Victoria (11/14) vs New South Wales (10/13)
Melbourne Cricket Ground -
24, 26-30 December 1892
First Innings
On a pitch that was expected to last the match, the favourites for the inaugural season, Victoria, put New South Wales in to bat first. It proved to be a good decision early on as both openers, SP Jones (3) and AC Bannerman (2) were sitting back in the pavilion after just three overs. RW McLeod getting both men through catches, and NSW found themeselves in an early hole at 5-2.
H Moses and SE Gregory would put up a partnership of 85 to steady the ship. The wicket of Moses would fall to GHS Trott for 44 runs after lunch; New South Wales 90-3. H Donnan would rack up 15 runs before he was stumped off Trott's bowling, but Gregory would end up scoring 118 runs to help improve the team score to 263-5 at day's end.
FA Iredale and GJ Youill put up solid tallies of 61 and 82 respectively, before losing out to W Bruce (caught mid-wicket) and GHS Trott (bowled). A Cunningham walked for a mere 12 in between thanks to J Carlton, and NSW stood on 373-8. They would amass another 12 runs for the final two wickets with M Pierce (4) and ST Callaway (36) being the final men to fall.
New South Wales 385- all out
Best Batsmen: SE Gregory 118; GJ Youill 82; FA Iredale 61
Best Bowlers: GHS Trott 3-55; RW McLeod 3-106; H Trumble 2-86
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Victoria were predictably harder to break down when they walked to the crease midway through the second day, and lost their first wicket, JE Barrett for 30 caught off M Pierce, to be at 66-1. 19 runs later, and the second opener, W Bruce, would fall just shy of his half-century (48) as he was bowled by FA Iredale.
J Worrall was a quick victim of A Cunningham for a duck, and Victoria's good start could have perhaps unraveled at the seams if not for the centuries of GHS Trott and H Graham. Both men would put up a staggering 202-run partnership before M Pierce took his second wicket of the day, and Trott was gone for 107. Graham would hold on in there for a longer time and was eventually removed by a catch off Cunningham for 141. Victoria were on 364-5
RW McLeod (11) and J Phillips (52) would the score upto 395-7. This was followed by RS Houston out for 10. Pierce picked up two of the wickets off catches, while Cunningham clean-bowled McLeod.
An unbeaten 73 from J Carlton would help his side reach 515- all out. R Mitchell's well-earned 34 (c cover, b Donnan), and the 2 runs of H Trumble (b Donnan) rounded out the scoring to give the home side a lead of 130 runs.
Best Batsmen: H Graham 141; GHS Trott 107; J Carlton 71*
Best Bowlers: M Pierce 4-129; A Cunningham 3-90; H Donnan 2-35
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