First-Class Cricket Matches 1908

VICTORIAN XI v M.C.C. Played at South Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, December 21, 23, 24, 1907. Match drawn. M.C.C. 1 J.B.Hobbs b Armstrong 77 2 J.N.Crawford c Horan b Collins 43 3 E.G.Hayes c Warne b Armstrong 98 4 K.L.Hutchings c McKenzie b Armstrong 4 5 G.Gunn c Saunders b Tarrant 24 6 J.Hardstaff c Horan b Tarrant 34 7 *F.L.Fane b Tarrant 17 8 W.Rhodes not out 105 9 S.F.Barnes lbw b Armstrong 15 10 †J.Humphries c McAlister b Collins 15 11 A.Fielder not out 50 Extras b 15, lb 6 21 —— (9 wickets, declared) 503 FoW (1): 1-63, 2-181, 3-199, 4-242, 5-279, 6-286, 7-318, 8-361, 9-408 VICTORIAN XI 1 T.S.Warne c Gunn b Rhodes 31 2 C.McKenzie b Rhodes 19 3 F.A.Tarrant c Crawford b Gunn 159 4 V.S.Ransford b Barnes 38 5 W.W.Armstrong c Hayes b Rhodes 117 6 *P.A.McAlister b Fielder 11 7 J.F.Horan b Crawford 75 8 L.A.Smith lbw b Hayes 6 9 †J.R.H.Woodford st Humphries b Crawford 0 10 F.B.Collins not out 14 11 J.V.Saunders Extras b 1, lb 4, w 4, nb 9 18 —— (9 wickets) 488 FoW (1): 1-32, 2-58, 3-109, 4-279, 5-317, 6-445, 7-458, 8-459, 9-488 Victorian XI Bowling O M R W Saunders 27 4 100 0 Armstrong 40 9 104 4 Collins 33 8 111 2 Smith 10 2 36 0 Warne 8 0 39 0 Tarrant 30 6 92 3 M.C.C. Bowling O M R W Fielder 25 3 82 1 4nb Barnes 27 9 61 1 5nb Rhodes 40 9 90 3 Crawford 28 1 89 2 4w Hayes 18 0 66 1 Hobbs 5 0 22 0 Hutchings 12 4 44 0 Gunn 8 3 16 1 Umpires: D.A.Elder and W.A.Young. Toss: M.C.C. Close of Play: 1st day: M.C.C. (1) 321-7 (Rhodes 12*, Barnes 3*); 2nd day: Victorian XI (1) 156-3 (Tarrant 30*, Armstrong 32*). 18