CW 1912/13 (S21), Game 3: Victoria vs South Australia

Victoria vs South Australia
Melbourne Cricket Ground
2nd-6th January 1913

Lineups:
Victoria- TJ Matthews, W Carkeek, EV Carroll, VS Ransford, WW Armstrong, FA Baring, AEV Hartkopf, JA Seitz, J Ryder, NE Brown, JL McNaughton

South Australia- ER Mayne, GC Campbell, C Hill, JN Crawford, DM Steele, DRA Gehrs, AG Moyes, WL Chamberlain, HHM Bridgman, LS Waye, WJ Whitty

First Innings
It took a few good men to pull South Australia along as the rest of the order all fell cheaply to the Victorian bowlers.

SA 376
AG Moyes 90; JN Crawford 82; DM Steele 76
J Ryder 4-87; JL McNaughton 3-85

Victoria them missed out on a good opportunity to leap in front, but found themselves under siege to good bowling and safe fielding to give South Australia every chance to take control in the second innings.

SA 376
VIC 258
VS Ransford 94
AG Moyes 4-56; WJ Whitty 3-72; JN Crawford 3-73

Second Innings
An exciting double-century from GC Campbell had the visitors in, what they considered to be, a game winning position when they declared.

SA 276 + 386-3 dec.
VIC 258
GC Campbell 204*; ER Mayne 82; JN Crawford 72
J Ryder 2-96

The first five Victoria wickets fell for 70, and the bottom order could only fight valiantly in a losing battle.

SA 276 + 386-3 dec.
VIC 258 + 276
WW Armstrong 65
WL Chamberlain 4-55; WJ Whitty 3-62

South Australia win by two-hundred-and-twenty-eight runs.