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Eastbourne, East Sussex, United Kingdom
I have been an M.E. sufferer for a long time now, but sports replay gaming is an easy hobby for me to enjoy. Originally from Canvey Island, Essex, I was introduced to replay gaming a few years ago, leading to my first purchase: Cricket World. Most sports I share will be common, but there are some more obscure replays thrown in. Thank you for visiting and I hope you enjoy your stay. Feel free to say hello! - Chris
Showing posts with label Adelaide Oval. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Adelaide Oval. Show all posts

Monday, 10 October 2011

CW 1924/25 (S28) Game 1: South Australia vs Victoria

South Australia vs Victoria
Adelaide Oval
31st October - 1st, 3rd-4th November 1924

Lineups-
South Australia- GW Harris, EGC Wainwright, JT Murray, VY Richardson, CV Grimmett, AJ Richardson, NA Walsh, EL Bowley, NL Williams, TW Wall, AM Ambler

Victoria- ER Mayne, RL Park, FA Tarrant, JL Ellis, WM Woodfull, WH Ponsford, J Ryder, HSB Love, HSTL Hendry, AE Liddicut, PH Wallace

First Innings
A good start from South Australia's top four was not helped by the bottom five in the lineup. GW Harris and EGC Wainwright made their half-centuries in the first session, JT Murray reaching his fifty before tea. The Richardsons scored 38 (VY) and 47 (AJ), but those around them crumbled. To end, CV Grimmett (5), NA Walsh (1) and the duck of NL Williams could not prevent the side from limping past 300.

SA 314
JT Murray 65; EGC Wainwright 54; GW Harris 51
FA Tarrant 4-59; HSTL Hendry 3-101


ER Mayne was bowled out for 59 and South Australia started to find a groove when AJ Richardson got his second wicket by bowling FA Tarrant for 22 before JL Elis was run out for 29. AJ Richardson would claim the fourth wicket but not before RL Park closed in on a double-century, Victoria steaming ahead. CV Grimmett took a pair of big wickets but both WM Woodfull and WH Ponsford also reached triple figures before they were caught at gully and the keeper. A collapse of the tail saw EGC Wainwright take a few scalps and prevent Victoria hitting 600.

SA 314
VIC 580
RL Park 195; WM Woodfull 106; WH Ponsford 101
EGC Wainwright 3-94; AJ Richardson 3-191

Second Innings
GW Harris was bowled out for 15 by PH Wallace but EGC Wainwright and JT Murray again reached their fifties. With VY (0) and AJ (8) Richardson falling by the wayside, it was upto CV Grimmett and NA Walsh to turn their game around and force Victoria to bat again before the tail capitulated once more.

SA 314 + 355
VIC 580
CV Grimmett 127; NA Walsh 70
HSTL Hendry 4-108; PH Wallace 3-85

South Australia were unable to take a wicket as Victoria strolled to their win.

SA 314 + 355
VIC 580 + 90-0
RL Park 52*; ER Mayne 36*
TW Wall 0-8; EGC Wainwright 0-10

Victoria win by ten wickets.

Saturday, 24 September 2011

CW 1923/24 (S27) Game 6: South Australia vs Victoria

South Australia vs Victoria
Adelaide Oval
15th-16th, 18th-19th February 1924

Lineups-
South Australia- EL Bowley, AJ Richardson, JT Murray, DE Pritchard, PD Rundell, NA Walsh, EGC Wainwright, RJB Townsend, HFT Heath, NL Williams, AM Ambler

Victoria- ER Mayne, WH Ponsford, WM Woodfull, RL Park, JL Keating, CB Willis, AEV Hartkopf, AE Liddicut, JL Ellis, CV Grimmett, PH Wallace

First Innings
A win for Victoria would give them the title this season, while a South Australian victory would result in a unique three-way tie that would have to be decided with quotiant ratings. The home side took it upon themselves to bat first after winning the coin toss, and they lost two wickets for 14 runs each: EL Bowley was out lbw and the same bowler, AE Liddicut who took the first three of the match, had JT Murray nick one to the keeper.

AJ Richardson was the next to go, caught in style at mid wicket, but not before he put in a good score. DE Pritchard partnered him the longest, unlucky not to get his half-century, but only EGC Wainwright (37) and HFT Heath (20) reached double figures from that point on. PH Wallace was really hammering the ball in on the batsmen with four leg before wicket decisions going his way.

SA 239
AJ Richardson 76; DE Pritchard 49
PH Wallace 4-64; AE Liddicut 3-47

Before EGC Wainwright started on his six-wicket haul, WH Ponsford (7) was caught one-handed at slip off HFT Heath. Wainwright took his first scalp - WM Woodfull (25) out clean bowled -and AJ Richardson followed it up, getting RL Park to send a delivery straight to extra cover for a duck, and Victoria were 64-3. Another duck from CB Willis, and a 9 scored from AEV Hartkopf, brought about the partnership of JL  Keating and AE Liddicut, Both went together, Keating at short leg and Liddicut (41) at mid wicket, both off EGC Wainwright, and this was enough to get them alongside South Australia to make it a one inning showdown.

SA 239
VIC 238
JL Keating 80; ER Mayne 48
EGC Wainwright 6-58; AJ Richardson 2-50

Second Innings
Disaster struck South Australia immediately after the restart. PH Wallace took another pair of lbw wickets, AJ Richardson (1) and JT Murray (0). In between, EL Bowley took one to the head forcing him to retire on a single leaving his team 3-3. With PD Rundell moved down the order after his own retirement in the first innings, DE Pritchard was partnered with NA Walsh and that is when the South Australian fireworks began as they put together a 186 run partnership before Pritchard and EGC Wainwright (0) went down. NA Walsh went on to his next milestone and, outside of the unbeaten zero of AM Ambler, the lower order scored 11, 22, 24, and 38 runs; RJB Townsend registering the highest of these.

SA 239 + 311
VIC 238
NA Walsh 104; DE Pritchard 95
PH Wallace 4-62; AE Liddicut 3-92

Limiting the openers to 18 runs each and 17 for WM Woodfull was helpful in South Australia putting their opponents on 76-4. RL Park (37), CB Willis and AEV Hartkopf managed to keep things moving for Victoria but the bowling attack made the most of the lead inherited from their prior batting performance, winning a tight victory, and leaving all teams with two wins and two losses despite JL Keating the lone duck in Victoria's final innings, and PH Wallace (8) the only other batsmen that failed to hit double figures,

SA 239 + 311
VIC 238 + 280
CB Willis 53; AEV hartkopf 46
AJ Richardson 3-61; RJB Townsend 3-76

South Australia wins by thirty-two runs.

Monday, 19 September 2011

CW 1923/24 (S27) Game 1: South Australia vs New South Wales

South Australia vs New South Wales
Adelaide Oval
14th-15th, 17th-18th December 1923

Lineups-
South Australia- EL Bowley, AJ Richardson, JT Murray, RJB Townsend, JW Rymill, NA Walsh, HFT Heath, NL Williams, HM Fisher, AM Ambler, PAP Ohlstrom

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

First Innings
New South Wales now has a regular opening partnership between HL Collins and W Bardsley and they continue to produce the goods to start another season. Both men had little trouble reaching their half-centuries before RJB Townsend was able to get them to hit the ball straight to third man and the wicket keeper for their dismissals. CG Macartney (11) and the duck of JM Taylor continued the same bowler's vein of good form but he would have to wait some time before claiming his fifth wicket: century maker TJE Andrews. HSTL Hendry also made a milestone score but only AF Kippax and WAS Oldfield further contributed to the score, both scoring 13.


NSW 338
TJE Andrews 106; HL Collins 73; W Bardsley 60; HSTL Hendry 58
RJB Townsend 5-78; HFT Heath 3-114

RJB Townsend carried over his performance with the ball to his time at the crease, but he was one of two men who was able to reach 50 and two others, JW Rymill (45) and NA Walsh (35) bettering the 21 of NL Williams. The wicket-takers had their moments in bunches. JD Scott dismissed the first four, CG Macartney, C Kelleway, and then AA Mailey taking two a piece all back-to-back.

NSW 338
SA 274
AJ Richardson 67; RJB Townsend 56
JD SCott 4-55; AA Mailey 2-18

Second Innings
The openers were both out after scoring 30+ but TJE Andrews continued to flourish, beating his previous innings total before a wonder catch at deep mid wicket finally put an end to that. RJB Townsend was only able to take the wicket of HL Collins, caught this time at square leg, but HFT Heath tore through the lower order to end the match with terrific numbers on his debut.

NSW 338 + 339
SA 274
TJE Andrews 118; AF Kippax 44
HFT Heath 6-90; AJ Ricardson 2-60

After his early exit for 10 runs at slip in the first innings EL Bowley and his opening partner showed a confidence at the crease that would take them to 157 before JD Scott once again removed them from play. The next partnership featured RJB Townsend once more and another batsmen that did not last long in his earlier attempt. After the fall of RJB Townsend, South Australia were 50 runs shy of victory with five wickets remaining, but NA Walsh (15), HFT Heath (0) and HM Fisher (0) were all dismissed at the hands of C Kelleway who seamed his side to a sudden turn around.

NSW 338 + 339
SA 274 + 371
RJB Townsend 89; AJ Richardson77; EL Bowley 75; JT Murray 52
C Kelleway 6-134; JD Scott 2-93

New South Wales win by thirty-two runs.

Saturday, 10 September 2011

CW 1922/23 (S26) Game 6: South Australia vs Victoria

South Australia vs Victoria
Adelaide Oval
16th-17th, 19th-22nd February 1923

Lineups-
South Australia- AJ Richardson, FK Gould, VY Richardson, CE Pellew, JT Murray, C Hill, NL williams, RL Bennett, WJ Whitty, HM Fisher, EJ Carragher

Victoria- WM Woodfull, HSB Love, JL Ellis, AEV Hartkopf, WH Ponsford, VS Ransford, CB Willis, ER Mayne, AE Liddicut, TA Carlton, PH Wallace

First Innings
Another season that South Australia comes to a close, but not before Victoria put up close to another 600 runs on them in the first innings. The openers took the side into triple digits and another wicket later they were 157-3. AEV Hartkopf and WH Ponsford then kicked on before both men went for lbw off AJ Richardson and Victoria were at 324-5. Another two big scores saw them cruise into the 500s, eventually falling to the two big South Australian threats, yet not before they passed 80 runs each.


VIC 596
AEV Hartkopf 119; CB Willis 89; ER Mayne 81; WH Ponsford 78
HM Fisher 5-111; AJ Richardson 4-146

FK Gould immediately sent the ball straight to gully for a duck, but the home side were looking to end the year with a fight. The Ricardson boys partnered up for 134 runs, and the seventh wicket lasted for another 131 to prevent Victoria calling for a follow on.

VIC 596
SA 460
VY Richardson 90; NL Williams 77; AJ Richardson 69; RL Bennett 55
AEV Hartkopf 5-133; PH Wallace 3-97

Second Innings
AEV Hartkopf made another century, but the two half-centuries of HSB Love and JL Ellis had already laid the groundwork for an almost certain victory; the visitors declaring with a large lead at the end of day five.


VIC 596 + 426-7
SA 460
AEV Hartkopf 100; WH Ponsford 75; JL Ellis 74; HSB Love 51
EJ Carragher 2-60; WJ Whitty 2-118

AJ Richardson (1) was the opener who went very early while FK Gould partnered up with the other Richardson for a high-scoring partnership (167). JT Murray missed out on a half-century by six runs in the first innings, but he walked off with nothing second time around after he was caught at mid wicket for PH Wallace's only scalp to add to his previous three in the match. After the second quality partnership was broken up, South Australia feel from 345-6 to 353 all out.

VIC 596 + 426-7
SA 460 + 353
VY Richardson 97; FK Gould 76; CE Pellew 74; C Hill 55
TA Carlton 5-94; AEV Hartkopf 3-105

Victoria win by two-hundred-and-nine runs.

Monday, 5 September 2011

CW 1922/23 (S26) Game 1: South Australia vs New South Wales

South Australia vs New South Wales
Adelaide Oval
15th, 17th-20th December 1922
Lineups-
South Australia- VY Richardson, FK Gould, CE Dolling, LV Pellew, RJB Townsend, DE Pritchard, AJ Richardson, CD Gray, NL Williams, RL Bennett, FL Morton

New South Wales- HL Collins, W Bardsley, CG Macartney, TJE Andrews, JM Taylor, AF Kippax, HSTL Hendry, WAS Oldfield, CR Campling, AA Mailey, CS Everett

First Innings
New South Wales got away to a rip-roaring start, losing their first two wickets at the 196 and 401 run mark. W Bardsley (95), TJE Andrews (77), and JM Taylor (52), all provided excellent support for the big scorers. AF Kippax was the only man to fall cheaply, going for just 6, but the game looked won at tea on the second day.

NSW 703-6 dec.
CG Macartney 251; HL Collins 183
CD Gray 2-55; AJ Richardson 2-177

South Australia provided a consistent response but still fell well short of avoiding the follow on. Until the tail and it's total collapse, AJ Richardson had scored the least at 13 runs as his team fought against the tide.

NSW 703-6 dec.
SA 409
DE Pritchard 84; LV pellew 67; VY Richardson 61; RJB Townsend 50
CS Everett 4-62; AA Mailey 2-128

Second Innings
It was more of the same from the hosts with no-one managing to reach that elusive century; an unlucky CD Gray the closest to that milestone.

NSW 703-6 dec.
SA 409 + 446
CD Gray 97*; RJB Townsend 84; CE Dolling 75; VY Richardson 63
CG Macartney 3-35; HSTL Hendry 3-100

NSW continued to show electric form at the top of the order to close the game out.

NSW 703-6 dec. + 153-1
SA 409 + 446
HL Collins 70*; W Bardsley 57
FL Morton 1-40; AJ Richardson 0-34

New South Wales win by nine wickets.

Saturday, 27 August 2011

CW 1921/22 (S25) Game 6: South Australia vs Victoria

South Australia vs Victoria
Adelaide Oval
24th-25th, 27th28th February 1922
Lineups-
South Australia- A Smith, AJ Richardson, EA Loveridge, PD Rundell, JT Murray, RJB Townsend, DE Pritchard, JW Rymill, JWE Schultz, WJ Whitty, FL Morton

Victoria- ER Mayne, FA O'Keeffe, CB Willis, AEV Hartkopf, VS Ransford, LA Cody, JL Keating, WM Woodfull, JL Ellis, PH Wallace, MA Schade

First Innings
Victoria started their celebrations of a fifth Sheffield Shield title by bowling out South Australia midway through the final session on day one. DE Pritchard and JWE Schultz just let loose when their partnership began with the team on 93-7, but once the ninth man skied one looking for six, it was business as usual.

SA 177
DE Pritchard 48; EA Loveridge 43
MA Schade 4-34; AEV Hartkopf 3-29

Victoria surpassed their opponents tally with only wicket lost but were unable to put a true stranglehold on the match, thanks in most part to FL Morton ripping through the middle of the lineup in short order.The opening partnership of 138 was Victoria's highlight, but they could only follow that up with a high score of 46 from VS Ransford.


SA 177
VIC 341
FA O'Keeffe 109; ER Mayne 67
FL Morton 5-90; RJB Townsend 2-60

Second Innings
PD Rundell and DE Pritchard saved South Australia from all out embarrassment as, outside of these two, RJB Townsend led the rest with 34 runs; one of only five SA batsmen to reach double figures.


SA 177 + 277
VIC 341
DE Pritchard 92; PD Rundell 74
AEV Hartkopf 3-62; PH Wallace 3-68

Victoria could afford to be a little nonchalant on the degraded pitch, losing four wickets on their way to a clean sweep on the year. EA Loveridge,along with the spectacular fielder in the slips, was responsible for claiming the scalp of the half-century maker, along with two other wickets back to back.



SA 177 + 277
VIC 341 + 114-4
CB Willis 52; ER Mayne 32
EA Loveridge 3-22; FL Morton 1-35

Victoria win by six wickets.

Monday, 22 August 2011

CW 1921/22 (S25) Game 1: South Australia vs New South Wales

South Australia vs New South Wales
Adelaide Oval
16th-17th, 19th-22nd December 1921

Lineups:
South Australia- VY Richardson, A Smith, NL Williams, PD Rundell, AJ Richardson, RJB Townsend, LV Pellew, DE Pritchard, CD Gray, AM Ambler, C Braybrook

New South Wales- H Cranney, OP Asher, HSB Love, ATE Punch, JG Morgan, CS Achurch, AP Wells, RCM Boyce, JCLS Wall, BL Russell, CS Everett

First Innings
A beautiful day greeted the teams on day one of the new season when New South Wales went to work at the crease. It was not all plain sailing for the sixteen time Sheffield Shield champions, but a pair of centuries made all the difference; especially JG Morgan weathering the storm as all his partners fell down around him.


NSW 447
JG Morgan 148*; H Cranney 103; HSB Love 61
NL Williams 4-85; C Braybrook 2-95

VY Richardson fell in the first over, and no partnership was allowed to reach higher than the 69 provided by A Smith and NL Williams. CD Gray did very well to drag his side over the follow-on line. On the other side, OP Asher took four wickets in a row, taking care of the middle-order.

NSW 447
SA 268
NL Williams 59; CD Gray 52
OP Asher 65; JCLS Wall 3-69

Second Innings
OP Asher's confidence carried over to his second time at the crease, the second New South Wales opener to century in the match, and JG Morgan made another unbeaten century as his side declared close to their first innings total with four wickets to spare. C Braybrook was the biggest threat with the ball; he and NL Williams ending the match with six a piece.

NSW 447 + 442-6 dec.
SA 268
JG Morgan 105*; OP Asher 104; CS Achurch 85; ATE Punch 67
C Braybrook 4-88; NL Williams 2-94

Another half-century from man of the match contender NL Williams would never be enough to make much headway in the mountain South Australia were told to climb. A Smith, AJ Richardson, RJB Townsend, and CD Gray all fell within nine runs of their own fifties under the balanced attack of NSW; OP Asher taking a match-leading total of seven


NSW 447 + 442-6 dec.
SA 268+ 319
NL Williams 53; RJB Townsend 45; CD Gray 45
CS Everett 3-61; OP Asher 3-67

New South Wales win by three-hundred-and-two runs.

Friday, 12 August 2011

CW 1920/21 (S24) Game 5: South Australia vs New South Wales

South Australia vs New South Wales
Adelaide Oval
7th-8th, 10th-12th January 1921

Lineups:
South Australia- CE Pellew, A Smith, VY Richardson, LV Pellew, AJ Richardson, HB Willsmore, DM Steele, DM Henry, AM Ambler, HM Fisher, WJ Whitty


New South Wales- HL Collins, W Bardsley, C Kelleway, JM Taylor, TJE Andrews, JM Gregory, HSTL Hendry, J Bogle, AF Kippax, EL Waddy, H Carter


First Innings
South Australia would be glad to see the back of this season as another record high score was put up against them by a NSW batsman. Before JM Taylor got into his groove however, South Australia were coping pretty well and had their opponents on a 148-4 scoreline. But a pair of reliable partnerships with JM Taylor increased their score by 181 and 263 for the next two wickets,


NSW 740-8 dec.
JM Taylor 372*; HSTL Hendry 115; JM Gregory 76
AJ Richardson 3-191; CE Pellew 2-59


South Australia had their own hero, but even he could not get within 200 runs of the new single innings record holder. Outside of the 103 and 154 partnerships, things looked very sparse for the home team with HSTL Hendry devastating South Australia with both bat and ball.


NSW 740-8 dec.
SA 355
AJ Richardson 160; A Smith 71; DM Steele 70
HSTL Hendry 7-86; HL Collins 2-46


Second Innings
The three top scorers in the first innings were among the four who failed to improve upon their earlier scores this time around. The rest of the order did themselves proud, just doing enough to rob New South Wales of an innings victory. HSTL Hendry missed out on ten wickets yet again as the claims were spread around the attack



NSW 740-8 dec.
SA 355+ 393
CE Pellew 87; AM Ambler 84*; AJ Richardson 53
TJE Andrews 3-107; JM Gregory 2-33

An easy end do a dominant match for New South Wales


NSW 740-8 dec. + 9-0
SA 355+ 393
HL Collins 5*; W Bardsley 4*
AJ Richardson 0-4; WJ Whitty 0-5

New South Wales win by ten wickets.

Monday, 8 August 2011

CW 1920/21 (S24) Game 1: South Australia vs Victoria

South Australia vs Victoria
Adelaide Oval
29th-30th October, 1st-2nd November 1920

Lineups:
South Australia- CE Pellew, A Smith, DM Steele, DE Pritchard, PD Rundell, AJ Richardson, DRA Gehrs, HB Willsmore, EL Phillips, WJ Whitty, AM Ambler

Victoria- ER Mayne, RL Park, CB Willis, FA Baring, VS Ransford, WW Armstrong, J Ryder, AW Lampard, AE Liddicut, JL Ellis, H Ironmonger

First Innings
South Australia set out to take advantage of a good batting wicket but could only rely on three batsmen throughout the innings as the remainder of the order managed to score a total of 34 runs between themselves. DM Steele and DE Pritchard got things going after both starters walked with 14 runs scored. PD Rundell picked up the slack and carried the team on his back for as long as he could while his teammates floundered at the crease under heavy pressure from the Victorian bowlers.

SA 224
DM Steele 77; DE Pritchard 65
H Ironmonger 4-56; AW Lampard 3-59; J Ryder 3-61

An early wicket, ER Mayne (16), was a long bright spot for South Australia's bowlers as Victoria went on to score four half-centuries and an impressive unbeaten double-century. Batting for almost two days Victoria called it at tea on day three confident of an innings victory.

SA 224
VIC 596-6 dec.
FA Baring 265*; CB Willis 75; J Ryder 71*; RL Park 66; VS Ransford 53
AJ Richardson 2-154; PD Rundell 1-21

Second Innings
Both starters improved upon their previous efforts, but it was CE Pellew who led the charge past the team's first century. DM Steele and DE Pritchard were both dispatched quicker on this occasion, but PD Rundell remained steadfast and, with the help of DRA Gehrs, guided South Australia to a better innings total dispite the dominant match from H Ironmonger.

SA 224 + 308
VIC 596-5 dec.
PD Rundell 110; CE Pellew 65; DRA Gehrs 56
H Ironmonger 6-78; WW Armstrong 2-63

Victoria win by an innings and sixty-four runs.

Sunday, 17 July 2011

CW 1919/20 (S23) Game 6: South Australia vs Victoria

South Australia vs Victoria
Adelaide Oval
27th-28th February, 1st-3rd March 1920

Lineups:
South Australia- A Smith, CE Pellew, GM Hone, PD Rundell, VY Richardson, LV Pellew, AJ Richardson, HHM Bridgman, NL Williams, EL Phillips, JWE Schultz

Victoria- ER Mayne, RL Park, VS Ransford, CB Willis, WW Armstrong, J Ryder, AW Lampard, AG Moyes, AW Liddicut, JL Ellis, LT Mullet


First Innings
The opening partnership of 80 would not make up for the South Australia's general dysfunction this season as Victoria searched for a good win in order to successfully defend their title for the first time. This was a good start to their quest as the skittled the home side with plenty of playing time remaining in the first day. AE Liddicut took out the first three in the order on his way to a good innings tally.

SA 231
CE Pellew 56; A Smith 36
AE Liddicut 5-54; LT Mullett 3-61

The normally reliable ER Mayne was trapped lbw by AJ Richardson as soon as play restarted, but a trio of high scores had Victoria in pole position for the match and the Shield. RL Park outlasted four men, including a pair of decent scorers in VS Ransford (42) and WW Armstrong (43), but even his score would be beaten by his final partner. South Australia tried their best for nearly forty-eight hours but it was Victoria themselves that put a stop to the pain.

SA 231
VIC 614-7 dec.
J Ryder 166; RL Park 160; AG Moyes 125*
NL Williams 2-123; EL Phillips 2-141

Second Innings
South Australia may have been big whipping boys this season, but no-one told PD Rundell to stop playing as he helped put up another 300 runs on the board during his spell at the crease. Once Victoria dealt with him, and his longest lasting partner VY Richardson, they had little trouble with the second half the order, even taking the scalps of LV Pellew and AJ Richardson for ducks.

SA 231 + 434
NSW 614-7 dec.
PD Rundell 164; VY Richardson 81
LT Mullett 4-111; AE Liddicut 2-81

ER Mayne was again dispatched very early on, but it took an outrageous piece of fielding at mid-on for EL Phillips to claim him. The second partnership worked well together again in the match, but had they done enough to pip New South Wales to the post and win the title on the QR tiebreak?

SA 231 + 434
VIC 614-7 dec. + 52-1
RL Park 25*; VS Ransford 18*
EL Phillips 1-24; AJ Richardson 0-28

Victoria win by nine wickets.

Tuesday, 12 July 2011

CW 1919/20 (S23) Game 1: South Australia vs New South Wales

South Australia vs New South Wales
Adelaide Oval
19th-20th, 22nd-24th December 1913

Lineups:
South Australia- VY Richardson, DE Pritchard, PD Rundell, DM Steele, AJ Richardson, RJB Townsend, DRA Gehrs, NL Williams, WP Selth, WJ Whitty, FR Lucas

New South Wales- H Carter, W Bardsley, J Bogle, AF Kippax, TJE Andrews, AT Ratcliffe, HSTL Hendry, C Kelleway, WF Ives, AA Mailey, HRC Norman

First Innings
With the world rebuilding after The War to End All Wars, South Australia returned to the Sheffield Shield with a bowling attack that would also need a lot of work. They had hoped to make the most of a slightly bowling friendly pitch but were hammered throughout the first days of action. The openers were both gone by tea on day one, but enter debutant J Bogle to break a pair of records; one personal and one for the team. He and AF Kippax almost touched a 200 run partnership before AT Ratcliffe was the man to take Bogle to 322 not out between them.

NSW 714-4 dec.
J Bogle 304*; AT Ratcliffe 129*; AF Kippax 94; W Bardsley 82; H Carter 69
FR Lucas 2-193; WJ Whitty 2-202

Another player making his debut also excelled in his first Shield innings, this time for South Australia. VY Richardson survived as his teammates crumbled with one exception. Outside of these two, only a pair of batsmen reached double-figures, the highest of which was 15. A follow on was quickly called by NSW.

NSW 714-4 dec.
SA 264
VY Richardson 136*; DM Steele 82
C Kelleway 5-69; HRC Norman 3-62

Second Innings
After taking his fifth five-for of his career in the first innings, C Kelleway was again leading the charge for New South Wales and took a second bunch of wickets to earn him his first ten wicket haul in the Sheffield Shield. VY Richardson was not able to withstand that kind of bowling for a second time, but he and fellow opener DE Pritchard put together a fine partnership. PD Rundell was only able to add a run on top of his earlier duck, and VP Selth put in a good unbeaten display for 40* despite the losing battle he was facing,

NSW 714-4 dec.
SA 264 + 225
DE Pritchard 49; VY Richardson 44
C Kelleway 6-52; WF Ives 2-51

New South Wales win by an innings and two-hundred-and-twenty-five runs

Sunday, 26 June 2011

CW 1914/15 (S23) Game 1: South Australia vs New South Wales

South Australia vs New South Wales
Adelaide Oval
18th-19th, 21st-24th December 1913

Lineups:
South Australia-ER Mayne, RF Middleton, AG Moyes, DM Steele, CE Pellew, GC Campbell, HB Willsmore, WS Stirling, WO Cooper, AP James, AW Wright

New South Wales- C Kelleway, HH Davis, JM Taylor, RB Minnett, W Bardsley, TJE Andrews, H Cranney, HG Pratten, JD Scott, AT Ratcliffe, JA Randell

First Innings
New South Wales started average, found a rich vein of form in the middle order, and fell back to average towards the end but ultimately came close to the magic 500 number. AW Wright carved through the first three batsmen in his first session but was unable to stop a few good men doing the damage on a batter-friendly wicket. AP James however took a pair of big scalps on the second day's play to stop the bleeding.

NSW 488
H Cranney 123; TJE Andrews 98; RB Minnett 89
AW Wright 4-131; AP James 3-140

Victoria lacked a good reply and they only found a half-century man in the ninth spot of the order. Right after lunch on day three they sat at 134-6 with CE Pellew the current highscorer and latest casualty to a rampant set of bowlers. WO Cooper saved some blushes by dragging the score to more than double what it was when he walked out to the crease. New South Wales knew that they probably wouldn't be able to bowl out the side again for much less, but decided it would be best to enforce the follow on.

NSW 488
SA 315
WO Cooper 81; CE Pellew 42; HB Willsmore 42
RB Minnett 3-37; C Kelleway 3-99; JA Randell 3-100

Second Innings
A much better start led to Victoria putting some pressure on their opponents, even if the lead was less than half of what NSW managed in the first innings. CE Pellew was one of two men to get close to his century, and WO Cooper was unable to replicate his earlier performance, caught at mid wicket for just 2.

NSW 488
SA 315 + 403
ER Mayne 90; CE Pellew 88; WS Stirling 61
RB Minnett 3-61; JA Randell 3-128

New South Wales suffered an even more disturbing start than their first innings and things did not look like improving. Centurion H Cranney was bowled for a duck by WS Stirling and the team was surprisingly 39 runs short of victory with one last wicket remaining. JD Scott and JA Randell fought hard, and endured a lot of determined bowling on a wicket that had drastically turned from one good for batting to one that the bowlers loved, before the latter finally succumbed to WO Cooper's delivery that wrecked his stumps. New South Wales lost a match they should have won and had a couple of days before they would play in Victoria to consider their follow-on decision.

NSW 488 + 223
SA 315 + 403
JD Scott 54*; HG Pratten 35
AW Wright 5-66; WO Cooper 2-42; WS Stirling 2-51

South Australia won by seven runs.

Wednesday, 15 June 2011

CW 1913/14 (S22) Game 6: South Australia vs Victoria

South Australia vs Victoria
Adelaide Oval
13th-14th, 16th-17th February 1914

Lineups:
South Australia- ER Mayne, RF Middleton, C Hill, JN Crawford, AG Moyes, CE Pellew, A Smith, HB Willsmore, WD Price, GC Campbell, SH Clutterbuck

Victoria- EV Carroll, RL Park, TJ Matthews, C Kiernan, FA Baring, CB Willis, JM Fitzpatrick, J Ryder, FL Lugton, VJ Souter, W Carkeek

First Innings
An excellent opening partnership for South Australia saw both men reach their half-centuries before the wheels came off. Out of the next nine batsmen only CE Pellew put in a good score of 41, the rest ranged from the duck of C Hill to a score of 14 for GC Campbell.

SA 291
RF Middleton 104; ER Mayne 72
J Ryder 5-75; FL Lugton 4-61

Victoria's reply had the same troubles that South Australia suffered but without the milestone scores. TJ Matthews was forced to retire injured after his short period at the crease, and Victoria fell short of a better score with a pair of wickets often falling back-to-back.

SA 291
VIC 229
FA Baring 49; JM Fitzpatrick 45
HB Willsmore 4-40; WD Price 2-77


Second Innings
Century man RF Middleton managed to add a single run to his career total before sending the ball straight down the throat of mid-wicket, but his opening partner put in another fine score as he and C Hill kept things rolling. CE Pellew could not be relied upon this time to make up for the slack present through much of the order and Victoria had a reachable score  on a slightly tricky pitch.

SA 291 + 247
VIC 229
C Hill 89; ER Mayne 46; AG Moyes 46
VJ Souter 5-71; FL Lugton 3-39

A calamitous start befell Victoria's second innings as they played out the last few overs off day three. Both RL Park, leg before wicket, and C Kiernan, caught in stunning fashion at gully, were done in by the bowling of WD Price. Surviving opener EV Carroll and first innings high-scorer FA Baring then lit the touchpaper and soon had over one hundred runs for the team. Once they fell though wickets tumbled with three men walking off at the 155 mark. A final wicket stand of 115 came closer than anyone expected to defying the odds, but it wasn't to be Victoria's day, or indeed year, as they ended winless through the season.

SA 291 + 247
VIC 229 + 270
VJ Souter 78*; EV Carroll 57; FA Baring 50
WD Price 5-62; JN Crawford 2-75

South Australia win by thirty-nine runs.

Monday, 13 June 2011

CW 1913/14 (S22) Game 4: South Australia vs New South Wales

South Australia vs New South Wales
Adelaide Oval
9th-10th, 12th-13th January 1914

Lineups:
South Australia- ER Mayne, DM Steele, JN Crawford, AG Moyes, WL Chmaberlain, C Hill, CE Pellew, HP Kirkwood, A Smith, WJ Whitty, CL Winser


New South Wales-  LA Cody, HL Collins, CG Macartney, TJE Andrews, CG McKew, W Bardsley, C Kelleway, BJ Folkard, A Cotter, RJA Massie, AA Mailey


First Innings
South Australia were counting on the pitch turning just a little to help them out but were left wanting as New South Wales put in another dazzling batting performance through the best part of two days. HL Collins fell for 29 while his opening partner went on to fall shy of a century. the LA Cody wicket was the start of a small comeback from the bowlers as two other batsmen also fell at the 178 mark. CG McKew soon put paid to that as he put together a 179 run partnership before the tailenders marched on to 500.

NSW 509
CG McKew 154; LA Cody 90; W Bardsley 79; CG Macartney 53
WJ Whitty 5-136; HP Kirkwood 2-93

There was consistency through much of the South Australian order, but that resulted in in six batsmen heading back to the pavilion with scores all in the thirties. The rest of the lineup was hard pressed to get half as much and New South Wales quickly had their opponents bat again

NSW 509
SA 239
C Hill 38; ER Mayne 36
RJA Massie 4-69; AA Mailey 3-45; A Cotter 3-48

Second Innings
The opening partnership of ER Mayne and DM Steele once again started brightly but were cut down, along with the next three scoreless batsmen, for a total of 51 runs. This soon became 84-7 and only an unbeaten score from CE Pellew got them above a hundred runs before the final three wickets also capitulated for no gain.

This means New South Wales wrap up their fourteenth Sheffield Shield title, and are odds-on to go unbeaten for the twelfth time of asking.


NSW 509
SA 239 + 113
CE Pellew 37*; ER Mayne 25
RJA Massie 4-50; AA Mailey 2-0


New South Wales win by an innings and one-hundred-and-fifty-seven runs.

Wednesday, 2 March 2011

CW 1912/13 (S21), Game 6: South Australia vs Victoria

South Australia vs Victoria
Adelaide Oval
28th Feb-1st, 3rd-6th March

Lineups:
South Australia- ER Mayne, GC Campbell, C Hill, DRA Gehrs, AG Moyes, JN Crawford, RF Middleton, PD Rundell, RBC Rees, WJ Whitty, HJ McKay

Victoria- EV Carroll, EL Carroll, FA Baring, VS Ransford, WW Armstrong, TJ Matthews, MD Hotchin, C McKenzie, W Carkeek, JL McNaughton, WH Cannon

First Innings
A few good men were needed to get South Australia to a fine score as their inconsistencies of both teams continue through to the end of the season. This despite a brilliant opening partnership. A good batting wicket wasn't much help against Victoria's second pairing of bowlers.

SA 403
GC Cammpbell 111; ER Mayne 83; JN Crawford 77
WH Cannon 3-79; C McKenzie 3-83

A pair of ducks and only two half-centuries left Victoria trailing, but they did well to improve from 102-5 to 320-all out.

SA 403
VIC 320
WW Armstrong 86; JL Mcnaughton 59*

Second Innings
A much better batting performance had South Australia declaring in a comfortable position. This time only one Victorian bowler made much impact.

SA 403 + 433-6 dec.
VIC 320
ER Mayne 108; C Hill 85; JN Crawford 76*; AG Moyes 70
C McKenzie 4-90

Victoria also improved upon their previous display, but there was too much of a distance to make up. The tail collapsed but both EV Carroll and FA Baring were a long way away from where their scores should have been, with ducks to them in the first innings and a total of 28 runs between in the second.


SA 403 + 433-6 dec.
VIC 320 + 389
WW Armstrong 83; EL Carroll 76; TJ Matthews 76; VS Ransford 57
WJ Whitty 5-106; JN Crawford 4-120

South Australia win by one-hundred-and-twenty-seven runs.

Thursday, 17 February 2011

CW 1912/13 (S21), Game 1: South Australia vs New South Wales

South Australia vs New South Wales
Adelaide Oval
20th-24th December 1912

Lineups:
South Australia- ER Mayne, JN Crawford, C Hill, AG Moyes, WL Chamberlain, DM Steele, GC Campbell, PD Rundell, HHM Bridgman, WJ Whitty, HJ McKay

New South Wales- VT Trumper, EL Waddy, HL Collins, RB Minnett, JC Barnes, CG McKew, GS Moore, PS Arnott, SH Emery, BJ Folkard, RJA Massie

First Innings
A positive start at the crease had South Australia looking good, but a serious lack of firepower beyond the fifth spot on the lineup had them floundering before long. This was almost entirely down to the introduction of GS Moore who took six straight wickets.

SA 341
C Hill 78; ER Mayne 69; AG Moyes 59; WL Chamberlain 50
GS Moore 6-34

Inconsistencies plagued the away side also with only a single half-century reached. The difference was a fantastic spell from JC Barnes who managed to stay alive for a long time.

SA 341
NSW 394
JC Barnes 174; EL Waddy 64
WL Chamberlain 4-83

Second Innings
While some of the batsmen improved upon their single-figure scores, only C Hill excelled at all as leg-befre shouts and simple catches dismantled them inside twenty-four hours.

SA 341 + 252
NSW 394
C Hill 84
RB Minnett 4-52; SH Emery 3-52

New South Wales found an early groove and ran it all the way to victory, looking in control the whole way.

SA 341 + 252
NSW 394 + 200-1
VT Trumper 106*; HL Collins 66*
JN Crawford 1-59

New South Wales wins by nine wickets.

Thursday, 27 January 2011

CW 1911/12 (S20), Game 5: South Australia vs New South Wales

South Australia vs New South Wales
Adelaide Oval
6th, 8th-11th January 1912

Lineups:
South Australia-ER Mayne, CE Dolling, C Hill, JN Crawford, DM Steele, JT Murray, CF Drew, KH Quist, WS Stirling, HW Webster, WJ Whitty

New South Wales- EP Barbour, EL Waddy, SH Emery, C Kelleway, W Bardsley, RB Minnett, GR Hazlitt, SE Gregory, VT Trumper, CG Macartney, A Cotter

First Innings
New South Wales got off to a good start reaching 125 before losing the first wickets, and the middle order did enough to reach a fine score on a very difficult pitch before the tail collapsed.

NSW 413
EL Waddy 119; RB Minnett 85; EP Barbour 66
JT Murray 4-79

The South Australian reply was okay, but it lacked someone to really excel and push the team along. NSW were now in pole position to take another win and put one hand on the Shield.

NSW 413
SA 303
CE Dolling 91; WS Stirling 51*
A Cotter 5-77

Second Innings
South Australia found it harder to take wickets consistently, despite the pitch really turning through days three and four. The opening three batsmen were out for 76, but the middle order again came through and the team declared on the eve of day five with a handsome lead.

NSW 413 + 400-8
SA 303
SE Gregory 132*; W Bardsley 93
JN Crawford 5-123

Once high scoring C Hill was caught at slip, the the remaining four batsmen combined for seven runs and a crushing defeat. This means New South Wales can clinch the Sheffield Shield with victory over Victoria in the final game of the season. Otherwise, it goes to the quotient rating.


NSW 413 + 400-8
SA 303 + 199
C Hill 90
SH Emery 7-37

New South Wales win by three-hundred-and-eleven runs.

Monday, 17 January 2011

CW 1911/12 (S20), Game 1: South Australia vs Victoria

South Australia vs Victoria
Adelaide Oval
3rd-4th, 6th-7th November 1911

Lineups:
South Australia- S Hill, HP Kirkwood, C Hill, JN Crawford, WL Chamberlain, ER Mayne, GJS Down, WS Stirling, WJ Whitty, HW Webster, AW Wright

Victoria- JA Seitz, HHL Kortlang, TJ Matthews, DBM Smith, WW Armstrong, VS Ransford, NE Brown, FJ Laver, JH Kyle, W Carkeek, WRF Macrow

First Innings
South Australia were on the ropes before lunch on day one, standing at one point on 100-7. The final partnership between WJ Whitty and AW Wright got them past the two-hundred mark, but they would have been very disappointed they only managed so much on a batting wicket.

SA 220
WJ Whitty 66*
WW Armstrong 4-52

Victoria on the other hand almost matched their opponents score before losing a wicket. The first four batsmen excelled for 391 runs, while teh rest of teh order only managed 138 between them. It was enough to put them well in front of this contest.


SA 220
VIC 529
JA Seitz 128; DBM Smith 101; HHL Kortlang 96; TJ Matthews 66
WJ Whitty 4-158; AW Wright 3-101

Second Innings
Things went much smoother for the home team until the tail came around, scoring just twelve runs for the final three wickets to give Victoria the tightest of innings victories.

SA 220 + 308
VIC 529
JN Crawford 80; HP Kirkwood 55; C Hill 52
JH Kyle 4-62; FJ Laver 3-80

Victoria wins by an innings and one run.

Saturday, 1 January 2011

CW 1910/11 (S19), Game 1: South Australia vs Victoria

South Australia vs Victoria
Adelaide Oval
28th-29th, 31st October - 1st November

Lineups:
South Australia-WA Hewer, GC Campbell, WJ Whitty, RBC Rees, S Hill, C Hill, JN Crawford, WL Chamberlain, AW Wright, DRA Gehrs, PW Zschorn

Victoria- TS Warne, DBM Smith, VS Ranford, WW Armstrong, HHL Kortlang, PA McAlister, FT Delves, A Kenny, GR Hazlitt, FJ Laver, W Carkeek

First Innings
South Australia opened the season with a decent score, but Victoria always found a wicket before a partnership could really take hold for big runs. One thing that will disappoint the home side is the collapse from 331-5 to 365-10 as the tail crumbled.

SA 365
WJ Whitty 88; S Hill 64; GC Campbell 56
FJ Laver 5-87; GR Hazlitt 3-102

Victoria also failed to put up any excellent partnerships but had good assistance from the tail as they pushed close to the score of South Australia.

SA 365
VIC 331
HHL Kortlang 78; FT Delves 73
JN Crawford 4-104

Second Innings
It was all turnabout for the hosts as they needed the lower order batsmen for every last run they could find after the opening four fell for a combined twenty-four runs; first inning high-scoring WJ Whitty went for a duck. Victoria just needed to show the spirit their bowlers did to take victory.


SA 365 + 224
VIC 331
WL Chamberlain 81*
GR Hazlitt 5-72

As it was, the away team fell short of the required total thanks to dominant bowling and poor batting from most of the order. All but three were bowled out as the South Australian attack found terrific line and length to steal the win.

SA 365 + 224
VIC 331 + 181
HHL Kortlang 48
AW Wright 4-30; WJ Whitty 3-66

South Australia wins by seventy-seven runs.

Monday, 13 December 2010

CW 1909/10 (S18), Game 2: South Australia vs New South Wales

South Australia vs New South Wales
Adelaide Oval
18th, 20th-24th December 1909

Lineups:
South Australia- ER Mayne, LR Hill, C Hill, DRA Gehrs, GC Campbell, N Claxton, JN Crawford, S Hill, JDA O'Connor, WJ Whitty, AW Wright

New South Wales- W Bardsley, EL Waddy, FK Gow, EF Waddy, A Diamond, JC Barnes, HL Collins, RB Minnett, WJ Stack, LA Minnett, CR Gorry

First Innings
Another friendly Adelaide pitch mush have looked inviting for the New South Wales skipper, but he elected to bowl first instead. The South Australian tail remained strong in their second match as they were otherwise staring down at a sub-300 score.

SA 435
S Hill 114; N Claxton 76; LR Hill 68; C Hill 55; JDA O'Connor 50
WJ Stack 5-135; LA Minnett 3-103

New South Wales needed some late order heroics themselves from a similar position. Part of the reason was surely the untimely injury to JN Crawford who would be able to play in the second innings.

SA 435
NSW 403
FK Gow 113; LA Minnett 74*; EF Waddy 51
JN Crawford 6-110

Second Innings
A stronger start pushed South Australia into a great position as the three Hill brothers were leading the way throughout the match. This despite the stellar performance from WJ Stack. DRA Gehrs was the only real disappointment as, after his single run in the first innings, he was caught again; this time for a duck.

SA 435 + 515
NSW 403
LR Hill 161; S Hill 75; ER Mayne 67; C Hill 66; WJ Whitty 55*
WJ Stack 7-158

With the bowling attack stepping up their game, New South Wales soon found themselves decimated as the relentless deliveries took four for a duck, and only gave up a pair of half-centuries.


SA 435 + 515
NSW 403 + 238
HL Collins 69; W Bardsley 68
JDA O'Connor 4-58; JN Crawford 4-63

South Australia win by three-hundred-and-nine runs.