misc632226	Wellington XI v Manawatu
	Other matches in New Zealand 1947/48
Venue	Kilbirnie Park, Wellington on 29th, 30th March 1948 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Wellington XI won by 6 wickets
Umpires	V Mitchell, JB Watson
Close of play day 1	Wellington XI (1) 103/4 (Parkin 29*, Dempster 32*)

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Manawatu first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CC McVicar	c Allen b Graham	3
WA Nichols	c Uttley b Allen	19
W Pollitt	c Mooney b O'Neill	9
*JA Ongley	c Matheson b Graham	10
F Collis	b Graham	1
R Bowden	b Graham	5
MA Ongley	lbw b O'Neill	30
J Ward	lbw b Allen	24
I Campbell	b Browne	14
RK Adcock	b O'Neill	26
TA Downes	not out	0
Extras	(13 b, 1 lb)	14
Total	(all out, 72.4 overs)	155
Fall of wickets:
1-9 (McVicar), 2-28, 3-49, 4-51, 5-53, 6-60, 7-105, 8-117, 9-154, 10-155 (72.4 ov)

Wellington XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
O'Neill	25.4	7	34	3	-	-
Graham	19	1	40	4	-	-
Allen	21	7	46	2	-	-
Matheson	3	0	11	0	-	-
Browne	4	2	10	1	-	-

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Wellington XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SA McVicar	b Collis	5
LM Uttley	run out	7
+FLH Mooney	b Downes	6
JA Ell	b Adcock	18
K Parkin	c Nichols b Collis	93
CS Dempster	c Bowden b Adcock	54
SR O'Neill	c Nichols b Adcock	4
MG Browne	c and b Collis	33
AM Matheson	not out	1
WA Graham	not out	1
R Allen	did not bat
Extras	(7 b, 4 lb, 3 nb)	14
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 95 overs)	236
Fall of wickets:
1-12 (McVicar), 2-15 (Uttley), 3-23 (Mooney), 4-54 (Ell), 5-155 (Dempster), 6-168 (O'Neill), 7-222 (Parkin), 8-235 (Browne)

Manawatu bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Downes	37	15	68	1	-	1
Collis	28	10	51	3	-	1
Ward	4	0	18	0	-	-
Adcock	20	1	73	3	-	1
Campbell	6	2	12	0	-	-

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Manawatu second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CC McVicar	b Graham	27
R Bowden	run out	25
W Pollitt	b O'Neill	41
*JA Ongley	b O'Neill	27
MA Ongley	b Browne	15
J Ward	not out	5
RK Adcock	b O'Neill	27
WA Nichols	did not bat
F Collis	did not bat
I Campbell	did not bat
TA Downes	did not bat
Extras	(10 b, 3 lb)	13
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 150 minutes, 50.2 overs)	180
Fall of wickets:
1-37, 2-73, 3-124, 4-129, 5-145, 6-180 (50.2 ov)

Wellington XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
O'Neill	13.2	5	26	3	-	-
Graham	9	2	22	1	-	-
Parkin	7	0	38	0	-	-
Browne	16	2	61	1	-	-
Allen	5	0	20	0	-	-

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Wellington XI second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
R Allen	c Pollitt b Downes	23
WA Graham	b Downes	10
MG Browne	b Downes	12
JA Ell	c Pollitt b Collis	6
SR O'Neill	not out	16
CS Dempster	not out	31
SA McVicar	did not bat
LM Uttley	did not bat
+FLH Mooney	did not bat
K Parkin	did not bat
AM Matheson	did not bat
Extras	(3 lb, 1 nb)	4
Total	(4 wickets, 19 overs)	102
Fall of wickets:
1-20 (Graham), 2-40, 3-53, 4-53

Manawatu bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Downes	10	0	43	3	-	-
Collis	5	1	19	1	-	1
Adcock	4	0	36	0	-	-

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K Parkin and CS Dempster added 101 for the fifth wicket in the Wellington XI first innings
Wellington XI were given an hour to score 100 runs to win the match outright
CS Dempster hit the last ball of the match for four to give the Wellington XI the outright victory