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Vic flag VicWon toss. Elected to bat
221 & 357
Series badge SAust
309 & 171
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Overs: 82.3 RR: 4.33 vs spin: 4.78
vs seam: 3.11
Overs: 39.7 RR: 4.26 vs spin: 3.26
vs seam: 2.92
Wed 02/01/24 Victoria v South Australia, Sheffield Shield, Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
VICTORIA WIN Victoria won by 98 runs
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Victoria - 1st Inns 221 (61.0; RR: 3.62)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
ER Mayne st Ambler b Williams 32 0 0 0
WH Ponsford b Whitty 81 0 0 0
WM Woodfull run out 14 0 0 0
HSB Love b Fisher 31 0 0 0
CB Willis c Townsend b Whitty 0 0 0 0
J Ryder b Richardson 14 0 0 0
RL Park c Townsend b Fisher 6 0 0 0
AEV Hartkopf lbw b Whitty 23 0 0 0
AE Liddicut b Whitty 11 0 0 0
JL Ellis c Townsend b Whitty 5 0 0 0
PH Wallace not out 0 0 0 0
Extras (1b, 2lb, 0w, 1nb) 4  
TOTAL 221 all out (61.0 overs; RR: 3.62)

Fall of wickets

79-1 (ER Mayne 0.0 ov), 106-2 (WM Woodfull 0.0 ov), 142-3 (WH Ponsford 0.0 ov), 142-4 (CB Willis 0.0 ov), 167-5 (J Ryder 0.0 ov), 175-6 (HSB Love 0.0 ov), 186-7 (RL Park 0.0 ov), 213-8 (AEV Hartkopf 0.0 ov), 220-9 (AE Liddicut 0.0 ov), 221-10 (JL Ellis 61.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
WJ Whitty 20.0 4 49 5 2.45 0 0
HM Fisher 15.0 1 60 2 4.00 0 0
RJB Townsend 4.0 0 14 0 3.50 0 0
NL Williams 11.0 0 78 1 7.09 0 1
AJ Richardson 11.0 4 16 1 1.45 0 0

South Australia - 1st Inns 309 (75.5; RR: 4.07)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
EL Bowley b Liddicut 5 0 0 0
AJ Richardson c Ellis b Liddicut 144 0 6 1
VY Richardson b Liddicut 100 0 8 0
DE Pritchard c Willis b Liddicut 14 0 0 0
FK Gould st Ellis b Hartkopf 23 0 0 0
RJB Townsend c Woodfull b Hartkopf 2 0 0 0
JW Rymill b Wallace 6 0 0 0
NL Williams c Ryder b Liddicut 5 0 0 0
WJ Whitty c Ellis b Liddicut 2 0 0 0
HM Fisher not out 6 0 0 0
AM Ambler b Hartkopf 0 0 0 0
Extras (0b, 1lb, 1w, 0nb) 2  
TOTAL 309 all out (75.5 overs; RR: 4.07)

Fall of wickets

7-1 (EL Bowley 0.0 ov), 159-2 (VY Richardson 0.0 ov), 197-3 (DE Pritchard 0.0 ov), 238-4 (FK Gould 0.0 ov), 242-5 (RJB Townsend 0.0 ov), 253-6 (JW Rymill 0.0 ov), 276-7 (NL Williams 0.0 ov), 290-8 (WJ Whitty 0.0 ov), 308-9 (AJ Richardson 0.0 ov), 309-10 (AM Ambler 75.5 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
PH Wallace 20.0 0 67 1 3.35 0 0
AE Liddicut 26.0 4 65 6 2.50 1 0
J Ryder 8.0 0 40 0 5.00 0 0
AEV Hartkopf 20.5 0 128 3 6.40 0 0
CB Willis 1.0 0 7 0 7.00 0 0

Victoria - 2nd Inns 357 (82.3; RR: 4.33)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
ER Mayne c Williams b Richardson 20 0 0 0
WH Ponsford c Ambler b Whitty 159 0 8 0
WM Woodfull b Richardson 8 0 0 0
HSB Love c Ambler b Williams 105 0 4 0
CB Willis lbw b Whitty 3 0 0 0
J Ryder st Ambler b Williams 10 0 0 0
RL Park b Townsend 7 0 0 0
AEV Hartkopf b Williams 4 0 0 0
AE Liddicut not out 27 0 0 0
JL Ellis st Ambler b Williams 4 0 0 0
PH Wallace st Ambler b Williams 1 0 0 0
Extras (3b, 5lb, 0w, 1nb) 9  
TOTAL 357 all out (82.3 overs; RR: 4.33)

Fall of wickets

78-1 (ER Mayne 0.0 ov), 111-2 (WM Woodfull 0.0 ov), 260-3 (WH Ponsford 0.0 ov), 264-4 (CB Willis 0.0 ov), 280-5 (J Ryder 0.0 ov), 316-6 (RL Park 0.0 ov), 320-7 (HSB Love 0.0 ov), 325-8 (AEV Hartkopf 0.0 ov), 331-9 (JL Ellis 0.0 ov), 357-10 (PH Wallace 82.3 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
WJ Whitty 19.0 1 69 2 3.63 0 0
HM Fisher 10.0 0 61 0 6.10 0 0
NL Williams 18.3 0 117 5 6.50 0 1
AJ Richardson 22.0 1 57 2 2.59 0 0
RJB Townsend 13.0 1 44 1 3.38 0 0

South Australia - 2nd Inns 171 (39.7; RR: 4.26)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
EL Bowley c Ryder b Hartkopf 30 0 0 0
FK Gould b Hartkopf 27 0 0 0
VY Richardson b Ryder 15 0 0 0
DE Pritchard lbw b Wallace 33 0 0 0
AJ Richardson b Ryder 3 0 0 0
RJB Townsend run out 20 0 0 0
JW Rymill b Wallace 5 0 0 0
NL Williams c Ponsford b Hartkopf 14 0 0 0
WJ Whitty st Ellis b Hartkopf 10 0 0 0
HM Fisher c Woodfull b Hartkopf 2 0 0 0
AM Ambler not out 2 0 0 0
Extras (5b, 5lb, 0w, 0nb) 10  
TOTAL 171 all out (39.7 overs; RR: 4.26)

Fall of wickets

53-1 (FK Gould 0.0 ov), 72-2 (VY Richardson 0.0 ov), 78-3 (EL Bowley 0.0 ov), 85-4 (AJ Richardson 0.0 ov), 137-5 (RJB Townsend 0.0 ov), 138-6 (DE Pritchard 0.0 ov), 157-7 (JW Rymill 0.0 ov), 157-8 (NL Williams 0.0 ov), 168-9 (WJ Whitty 0.0 ov), 171-10 (HM Fisher 39.7 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
PH Wallace 9.0 0 47 2 5.22 0 0
AE Liddicut 12.0 3 34 0 2.83 0 0
AEV Hartkopf 12.7 1 56 5 4.67 0 0
J Ryder 6.0 0 24 2 4.00 0 0

Match Info

Match

Victoria v South Australia at Melbourne, Sheffield Shield

Date

Wednesday January 2, 1924

Toss

Victoria won the toss and elected to bat

Time

1:00am UTC

Venue

Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Umpires

DA Elder, AD Reaburn

Victoria Team

Playing XI

ER Mayne, J Ryder, RL Park, WH Ponsford, AEV Hartkopf, WM Woodfull, HSB Love, JL Ellis, AE Liddicut, PH Wallace, CB Willis

South Australia Team

Playing XI

WJ Whitty, AJ Richardson, VY Richardson, DE Pritchard, AM Ambler, EL Bowley, HM Fisher, FK Gould, JW Rymill, RJB Townsend, NL Williams