About M.E. myself and I

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

Tuesday, 1 December 2009

TBG English Premiership 2008-09: Week 2 (August 23rd)

Blackburn Rovers
1 (1)-(2) 3
Hull City
Santa Crus 45+

Geovanni 13


Geovanni 38


Forlan 57



Fulham
2 (1)-(1) 1
Arsenal
Murphy (xp) 19

Eboue 44
Murphy 30


Dempsey 68





Liverpool
2 (0)-(1) 1
Middlesborough
Torres 66

King 25
Torres 73





Manchester City
2 (1)-(0) 2
West Ham United
Wright-Phillips 41

Red Card 47
Elano (p) 47

Etherington 55


Bellamy 64



Newcastle United
4 (4)-(0) 0
Bolton Wanderers
Taylor 15


Duff 26


Carroll 40


Lovenkrands 45+





Portsmouth
2 (1)-(2) 2
Manchester United
Belhadi 30

Rooney 34
Crouch 63

Vidic 36



Stoke City
1 (1)-(0) 0
Aston Villa
Beattie (xp) 12


Fuller 45





Tottenham Hotspur
1 (1)-(1) 2
Sunderland
Modric 22

Malbranque 43


Chopra 89



West Bromich Albion
0 (0)-(0) 1
Everton


Lescott 51



Wigan Athletic
0 (0)-(2) 2
Chelsea


Drogba 13


Anelka 31


Pos.
Team
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1
Fulham
2
0
0
5
1
4
6
2
Liverpool
2
0
0
5
1
4
6
3
Chelsea
2
0
0
3
0
3
6
4
Stoke City
2
0
0
2
0
2
6
5
Manchester United
1
1
0
5
2
3
4
6
West Ham United
1
1
0
4
3
1
4
7
Everton
1
1
0
2
1
1
4
8
Newcastle United
1
0
1
4
3
4
3
9
Tottenham Hotspur
1
0
1
3
2
1
3
10
Aston Villa
1
0
1
3
4
-1
3
11
Hull City
1
0
1
3
4
-1
3
12
Sunderland
1
0
1
2
4
-2
3
13
Manchester City
0
1
1
4
5
-1
1
14
Portsmouth
0
1
1
2
3
-1
1
15
Arsenal
0
1
1
1
2
-1
1
16
West Bromwich Albion
0
1
1
0
1
-1
1
17
Blackburn Rovers
0
1
1
2
4
-2
1
18
Wigan Athletic
0
0
2
1
4
-3
0
19
Middlesborough
0
0
2
1
4
-3
0
20
Bolton Wanderers
0
0
2
0
5
-5
0

TBG English Premiership 2008-09: Week 1 (August 16th)

The numbers in brackets represent the halftime score. (p) is a penalty. (xp) is a missed penalty.


Arsenal
0 (0)-(0) 0
West Bromwich Albion



Aston Villa
3 (2)-(1) 2
Manchester City
Agbonlohor 17

Benjani 15
Agbonlohor 40

Elano 49
A. Young 74





Bolton Wanderers
0 (0)-(1) 1
Stoke City


Olofinjanu 45+



Chelsea
1 (1)-(0) 0
Portsmouth
Anelka 20





Everton
1 (1)-(0) 1
Blackburn Rovers
Arteta (p) 45+

Red Card 45+


McCarthy 49



Hull City
0 (0)-(1) 3
Fulham


Johnson 31


Bullard 49


Hangeland 61



Manchester United
3 (1)-(0) 0
Newcastle United
Rooney 28


Macheda 57


Scholes 82





Middlesborough
0 (0)-(1) 2
Tottenham Hotspur


Bent 17


Keane (p) 46



Sunderland
0 (0)-(2) 3
Liverpool


Alonso 2


N'Gog 41


Riera 78



West Ham United
2 (1)-(1) 1
Wigan Athletic
Cole 4

Zaki 32
Ashton 72




Pos.
Team
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1
Fulham
1
0
0
3
0
3
3
2
Liverpool
1
0
0
3
0
3
3
3
Manchester United
1
0
0
3
0
3
3
4
Tottenham Hotspur
1
0
0
2
0
2
3
5
Aston Villa
1
0
0
3
2
1
3
6
West Ham United
1
0
0
2
1
1
3
7
Chelsea
1
0
0
1
0
1
3
8
Stoke City
1
0
0
1
0
1
3
9
Blackburn Rovers
0
1
0
1
1
0
1
10
Everton
0
1
0
1
1
0
1
11
Arsenal
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
12
West Bromwich Albion
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
13
Manchester City
0
0
1
2
3
-1
0
14
Wigan Athletic
0
0
1
1
2
-1
0
15
Bolton Wanderers
0
0
1
0
1
-1
0
16
Portsmouth
0
0
1
0
1
-1
0
17
Middlesborough
0
0
1
0
2
-2
0
18
Hull City
0
0
1
0
3
-3
0
19
Newcastle United
0
0
1
0
3
-3
0
20
Sunderland
0
0
1
0
3
-3
0

Monday, 30 November 2009

A Challenger Appears!

To mix things up a bit I have decided to replay the 2008/09 English Premiership season using The Beautiful Game, available at www.owzatgames.com.

Whereas Cricket World is a 4/5/6 game, TBG is a 5/6 game meaning that action will occur on a roll of a five or six. All teams have a home attack and defense, as well as away attack and defense ratings. The home attack is added to the away defense, and vice-versa, to give you the playing cards for the match. Red for home and black for away.

There are two rows of cards in stacks of nine: Half-Chances and Chances. You roll two D6 until the green die comes up five (half-chance) or six (chance) and the number on the white die is which stack to look at. You roll both dice again and consult the chart on the card. If a goal is scored you roll a D10 + D6 to see who the goalscorer is; a red card means you add two cards for the opposing team. Whatever the result on the green die you count down through the pack and discard it; looking at it if it is a five or six.

Lastly there is timing. Before the match starts the total number of cards is divided by 45, you round it up, and this is how many timing cards you use. When a major event (goal, red card) takes place you count through the cards ALREADY discarded.

Example: A green 6 and a white 2 are rolled, I count down six cards, look at it, it is red, so a chance for the home side. Another roll totals 9 anda goal is scored! The d10 + d6 are rolled for a 0 + 4 to tell me who scored. I count through the five cards already there in five minute increments (there were five timing cards), turn over the timing card (2) and note that the goal came in the 27th minute.

Wednesday, 25 November 2009

CW 1896/97 (S5) Stats

Top five total runs:

SE Gregory (NSW) 372
JJ Lyons (SA) 364
J Worrall (VIC) 322
GHS Trott (VIC) 303
MA Noble (NSW) 291

Top five total runs of all time:

GHS Trott (VIC) 1655
FA Iredale (NSW) 1402
JC Reedman (SA) 1210
G Giffen (SA) 1177
A Jarvis (SA) 1125

Top five high scores:

SE Gregory (NSW) 163
ACK Mackenzie (NSW) 133
MA Noble (NSW) 128*
JJ Lyons (SA) 118
BT Bailey (SA) / C Hill (SA) 114

Top five high scores of all time:

FA Iredale (NSW) 182*
SE Gregory (NSW) 163
JC Reedman (SA) 152
GHS Trott (VIC) 145
CE McLeod (VIC) 144

Top five wicket takers:

A Coningham (NSW) 26
CTB Turner (NSW) 24
WP Howell (NSW) 16
E Jones (SA) 16
TR McKibben (NSW) / AE Evans (SA) 13

Top five wicket takers of all time:

E Jones (SA) 95
CTB Turner (NSW) 76
G Giffen (SA) 70
A Jarvis (SA) 58
GHS Trott (VIC) / RW McLeod (VIC) 55

Top five bowling innings:

CTB Turner (NSW) 6-61
A Coningham (NSW) 5-31
AE Evans (SA) 5-58
G Giffen (SA) 4-37
WP Howell (NSW) 4-42

Top five bowling innings of all time:

E Jones (SA) 7-42
AE Trott (VIC) 7-48
J Carlton (VIC) 6-32
RW McLeod (VIC) 6-49
CTB Turner (NSW) 6-61

CW 1896/97 (S5) End of Season Post

Standings

New South Wales 4 4 0 1.781
Victoria 4 1 3 0.796
South Australia 4 1 3 0.749

Real life Standings


Pl W L Quot
New South Wales 4 4 0 1.519
South Australia 4 1 3 0.991
Victoria 4 1 3 0.670

So, a little bit of a change in the QR that switches Victoria and South Australia, but it's all looking pretty good again.

CW 1896/97 (S5), Game 6: South Australia vs Victoria

South Australia 10/13 vs Victoria 9/12

Adelaide Oval -

26th - 2nd Feburary/March 1897

Lineups:
South Australia -J Darling, JJ Lyons, C Hill, JC Reedman, G Giffen, BT Bailey, EH Leak, AE Evans, AJ Carracher, E Jones, J McKenzie

Victoria - CE McLeod, JH Stuckey, J Worrall, GHS Trott, FJ Laver, JP O'Halloran, J Harry, JF Giller, SA McMichael, TJ Hastings, W Roche

First Innings

Victoria went into lunch 93-3, but would end the day 256-4 as they went on to pass the 400-mark in a simgle-innings for the second time this year.

VIC 404

GHS Trott 96; JF Giller 76
AE Evans 5-61

South Australia also took advantage of a wicket that favoured the batsmen with a consistent showing from most of the order.

VIC 404
SA 428

J Darling 76; EH Leak 68
JP O'Halloran 3-36; GHS Trott 2-29

Second Innings

Victoria could not match their earlier pace and stumbled past the 200-mark to give themselves a chance to win, but it's something they should have done better at.

VIC 404 + 209
SA 428

It was relatively easy for the home side to close out the win across two sessions.

VIC 404 + 209
SA 428 + 186-4

JJ Lyons 68; J Darling 43
W Roche 2-62

South Australia wins by six wickets

CW 1896/97 (S5), Game 5: New South Wales vs Victoria

New South Wales 11/14 vs Victoria 9/12

Sydney Cricket Ground -

23rd - 25th January 1897

Lineups:
New South Wales - H Donnan, ACK Mackenzie, FA Iredale, JJ Kelly, SE Gregory, MA Noble, A Coningham, TW Garrett, CTB Turner, TR McKibben, WP Howell

Victoria - W Bruce, CE McLeod, H Graham, J Worrall, GHS Trott, FJ Laver, JP O'Halloran, H Trumble, AE Johns, J Carlton, W Roche

First Innings

Victoria started out looking to beat the unbeatable and give themselves a very slim chance of winning the Shield. To do this they would have win this match as well as the final game against South Australia, and beat NSW on QR.

A devastating bowling attack put paid to that plan quickly as no Victoria batsman could do better than 21.

VIC 154

CE McLeod 21
A Coningham 5-50; CTB Turner 3-31

For New South Wales their first innings total was relatively poor with little improvement on their opponents tally. But for MA Noble we would have a real game on our hands.

VIC 154
NSW 327

MA Noble 100; CTB Turner 46
W Roche 4-70

Second Innings

A wildly inconsistent Victoria side found themselves in dire straights at 6-4 after McLeod (2) was quickly followed by Graham, Worrall, and Trott, all leaving for ducks. They did rally through the middle-order to forve NSW to bat again.

VIC 154 + 232
NSW 327

JP O'Halloran 67; W Bruce 59
WP Howell 4-42

It was all over just before the end of play on day three as, after Mackenzie went very early, there was little to trouble New South Wales sweeping the season.

VIC 154 + 232
NSW 327 + 60-1

FA Iredale 32*; H Donnan 26*
W Roche 1-32

New South wins by nine wickets and retains the Sheffield Shield!

Tuesday, 24 November 2009

CW 1896/97 (S5), Game 4: New South Wales vs South Australia

New South Wales 11/14 vs South Australia 10/13

Sydney Cricket Ground -

8th - 11th January 1897

Lineups:
New South Wales - H Donnan, ACK Mackenzie, FA Iredale, JJ Kelly, SE Gregory, MA Noble, A Coningham, TW Garrett, CTB Turner, TR McKibben, WP Howell

South Australia -J Darling, JJ Lyons, G Giffen, C Hill, JC Reedman, BT Baiiley, AE Evans, BV Scrymgour, E Jones, J McKenzie, AJ Carracher

First Innings

South Australia get no chance to recover from thier last loss as are thrown straight back to the wolves. They barely reached the second day after what looked to be a promising start, but a collapse from 83-1 to 86-6 made this one look like a walkover fro NSW. SA did rally somewhat thanks to an amazing performance from E Jones, but this New South Wales team would not be daunted by such a score.

SA 285

E Jones 78; AE Evans 56
A Coningham 5-50

New South Wales hit the ground running and never really looked like they would be stopped for a long time, and it took almost two whole days to get them out of the crease.

SA 285
NSW 437

SE Gregory 163; ACK Mackenzie 61
AE Evans 3-100

Second Innings

This one was nearly won by an innings, but again one of the lower-order batsmen (AE EVans) manages to barely save face.

SA 285 + 177
NSW 437

G Giffen 48
A Coningham 5-31; CTB Turner 2-28

It was all over as soon as it had started as the openers for NSW breezed to their total with consummate ease.

SA 285 + 177
NSW 437 + 26-0

ACK Mackenzie 16*; H Donnan 10*

New South Wales wins by ten wickets

CW 1896/97 (S5), Game 3: Victoria vs South Australia

Victoria 9/12 vs South Australia 10/13

Melbourne Cricket Ground -

1st - 6th January 1897

Lineups:
Victoria - W Bruce, CE McLeod, H Graham, J Worrall, GHS Trott, FJ Laver, J Harry, H Trumble, JP O'Halloran, W Roche, AE Johns

South Australia -J Darling, JJ Lyons, G Giffen, C Hill, BT Bailey, JC Reedman, AE Evans, E Jones, RO Homburg, JPF Travers, AH Jarvis

First Innings

After a sticky start (43-2), Victoria turned up the heat and took control of this match early on, reaching 162-3 and 363-5 before declaring in the last session of day two.

VIC 470-9 dec

J Worrall 111; GHS Trott 99
G Giffen 4-117; E Jones 4-119

In reply SA also had a good third wicket partnership to see them reach 213-3, but the final two wickets would be what gave them hope as they went from 282-8 to 379-10.

VIC 470
SA 379

C Hill 114; G Giffen 67
JP O'Halloran 4-68; GHS Trott 3-66

Second Innings

With a lead already Victoria would have been pleased with a solid, but unspectacular, performance to put a lot of pressure onto South Australia

Vic 470 + 344
SA 379

J Worrall 64; J Harry 58
AE Evans 5-58

South Australia stumbled out of the blocks and failed to really regain their composure as they struggle to make a big dent in their opponents lead.

Vic 470 + 344
SA 379 + 286

AE Evans 66
CE McLeod 3-32; GHS Trott 2-52

Victoria wins by 149 runs

CW 1896/97 (S5), Game 2: Victoria vs New South Wales

Victoria 9/12 vs New South Wales 11/14

Melbourne Cricket Ground -

26th - 30th December 1896

Lineups:
Victoria - CE McLeod, J Worrall, H Graham, GHS Trott, W Bruce, FJ Laver, JH Stuckey, J Harry, H Trumble, J Carlton, AE Johns

New South Wales -H Donnan, ACK Mackenzie, FA Iredale, MA Noble, SE Gregory, JJ Kelly, A Coningham, TW Garrett, CTB Turner, TR McKibben, WP Howell

First Innings

Victoria tallied a respectable score after winning the toss, but it is in no small part to J Worrall as CTB Turner put on a show to keep the rest of the lineup in check.

VIC 299

J Worrall 106; CE McLeod 47;
JH Stuckey 47
CTB Turner 6-61; A Coningham 3-56

New South didn't lose a beat over Christmas as they continued to show talent up and down the order with all batsmen putting up runs, including sticking on another 55 runs for the final wicket.

VIC 299
NSW 438

SE Gregory 119; TW Garrett 68; H Donnan 60
H Trumble 4-116

Second Innings

Victoria knew they had to give it their all when trailing by 139 runs, but only amassed 231 this time. Again Turner led the way in wickets as New South Wales held them at bay.

VIC 299 + 231
NSW 438

FJ Laver 54; J Harry 49
CTB Turner 4-58; WP Howell 3-64

Things could have gone bad for NSW as they went from 38 for no loss to 49-4, but there was really little doubt about the outcome.

VIC 299 + 231
NSW 438 + 93-4

ACK Mackenzie 27; SE Gregory 23*
H Trumble 3-31

New South Wales wins by six wickets.

Thursday, 19 November 2009

CW 1896/97 (S5), Game 1: South Australia vs New South Wales

South Australia 10/12 vs New South Wales 11/14

Adelaide Oval -

19th - 23rd December 1896

Lineups:
South Australia - J Darling, A Jarvis, JJ Lyons, C Hill, BT Bailey, G Giffen, JC Reedman, AE Evans, AH Jarvis, E Jones, JPF Travers

New South Wales - FA Iredale, ACK Mackenzie, H Donnan, A Coningham, SE Gregory, JJ Kelly, MA Noble, CTB Turner, TW Garrett, TR McKibben, WP Howell

First Innings

The defending champs won the toss and put themselves into bat on a very friendly batting pitch that would favour the batsmen throughout.

An electric start would see NSW 181 before Iredale was caught at square leg for 79, and another fifty-runs were on the board before Mackenzie was out for 133. The runs kept on coming and, while South Australia looked to finally have a breakthrough, taking Gregory (29), Donnan (71), and Kelly (0) at the 339 mark, NSW were not to be stopped until they decided to declare at 585-8!

NSW: 585-8

ACK Mackenzie 133; MA Noble 128*
JPF Travers 3-84

In reply South Australia managed a lightweight 215 all out and were quickly made to follow-on.

NSW 585-8
SA 215

JJ Lyons 70
TR McKibben 4-65; CTB Turner 2-35

Second Innings

A much better performance, led again by Lyons, saw NSW step out again to bat, but it looked a foregone conclusion.

NSW 585-8
SA 215
+ 421

JJ Lyons 118; BT Bailey 114; A Jarvis 83
CTB Turner 4-95; A Coningham 3-86

It took twenty overs for the visitors to rack up the 52 runs needed to score, losing a pair of wickets in the process against a desperate bowling attack.

NSW 585-8 + 52-2
SA 215
+ 421

H Donnan 17*; FA Iredale 14 (ret. inj.)
E Jones 1-25

New South Wales win by eight wickets.

A Look Ahead to the 1896/97 (S5) Season

New South Wales 11/14 (last year13/13)

NSW regress slightly here, but are certainly looking like they are favourites to come out on top once again.

South Australia 10/13 (9/12 last season)

A step in the right direction for SA, and the main challengers to New South Wales

Victoria 9/12 (10/14 last year)

Not a good sign for Victoria and will be hoping they don't come away with a season-long duck!

1895/96 (S4) End of Season Post

Final Standings. Now with added Quotient ratings! QR's are determined by dividing the runs per wicket for BY the runs per wicket against.

Standings

New South Wales 4 3 1 1.511
Victoria 4 2 2 0.934
South Australia 4 1 3 0.720


Real life Standings

New South Wales 4 3 1 1.341
Victoria 4 2 2 0.896
South Australia 4 1 3 0.819

New South Wales did it! Now all three sides have tasted glory, with South Australia a two-time championship-winning side. And the standings are once again in line, with the additional Quotient Ratings not too far off either, IMO.

Stats next

1895/96 (S4) Stats

Holy crap, September? Let the sporadicness continue!

Top five total runs:

FA Iredale (NSW) 633
GHS Trott (VIC) 628
JC Reedman (SA) 385
H Donnan (NSW) 317
J Darling (SA) 291

Top five total runs of all time:

GHS Trott (VIC) 1352
FA Iredale (NSW) 1211
A Jarvis (SA) 1038
JC Reedman (SA) 984
G Giffen (SA) 936

Top five high scores:

FA Iredale (NSW) 182*
JC Reedman (SA) 152
GHS Trott (VIC) 145
CE McLeod (VIC) 144
J Worrall (VIC) 126

Top five high scores of all time:

FA Iredale (NSW) 182*
JC Reedman (SA) 152
GHS Trott (VIC) 145
CE McLeod (VIC) 144
H Graham (VIC) 141

Top five wicket takers:

TR McKibben (NSW) 20
AE Trott (VIC) 18
E Jones (SA) 15
WA Richardson (NSW) 15
A Jarvis (SA) 14

Top five wicket takers of all time:

E Jones (SA) 79
G Giffen (SA) 58
A Jarvis (SA) 56
RW McLeod (VIC) 55
CTB Turner (NSW) 52

Top five bowling innings:

AE Trott (VIC) 7-48
J Harry (VIC) 6-78
RW McLeod (VIC) 5-64
TR McKibben (NSW) 5-76
A Jarvis (SA) 4-79


Top five bowling innings of all time:

E Jones (SA) 7-42
AE Trott (VIC) 7-48
J Carlton (VIC) 6-32
RW McLeod (VIC) 6-49
M Pierce (NSW) 6-72

Sunday, 27 September 2009

CW 1895/96 (S4) Game 6:New South Wales vs South Australia

New South Wales 13/13 vs South Australia 9/12

Sydney Cricket Ground

28th-2nd Feb-March 1896

Lineups:
New South Wales - H Donnan, ACK Mackenzie, FA Iredale, SE Gregory, FH Walters, A Coningham, JJ Kelly, CTB Turner, TW Garrett, ST Callaway, TR McKibbin

South Australia - JJ Lyons, EH Leak, G Giffen, J Darling, C Hill, JC Reedman, A Jarvis, CA Martin, J Mckenzie, E Jones, JPF Travers

First Innings

The pressure was off NSW as the title had already been won, and they ended the seasons in style as they passed the 400 mark.

NSW 403

ACK Mackenzie 67; FA Iredale 67; TW Garrett 58*
A JArvis 4-79

The South Australian offense was destroyed again here as New South Wales oozed confidence from all areas, forcing their opponents to follow-on.

NSW 403
SA 165

EH Leak 39
TW Garrett 4-25; A Coningham 3-35

Second Innings

SA put together a far better effort second time around to force New South Wales to bat again.

NSW 403
SA 165 + 304

JC Reedman 101; A Jarvis 46
CTB Turner 4-78; TR Mckibbin 3-72

The opening pairing of Donnan and Mackenzie made short work of the result to finish the season unbeaten.

NSW 403 + 64
SA 165 + 304

ACK Mackenzie 38*; H Donnan 26*

New South Wales win by ten wickets

CW 1895/96 (S4) Game 5: Victoria vs South Australia

Victoria 10/14 vs South Australia 9/12

Melbourne Cricket Ground

21st-24th February 1896

Lineups:
Victoria -CE McLeod, W Bruce, GHS Trott, H Graham, J Worrall, AE Trott, FJ Laver, H Trumble, RW McLeod, J Carlton, AE Johns

South Australia - JJ Ferris, EH Leak, G Giffen, J Darling, C Hill, JC Reedman, A Jarvis, CA Martin, E Jones, J Mckenzie, JPF Travers

First Innings

South Australia went from 95 for no loss to 95-6 as AE Trott obliterated the away side.

SA 187

JJ Ferris 49; EH Leak 45
AE Trott 7-48

Victoria would have hoped for more of an advantage heading into the second innings, but they too struggled to cope with the pitch.

SA 187
VIC 286

J Worrall 126
G Giffen 3-77

Second Innings

Everyone scored this time for South Australia, but it looked like it would be a formality for Victoria to take the win, needing only 160 runs to win.

SA 187 + 258
VIC 286

A final wicket stand of 52 was not enough though as Bruce's efforts go to waste.

SA 187 + 258
VIC 286 + 134

W Bruce 62*
E Jones 4-47; G Giffen 3-46

South Australia win by 25 runs

CW 1895/96 (S4) Game 4: New South Wales vs Victoria

New South Wales 13/13 vs Victoria 10/14

Sydney Cricket Ground

25th-29th January 1896

Lineups:
New South Wales - H Donnan, ACK Mackenzie, FA Iredale, TW Garrett, SE Gregory, FH Walters, WA Richardson, JJ Kelly, CTB Turner, WP Howell, TR McKibbin

Victoria - W Bruce, CE McLeod, GHS Trott, H Graham, AE Trott, SJ Donahoo, FJ Laver, J Harry, H Trumble, RW McLeod, AE Johns

First Innings

Victoria drew first blood with two dominating performances and a lot of poor showings.

VIC 379

GHS Trott 145; CE McLeod 144
WA Richardson 4-74; WP Howell 4-78

New South Wales had more consistency through the lineup, but no-one to follow Iredale's lead and get them closer to the visitor's score.

VIC 379
NSW 311

FA Iredale 126
RW McLeod 5-64

Second Innings

With a sixty-eight run lead Victoria wanted to put NSW to the sword, but some good bowling saw them fall almost one-hundred runs short of their first innings' total.

VIC 379 + 282
NSW 311

GHS Trott 85; FJ Laver 59
TR McKibbin 5-76; CTB Turner 3-65

New South Wales still had a lot to do, needing 351 runs to win, and it was Iredale again with an almighty score to put them over and take their third win of the year.

VIC 379 + 282
NSW 311 + 351

FA Iredale 182*; FH Walters 69
H Trumble 3-82

Victoria win by four wickets

Monday, 21 September 2009

CW 1895/96 (S4) Game 3: South Australia vs New South Wales

South Australia 9/12 vs New South Wales 13/13

Adelaide Oval

3rd-7th January 1896

Lineups:
South Australia - CA Martin, AE Evans, JJ Lyoons, G Giffen, J Darling, C Hill, JC Reedman, A Jarvis, AH Jarvis, BV Scrymgour, E Jones

New South Wales - H Donnan, ACK Mackenzie, FA Iredale, WA Richardson, FH Walters, GJ Youill, JJ Kelly, AL Newell, TW Garrett, TR McKibbin, WP Howell

First Innings

A brilliant start for South Australia saw them bash 388 runs onto the board, but it was in large part thanks to CA Martin's century, as only one other batsmen would get his fifty.

SA 388

CA Martin 123; A Jarvis 51
AL Newell 3-79; WA Richardson 3-88

NSW managed to still take the lead going into the second innings after a slow start saw them 56-4.

SA 388
NSW 408

TW Garrett 87; JJ Kelly 73; AL Newell 61
A Jarvis 3-69; JC Reedman 3-69; G Giffen 3-91

Second Innings

South Australia could reach the same heights as before, but were not in terrible shape with NSW needing 262 to win.

SA 388 + 281
NSW 408

G Giffen 67; CA Martin 50
TR McKibbin 4-80; AL Newell 3-58

After a very quick wicket (ACK Mackenzie for a duck), New South Wales took command with Iredale once more to earn their second win of the year.

SA 388 + 281
NSW 408 + 262

FA Iredale 117*; H Donnan 77
A Jarvis 2-46

New South Wales in by 4 wickets

CW 1895/96 (S4) Game 2: Victoria vs New South Wales

Victoria 10/14 vs New South Wales 13/13

Melbourne Cricket Ground

26nd-30th December 1895

Lineups:
Victoria - W Bruce, J Harry, GHS Trott, AE Trott, H Graham, FJ Laver, H Trumble, CE McLeod, RW McLeod, PM Lewis, W Roche

New South Wales - H Donnan, ACK Mackenzie, FA Iredale, WA Richardson, FH Walters, GJ Youill, JW Gould, TW Garrett, TR McKibbin, JJ Kelly, WP Howell

First Innings

After winning the toss Victoria looked to New South Wales to the sword early as they amassed 345 runs with Trott reaching his century this time.

VIC 345

GHS Trott 107; H Trumble 81*; FJ Laver 62
H Donnan 3-50; WA Richardson 3-55

NSW stumbled in their first innings, but kept themselves within touching distance hoping for a poorer outing from the home side to pounce on.

VIC 345
NSW 287

TR McKibbin 80; H Donnan 64
GHS Trott 4-46; AE Trott 3-77

Second Innings

58 runs ahead and Victoria felt they might have just done enough to win as Trott continued to led by example. New South Wales would need to score 303 runs to win this one.

VIC 345 + 244
NSW 287

H Graham 80; GHS Trott 79
TW Garrett 3-21; WA Richardson 3-46; TR McKibbin 3-67

The pitch was very much in Victoria's favour, but no-one had told NSW to lie down as Victoria could only take three wickets for the 303 runs scored.

VIC 345 + 244
NSW 287 + 303

FA Iredale 113*; WA Richardson 76; H Donnan 58
H Trumble 2-60

New South Wales win by 7 wickets

CW 1895/96 (S4) Game 1: South Australia vs Victoria

South Australia 9/12 vs Victoria 10/14

Adelaide Oval -

9th November - 12th November 1895

Lineups:
South Australia - JJ Lyons, JC Reedman, G Giffen, J Darling, C Hill, AH Jarvis, H Blinman, RH Dyer, A Jarvis, WDH Claxton, E Jones

Victoria - J Harry, H Graham, GHS Trott, AE Trott, FJ Laver, CH Peryman, PM Lewis, RW McLeod, J Carlton, W Roche, J Phillips

First Innings

South Australia won the toss for the opening match and, if not for JC Reedman's majestic 152, the team would not have come close to racking up 305 runs. The rest of the lineup struggled really outside Reedman and a few others.

SA 305

JC Reedman 152; J Darling 49
J Harry 6-78

In reply, Victoria worked hard for their 324 runs with three players going over their half-century mark. Trott unlucky as he fell two runs shy of his century,

SA 305
VIC 324

GHS Trott 98; FJ Laver 63; CH Peryman 57
E Jones 4-74; JC Reedman 3-61

Second Innings

Reedman and Darling would be the men leading the way again for SA, but he had much less support this time around to leave Victoria a target of 186 runs to win.

SA 305 + 204
VIC 324

JC Reedman 68; J Darling 46
J Harry 4-51; W Roche 4-54

Victoria looked like they might be slowing down at 110-3, but Trott roared them through the fourth day to take victory over SA.

SA 305 + 204
VIC 324 + 186

GHS Trott 83*; J Harry 49
JC Reedman 2-35

Victoria wins by 7 wickets. J Harry had a 10-wicket match.

A Look Ahead to the 1895/96 (S4) Season

It's back! M.E. and other games have conspired to keep me away from the Sheffield Shield, but now I have two more seasons to report on, and the 95/96 season ready to roll.

New South Wales 13/13 (last year 9/14)

NSW have suddenly found themselves catapulted up as favourites of the Sheffield Shield, and it will take some doing to stop them!

South Australia 9/12 (10/13 last season)

SA have gone backwards a little and will have to work hard to avoid that last place.

Victoria 10/14 (9/14 last year)

Victoria improve their ratings for another year by adding an additional batting card, but is that enough to keep pace with New South Wales?

Thursday, 13 August 2009

CW 1894/95 (S3) Stats

Top five total runs:

RH Dyer (SA) 351
TW Garrett (NSW) 313
AE Trott (VIC) 288
A Jarvis (SA) 251
GHS Trott (VIC) 244

Top five total runs of all time:

A Jarvis (SA) 797
H Graham (VIC) 763
G Giffen (SA) 750
GHS Trott (VIC) 724
JJ Lyons (SA) 632

Top five high scores:

AE Trott (VIC) 126
LD Moore (NSW) 107*
RH Dyer (SA) 104
GHS Trott (VIC) 85
JJ Lyons (SA) / H Trumble (VIC) 83

Top five high scores of all time:

H Graham (VIC) 141
A Hill (SA) 137
EJ Hiscock (SA) 132
JJ Lyons (SA) 131
JC Reedman (SA) 130

Top five wicket takers

E Jones (SA) 30
CE McLeod (VIC) 18
G Giffen (SA) 17
RW McLeod (VIC) 17
AE Trott (VIC) 15

Top five wicket takers of all time

E Jones (SA) 64
G Giffen (SA) 48
RW McLeod (VIC) 46
CTB Turner (NSW) 44
A Jarvis (SA) 42

Top five bowling innings

E Jones (SA) 7-42
RW McLeod (VIC) 6-51
GHS Trott (VIC) 6-84
H Donnan (NSW) 5-53
TR McKibben (NSW) 5-43

Top five bowling innings of all time

E Jones (SA) 7-42
J Carlton (VIC) 6-32
RW McLeod (VIC) 6-49
M Pierce (NSW) 6-72
GHS Trott (VIC) 6-84

CW 1894/95 (S3) End of Season Post

Final Standings

South Australia 3 - 1
Victoria 2 - 2
New South Wales 1 - 3

Real life Standings

Victoria 3 - 1
South Australia 2 - 2
New South Wales 1 - 3

Poor old NSW; bottom again! This is the first year that Cricket World has brought about standings that do not match real life, but if it was always the same then it would get quite predictible!

Stats time coming up!

CW 1894/1895 (S3) Game 6: New South Wales vs South Australia

New South Wales 9/14 vs South Australia 10/13

Sydney Cricket Ground

22nd-27th Feburary 1895

Lineups:
New South Wales - FA Iredale, ACK MacKenzie, H Moses, SE Gregory, H Donnan, LD Moore, TW Garrett, ST Callaway, TR Mckibben, JJ Kelly, WP Howell

South Australia - T Bennett, RH Dyer, JJ Lyons, G Giffen, J Darling, JC Reedman, A Jarvis, C Hill, WF Giffen, J Noel, E Jones

The season would be decided one way or another in this match. If NSW win then we have a three way tie, otherwise South Australia will win their second Shield.

Despite a legendary performance from E Jones, NSW would put up a decent score in the first innings

NSW 253

H Donnan 51; JJ Kelly 43; LD Moore 40
E Jones 7-42

South Australia would look commanding in their first innings with a couple of early run-getters

NSW 253
SA 313

RH Dyer 104; JJ Lyons 83
H Donnan 5-53

Second Innings

In his only match of the year, LD Moore led the way to give his side every chance of the win

NSW 253 + 292
SA 313

LD Moore 107*; TW Garrett 63
E Jones 5-68

As the pitch turned, many felt SA would be up against it and with only four wickets left and 27 runs to win, it was on a knife edge, but South Australia would pull through and win the Sheffield Shield again!

NSW 253 + 292
SA 313 + 233

T Bennett 75; RH Dyer 49
H Donnan 4-48

South Australia win by four wickets

CW 1894/1895 (S3) Game 5: Victoria vs South Australia

Victoria 9/14 vs South Australia 10/13

Melbourne Cricket Ground

15th-19th February 1895

Linesups:
Victoria - J Worrall, W Bruce, GHS Trott, FJ Laver, AE Trott, PM Lewis, CE McLeod, J Harry, EA Barrett, H Trumble, RW McLeod

South Australia - JJ Lyons, JC Reedman, G Giffen, J Darling, AH Jarvis, RH Dyer, C Hill, WF Giffen, A Jarvis, A Green, E Jones

An even pitch turned to the bowlers side as they days turned, but there were still plenty of runs.

VIC 329

AE Trott 126; J Worrall 55
A JArvis 3-62; G Giffen 3-87

A solid reply from South Australia, but it wasn't as good as they would have hoped, with only the middle of the order putting up good scores.

VIC 329
SA 281

Second Inning

Victoria turned the screws to give South Australia a target of 345 to win on the degrading pitch.

VIC 329 + 296
SA 281

W Bruce 64; GHS Trott 62
JJ Lyons 3-56; E Jones 3-74

It would be the middle order that failed this time around as South Australia fell over 100 runs shy of winning.

VIC 329 + 296
SA 281 + 240

G Giffen 82; A Jarvis 77
CE McLeod 4-69; H Trumble 3-46

Victoria win by 105 runs

CW 1894/1895 (S3) Game 4: New South Wales vs Victoria

New South Wales 9/14 vs Victoria 9/14

Sydney Cricket Ground

25th-27th January 1895

Lineups:

New South Wales - TW Garrett, FA Iredale, H Moses, H Donnan, SE Gregory, MA Noble, ST Callaway, CTB Turner, JJ Kelly, TR Mckibben, WP Howell

Victoria - GHS Trott, JH Stuckey, J Worrall, H Graham, AE Trott, FJ Laver, CE McLeod, J Harry, JM Blackham, RW McLeod, H Trumble

In another match that would see the bowlers on top, Victoria started decently by gathering 253 runs before the tail collapsed.

VIC 253

H Graham 59; JH Stuckey 49
ST Callaway 3-31; CTB Turner 3-65

The reply was muted NSW suffered more inconsistencies in their lineup.

VIC 253
NSW 202

TW Garrett 47; H Donnan 43
RW McLEod 3-44; GHS Trott 2-31

Second Inning

With a lead of 51. disaster for Victoria as they again fell apart after the sixth wicket fell

VIC 253 + 119
NSW 202

H Graham 42
TR Mckibben 5-43; CTB Turner 4-33

With 171 runs to win, New South Wales found their confidence, and their first win of the year.

VIC 253 + 119
NSW 202 + 171

TW Garrett 71
CE McLeod 3-54

New South Wales wins by five wickets

CW 1894/1895 (S3) Game 3: South Australia vs New South Wales

South Australia 10/13 vs New South Wales 9/14

Adelaide Oval

5th-8th January 1895

Lineups:
South Australia - WF Giffen, C Hill, JJ Lyons, G Giffen, J Darling, JC Reedman, RH Dyer, A Jarvis, AH Jarvis, H Blinman, E Jones

New South Wales - FA Iredale, TW Garrett, H Moses, H Donnan, SE Gregory, VT Ttrumper, ST Callaway, CTB Turner, WP Howell, JJ Kelly, AL Newell

With some early help for the batsmen, NSW put themselves in to bat first, and may have been a little dissapointed they couldn't reach 300.

NSW 270

WP Howell 70
JJ Lyons 4-47; E Jones 4-59

SA would show them how it's done by taking a lead of 83 with everyone bar AH Jarvis (6) scoring double-digits.

NSW 270
SA 353

G Giffen 77; WF Giffen 66
ST Callaway 4-92; WP Howell 3-90

Second Inning

The misery would continue for New South Wales as they collapsed for their second loss of the year.

NSW 270 + 165
SA 353

H Donnan 55*
A Jrvis 4-50; JC Reedman 3-6

New South Wales had a glimmer of hope at 26-3, but it was to no avail.

NSW 270 + 165
SA 353 + 83

JJ Lyons 28; J Darling 27*
WP Howell 3-30

South Australia win by six wickets

Halfway through the season, South Australia have two wins, Victoria a win and a loss, while New South Wales lost both their games.

CW 1894/1895 (S3) Game 2: Victoria vs New South Wales

Victoria 9/14 vs New South Wales 9/14

Melbourne Cricket Ground

22nd-25th December 1894

Lineups:
Victoria - GHS Trott, W Bruce, FJ Laver, H Graham, J Worrall, J Harry, H Trumble, RW McLeod, PM Lewis, CM McLeod, AE Trott. (Alsop and Mitchell play no further part in the season)

New South Wales - H Donnan, CTB Turner, SE Gregory, FA Iredale, WJ Campkin, ST Callaway, TW Garrett, JJ Kelly, HJK MacPherson, WP Howell, AL Newell

First Inning

Another bowling pitch for this one, but not one that would degrade further. Victoria had flashes of brilliance amid five ducks.

VIC 249

GHS Trott 85; J Worrall 52
AL Newell 4-40

Only two players failed to score for NSW, but no-one could reach 50 to keep them behind

VIC 249
NSW 229

CTB Turner 47; JJ Kelly 44
CE McLeod 4-38; AE Trott 4-71

Second Inning

Victoria had to rely on H Trumble to give them a fighting chance of winning this match.

VIC 249 + 215
NSW 229

H Trumble 83
CTB Turner 4-53; AL Newell 3-42

New South Wales did find runs but just fell short of the 236 run target as Trumble took his good form to the bowling side of his game

VIC 249 + 215
NSW 229 +202

TW Garrett 76*; SE Gregory 55
H Trumble 4-31; AE Trott 4-45

Victoria win by 33 runs

CW 1894/1895 (S3) Game 1: South Australia vs Victoria

South Australia 10/13 vs Victoria 9/14

Adelaide Oval -

30th November - 2nd December 1894

Lineups:
South Australia - JJ Lyons, JC Reedman, J Darling, RH Dyer, WF Giffen, G Giffen, H Blinman, A Jarvis, C Hill, J McKenzie, E Jones

Victoria - H Graham, GHS Trott, FJ Laver, J Worrall, J Harry, RW McLeod, CE McLeod, CJ Alsop, AE Trott, R Mitchell, JM Blackham

First Innings


The wicket would be friendly to the bowlers throughout, but South Australia started strongly thanks to the eight man.

SA 241

A Jarvis 80*; J Darling 49
RW McLeod 6-51; GHS Trott 3-39

In reply Victoria managed to keep pace with the home side thanks to some individual performances in between low scores.

SA 241
VIC 236

AE Trott 61*; GHS Trott 43; J Worrall 42
E Jones 5-29

Second Innings

The pitch really started to make a difference during the second inning, and South Australia left Victoria a target of 189 to win the match.

SA 241 + 183
VIC 236

RH Dyer 36; WF Giffen 35
RW McLeod 4-50; J Worrall 2-8

Victoria would reach 22 runs before all HEll broke loose as they lost five wickets without adding to the score. After that it ws a steep, uphill fight that they couldn't win.

SA 241 + 183
VIC 236 + 101

CJ Alsop 38*
G Giffen 4-32; E Jones 2-10

South Australia win by 87 runs

CW A Look Ahead to the Sheffield Shield 1894/95 Season

The third year of the Sheffield Shield is the tightest season yet. A lot of teams will be keeping a lot of the team together this year also.

New South Wales 9/14 (last year 8/15)

New South Wales could end up anywhere in the table. They will be hoping it isn't a third year in a row at the bottom!

South Australia 10/13 (11/12 last season)

SA have every chance of defending their title this term.

Victoria 9/14 (8/14 last year)

Victoria is the one side that hasn't lost anything since last year, and the extra batting card could see them back on top at years' end.

Friday, 7 August 2009

CW 1893/94 (S2) End of Season Post

Stat time! There was a distinct lack of centuries; only 3 compared to last year's 12; there were also 35 half-centuries to 54 last term, so it was certainly a bowlers year!

Top five total runs:

G Giffen (SA) 328 (last year 214)
A Jarvis (SA) 282 (last year 264)
AH Jarvis (SA) 280 (234)
JC Reedman (SA) 261 (259)
J Worrall (VIC) 233 (88)

Top five total runs of all time:

H Graham (VIC) 621
A Jarvis (SA) 546
G Giffen (SA) 542
JC Reedman (SA) 520
AH Jarvis (SA) 514

Top five high scores:

JC Reedman (SA) 130
A Jarvis (SA) 123*
AH Jarvis (SA) 117
WF Giffen (SA) 91
J Darling (SA) 85

Top five high scores of all time:

H Graham (VIC) 141
A Hill (SA) 137
EJ Hiscock (SA) 132
JJ Lyons (SA) 131
JC Reedman (SA) 130

Top five wicket takers

CE McLeod (VIC) 22
GHS Trott (VIC) 19
CTB Turner (NSW) 18
E Jones (SA) 17
A Jarvis (SA) 17

Top five wicket takers of all time

E Jones (SA) 34
G Giffen (SA) 31
CTB Turner (NSW) 31
RW McLeod (VIC) 29
A Jarvis (SA) 29

Top five bowling innings

J Carlton (VIC) 6-32
GHS Trott (VIC) 5-19
A Jarvis (SA) 5-48
CTB Turner (NSW) 5-58
JC Reedman (SA) 5-61

Top five bowling innings of all time

J Carlton (VIC) 6-32
RW McLeod (VIC) 6-49
M Pierce (NSW) 6-72
GHS Trott (VIC) 5-19
FJ Laver (VIC) 5-39

CW 1893/1894 (S2) Game 6: South Australia vs Victoria

South Australia (11/12) vs Victoria (8/14)

Adelaide Oval

2nd-5th March 1894

Lineups:
South Australia - JJ Lyons, J Noel, G Giffen, JC Reedman, J Darling, A Jarvis, RH Dyer, BV Scrymgour, EJ Hiscock, A Hill, E Jones

Victoria - FH Walters, JH Stuckey, GHS Trott, J Harry, FJ Laver, CE McLeod, PM Lewis, RW McLeod, R Mitchell, AE Trott, J Carlton

First Innings

Victoria won the toos and put some early pressure on the home side in this title decider as only A Jarvis looked like a wicket-taker on a slightly bowling pitch. The visitors put up 124 runs before losing their first wickets.

VIC 367

CE McLeod 76; J Harry 68; FH Walters 65; JH Stuckey 55
A Jarvis 5-103

South Australia managed a good reply, mostly thanks to Reedman's grand score, but still trailed going into the second innings.

VIC 367
SA 331

JC Reedman 130; A Jarvis 93; J Darling 56
CE McLeod 3-91; GHS Trott 3-93

Second Innings

Victoria would then throw away their chance of sealing a second tiitle as they left South Australia needing 154 runs to win, but if SA could bowl this well there was hope for Victoria.

VIC 367 + 117
SA 331

PM Lewis 39
G Giffen 4-43; E Jones 2-15; A Jarvis 2-27

South Australia lost Lyons straight away, and fellow opener Noel was not far behind. Some in the crowd thought a Victoria-like collapse when the goal was in sight could happen as the scor was 143-6, but South Australia found the 11 runs needed to win the Sheffield Shield!

VIC 367 + 117
SA 331 + 154-6

G Giffen 53
CE McLeod 4-51

Final standings

South Australia 3 - 1
Victoria 2 - 2
New South Wales 1 - 3

In real life Victoria and NSW swap places

CW 1893/1894 (S2) Game 5 New South Wales vs Victoria

New South Wales (8/15) vs Victoria (8/14)

Association Ground

26th-29th January 1894

Lineups:
New South Wales - WL Murdoch, ST Callaway, H Moses, FA Iredale, H Donnan, SE Gregory, HJK MacPherson, CTB Turner, AL Newell, A Coningham, WH Moore

Victoria - FH Walters, J Harry, GHS Trott, FJ Laver, J Worrall, JH Stuckey, H Graham, H Trumble, JM Blackham, J Phillips, CE McLeod

First Innings

New South Wales, who won the toss and went in to bat first, and Victoria would both struggle with the bat as the wicket degraded quite radpidly to help the two lethal bowling attacks.

NSW 229

AL Newell 61; WL Murdoch 40
J Phillips 4-33; GHS Trott 3-31

Victoria would manage to match NSW in the first innings

NSW 229
VIC 228

FJ Laver 77; J Worrall 66; H Trumble 48
CTB Turner 5-58; AL Newell 3-70; ST Callaway 2-36

Second Innings

New South Wales would find themselves in dire straights after crashing for just 158 runs, leaving Victoria 160 to win.

NSW 229 + 158
VIC 228

AL Newell 37; FA Iredale 36
GHS Trott 5-19; CE McLeod 3-51

FH Walters' 51 would take them to 99-4, and it looked a sure thing when Victoria were on 155-6; five runs from victory but four straight wickets, three of them ducks, left them with a loss!

NSW 229 + 158
VIC 228

FH Walters 51, FJ Laver 33
A Coningham 3-25; AL Newell 3-46; ST Callaway 2-23

The season would come down to the final game, winner takes all, between South Australia and Victoria!

CW 1893/1894 (S2) Game 4: New South Wales vs South Australia

Standings at the half way point

Victoria 2 - 0
South Australia 1 - 1
New South Wales 0 - 2


New South Wales
(8/15) vs South Australia (11/12)

Association Ground

6th-8th January 1894

Lineups:
New South Wales - LD Moore, ACK Mackenzie, A Coningham, WH Moore, AL Newell, WL Murdoch, H Moses, FA Iredale, CTB Turner, ST Callaway, HJK MacPherson

South Australia - JJ Lyons, AH Jarvis, G Giffen, JC Reedman, J Darling, WF Giffen, H Blinman, A Jarvis, A Hill, GT Parkin, E Jones

First Innings

South Australia won the toss and batted first, looking to redeem themselves after the loss against Victoria, piling up a very tidy score on a very troubled pitch.

SA 370

WF Giffen 91; AH Jarvis 82; JC Reedman 46
ST Callaway 5-69

New South Wales, who struggled as the supposedly better bowling side, continued their difficulties with the bat, being forced to follow-on by South Australia. It could have been worse for a 9th wicket partnership of 61 between Turner and Callaway

SA 370
NSW 131

CTB Turner 40
E Jones 4-47; JC Reedman 3-18

New South Wales needed to score 239 to at least make South Australia bat again, but with runs scarce until Iredale walked on, it was a losing battle as SA won by an innings and 38 runs in match that lasted less than three whole days.

SA 370
NSW 131 + 201

FA Iredale 74; H Moses 38
G Giffen 4-58; JC Reedman 2-33

CW 1893/1894 (S2) Game 3: Victoria vs South Australia

Victoria (8/14) vs South Australia (11/12)

Melbourne Cricket Ground

1st-5th January 1894

Lineups:
Victoria - J Harry, JH Stuckey, GHS Trott, W Bruce, J Worrall, FH Walters, PM Lewis, FJ Laver, J Carlton, CE McLeod, HC Mapleston
South Australia - JJ Lyons, AH Jarvis, G Giffen, JC Reedman, J Darling, WF Giffen, A Jarvis, H Blinman, H Haldane, GT Parkin, E Jones

On a consistantly even pitch throughout, a lot of runs would be scored here. South Australia started out well, led by AH Jarvis and G Giffen. WF Giffen and H Blinman narrowly missing out on half-centuries.

SA 343

AH Jarvis 117; G Giffen 60
J Harry 4-54; CE McLeod 4-91

Victoria's reply would stutter as they finished 128 runs behind, leaving South Australia the choice to make Victoria follow-on.

SA 343
VIC 215

PM Lewis 65
A Jarvis 5-48

Second Innings

South Australia would not enforce the follow-on, and may have started to regret doing so after only adding another 240 runs. Some good batting in the middle order was offset by the poor efforts elsewhere.

SA 343 + 240
VIC 215

J Darling 85; JC Reedman 50; A Jarvis 42
J Carlton 5-60; CE McLeod 4-62

Victoria needed 369 to win with their hightest innings score on the year 283. They needn't have worried as they dominated from the crease for 118 overs and another victory; this time by 5 wickets.

SA 343 + 240
VIC 215 + 369-5

JH Stuckey 82; J Worrall 78*; J Harry 78; W Bruce 65
G Giffen 2-108

CW 1893/1894 (S2) Game 2: Victoria vs New South Wales

Victoria (8/14) vs New South Wales (8/15)

Melbourne Cricket Ground

23rd-24th, 26th-27th December 1893

Lineups:
Victoria - J Harry, JH Stuckey, GHS Trott, J Worrall, H Graham, W Bruce, H Trumble, FJ Laver, CE McLeod, J Carlton, JM Blackham

New South Wales - AC Bannerman, CTB Turner, H Moses, WL Murdoch, FA Iredale, ST Callaway, TW Garrett, ACK Mackenzie, WH Moore, AL Newell, M Pierce

First Innings

Victoria would bat first after winning the coin toss and they started a little sluggishly in what was billed as a low-scoring game. Victoria went from 56-3 to 283 all out despite the efforts of CTB Turner.

VIC 283

J Worrall 60
CTB Turner 5-82; AL Newell 3-63

The batting would continue to go against the pre-match experts as New South Wales racked up 319 runs with Turner carrying on from his bowling performance.

VIC 283
NSW 319

CTB Turner 62; WL Murdoch 52
H Trumble 4-52; GHS Trott 3-48

Second Innings

A poor innings from Victoria leave them in big trouble as seven batsmen only score single digits; two of them, W Bruce and FJ Laver, registered ducks, as the bowling ran wild.

VIC 283 + 159
NSW 319

JH Stuckey 48; H Trumble 47*

With only 124 runs to get it was the most incredible start! CTB Turner, H Moses, AC Bannerman, FA Iredale, and ST Callaway all fell without scoring to start New South Wales 0-5! The rampant bowling continued to incredibly leave Victoria the winners by 18 runs

VIC 283 + 159
NSW 319 + 105

WH Moore 36*
J Carlton 6-32; GHS trott 2-13; CE McLeod 2-33

CW 1893/1894 (S1) Game 1: South Australia vs New South Wales

South Australia (11/12) vs New South Wales (8/15)

Adelaide Oval -

15th-18th December 1893

Lineups:
South Australia - JJ Lyons, JC Reedman, G Giffen, AH Jarvis, WF Giffen, A Jarvis, H Haldane, J Darling, H Blinman, GT Parkin, E Jones

New South Wales -
AC Bannerman, ACK Mackenzie, FA Iredale, H Donnan, SE Gregory, ST Callaway, TW Garrett, M Pierce, WH Moore, AL Newell

First Innings

On an overcast day New South Wales won the toss and went in to bat first, putting up a decent score before losing their last wicket before lunch on day two.

NSW 333- all out

ACK Mackenzie 76; AC Bannerman 66; TW Garrett 62
JC Reedman 4-73

In reply, South Australia had a dodgy start as the bowling looked threatening, but the home side rallyed to lead by 58 runs halfway through day three.

NSW 333
SA 391

A Jarvis 123*; G Giffen 82; WF Giffen 68
TW Garrett 3-72; AC Bannerman 2-43

Second Innings

The wicket had degraded to a point where the bowlers would get a little extra help in the fourth day (one extra bowling card) and South Australia took full advantage to put themselves in full control.

NSW 333 + 209

SE Gregory 46; ST Callway 43*; AC Bannerman 40
JC Reedman 5-61; E Jones 3-50

South Australia were at 29-2, losing Lyons (11) and Reedman (16), but that would be the only scare New South Wales had to offer as SA won by eight wickets.

NSW 333 + 209
SA 391 + 152-2

G Giffen 69*; AH Jarvis 53*

CW A Look Ahead to the Sheffield Shield 1893/94 Season

The second year of the Sheffield Shield is expected to be dominated by the bowlers, with all-round South Australia the favourites to win the league.

New South Wales 8/15 (10/13 last season)

I Wales (43.50 average), CA Richardson (56.75), and SP Jones (13.25) do not feature on this year's team, and NSW will be heavily reliant on their bowling for any success this term. Another tough year is possible after ending 1-3 last season.

South Australia 11/12 (10/12 last season)

A slight improvement with the bat makes SA a good all-round side and almost certain to improve upon last year's 1-3 record. A Wilkinson (39.50), JH Tardiff (16.00), W Amos (15.00), and W Delaney (9.33) all play no part.

Victoria 8/14 (11/14 last season)

Last year's championship-winning side could well experience losing for the first time here with a dramatic drop in batting quality. EE Bean (67.00), JE Barrett (12.80), RS Houston (25.00), and WA Tarrant (68.00) are all absent.

Wednesday, 5 August 2009

CW 1892/93 (S1) End of Season Post: Part II

Thanks to Paul's comment from my previous post, I have decided to compare runs per wickets for some of the bowlers to those in real life.

I will compare three bowlers for each team. I am not expecting too much to line up with real life due to how Cricket World deals with bowlers. It is entirely up to the player how much time each bowler gets, and they are not credited with overs; just runs and wickets. I have tried to keep those who bowled most of the innings in more than usual, but let's see what the stats say.

Victoria:
RW McLeod 27 wickets for 673 runs in my game; 22 wickets for 448 runs in real life
H Trumble 11 wickets for 454 runs in game; 22 for 298 IRL
FJ Laver 9 wickets for 176 runs; 2 for 84 IRL.

New South Wales:
M Pierce 26 wickets and 646 runs; 25 wickets for 622 runs - that one is very close!
CTB Turner 13 wickets for 350; 12 for 230
A Coningham 10 for 337; 11 for 245 IRL.

South Australia:
E Jones got 17 wickets for 556 runs; 15 for 425 in the real world
G Giffen took 15 for 657; 33 for 759
A Jarvis 12 for 440; 3 for 266

Well, that was interesting! M Pierce was very close to his real life totals, while others...not so much. At the end of the day though, this is a replay. So while it is nice to have stats and results close at times, I am all about the "What If" aspect of replay gaming.

Tuesday, 4 August 2009

CW 1892/93 (S1) End of Season Post

That was an interesting first season of the Sheffield Shield. The standings ended up as in real life

Victora 4-0
New South Wales 1-3
South Australia 1-3

Although it is a small sample size, I am pleased that Cricket World was able to come up with this.

I have created an Excel file to keep track of all the stats, so here are a few highlights.

Top three total runs:

H Graham (VIC) had 542 runs this year
SE Gregory (NSW) had 366
JJ Lyons (SA) ended with 352 runs

Top three high scores:

H Graham (VIC) 141 vs New South Wales 26-30 January 1893
A Hill (SA) 137 vs Victoria 16-21 March 1893
EJ Hiscock (SA) 132 vs New South Wales 7-11 January 1893

Top three wicket takers

RW McLeod (VIC) 27
M Pierce (NSW) 26
E Jones (SA) 17

Top three bowling innings

RW McLeod (VIC) 6-49 vs New South Wals 26-30 January 1893
M Pierce (NSW) 6-72 vs South Australia 16th-21st December 1892
FJ Laver (VIC) 5-39 vs South Australia 31 Dec, 2 -4 January 1892-93

M Pierce took 10 wickets in the match at home against South Australia 7-11 Jan 1893.
RW McLeod took 10 wickets in the match away to New South Wales 26-30 Jan 1893.

Sunday, 2 August 2009

CW 1892/1893 (S1) Game Six: South Australia vs Victoria

South Australia (10/12) vs Victoria (11/14)
Adelaide Oval -

16-21 March 1893

It was nearly two months before Victoria and South Australia could finish off the season.

SA dropped GT Parkin, W Delaney, EJ Hiscock, and J Noel in favour of the returning A Hill and H Blinman, with WF Giffen and W Amos making their debuts.

For Victoria, W Bruce, JE Barrett, J Worrall, H Trumble, and JM Blackham made way for JH Stuckey, FJ Laver, and debutants WA Tarrant, J Harry, and EE Bean.

Victoria once again elected to bat first after winning the toss on an even pitch wih beautiful weather.

They got stuck in right through to tea on day two as the South Australian bowlers had no answer to the hot bats of Trott, Tarrant, and Harry.

Victoria 545-9 declared

Vic: GHS Trott 119; WA Tarrant 92; J Harry 90*; EE Bean 57*
SA: JJ Lyons 3-46; G Giffen 2-125

After sollid numbers through the f irst half of the order, South Australia struggled and failed to reach the follow-on total needed as they were all out for 375.

Victoria 545-9 dec.
SA 375 all out

SA: H Blinman 78; JJ Lyons 61
Vic: RW McLeod 3-100; FJ Laver 2-51; J Carlton 2-52

--

Victoria did not enforce the follow on and went on the front foot again; this time building up an innings score of 349-9 dec. to give themselves a lead of 519.

Victoria 545-9 dec. + 349-9 dec.
SA 375 all out


Vic: JH Stuckey 62; PM Lewis 53
SA: W Amos 3-40; JC Reedman 2-44; E Jones 2-46

South Australia took the match into a sixth day but fell 123 runs shy of winning despite A Hill and A Jarvis putting up excellent numbers from 7th and 9th in the order.

Victoria 545-9 dec. + 349-9 dec.
SA 375 + 397


SA: A Hill 137; A Jarvis 97
Vic: RW McLeod 5-105; J Phillips 2-88

CW 1892/1893 (S1) Game 5: New South Wales vs Victoria

New South Wales (10/13) vs Victoria (11/14)
Association Ground, Sydney -

26-30 January 1893

Due to my M.E. not being compatible with writing this much, I have decided to shorten things down a fair bit. I hope to keep all the important information in at the expense of some reporting.

In this game LD Moore makes way for Fast-Medium bowler A Cunningham for New South Wales. Victoria introduce JM Blackham, and J Phillips returns. JH Stuckey and FJ Laver make room.

Victoria won the toss and decided to bat on what looked to be a good pitch (one extra batting card, but that lasted a matter of a few overs before the pitch dropped and that advantage was nullified).

Victoria 309- all out.

Vic: PM Lewis 70; RW McLeod 56
NSW: A Cunningham 5-94; M Pierce 2-44

Early on day two, some fine batting put Victoria's championship hopes on the edge.

Victoria 309 all out
NSW 403 all out

NSW: CA Richardson 113; FA Iredale 56; CTB Turner 55
Vic: RW McLeod 5-106

--

The Victorian second innings would be saved by H Graham and J Phillips batting 6th and 7th in the lineup.

Victoria 309 all out + 428 all out
NSW 403 all out

Vic: H Graham 140; J Philliips 108; H Trumble 50
NSW: CTB Turner 5-115

New South Wales wouldn't even reach Tea as they totally collapsed, with only CTB Turner's second half-century of the match a bright point for the home side as RW McLeod took eleven wickets in total.

Victoria 309 + 428
NSW 403 + 175

NSW: CTB Turner 52; CA Richardson 49
Vic: RW McLeod 6-49

Victoria win by 159 runs and cannot be caught in the title race for the inagural Sheffield Shield!

CW 1892/1893 (S1) Game 4: New South Wales vs South Australia - Second Innings

New South Wales (10/13) vs South Australia (10/12)
Association Ground, Sydney -

7-11 January 1893

Second Innings

With the pitch still helpful to bowlers on day three, and every chance of further degradation, New South Wales decided to bat again and add as many runs as possible.

AC Bannerman couldn't get close to repeating his half century when G Giffen trapped him L.B.W. for just 2 runs. SE Gregory (10) and CTB Turner (0) made the score 21-3 after and E Jones and Giffen dispatched them.

LD Moore and H Donnan would improve upon their first innings efforts with scores of 57 and 41 respectively. Donnan was stumped off GT Parkin, and Moore was caught L.B.W. by A Jarvis. The innings score was now 113-5.

CA Richardson was another victim of Parkin, L.B.W, for just 7, while ST Callaway was caught for 10; Giffen taking the wicket. GJ Youill (24) was bowled by Reedman, and a good 69 off FA Iredale was stopped by Parkin. The bowler then claimed his fourth of the innings, fifth of the match, by taking the stumps of M Pierce for 5.

New South Wales had added another 229 runs to give South Australia a target of 352 to win with two whole days left to play on a very poor batting pitch.

Best Batsmen: FA Iredale 69; LD Moore 57
Best Bowlers: GT Parkin 4-33; G Giffen 3-77

M Pierce would take the first three wickets with just 66 runs on the board. JJ Lyons (5) was caught at gully, while AH Jarvis (20) and G Giffen (26) were bowled out. South Australia would lose another wicket before lunch on day four: JC Reedman caught off CTB Turner for 38 runs to leave SA 241 runs to win with six wickets remaining.

Whilst A Jarvis (19), JH Tardiff (21), and W Delaney (6) were crumbling cheaply, EJ Hiscock was putting on a supreme batting display, reaching 132 before FA Iredale bowled him. South Australia now needed 70 runs from their final two wickets.

They would only creep a little closer as J Noel (11) and GT Parkin (9) brought up the 300, 52 runs shy of a win. New South Wales wins by 52 runs.

Best Batsmen: EJ Hiscock 132
Best Bowlers: M Pierce 5-86; FA Iredale 3-21

CW 1892/1893 (S1) Game 4: New South Wales vs South Australia - First Innings

New South Wales (10/13) vs South Australia (10/12)
Association Ground, Sydney -

7-11 January 1893

First Innings

The second round of games began with these two sides. South Australia beat New South Wales by five wickets when these two teams first met, and the hosts were looking to get their revenge. The wicket would help the bowlers throughout the match, and NWS decided to bat after winning the toss before the pitch could degrade further.

SE Gregory
was gone straight away without any runs on the board as E Jones got him L.B.W, and LD Moore only scored 18 thanks to a catch at midoff; Jones again the bowler, and New South Wales were 35-2.

The second opener AC Bannerman and debutant CTB Turner steadied things down through their partnership of 67; Bannerman caught at third man for 51. H Donnan came in, and then left for 25 as he was clean-bowled by JC Reedman, and NSW were 155-4.

CTB Turner would fall shy of his century at 91 when A Jarvis did it all himself, caught and bowled, while CA Richardson, the third debutant behind Moore and Turner, would get a good 58 before Jones struck again. NSW were 262-7 in the evening session of day one when FA Iredale (13) and GJ Youill (0) would not make much of an impact.

It took 20 overs of the second day for South Australia to finish off M Pierce for 5 and an impressive 48 from ST Callaway to end the New South Wales innings at 332- all out; I Wales ended on 19 not out.

Best Batsmen: CTB Turner 91; CA Richardson 58; AC Bannerman 51
Best Bowlers: E Jones 4-107; A Jarvis 2-52

CTB Turner's impressive debut continued with ball in hand as he and M Pierce tore through the South Australian batsmen for just 210 runs. After JJ Lyons (15) was caught behind for 22 and AH Jarvis (20) taken in some style at backward short leg in quick succession, a mini-stand ensued before the onslaught resumed.

JC Reedman (L.B.W. ST Callaway) would put up 36 runs for 103-3 , and G Giffen would get the side to 185 runs with his 65 before losing out to an L.B.W. call off Pierce. A Jarvis and JA Tardiff would go for quick ducks, both belonging to Turner and SA found themselves 189-6.

W Delaney (22) and J Noel (14) would bring the tally up to 210-6, before M Pierce got Delaney and Noel, with Turner cleaning up GT Parkin (0) and EJ Hiscock (37) to end the innings 210 all out. With over 120 runs between the sides, NSW had to decide on whether or not to enforce the follow-on.

Best Batsmen: G Giffen 65
Best Bowlers: M Pierce 5-68; CTB Turner 4-58