CW 1897/98 (S6), Game 4: New South Wales vs Victoria

New South Wales 9/14 vs Victoria 9/14

Sydney Cricket Ground-

22nd-26th January 1898

Lineups:
New South Wales - FA Iredale, H Donnan, MA Noble, SE Gregory, ACK Mackenzie, VT Trumper, LW Pye, JJ Kelly, TW Garrett, AL Newell, TR McKibben


Victoria - CE McLeod, J Worrall, H Graham, SA McMichael, H Trumble, GHS Trott, W Bruce, JF Giller, JH Stuckey, AE Johns, W Roche


First Innings


New South Wales continued to struggle with consistency in their batting order with three half-centuries and five single-digit scores.


NSW 269


VT Trumper 74*; FA Iredale 60; H Donnan 51
W Roche 3-62; GHS Trott 2-42


Victoria lost an early wicket but found plenty of runs to take the lead and put NSW under pressure. 


NSW 269
VIC 348


SA McMichael 65; J Worrall 53
AL Newell 3-90; TR McKibben 3-103



Second Innings


A solid start was soon turned on it's head as five NSW players found themselves ending on a duck to give Victoria what should be a simple finish.


NSW 269 +138
VIC 348


FA Iredale 61
CE McLeod 6-55


CE McLeod just couldn't match up to his bowling prowess at all in this match, but he was the only casualty as Victoria cruised to a win.


NSW 269 + 138
VIC 348 + 60-1


J Worrall 26*; H Graham 16*
TR McKibben 1-25


Victoria win by nine wickets