New South Wales 11/15 vs Victoria 10/13
Sydney Cricket Ground
25th, 27th-30th January 1902
Lineups:
New South Wales- AJY Hopkins, CW Gregory, LOS Poidevin, BW Farquhar, WE Pite, F Deavish-Meares, GRC Clarke, H Carter, A McBeath, A Cotter, A Kermode
Victoria- J Worrall, SA McMichael, PA McAlister, JH Stuckey, FJ Laver, TS Warne, WH McCormack, W Carlton, TJ Hastings, FB Collins, JV Saunders
First Innings
Victoria made the bold move of putting their opponents into bat first, and the troublesome pitch aided them into proving that it was a good decision as no less than seven New South Wales' batsmen scored ten or under, with four of them ducks.
NSW 240
BW Farquhar 88; F Deavish-Meares 76*
FJ Laver 5-62
The pitch was fair and unbiased however and fought against Victoria with equal voracity. Things looked very bleak indeed at just 11-5 with New South Wales running riot, but they managed to avoid an unlikely follow-on.
NSW 240
VIC 160
WH McCormack 56
A Kermode 5-69; A McBeath 4-46
Second Innings
A much more professional New South Wales side batted with much more confidence to leave Victoria in the dust.
NSW 240 + 408-7
VIC 160
AJY Hopkins 204; BW Farquhar 64
FJ Laver 3-115; JV Saunders 3-123
Victoria were against the wall early on again, this time at 19-3, but another partnership from Laver, who missed out on a half-century by a run in the first innings, and McCormack evened the ship for a while, but they were always destined to sink.
NSW 240 + 408-7
VIC 160 + 201
FJ Laver 70; WH McCormack 61*
AJY Hopkins 4-59; GRC Clarke 3-37
New South Wales wins by 287 runs and are the 1901-1902 Sheffield Shield champions!
And at least you didn't have to worry about that missing game from the round-robin (SA vs. VIC).
ReplyDeleteI hope you are enjoying this game still. Still a long way to go to get to even the fourth state team.
New South Wales walked it really, didn't they? So it all worked out in the end.
ReplyDeleteI am still having a good time with Cricket World. I think the next team arrives for the 1926-27 season.