First-Class Cricket Matches 1952

CENTRAL DISTRICTS v OTAGO Played at McLean Park, Napier, January 11, 12, 14, 15, 1952. Central Districts won by nine wickets. (Points: Central Districts 8, Otago 0) CENTRAL DISTRICTS 1 B.A.Turner c Stanley b Smith 66 not out 32 2 A.A.Hunter c Watson b Couper 108 3 E.M.Meuli c Sutcliffe b Watson 28 (2) run out 9 4 M.E.Chapple c Sutcliffe b Couper 31 5 M.F.Tremlett c Sutcliffe b Couper 39 6 D.D.Beard b Moir 19 7 *J.A.Ongley b Stanley 41 (3) not out 28 8 I.B.Leggat c Sutcliffe b Moir 11 9 H.B.Cave not out 33 10 †G.S.Botting c sub b Moir 7 11 R.S.Challies c Smith b Stanley 15 Extras w 1 1 lb 4, w 1 5 —— —— 399 (1 wicket) 74 FoW (1): 1-125, 2-172, 3-223, 4-246, 5-277, 6-326, 7-333, 8-350, 9-370, 10-399 FoW (2): 1-19 (2) OTAGO 1 E.A.Watson c Turner b Beard 103 c Ongley b Beard 13 2 L.Watt lbw b Challies 29 c Botting b Beard 57 3 R.N.Couper lbw b Challies 3 c Botting b Challies 3 4 †B.Sutcliffe c Botting b Beard 45 c Beard b Cave 51 5 *L.D.Smith lbw b Cave 4 st Botting b Beard 19 6 A.W.Gilbertson b Beard 1 c Tremlett b Beard 4 7 I.W.Payne b Beard 0 c Tremlett b Cave 4 8 A.M.Moir b Cave 0 run out 4 9 V.A.C.McArley b Challies 6 c Challies b Leggat 6 10 F.W.Stanley not out 12 not out 21 11 S.N.McGregor c Beard b Cave 30 c Chapple b Leggat 8 Extras b 1, lb 14 15 b 26, lb 6, w 1 33 —— —— 248 223 FoW (1): 1-65, 2-71, 3-158, 4-170, 5-177, 6-183, 7-196, 8-200, 9-211, 10-248 FoW (2): 1-25, 2-40, 3-63, 4-103, 5-179, 6-181, 7-185, 8-188, 9-193, 10-223 Otago Bowling O M R W O M R W Stanley 20.4 5 43 2 Watson 16 3 45 1 (1) 1 1 0 0 Moir 44 6 145 3 (2) 15 5 38 0 Couper 22 3 66 3 (3) 6 3 7 0 McArley 15 4 45 0 (4) 8 4 7 0 Smith 27 10 54 1 (5) 4 0 8 0 Watt (6) 6 3 9 0 Central Districts Bowling O M R W O M R W Cave 26.1 4 52 3 33 9 54 2 Beard 36 16 57 4 40 14 64 4 Leggat 10 2 28 0 9.2 1 12 2 Challies 17 3 54 3 13 4 20 1 Chapple 14 3 42 0 Tremlett (5) 12 1 40 0 Umpires: L.Rickard and L.R.Spurdle. Toss: Close of Play: 1st day: Central Districts (1) 335-7 (Leggat not out, Cave not out); 2nd day: Otago (1) 248 all out; 3rd day: Central Districts (2) 3-0 (Turner 0*, Meuli 0*). A.A.Hunter’s 108 took 287 minutes and included 7 fours. E.A.Watson’s 103 took 221 minutes and included 9 fours. 82