First-Class Cricket Matches 1912

VICTORIA v M.C.C. Played at Melbourne Cricket Ground, November 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 1911. M.C.C. won by 49 runs. M.C.C. 1 J.B.Hobbs c Laver b Matthews 21 c Matthews b Armstrong 88 2 S.P.Kinneir c Kyle b Macrow 32 lbw b Laver 12 3 W.Rhodes lbw b Laver 28 lbw b Armstrong 66 4 C.P.Mead c Carkeek b Kyle 34 (6) b Laver 22 5 J.W.Hearne b Matthews 6 (7) c and b Laver 0 6 F.R.Foster c Armstrong b Laver 101 (8) b Armstrong 0 7 *J.W.H.T.Douglas not out 33 (9) not out 5 8 †E.J.Smith c Smith b Laver 22 (4) b Kyle 1 9 F.E.Woolley c and b Matthews 5 (10) b Macrow 15 10 J.Iremonger run out (Carkeek) 14 (11) b Macrow 0 11 J.W.Hitch run out (Seitz/Carkeek) 15 (5) b Armstrong 13 Extras b 5, lb 2 7 b 7, lb 4, nb 1 12 —— —— 318 234 FoW (1): 1-32, 2-81, 3-83, 4-113, 5-139, 6-246, 7-274, 8-280, 9-302, 10-318 FoW (2): 1-41, 2-164, 3-169, 4-184, 5-199, 6-204, 7-213, 8-213, 9-234, 10-234 VICTORIA 1 J.A.Seitz b Foster 14 b Douglas 3 2 H.H.L.Kortlang b Hitch 74 run out 7 3 V.S.Ransford b Hearne 34 c Foster b Iremonger 34 4 D.B.M.Smith b Douglas 68 run out 84 5 J.H.Kyle not out 7 (9) run out 6 6 F.J.Laver c Hitch b Douglas 14 (8) b Douglas 11 7 *W.W.Armstrong c Smith b Douglas 0 (5) b Iremonger 9 8 T.J.Matthews b Hitch 9 (6) b Douglas 24 9 N.E.Brown c Smith b Douglas 21 (7) b Foster 26 10 †W.Carkeek b Hitch 0 lbw b Douglas 10 11 W.R.F.Macrow c Rhodes b Hitch 2 not out 4 Extras b 24, lb 4, w 1, nb 2 31 b 3, lb 8 11 —— —— 274 229 FoW (1): 1-27, 2-76, 3-189, 4-240, 5-240, 6-240, 7-251, 8-251, 9-264, 10-274 FoW (2): 1-3, 2-15, 3-75, 4-103, 5-156, 6-179, 7-189, 8-209, 9-218, 10-229 Victoria Bowling O M R W O M R W Macrow 23 4 51 1 (2) 10.4 1 30 2 1nb Laver 44 17 88 3 (1) 19 12 23 3 Matthews 26 6 65 3 9 1 25 0 Kyle 25 13 59 1 32 9 69 1 Brown 6 1 17 0 4 0 19 0 Armstrong 14.4 2 31 0 27 9 56 4 M.C.C. Bowling O M R W O M R W Foster 20 4 65 1 20 7 55 1 Douglas 18.2 5 41 4 1w 19.3 9 37 4 Hitch 15 4 54 4 1nb 7 1 33 0 Hearne 7 0 39 1 (5) 8 0 51 0 Woolley 5 0 15 0 1nb Iremonger 10 1 29 0 (4) 15 1 42 2 Umpires: R.M.Crockett and W.A.Young. Toss: M.C.C. Close of Play: 1st day: M.C.C. (1) 247-6 (Douglas 18*, Smith 1*); 2nd day: Victoria (1) 219-3 (Kortlang 67*, Laver 2*); 3rd day: M.C.C. (2) 173-3 (Rhodes 58*, Hitch 4*); 4th day: Victoria (2) 210-8 (Laver 11*, Carkeek 0*). F.R.Foster’s 101 took 134 minutes and included 13 fours. J.H.Kyle retired hurt in the Victoria first innings having scored 7 (team score 208-3) - he returned when the score was 264-9. 9