First-Class Cricket Matches 1912

VICTORIA v M.C.C. Played at Melbourne Cricket Ground, February 2, 3, 5, 6, 1912. M.C.C. won by eight wickets. M.C.C. 1 J.B.Hobbs b Brown 29 2 W.Rhodes c Armstrong b Scott 16 not out 22 3 G.Gunn b McDonald 29 (4) not out 16 4 J.W.Hearne b Matthews 143 5 C.P.Mead lbw b Brown 2 (1) b McDonald 0 6 F.E.Woolley b Matthews 21 7 *J.W.H.T.Douglas c Seitz b Scott 140 8 †E.J.Smith lbw b Brown 47 9 J.Iremonger c Armstrong b Scott 9 (3) c Smith b Scott 3 10 S.F.Barnes not out 4 11 J.W.Hitch c Brown b Matthews 1 Extras b 6, lb 8, w 12 26 lb 1, w 1 2 —— —— 467 (2 wickets) 43 FoW (1): 1-22, 2-75, 3-79, 4-90, 5-125, 6-339, 7-427, 8-456, 9-465, 10-467 FoW (2): 1-7, 2-10 VICTORIA 1 F.A.Baring c Gunn b Hitch 11 lbw b Douglas 0 2 J.A.Seitz lbw b Barnes 0 c sub (J.Vine) b Woolley 40 3 D.B.M.Smith c and b Barnes 20 b Douglas 12 4 E.L.Spencer b Barnes 18 (8) c Smith b Hobbs 0 5 C.McKenzie b Barnes 5 c Smith b Woolley 78 6 W.J.Scott run out (Hobbs/Smith) 15 (4) run out (Hobbs/Smith) 0 7 E.A.McDonald b Hitch 6 (10) c Hobbs b Iremonger 38 8 *W.W.Armstrong not out 51 (7) not out 120 9 N.E.Brown b Hearne 35 (6) b Hitch 14 10 †W.Carkeek c Smith b Hitch 19 (9) b Woolley 0 11 T.J.Matthews absent hurt 0 absent hurt 0 Extras b 9, lb 5, nb 1 15 b 10, lb 2 12 —— —— 195 314 FoW (1): 1-3, 2-23, 3-37, 4-49, 5-80, 6-84, 7-90, 8-156, 9-195 FoW (2): 1-0, 2-28, 3-28, 4-71, 5-98, 6-236, 7-237, 8-246, 9-314 Victoria Bowling O M R W O M R W McDonald 32 4 106 1 2w 5 0 19 1 Scott 37 8 100 3 8w 5 1 11 1 1w Matthews 35.3 9 99 3 1w Brown 31 3 100 3 1w (3) 1 0 8 0 McKenzie 3 0 10 0 Spencer 14 6 24 0 Seitz 1 0 2 0 (4) 0.2 0 3 0 Smith 1 1 0 0 M.C.C. Bowling O M R W O M R W Barnes 14 5 26 4 Hitch 16.3 2 58 3 1nb (3) 10 1 38 1 Woolley 4 0 10 0 (4) 14 3 71 3 Iremonger 10 0 32 0 (2) 16.3 5 46 1 Hearne 8 0 36 1 4 0 31 0 Douglas 9 1 18 0 (1) 20 4 52 2 Hobbs (6) 8 0 33 1 Rhodes (7) 7 0 31 0 Umpires: R.M.Crockett and W.Hannah. Toss: M.C.C. Close of Play: 1st day: M.C.C. (1) 293-5 (Hearne 125*, Douglas 58*); 2nd day: Victoria (1) 84-6 (McDonald 4*); 3rd day: Victoria (2) 132-5 (McKenzie 51*, Armstrong 14*). J.W.Hearne’s 143 took 228 minutes and included 20 fours. J.W.H.T.Douglas’s 140 took 327 minutes and included 14 fours and 1 five. W.W.Armstrong’s 120 took 135 minutes and included 17 fours. 32