CW 1894/1895 (S3) Game 6: New South Wales vs South Australia

New South Wales 9/14 vs South Australia 10/13

Sydney Cricket Ground

22nd-27th Feburary 1895

Lineups:
New South Wales - FA Iredale, ACK MacKenzie, H Moses, SE Gregory, H Donnan, LD Moore, TW Garrett, ST Callaway, TR Mckibben, JJ Kelly, WP Howell

South Australia - T Bennett, RH Dyer, JJ Lyons, G Giffen, J Darling, JC Reedman, A Jarvis, C Hill, WF Giffen, J Noel, E Jones

The season would be decided one way or another in this match. If NSW win then we have a three way tie, otherwise South Australia will win their second Shield.

Despite a legendary performance from E Jones, NSW would put up a decent score in the first innings

NSW 253

H Donnan 51; JJ Kelly 43; LD Moore 40
E Jones 7-42

South Australia would look commanding in their first innings with a couple of early run-getters

NSW 253
SA 313

RH Dyer 104; JJ Lyons 83
H Donnan 5-53

Second Innings

In his only match of the year, LD Moore led the way to give his side every chance of the win

NSW 253 + 292
SA 313

LD Moore 107*; TW Garrett 63
E Jones 5-68

As the pitch turned, many felt SA would be up against it and with only four wickets left and 27 runs to win, it was on a knife edge, but South Australia would pull through and win the Sheffield Shield again!

NSW 253 + 292
SA 313 + 233

T Bennett 75; RH Dyer 49
H Donnan 4-48

South Australia win by four wickets