f17447 t284	New Zealand v England
	Marylebone Cricket Club in Australia and New Zealand 1946/47 (Only Test)
Venue	Lancaster Park, Christchurch on 21st, 22nd, 24th, 25th March 1947 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	England won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	OR Montgomery, MF Pengelly
Close of play day 1	New Zealand (1) 306/8 (Cowie 24*, Burtt 9*)
Close of play day 2	England (1) 265/7 (Evans 21*, Bedser 8*)
Close of play day 3	No play

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New Zealand first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*WA Hadlee	c Bedser b Yardley	116		167	11	-
B Sutcliffe	c Evans b Bedser	58		133	7	-
VJ Scott	c Hammond b Pollard	18		61	2	-
WM Wallace	c Evans b Bedser	9		18	1	-
DD Taylor	lbw b Bedser	12		53	1	-
FB Smith	b Bedser	18		16	1	-
+EWT Tindill	b Pollard	1		9	-	-
RH Scott	b Edrich	18		43	3	-
J Cowie	b Pollard	45		112	4	1
TB Burtt	not out	24		85	-	-
CA Snedden	did not bat
Extras	(10 b, 11 lb, 5 nb)	26
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 102.4 overs)	345
Fall of wickets:
1-133 (Sutcliffe), 2-195 (Hadlee), 3-212 (Wallace), 4-212 (VJ Scott), 5-234 (Smith), 6-238 (Tindill), 7-258 (Taylor), 8-281 (RH Scott), 9-345 (Cowie, 102.4 ov)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bedser	39	5	95	4	-	-
Pollard	29.4	8	73	3	-	-
Edrich	11	2	35	1	-	-
Wright	13	1	61	0	-	-
Smith	6	0	43	0	-	-
Yardley	4	0	12	1	-	-

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England first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
C Washbrook	c Smith b Cowie	2		3	-	-
NWD Yardley	b Cowie	22		63	2	-
WJ Edrich	c Taylor b RH Scott	42		95	3	-
DCS Compton	b Cowie	38		66	2	1
*WR Hammond	c Sutcliffe b Cowie	79		123	10	-
JT Ikin	c Tindill b Cowie	45		97	6	-
+TG Evans	not out	21		38	3	-
TPB Smith	c sub (C Burke) b Cowie	1		16	-	-
AV Bedser	not out	8		14	2	-
DVP Wright	did not bat
R Pollard	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 1 lb, 1 nb)	7
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 83 overs)	265
Fall of wickets:
1-2 (Washbrook), 2-46 (Yardley), 3-79 (Edrich), 4-125 (Compton), 5-222 (Ikin), 6-241 (Hammond), 7-249 (Smith)

New Zealand bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cowie	30	4	83	6	-	-
RH Scott	23	3	74	1	-	-
Burtt	14	1	55	0	-	-
Snedden	16	5	46	0	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> B Sutcliffe made his debut in Test matches
--> DD Taylor made his debut in Test matches
--> FB Smith made his debut in Test matches
--> RH Scott made his debut in Test matches
--> TB Burtt made his debut in Test matches
--> CA Snedden made his debut in Test matches
--> EWT Tindill made his last appearance in Test matches
--> RH Scott made his last appearance in Test matches
--> CA Snedden made his last appearance in Test matches
--> WR Hammond made his last appearance in Test matches
--> TPB Smith made his last appearance in Test matches
--> WA Hadlee (1) 50 in 87 balls, 87 minutes with 3 fours
--> WA Hadlee (1) passed his previous highest score of 93 in Test matches
--> WA Hadlee (1) made his first century in Test matches
--> WA Hadlee (1) 100 in 137 balls, 128 minutes with 10 fours
--> B Sutcliffe (1) 50 in 82 balls with 6 fours and 1 six
--> VJ Scott (1) passed his previous highest score of 14 in Test matches
--> J Cowie (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 23
--> WR Hammond (1) 50 in 85 balls with 8 fours
--> TB Burtt made his debut for New Zealand in First-Class matches
--> RH Scott made his debut for New Zealand in First-Class matches
--> FB Smith made his debut for New Zealand in First-Class matches
--> CA Snedden made his debut for New Zealand in First-Class matches
--> B Sutcliffe made his debut for New Zealand in First-Class matches
--> DD Taylor made his debut for New Zealand in First-Class matches
--> DCS Compton made his debut in New Zealand in Test matches
--> C Washbrook made his debut in New Zealand in Test matches
--> WJ Edrich made his debut in New Zealand in Test matches
--> DVP Wright made his debut in New Zealand in Test matches
--> NWD Yardley made his debut in New Zealand in Test matches
--> AV Bedser made his debut in New Zealand in Test matches
--> JT Ikin made his debut in New Zealand in Test matches
--> R Pollard made his debut in New Zealand in Test matches
--> TG Evans made his debut in New Zealand in Test matches
--> TPB Smith made his debut in New Zealand in Test matches

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Rain interrupted much of the playing time.
C.S.Dempster originally selected for this match, withdrew on the night before due to an eye injury.

 

 

 

 

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