 21 9 M.G.Browne b Cave 8 b Cresswell 6 10 M.E.Giles b Cave 7 c McVicar b Beard 19 11 R.W.Blair not out 5 not out 4 Extras b 2, lb 6 8 b 2, lb 4 6 —— —— 158 169 FoW (1): 1-29, 2-66, 3-78, 4-81, 5-101, 6-108, 7-111, 8-136, 9-148, 10-158 FoW (2): 1-1, 2-16, 3-22, 4-49, 5-55, 6-80, 7-81, 8-92, 9-162, 10-169 CENTRAL DISTRICTS 1 C.C.McVicar c Mooney b Blair 9 b Blair 23 2 P.W.Dyhrberg c Mooney b Reid 5 c Mooney b Blair 2 3 E.M.Meuli not out 48 b Blair 46 4 M.E.Chapple c Vance b Browne 16 b Reid 47 5 *J.A.Ongley c Blair b Browne 0 b Browne 14 6 R.G.Wilde c Mooney b Browne 2 b Giles 15 7 D.D.Beard b Dempster 23 not out 43 8 I.B.Leggat b Reid 5 c Mooney b Reid 9 9 H.B.Cave c Reid b Dempster 2 b Browne 1 10 †G.S.Botting c Vance b Dempster 0 lbw b Reid 6 11 A.E.Cresswell run out 2 not out 0 Extras b 1, lb 1 2 b 3, lb 4, nb 1 8 —— —— 114 (9 wickets) 214 FoW (1): 1-14, 2-17, 3-42, 4-44, 5-50, 6-90, 7-101, 8-108, 9-112, 10-114 FoW (2): 1-7, 2-71, 3-76, 4-127, 5-149, 6-157, 7-184, 8-187, 9-194 Central Districts Bowling O M R W O M R W Cresswell 14 1 40 2 10 1 24 1 Beard 18 4 34 0 26.5 11 41 3 Cave 21 4 42 5 23 8 51 2 Chapple 13 1 20 2 10 2 19 1 Leggat 12.1 4 14 1 11 2 28 1 Wellington Bowling O M R W O M R W Blair 17.2 5 22 1 27.1 7 34 3 Giles 12 3 14 0 19 8 21 1 Reid 12 3 25 2 16 4 33 3 Browne 14 3 34 3 30 5 87 2 Dempster 14 5 17 3 14 5 31 0 Umpires: T.W.Dick and J.M.McLellan. Toss: Close of Play: 1st day: Central Districts (1) 10-0 (McVicar not out, Dyhrberg not out); 2nd day: Wellington (2) 97-8 (Williams 13*, Giles 3*); 3rd day: Central Districts (2) 1-0. 58