CW 1893/1894 (S2) Game 3: Victoria vs South Australia

Victoria (8/14) vs South Australia (11/12)

Melbourne Cricket Ground

1st-5th January 1894

Lineups:
Victoria - J Harry, JH Stuckey, GHS Trott, W Bruce, J Worrall, FH Walters, PM Lewis, FJ Laver, J Carlton, CE McLeod, HC Mapleston
South Australia - JJ Lyons, AH Jarvis, G Giffen, JC Reedman, J Darling, WF Giffen, A Jarvis, H Blinman, H Haldane, GT Parkin, E Jones

On a consistantly even pitch throughout, a lot of runs would be scored here. South Australia started out well, led by AH Jarvis and G Giffen. WF Giffen and H Blinman narrowly missing out on half-centuries.

SA 343

AH Jarvis 117; G Giffen 60
J Harry 4-54; CE McLeod 4-91

Victoria's reply would stutter as they finished 128 runs behind, leaving South Australia the choice to make Victoria follow-on.

SA 343
VIC 215

PM Lewis 65
A Jarvis 5-48

Second Innings

South Australia would not enforce the follow-on, and may have started to regret doing so after only adding another 240 runs. Some good batting in the middle order was offset by the poor efforts elsewhere.

SA 343 + 240
VIC 215

J Darling 85; JC Reedman 50; A Jarvis 42
J Carlton 5-60; CE McLeod 4-62

Victoria needed 369 to win with their hightest innings score on the year 283. They needn't have worried as they dominated from the crease for 118 overs and another victory; this time by 5 wickets.

SA 343 + 240
VIC 215 + 369-5

JH Stuckey 82; J Worrall 78*; J Harry 78; W Bruce 65
G Giffen 2-108