f16898	Wellington v Auckland
	First-Class matches in New Zealand 1943/44
Venue	Basin Reserve, Wellington on 25th, 27th, 28th December 1943 (3-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Auckland won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Auckland won by 8 wickets
Umpires	MF Pengelly, CA Webb
Close of play day 1	Auckland (1) 337/4 (Sutcliffe 144*, Kerr 27*)
Close of play day 2	Wellington (2) 26/2 (Tindill 7*, Bezzant 8*)

---

Auckland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DC Ritchie	st Mooney b Allen	30
N Ellis	b Buchan	63			6	-
*HT Pearson	c Tindill b Knapp	7
B Sutcliffe	b Dickinson	146			16	1
WH Cooper	lbw b Allen	52
AC Kerr	b Knapp	72
RWG Emery	b Dickinson	21
+LAW Kent	not out	11
RG Sorenson	not out	15
HJH Harrison	did not bat
C Burke	did not bat
Extras	(15 b, 2 lb, 2 nb, 2 w)	21
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 103 overs)	438
Fall of wickets:
1-73 (Ritchie), 2-80 (Pearson), 3-121 (Ellis), 4-277 (Cooper), 5-351 (Sutcliffe), 6-393 (Emery), 7-415 (Kerr)

Wellington bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Dickinson	23	1	91	2	2	2
Buchan	20	1	65	1	-	-
Knapp	24	0	102	2	-	-
Allen	26	2	107	2	-	-
Muir	8	2	40	0	-	-
Dustin	2	0	12	0	-	-

---

Wellington first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
EF Bezzant	b Emery	3
*EWT Tindill	c Sutcliffe b Sorenson	21
REJ Menzies	b Burke	1
GH Stringer	c and b Emery	47		165
WH Dustin	c Emery b Sorenson	20
CA Muir	lbw b Burke	18
+FLH Mooney	c Kent b Burke	0
GR Dickinson	c Emery b Sorenson	10
R Allen	b Emery	18
WR Buchan	lbw b Emery	16
EC Knapp	not out	5
Extras	(3 b, 5 lb)	8
Total	(all out, 59.7 overs)	167
Fall of wickets:
1-18 (Bezzant), 2-19 (Menzies), 3-37, 4-70, 5-98, 6-100, 7-119, 8-145, 9-150, 10-167 (59.7 ov)

Auckland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Harrison	9	2	23	0	-	-
Emery	15.7	2	41	4	-	-
Burke	16	1	37	3	-	-
Sorenson	14	2	43	3	-	-
Kerr	5	1	15	0	-	-

---

Wellington second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GH Stringer	b Harrison	7
WH Dustin	c Ellis b Emery	2
*EWT Tindill	c and b Kerr	15
EF Bezzant	st Kent b Kerr	25
REJ Menzies	b Kerr	7
CA Muir	b Kerr	0
+FLH Mooney	c Sorenson b Harrison	180		251	25	-
GR Dickinson	c Sutcliffe b Sorenson	39		21
R Allen	b Sorenson	0
WR Buchan	b Kerr	34
EC Knapp	not out	21
Extras	(12 b, 6 lb, 3 nb)	21
Total	(all out, 103.3 overs)	351
Fall of wickets:
1-10 (Stringer), 2-10 (Dustin), 3-39 (Tindill), 4-53 (Menzies), 5-53 (Muir), 6-62 (Bezzant), 7-106 (Dickinson), 8-111 (Allen), 9-238 (Buchan), 10-351 (Mooney, 103.3 ov)

Auckland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Harrison	21.3	4	44	2	-	-
Emery	15	2	31	1	-	-
Sorenson	18	2	74	2	-	-
Burke	14	1	54	0	-	-
Kerr	27	4	80	5	-	-
Sutcliffe	2	0	15	0	-	-
Cooper	6	1	32	0	-	-

---

Auckland second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DC Ritchie	not out	46
N Ellis	c Knapp b Buchan	11
B Sutcliffe	c sub b Buchan	5
*HT Pearson	not out	13
WH Cooper	did not bat
AC Kerr	did not bat
RWG Emery	did not bat
+LAW Kent	did not bat
RG Sorenson	did not bat
HJH Harrison	did not bat
C Burke	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 1 lb)	7
Total	(2 wickets, 15.5 overs)	82
Fall of wickets:
1-43 (Ellis), 2-51 (Sutcliffe)

Wellington bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Dickinson	5	0	22	0	-	-
Buchan	7.5	0	30	2	-	-
Knapp	3	0	23	0	-	-

---

Notes
--> DC Ritchie made his debut in First-Class matches
--> LAW Kent made his debut in First-Class matches
--> RG Sorenson made his debut in First-Class matches
--> CA Muir made his debut in First-Class matches
--> WR Buchan made his debut in First-Class matches
--> EC Knapp made his debut in First-Class matches
--> WH Dustin made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> CA Muir made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> GR Dickinson made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> B Sutcliffe (1) passed his previous highest score of 11 in First-Class matches
--> B Sutcliffe (1) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> WH Cooper (1) passed his previous highest score of 28 in First-Class matches
--> RWG Emery (1) passed his previous highest score of 13 in First-Class matches
--> GH Stringer (1) passed his previous highest score of 29 in First-Class matches
--> FLH Mooney (2) passed his previous highest score of 44 in First-Class matches
--> FLH Mooney (2) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> GR Dickinson (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 26
--> EF Bezzant made his debut for Wellington in First-Class matches
--> GH Stringer made his debut for Wellington in First-Class matches
--> GR Dickinson made his debut for Wellington in First-Class matches
--> GR Dickinson reached 150 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed RWG Emery, his 2nd wicket in the Auckland first innings
--> RWG Emery achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Wellington first innings (previous best was 1-30)
--> AC Kerr achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches when he dismissed EF Bezzant in the Wellington second innings (previous best was 3-100)
--> AC Kerr achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the Wellington second innings

---

 

 

 

 

This page was created by the CricketArchive Oracles