CW 1922/23 (S26) Game 5: New South Wales vs Victoria

New South Wales vs Victoria
Sydney Cricket Ground
26th-27th, 29th-30th January 1923

Lineups-
New South Wales- HL Collins, W Bardsley, CG Macartney, TJE Andrews, C Kelleway, JM Taylor, AF Kippax, HSTL Hendry, JD Scott, WAS Oldfield, AA Mailey

Victoria- ER Mayne, WM Woodfull, J Ryder, AEV Hartkopf, RL Park, VS Ransford, CB Willis, AE Liddicut, JL Keating, JL Ellis, PH Wallace

First Innings
JD Scott held out for a very good 37 and both CG Macartney and JM Taylor passed the 20 mark, but four of the top five batsmen collected half-centuries to make all the difference. HL Collins and W Bardsley have a long standing opening partnership and they put up over 100 runs before they were broken up. The second partnership reached higher before AEV Hartkopf took out both men to start his three in a row.

NSW 367
TJE Andrews 69; W Bardsley 67; C Kelleway 65; HL Collins 51
J Ryder 3-86; AEV Hartkopf 3-105

Three fifties were reached by Victorian players, with several scores in the twenties scattered among the lineup, pushed Victoria past 300. The highest partnership did not come until AE Liddicut and JL Keating defied NSW's attack for much of the final session on day two.

NSW 367
VIC 316
AE Liddicut 68; WM Woodfull 62; RL Park 62
HSTL Hendry 3-61; C Kelleway 3-72

Second Innings
Another 300+ score but only the openers could provide a real fight, beating their first innings partnership by 21 runs. C Kelleway feel five runs shy of another half-century and CG Macartney was stopped at 30 and only HSTL Hendry (25) was able to get out of the teens with TJE Andrews trapped lbw off J Ryder; his second wicket in the over after bowling out Macartney.

NSW 367 + 308
VIC 316
W Bardsley 71; HL Collins 58
AEV Hartkopf 4-90; AE Liddicut 2-61

New South Wales clinched their latest title in style, limiting Victoria to four scores above 7. WM Woodfull (1) and ER Mayne (2) were both gone lbw off the fast bowling of JD Scott before the two highest scorers put in a 79 run partnership. RL Park was forced to retire with a hand injury and VS Ransford was run out. CB Willis and JL Ellis were both caught for ducks, but another partnership had formed in between from AE Liddicut and JL Keating for 70 runs.

NSW 367 + 308
VIC 316 + 173
J Ryder 48; AEV Hartkopf 39
JD Scott 4-50; C Kelleway 2-33

New South Wales win by one-hundred-and-eighty-six runs.