First-Class Cricket Matches 1908

NEW SOUTH WALES v SOUTH AUSTRALIA Played at Sydney Cricket Ground, December 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 1907. South Australia won by 20 runs. SOUTH AUSTRALIA 1 †D.R.A.Gehrs b Kelleway 18 (11) not out 8 2 E.R.Mayne c Carter b Whiddon 91 (1) b Whiddon 17 3 *C.Hill b Kelleway 92 (4) st Carter b Kelleway 94 4 C.E.Dolling st Carter b Whiddon 2 (5) c Duff b Whiddon 113 5 C.B.Jennings lbw b Hopkins 56 (7) c Blaxland b Hopkins 52 6 J.H.Pellew b Noble 17 b Whiddon 10 7 N.Claxton st Carter b Whiddon 15 (2) lbw b Kelleway 75 8 L.R.Hill not out 50 b Kelleway 28 9 W.L.Chamberlain b Hopkins 0 b Johnson 36 10 J.D.A.O’Connor b Whiddon 0 b Whiddon 6 11 A.W.Wright run out 1 (3) b Hopkins 53 Extras b 3, w 3, nb 1 7 b 13, lb 7, w 4, nb 3 27 —— —— 349 519 FoW (1): 1-57 (1), 2-201 (3), 3-203 (2), 4-208 (4), 5-241 (6), 6-266 (7), 7-329 (5), 8-329 (9), 9-330 (10), 10-349 (11) FoW (2): 1-23 (1), 2-118 (3), 3-200 (2), 4-267 (4), 5-296 (6), 6-433 (5), 7-441 (7), 8-481 (8), 9-494 (10), 10-519 (9) NEW SOUTH WALES 1 V.T.Trumper b Claxton 44 c Chamberlain b Wright 135 2 A.Diamond b Wright 22 (4) c Chamberlain b O’Connor 8 3 *M.A.Noble c Jennings b L.R.Hill 93 b O’Connor 51 4 M.H.Blaxland b L.R.Hill 6 (6) c Pellew b L.R.Hill 29 5 R.A.Duff b L.R.Hill 7 (2) b Claxton 37 6 E.L.Waddy c L.R.Hill b O’Connor 39 (7) b O’Connor 49 7 A.J.Y.Hopkins c Jennings b L.R.Hill 5 (8) c C.Hill b Claxton 62 8 †H.Carter st Jennings b Wright 46 (9) c Wright b O’Connor 125 9 C.Kelleway b L.R.Hill 1 (10) not out 31 10 H.Whiddon b Wright 10 (11) c Chamberlain b Wright 11 11 F.B.Johnson not out 1 (5) b O’Connor 19 Extras b 2 2 b 4, lb 4, w 3, nb 4 15 —— —— 276 572 FoW (1): 1-51 (2), 2-71 (1), 3-96 (4), 4-114 (5), 5-211 (3), 6-217 (6), 7-231 (7), 8-233 (9), 9-269 (10), 10-276 (8) FoW (2): 1-89 (2), 2-175 (3), 3-213 (4), 4-249 (1), 5-260 (5), 6-312 (6), 7-356 (7), 8-474 (8), 9-554 (9), 10-572 (11) New South Wales Bowling O M R W O M R W Kelleway 25 8 78 2 1w,1nb 46 9 114 3 1w,2nb Johnson 19 4 52 0 (3) 23.5 2 62 1 Noble 20 2 74 1 (4) 26 4 58 0 1w Hopkins 13 3 65 2 (5) 23 1 70 2 1w,1nb Whiddon 20 3 73 4 2w (2) 38 6 140 4 Duff (6) 11 3 48 0 South Australia Bowling O M R W O M R W L.R.Hill 21 3 82 5 28 3 79 1 2nb O’Connor 30 4 80 1 57 11 172 5 2w,2nb Wright 18.1 2 54 3 27.3 1 123 2 Claxton 11 1 34 1 27 4 104 2 1w Chamberlain 2 0 13 0 Pellew 5 1 11 0 (5) 16 0 79 0 Umpires: W.J.Bruton and J.Laing. Toss: South Australia Close of Play: 1st day: South Australia (1) 349 all out; 2nd day: South Australia (2) 26-1 (Claxton 7*, Wright 2*); 3rd day: South Australia (2) 351-5 (Dolling 63*, Jennings 18*); 4th day: New South Wales (2) 214-3 (Trumper 112*, Johnson 0*); 5th day: New South Wales (2) 572-9 (Kelleway 31*, Whiddon 11*). C.E.Dolling’s 113 took 195 minutes and included 16 fours and 1 six. V.T.Trumper’s 135 took 179 minutes and included 20 fours. H.Carter’s 125 took 128 minutes and included 17 fours. 15