Victoria (11/14) vs South Australia (10/12)
Melbourne Cricket Ground -
31 Dec, 2 -4 January 1892-93
First Innings
No rest for the wicked as Victoria are straight back into the action in a battle of the unbeaten sides. South Australia won the toss and chose to bat on a good pitch.
The SA first innings is a tale of two halves. In the first half, openers JJ Lyons and G Giffen put up decent scores of 38 and 41 to get things rolling. RW McLeod bowled Giffen; FJ Laver trapped Lyons L.B.W, and SA were 80-2.
The decent, but not great, scores continued through to just after tea with JC Reedman (33) stopped by a spectacular catch at Gully off H Trumble. The Jarvis boys, A and AH, turned it up a little by scoring 55 and 46 runs, but it was at this time disaster struck.
South Australia were sitting on 245-4, 53 runs after losing A Jarvis to a catch off McLeod, and looking ok, when the bowling woke up. GHS Trott bowled out EJ Hiscock for 24, and then FJ Laver and the bowling attack would allow one more run for the remaining wickets.
Laver bowled JH Tardiff and GT Parkin for ducks, finishing off AH Jarvis in between. J Noel would be run out, and Laver would get a five-wicket haul by getting H Blinman caught at mid-wicket, both for ducks. South Australia plummeted from 245-4 to 246 all-out with nine overs still to play in the first day!
Best Batsmen: A Jarvis 55; AH Jarvis 46
Best Bowling: FJ Laver 5-39; RW McLeod 2-73
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Victoria come out to end the day hoping that this supposed batting wicket didn't turn on them as well. They ended the day throwing their weight around at 54-1; JE Barrett falling for a single run early on, L.B.W. by G Giffen. The second wicket came at the start of day two when GHS Trott was sunk for his overnight score of 26, bowled by Giffen.
J Worrall was dispatched soon after for 27 to give Giffen his third wicket, and Victoria were getting a little worried at 55-3. PM Lewis' 65 steadied the ship in his first match of the season, helping to take the score to 181-4 after W Bruce (20) went down at the hands of A Jarvis. After Lewis walked off thanks to GT Parkin, H Graham went to work compiling a grand score of 122 before Jarvis got him bowled. Victoria were looking much better now at 327-6.
The last big hurrah in the lineuup came from H Trumble (65, b A Jarvis), as RW McLeod (1, c thirdman b A Jarvis) and JH Stuckey (13, b E Jones) were dealt with methodically. The final wicket was worth a partnership of 44 as FJ Laver reached a well-fought for 37 before being dispatched by Jones to end the innings on 396 all-out; a lead of 150. J Carlton finished 17 not-out.
Best Batsmen: H Graham 121; PM Lewis 65; H Trumble 65
Best Bowling: A Jarvis 4-68; G Giffen 3-106
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