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Vic flag VicWon toss. Elected to bat
413 & 130
Series badge NSW
705
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Overs: 33.0 RR: 3.94 vs spin: 2.34
vs seam: 3.04
Overs: 177.6 RR: 3.96 vs spin: 3.40
vs seam: 2.85
Sat 26/12/25 Victoria v New South Wales, Sheffield Shield, Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
NEW SOUTH WALES WIN New South Wales won by an innings and 162 runs
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Victoria - 1st Inns 413 (128.5; RR: 3.21)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
ER Mayne c Gregory b Kelleway 25 0 0 0
WM Woodfull c Gregory b Macartney 53 0 0 0
J Ryder b Macartney 5 0 0 0
HSTL Hendry b Macartney 5 0 0 0
WH Ponsford c & b Macartney 68 0 0 0
FA Tarrant b Macartney 9 0 0 0
HSB Love lbw b Macartney 115 0 0 0
FA Baring lbw b Macartney 57 0 0 0
AEV Hartkopf not out 54 0 0 0
AE Liddicut b Gregory 18 0 0 0
DD Blackie b Gregory 0 0 0 0
Extras (0b, 4lb, 0w, 0nb) 4  
TOTAL 413 all out (128.5 overs; RR: 3.21)

Fall of wickets

50-1 (ER Mayne 0.0 ov), 67-2 (J Ryder 0.0 ov), 75-3 (HSTL Hendry 0.0 ov), 102-4 (WM Woodfull 0.0 ov), 124-5 (FA Tarrant 0.0 ov), 203-6 (WH Ponsford 0.0 ov), 313-7 (FA Baring 0.0 ov), 367-8 (HSB Love 0.0 ov), 413-9 (AE Liddicut 0.0 ov), 413-10 (DD Blackie 128.5 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
JM Gregory 31.5 3 102 2 3.29 0 0
C Kelleway 27.0 4 74 1 2.74 0 0
AA Mailey 33.0 0 148 0 4.48 0 0
CG Macartney 37.0 6 85 7 2.30 0 0

New South Wales - 1st Inns 705 (177.6; RR: 3.96)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
HL Collins run out 45 0 0 0
W Bardsley b Hartkopf 45 0 0 0
TJE Andrews b Blackie 61 0 0 0
JM Taylor c Tarrant b Hendry 66 0 0 0
CG Macartney lbw b Hartkopf 59 0 0 0
AF Kippax c Love b Ryder 29 0 0 0
HO Rock lbw b Blackie 81 0 0 0
C Kelleway lbw b Ryder 145 0 0 0
JM Gregory c Love b Blackie 32 0 0 0
WAS Oldfield c b Blackie 129 0 0 0
AA Mailey not out 1 0 0 0
Extras (9b, 1lb, 2w, 0nb) 12  
TOTAL 705 all out (177.6 overs; RR: 3.96)

Fall of wickets

69-1 (HL Collins 0.0 ov), 122-2 (W Bardsley 0.0 ov), 177-3 (TJE Andrews 0.0 ov), 267-4 (JM Taylor 0.0 ov), 291-5 (CG Macartney 0.0 ov), 323-6 (AF Kippax 0.0 ov), 425-7 (HO Rock 0.0 ov), 475-8 (JM Gregory 0.0 ov), 701-9 (C Kelleway 0.0 ov), 705-10 (WAS Oldfield 177.6 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
HSTL Hendry 39.0 4 159 1 4.08 0 0
DD Blackie 38.6 0 153 4 4.03 0 0
J Ryder 35.0 5 121 2 3.46 0 0
FA Tarrant 27.0 6 76 0 2.81 0 0
AE Liddicut 16.0 2 62 0 3.88 0 0
AEV Hartkopf 22.0 0 122 2 5.55 2 0

Victoria - 2nd Inns 130 (33.0; RR: 3.94)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
ER Mayne b Gregory 7 0 0 0
WM Woodfull lbw b Macartney 13 0 0 0
FA Baring b Gregory 30 0 0 0
FA Tarrant b Macartney 2 0 0 0
HSB Love lbw b Mailey 11 0 0 0
HSTL Hendry b Kelleway 5 0 0 0
J Ryder c & b Mailey 18 0 0 0
WH Ponsford not out 25 0 0 0
AEV Hartkopf c Oldfield b Kelleway 1 0 0 0
AE Liddicut lbw b Mailey 4 0 0 0
DD Blackie b Kelleway 3 0 0 0
Extras (3b, 4lb, 0w, 4nb) 11  
TOTAL 130 all out (33.0 overs; RR: 3.94)

Fall of wickets

20-1 (ER Mayne 0.0 ov), 22-2 (WM Woodfull 0.0 ov), 27-3 (FA Tarrant 0.0 ov), 52-4 (HSB Love 0.0 ov), 71-5 (FA Baring 0.0 ov), 73-6 (HSTL Hendry 0.0 ov), 111-7 (J Ryder 0.0 ov), 116-8 (AEV Hartkopf 0.0 ov), 125-9 (AE Liddicut 0.0 ov), 130-10 (DD Blackie 33.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
JM Gregory 11.0 1 57 2 5.18 0 0
CG Macartney 8.0 3 16 2 2.00 0 3
AA Mailey 8.0 1 34 3 4.25 0 0
C Kelleway 6.0 0 12 3 2.00 0 1

Match Info

Match

Victoria v New South Wales at Melbourne, Sheffield Shield

Date

Saturday December 26, 1925

Toss

Victoria won the toss and elected to bat

Time

1:00am UTC

Venue

Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Umpires

DA Elder, C Garing

Victoria Team

Playing XI

ER Mayne, J Ryder, HSTL Hendry, WH Ponsford, AEV Hartkopf, WM Woodfull, DD Blackie, HSB Love, FA Tarrant, FA Baring, AE Liddicut

New South Wales Team

Playing XI

CG Macartney, W Bardsley, C Kelleway, HL Collins, JM Gregory, AA Mailey, WAS Oldfield, JM Taylor, TJE Andrews, AF Kippax, HO Rock