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345 & 308-9d
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Overs: 117.2 RR: 4.11 vs spin: 3.88
vs seam: 3.87
Overs: 97.0 RR: 3.18 vs spin: 2.36
vs seam: 3.71
Sat 13/08/49 England v New Zealand, 4th Test, The Kia Oval, Kennington
match drawn Match Drawn
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New Zealand - 1st Inns 345 (112.1; RR: 3.08)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
B Sutcliffe c Bedser b Hollies 88 0 0 0
VJ Scott c Edrich b Bedser 60 0 0 0
JR Reid lbw b Wright 5 0 0 0
WM Wallace c Edrich b Bedser 55 0 0 0
MP Donnelly c Edrich b Bailey 27 0 0 0
WA Hadlee c Evans b Bedser 25 0 0 0
GO Rabone c Evans b Bailey 18 0 0 0
TB Burtt c Evans b Bailey 36 0 0 0
HB Cave b Compton 10 0 0 0
J Cowie c Hutton b Bedser 1 0 0 0
GF Cresswell not out 12 0 0 0
Extras (0b, 1lb, 1w, 6nb) 8  
TOTAL 345 all out (112.1 overs; RR: 3.08)

Fall of wickets

121-1 (VJ Scott 0.0 ov), 134-2 (JR Reid 0.0 ov), 170-3 (B Sutcliffe 0.0 ov), 239-4 (WM Wallace 0.0 ov), 239-5 (MP Donnelly 0.0 ov), 272-6 (GO Rabone 0.0 ov), 287-7 (WA Hadlee 0.0 ov), 311-8 (HB Cave 0.0 ov), 320-9 (J Cowie 0.0 ov), 345-10 (TB Burtt 112.1 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
TE Bailey 26.1 7 72 3 2.77 0 0
AV Bedser 31.0 6 74 4 2.39 0 0
WJ Edrich 3.0 0 16 0 5.33 0 0
DVP Wright 22.0 1 93 1 4.23 0 0
JC Laker 3.0 0 11 0 3.67 0 0
WE Hollies 20.0 7 51 1 2.55 0 0
FR Brown 5.0 1 14 0 2.80 0 0
DCS Compton 2.0 0 6 1 3.00 0 0

England - 1st Inns 482 (117.2; RR: 4.11)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
L Hutton c Rabone b Cresswell 206 0 25 0
RT Simpson c Donnelly b Cresswell 68 0 0 0
WJ Edrich c Cave b Cresswell 100 0 14 0
DCS Compton c Scott b Cresswell 13 0 0 0
TE Bailey c Reid b Cowie 36 0 0 0
FR Brown c Hadlee b Cresswell 21 0 0 0
TG Evans c Donnelly b Cowie 17 0 0 0
JC Laker c Scott b Cowie 0 0 0 0
AV Bedser c Reid b Cowie 0 0 0 0
WE Hollies not out 1 0 0 0
DVP Wright lbw b Cresswell 0 0 0 0
Extras (6b, 11lb, 0w, 3nb) 20  
TOTAL 482 all out (117.2 overs; RR: 4.11)

Fall of wickets

147-1 (RT Simpson 0.0 ov), 365-2 (L Hutton 0.0 ov), 396-3 (DCS Compton 0.0 ov), 401-4 (WJ Edrich 0.0 ov), 436-5 (FR Brown 0.0 ov), 469-6 (TG Evans 0.0 ov), 470-7 (JC Laker 0.0 ov), 472-8 (AV Bedser 0.0 ov), 481-9 (TE Bailey 0.0 ov), 482-10 (DVP Wright 117.2 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
J Cowie 28.0 1 123 4 4.39 0 0
GF Cresswell 41.2 6 168 6 4.10 0 0
HB Cave 24.0 4 78 0 3.25 0 0
TB Burtt 24.0 2 93 0 3.88 0 0

New Zealand - 2nd Inns 308-9 (97.0; RR: 3.18)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
B Sutcliffe c Brown b Bedser 54 0 0 0
VJ Scott c Evans b Bedser 6 0 0 0
WA Hadlee c Edrich b Hollies 22 0 0 0
WM Wallace st Evans b Hollies 58 0 0 0
MP Donnelly c Brown b Bedser 10 0 0 0
JR Reid c Wright b Laker 93 0 0 0
GO Rabone lbw b Laker 20 0 0 0
TB Burtt c Compton b Laker 6 0 0 0
HB Cave not out 14 0 0 0
J Cowie c Wright b Laker 4 0 0 0
GF Cresswell not out 0 0 0 0
Extras (10b, 5lb, 0w, 6nb) 21  
TOTAL 308-9 (97.0 overs; RR: 3.18)

Fall of wickets

24-1 (VJ Scott 0.0 ov), 68-2 (WA Hadlee 0.0 ov), 115-3 (B Sutcliffe 0.0 ov), 131-4 (MP Donnelly 0.0 ov), 188-5 (WM Wallace 0.0 ov), 276-6 (JR Reid 0.0 ov), 283-7 (GO Rabone 0.0 ov), 299-8 (TB Burtt 0.0 ov), 308-9 (J Cowie 0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
TE Bailey 11.0 1 67 0 6.09 0 0
AV Bedser 23.0 4 59 3 2.57 0 0
DVP Wright 6.0 0 21 0 3.50 0 0
WE Hollies 17.0 6 30 2 1.76 0 0
JC Laker 29.0 6 78 4 2.69 0 0
FR Brown 10.0 0 29 0 2.90 0 0
DCS Compton 1.0 0 3 0 3.00 0 0

Match Info

Match

England v New Zealand at The Oval, 4th Test

Date

Saturday August 13, 1949

Toss

New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat

Time

10:00am UTC

Venue

The Kia Oval, Kennington

Umpires

FS Lee, D Davies

England Team

Playing XI

FR Brown, WE Hollies, L Hutton, DCS Compton, WJ Edrich, DVP Wright, AV Bedser, TG Evans, JC Laker, RT Simpson, TE Bailey

New Zealand Team

Playing XI

J Cowie, MP Donnelly, WA Hadlee, WM Wallace, VJ Scott, TB Burtt, B Sutcliffe, HB Cave, GO Rabone, JR Reid, GF Cresswell