First-Class Cricket Matches 1952

WELLINGTON v OTAGO Played at Basin Reserve, Wellington, January 4, 5, 7, 8, 1952. Match drawn. (Points: Wellington 4, Otago 2) WELLINGTON 1 T.Meale c Mills b Stanley 38 c Mills b Watson 9 2 K.F.M.Uttley c Sutcliffe b Watson 9 c Watt b Watson 21 3 R.A.Vance c Couper b Stanley 23 hit wkt b Couper 50 4 J.R.Reid c Moir b Stanley 0 c Smith b Moir 283 5 L.G.Williams c Mills b Sutcliffe 18 run out 44 6 E.W.Dempster not out 49 c Watson b Stanley 56 7 †F.L.H.Mooney run out 0 b Moir 28 8 *R.T.Barber b Stanley 11 not out 52 9 M.G.Browne c Mills b Stanley 4 10 R.W.Blair c Sutcliffe b Watson 0 11 S.R.O’Neill c Watson b Moir 4 (9) not out 18 Extras b 2, nb 1 3 b 4, lb 7, nb 3 14 —— —— 159 (7 wickets, declared) 575 FoW (1): 1-18, 2-61, 3-61, 4-81, 5-98, 6-98, 7-109, 8-125, 9-126, 10-159 FoW (2): 1-17, 2-36, 3-122, 4-282, 5-457, 6-496, 7-512 OTAGO 1 B.Sutcliffe b Reid 3 c Vance b O’Neill 3 2 L.Watt c Williams b Reid 23 b Dempster 24 3 †G.H.Mills c O’Neill b Reid 10 run out 23 4 S.N.McGregor b Reid 14 c Barber b Dempster 27 5 E.A.Watson st Mooney b O’Neill 17 c Reid b Dempster 36 6 *L.D.Smith c Blair b O’Neill 27 (7) b Blair 89 7 A.W.Gilbertson st Mooney b O’Neill 5 (8) not out 38 8 R.N.Couper b O’Neill 25 (6) c Williams b Reid 36 9 A.M.Moir c Browne b O’Neill 0 c O’Neill b Browne 26 10 V.A.C.McArley lbw b Reid 20 not out 11 11 F.W.Stanley not out 8 Extras b 5, nb 1 6 b 16, lb 2, nb 2 20 —— —— 158 (8 wickets) 333 FoW (1): 1-5, 2-47, 3-51, 4-54, 5-94, 6-97, 7-124, 8-124, 9-134, 10-158 FoW (2): 1-3, 2-51, 3-52, 4-114, 5-117, 6-228, 7-260, 8-295 Otago Bowling O M R W O M R W Stanley 14 2 63 5 31 3 126 1 Watson 14 3 31 2 19 1 99 2 Moir 11.1 3 32 1 26 4 124 2 Smith 5 1 13 0 21 5 66 0 Sutcliffe 3 1 17 1 5 0 19 0 McArley (6) 25 2 83 0 Couper (7) 16 4 44 1 Wellington Bowling O M R W O M R W Blair 16 3 39 0 34 14 73 1 Reid 15.1 2 35 5 23 15 34 1 O’Neill 21 7 43 5 30 11 57 1 Dempster 4 1 6 0 39 14 76 3 Browne 8 1 29 0 37 9 71 1 Williams (6) 2 1 2 0 Umpires: R.E.Dore and M.F.Pengelly. Toss: Close of Play: 1st day: Otago (1) 158 all out; 2nd day: Wellington (2) 191-3 (Reid 80*, Williams 26*); 3rd day: Otago (2) 63-3 (McGregor 8*, Watson 3*). J.R.Reid’s 283 took 385 minutes and included 41 fours and 1 six. 74