CW 1895/96 (S4) Game 1: South Australia vs Victoria

South Australia 9/12 vs Victoria 10/14

Adelaide Oval -

9th November - 12th November 1895

Lineups:
South Australia - JJ Lyons, JC Reedman, G Giffen, J Darling, C Hill, AH Jarvis, H Blinman, RH Dyer, A Jarvis, WDH Claxton, E Jones

Victoria - J Harry, H Graham, GHS Trott, AE Trott, FJ Laver, CH Peryman, PM Lewis, RW McLeod, J Carlton, W Roche, J Phillips

First Innings

South Australia won the toss for the opening match and, if not for JC Reedman's majestic 152, the team would not have come close to racking up 305 runs. The rest of the lineup struggled really outside Reedman and a few others.

SA 305

JC Reedman 152; J Darling 49
J Harry 6-78

In reply, Victoria worked hard for their 324 runs with three players going over their half-century mark. Trott unlucky as he fell two runs shy of his century,

SA 305
VIC 324

GHS Trott 98; FJ Laver 63; CH Peryman 57
E Jones 4-74; JC Reedman 3-61

Second Innings

Reedman and Darling would be the men leading the way again for SA, but he had much less support this time around to leave Victoria a target of 186 runs to win.

SA 305 + 204
VIC 324

JC Reedman 68; J Darling 46
J Harry 4-51; W Roche 4-54

Victoria looked like they might be slowing down at 110-3, but Trott roared them through the fourth day to take victory over SA.

SA 305 + 204
VIC 324 + 186

GHS Trott 83*; J Harry 49
JC Reedman 2-35

Victoria wins by 7 wickets. J Harry had a 10-wicket match.