CW 1914/15 (S23) Game 4: New South Wales vs Victoria

New South Wales vs Victoria
Sydney Cricket Ground
23rd, 25th-26th January 1915

Lineups:
New South Wales- W Bardsley, AA Mailey, CG Macartney, FM Farrar, TJE Andrews, JM Taylor, HL Collins, AT Ratcliffe, C Kelleway,EA Bull, JP Flynn

Victoria- RL Park, J Ryder, FA Baring, LA Cody, WW Armstrong, TJ Matthews, VJ Souter, AE Brown, EA McDonald, W Carkeek, H Ironmonger

First Innings
New South Wales' gameplan started relatively well as they used the bowling conditions to skittle Victoria for less than 300-runs. It was tough going for the bowlers early on but they managed to clean up quite efficiently once into the second half of the batting order, allowing one double-digit score, a 31 from AE Brown, through the final six batsmen.

VIC 278
LA Cody 88; J Ryder 47
JP Flynn 4-67; TJE Andrews 2-62

New South Wales lost a wicket before the close of play on day one and another two in the first two overs on the second day. A partnership formed between CG Macartney and TJE Andrews but once they left the crease Victoria returned to a brutal display of bowling.

VIC 278
NSW 135
TJE Andrews 53; CG Macartney 36
H Ironmonger 4-30; WW Armstrong 3-48

Second Innings
The pitch had degraded further when the pitch was inspected on the third morning and Victoria were already 28-3. This time a couple of middle-order batsmen held the fort long enough to put up a difficult total for New South Wales to chase before the tail crumbled once again. JP Flynn was instrumental in NSW's success by becoming the eleventh player to claim seven wickets in an innings; joint-fifth with ex-Victoria star JV Saunders in best innings performance.

VIC 278 + 153
NSW 135
TJ Matthews 52; VJ Souter 33
JP Flynn 7-57; AA Mailey 2-42

AA Mailey was the first victim again, but this time he managed to register a run before making his way back indoors. Things settled down nicely for New South Wales and CG Macartney was again a central part of things, helping to put up a partnership of 129. After his dismissal at the hands of H Ironmonger - claiming his second five-wicket innings in his debut season but again falling one shy of a ten-wicket match - the remaining seven outs all fell for a grand total of 42 runs.


VIC 278 + 153
NSW 135 + 214
CG Macartney 76; FM Farrar 64
H Ironmonger 5-60; EA McDonald 3-38

Victoria win by eighty-two runs.