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138 & 261
Series badge Won toss. Elected to batAUS
579
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Overs: 117.0 RR: 2.23 vs spin: 2.12
vs seam: 1.82
Overs: 178.5 RR: 3.24 vs spin: 3.11
vs seam: 3.17
Thu 28/02/46 Auckland v Australians at Auckland, Eden Park, Auckland
AUSTRALIA WIN Australia won by an innings and 180 runs
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Australia - 1st Inns 579 (178.5; RR: 3.24)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
WA Brown b Burke 68 0 7 0
KD Meuleman run out 53 0 6 0
SG Barnes b Kerr 107 0 13 0
KR Miller b Cowie 139 0 13 1
AL Hassett c Emery b Cleverley 121 0 15 0
D Tallon run out 31 0 0 0
IWG Johnson not out 28 0 0 0
RR Lindwall b Cleverley 6 0 0 0
B Dooland run out 2 0 0 0
WJ O'Reilly c Wallace b Burke 1 0 0 0
ERH Toshack run out 6 0 0 0
Extras (15b, 2lb, 0w, 0nb) 17  
TOTAL 579 all out (178.5 overs; RR: 3.24)

Fall of wickets

96-1 (KD Meuleman 0.0 ov), 177-2 (WA Brown 0.0 ov), 282-3 (SG Barnes 0.0 ov), 440-4 (KR Miller 0.0 ov), 494-5 (D Tallon 0.0 ov), 550-6 (AL Hassett 0.0 ov), 562-7 (RR Lindwall 0.0 ov), 565-8 (B Dooland 0.0 ov), 566-9 (WJ O'Reilly 0.0 ov), 579-10 (ERH Toshack 178.5 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
J Cowie 49.0 7 153 1 3.12 0 0
RWG Emery 12.0 4 45 0 3.75 0 0
DC Cleverley 38.5 11 118 2 3.11 0 0
C Burke 39.0 3 140 2 3.59 0 0
AC Kerr 40.0 5 106 1 2.65 0 0

Auckland - 1st Inns 138 (68.0; RR: 2.03)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
PE Whitelaw c Lindwall b O'Reilly 8 0 0 0
HT Pearson b Lindwall 7 0 0 0
AC Kerr lbw b Toshack 16 0 0 0
WM Wallace b Toshack 22 0 0 0
VJ Scott not out 41 0 0 0
GF Wallace b O'Reilly 17 0 0 0
RWG Emery lbw b Toshack 5 0 0 0
C Burke lbw b Toshack 3 0 0 0
LAW Kent lbw b O'Reilly 6 0 0 0
J Cowie b Toshack 0 0 0 0
DC Cleverley lbw b O'Reilly 0 0 0 0
Extras (7b, 5lb, 0w, 1nb) 13  
TOTAL 138 all out (68.0 overs; RR: 2.03)

Fall of wickets

9-1 (HT Pearson 0.0 ov), 26-2 (PE Whitelaw 0.0 ov), 36-3 (AC Kerr 0.0 ov), 72-4 (WM Wallace 0.0 ov), 95-5 (GF Wallace 0.0 ov), 100-6 (RWG Emery 0.0 ov), 116-7 (C Burke 0.0 ov), 131-8 (LAW Kent 0.0 ov), 132-9 (J Cowie 0.0 ov), 138-10 (DC Cleverley 68.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
RR Lindwall 7.0 1 14 1 2.00 0 0
ERH Toshack 25.0 9 27 5 1.08 0 0
WJ O'Reilly 22.0 6 51 4 2.32 0 0
B Dooland 14.0 1 33 0 2.36 0 0

Auckland - 2nd Inns 261 (117.0; RR: 2.23)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
PE Whitelaw c Barnes b Johnson 16 0 0 0
HT Pearson b Toshack 8 0 0 0
AC Kerr c Tallon b Toshack 47 0 0 0
WM Wallace b O'Reilly 78 0 9 1
VJ Scott not out 56 0 0 0
GF Wallace lbw b O'Reilly 5 0 0 0
RWG Emery c Lindwall b O'Reilly 17 0 0 0
C Burke b Lindwall 3 0 0 0
LAW Kent b O'Reilly 0 0 0 0
J Cowie b O'Reilly 0 0 0 0
DC Cleverley run out 0 0 0 0
Extras (12b, 16lb, 0w, 3nb) 31  
TOTAL 261 all out (117.0 overs; RR: 2.23)

Fall of wickets

12-1 (HT Pearson 0.0 ov), 45-2 (PE Whitelaw 0.0 ov), 120-3 (AC Kerr 0.0 ov), 195-4 (WM Wallace 0.0 ov), 211-5 (GF Wallace 0.0 ov), 239-6 (RWG Emery 0.0 ov), 254-7 (C Burke 0.0 ov), 257-8 (LAW Kent 0.0 ov), 257-9 (J Cowie 0.0 ov), 261-10 (DC Cleverley 117.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
RR Lindwall 26.0 6 45 1 1.73 0 0
ERH Toshack 34.0 11 64 2 1.88 0 0
WJ O'Reilly 29.0 12 52 5 1.79 0 0
B Dooland 15.0 1 41 0 2.73 0 0
IWG Johnson 9.0 2 20 1 2.22 0 0
SG Barnes 4.0 0 8 0 2.00 0 0

Match Info

Match

Auckland v Australians at Auckland

Date

Thursday February 28, 1946

Toss

Australia won the toss and elected to bat

Time

11:00pm UTC

Venue

Eden Park, Auckland

Umpires

OR Montgomery, RW Mitchell

Auckland Team

Playing XI

DC Cleverley, PE Whitelaw, J Cowie, WM Wallace, C Burke, VJ Scott, RWG Emery, LAW Kent, AC Kerr, HT Pearson, GF Wallace

Australia Team

Playing XI

WJ O'Reilly, WA Brown, AL Hassett, SG Barnes, IWG Johnson, RR Lindwall, KD Meuleman, KR Miller, D Tallon, ERH Toshack, B Dooland