New Zealand vs Australia, Only Test at Wellington, Mar 29 1946 - Full Scorecard

RESULT

Only Test, Wellington, March 29 - 30, 1946, Australia tour of New Zealand

New Zealand

42 & 54

Australia

199/8d

Australia won by an innings and 103 runs

New Zealand 1st Innings

Australia 1st Innings

New Zealand 2nd Innings

Match Flow

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New Zealand 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Walter Hadlee (c)	c Miller b Toshack	6	-	-	-	0	-
Mac Anderson	b Lindwall	4	-	-	-	0	-
Verdun Scott	c Barnes b O'Reilly	14	-	-	-	0	-
Merv Wallace	c Barnes b Toshack	10	-	-	-	0	-
Eric Tindill †	b Toshack	1	-	-	0	0	-
Gordon Rowe	b O'Reilly	0	-	-	0	0	-
Len Butterfield	lbw b O'Reilly	0	-	-	0	0	-
Don McRae	c Hassett b O'Reilly	0	-	-	0	0	-
Ces Burke	lbw b Toshack	1	-	-	0	0	-
Jack Cowie	st †Tallon b O'Reilly	2	-	-	0	0	-
Don Cleverley	not out	1	-	-	0	0	-
Extras	(b 3)	3
Total	39 Ov (RR: 1.07)	42
Fall of wickets: 1-7 (Mac Anderson), 2-15 (Walter Hadlee), 3-37 (Merv Wallace), 4-37 (Verdun Scott), 5-37 (Gordon Rowe), 6-37 (Len Butterfield), 7-37 (Don McRae), 8-39 (Ces Burke), 9-40 (Eric Tindill), 10-42 (Jack Cowie)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Ray Lindwall	8	1	13	1	1.62	-	-	-
Ernie Toshack	19	13	12	4	0.63	-	-	-
Bill O'Reilly	12	5	14	5	1.16	-	-	-

Australia 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Bill Brown (c)	c Rowe b Burke	67	-	-	-	0	-
Ken Meuleman	b Cowie	0	-	-	0	0	-
Sid Barnes	b Cowie	54	-	-	-	0	-
Keith Miller	c Hadlee b Burke	30	-	-	-	0	-
Lindsay Hassett	c †Tindill b Cowie	19	-	-	-	0	-
Colin McCool	c Hadlee b Cowie	7	-	-	-	0	-
Ian Johnson	not out	7	-	-	-	0	-
Don Tallon †	c Scott b Cowie	5	-	-	-	0	-
Ray Lindwall	c Anderson b Cowie	0	-	-	0	0	-
Extras	(b 5, lb 3, nb 2)	10
Total	74 Ov (RR: 2.68)	199/8d
Did not bat: Bill O'Reilly, Ernie Toshack
Fall of wickets: 1-9 (Ken Meuleman), 2-118 (Bill Brown), 3-142 (Sid Barnes), 4-174 (Lindsay Hassett), 5-186 (Keith Miller), 6-186 (Colin McCool), 7-196 (Don Tallon), 8-199 (Ray Lindwall)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Don McRae	14	3	44	0	3.14	-	-	-
Jack Cowie	21	8	40	6	1.90	-	-	-
Don Cleverley	15	1	51	0	3.40	-	-	-
Len Butterfield	13	6	24	0	1.84	-	-	-
Ces Burke	11	2	30	2	2.72	-	-	-

New Zealand 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Walter Hadlee (c)	b Miller	3	-	-	0	0	-
Mac Anderson	b Lindwall	1	-	-	0	0	-
Verdun Scott	c †Tallon b Miller	4	-	-	-	0	-
Merv Wallace	run out	14	-	-	-	0	-
Eric Tindill †	lbw b Toshack	13	-	-	-	0	-
Gordon Rowe	b O'Reilly	0	-	-	0	0	-
Len Butterfield	lbw b O'Reilly	0	-	-	0	0	-
Ces Burke	b Toshack	3	-	-	0	0	-
Don McRae	c Meuleman b McCool	8	-	-	-	0	-
Jack Cowie	c Toshack b O'Reilly	0	-	-	0	0	-
Don Cleverley	not out	1	-	-	0	0	-
Extras	(b 5, nb 2)	7
Total	32.2 Ov (RR: 1.67)	54
Fall of wickets: 1-3 (Walter Hadlee), 2-5 (Mac Anderson), 3-12 (Verdun Scott), 4-36 (Eric Tindill), 5-37 (Gordon Rowe), 6-37 (Merv Wallace), 7-39 (Len Butterfield), 8-41 (Ces Burke), 9-42 (Jack Cowie), 10-54 (Don McRae)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Ray Lindwall	9	3	16	1	1.77	-	-	-
Ernie Toshack	10	5	6	2	0.60	-	-	-
Bill O'Reilly	7	1	19	3	2.71	-	-	-
Keith Miller	6	2	6	2	1.00	-	-	-
Colin McCool	0.2	0	0	1	0.00	-	-	-

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Close of Play

Fri, 29 Mar - day 1 - Australia 1st innings 149/3 (Keith Miller 14*, Lindsay Hassett 6*)

Sat, 30 Mar - day 2 - New Zealand 2nd innings 54 (32.2 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

General

New Zealand's first test match vs Australia

Match Details

Basin Reserve, Wellington
Toss	New Zealand, elected to bat first
Series	Australia tour of New Zealand
Season	1945/46
Match number	Test no. 275
Match days	day (3-day match)
Test debut	Colin McCool Don Tallon Ernie Toshack Ian Johnson Ken Meuleman Keith Miller Ray Lindwall Ces Burke Gordon Rowe Don McRae Len Butterfield Verdun Scott Mac Anderson
Umpires	Henry Gourlay Melville Pengelly

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New Zealand Innings

Player Name		R
WA Hadlee	bowled	3
WM Anderson	bowled	1
VJ Scott	caught	4
WM Wallace	run out	14
EWT Tindill	lbw	13
CG Rowe	bowled	0
LA Butterfield	lbw	0
C Burke	bowled	3
DAN McRae	caught	8
J Cowie	caught	0
DC Cleverley	not out	1
Extras	(b 5, nb 2)
Total	54(10 wkts; 32.2 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
RR Lindwall	9	3	16	1	1.77
ERH Toshack	10	5	6	2	0.6
WJ O'Reilly	7	1	19	3	2.71
KR Miller	6	2	6	2	1
CL McCool	0.2	0	0	1	0

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	3	Walter Hadlee	Mac Anderson
2nd	2	Mac Anderson	Verdun Scott
3rd	7	Merv Wallace	Verdun Scott
4th	24	Eric Tindill	Merv Wallace
5th	1	Merv Wallace	Gordon Rowe
6th	0	Merv Wallace	Len Butterfield
7th	2	Ces Burke	Len Butterfield
8th	2	Ces Burke	Don McRae
9th	1	Jack Cowie	Don McRae
10th	12	Don Cleverley	Don McRae

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