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Full scorecard - Partnerships - Career averages - Almanack report

Test no. 284
England in New Zealand Test Match
New Zealand v England
1946/47 season

Played at Lancaster Park, Christchurch, on 21,22,24,25 March 1947 (3-day match)

Result Match drawn

New Zealand 1st innings R M 4s 6s
captain WA Hadlee c Bedser b Yardley 116 167 11 0
B Sutcliffe c wicketkeeperEvans b Bedser 58 133 7 0
VJ Scott c Hammond b Pollard 18 61 2 0
WM Wallace c wicketkeeperEvans b Bedser 9 18 1 0
DD Taylor lbw b Bedser 12 53 1 0
FB Smith b Bedser 18 16 1 0
wicketkeeper EWT Tindill b Pollard 1 9 0 0
RH Scott b Edrich 18 43 3 0
J Cowie b Pollard 45 112 4 1
TB Burtt not out 24 85 0 0
    Extras (b 10, lb 11, nb 5) 26
    Total (9 wickets dec; 102.4 overs) 345 (3.36 runs per over)

Did not bat CA Snedden

Fall of wickets1-133 (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)

 Bowling O M R W Econ
 AV Bedser 39 5 95 4 2.43
 R Pollard 29.4 8 73 3 2.46
 WJ Edrich 11 2 35 1 3.18
 DVP Wright 13 1 61 0 4.69
 TPB Smith 6 0 43 0 7.16
 NWD Yardley 4 0 12 1 3.00

England 1st innings R M 4s 6s
C Washbrook c Smith b Cowie 2 3 0 0
NWD Yardley b Cowie 22 63 2 0
WJ Edrich c Taylor b RH Scott 42 95 3 0
DCS Compton b Cowie 38 66 2 1
captain WR Hammond c Sutcliffe b Cowie 79 123 10 0
JT Ikin c wicketkeeperTindill b Cowie 45 97 6 0
wicketkeeper TG Evans not out 21 38 3 0
TPB Smith c sub b Cowie 1 16 0 0
AV Bedser not out 8 14 2 0
    Extras (b 5, lb 1, nb 1) 7
    Total (7 wickets dec; 83 overs) 265 (3.19 runs per over)

Did not bat DVP Wright, R Pollard

Fall of wickets1-2 (Washbrook), 2-46 (Yardley), 3-79 (Edrich), 4-125 (Compton), 5-222 (Ikin), 6-241 (Hammond), 7-249 (Smith)

 Bowling O M R W Econ
 J Cowie 30 4 83 6 2.76
 RH Scott 23 3 74 1 3.21
 TB Burtt 14 1 55 0 3.92
 CA Snedden 16 5 46 0 2.87

Toss England, who chose to field first
Series One-off match drawn

Test debuts TB Burtt, RH Scott, FB Smith, CA Snedden, B Sutcliffe and DD Taylor (New Zealand)

Umpires OR Montgomery and MF Pengelly

Close of play
21 Mar day 1 - New Zealand 1st innings 306/8 (J Cowie 24*, TB Burtt 9*)
22 Mar day 2 - England 1st innings 265/7 (TG Evans 21*, AV Bedser 8*, 83 ov)
23 Mar rest day
24 Mar day 3 - no play
25 Mar day 4 - no play

Match notes

  • Match extended by 1 day (Extra day added after no play on day 3, but that was washed out as well)
  • 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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