First-Class Cricket Matches 1923

VICTORIA v SOUTH AUSTRALIA Played at Melbourne Cricket Ground, December 30, 1922, January 1, 2, 3, 4, 1923. Victoria won by 268 runs. VICTORIA 1 *E.R.Mayne b Whitty 18 c Bennett b Morton 0 2 W.M.Woodfull c Townsend b Morton 0 c V.Y.Richardson b Williams 115 3 J.Ryder run out (Rymill/Bennett) 64 lbw b Whitty 3 4 A.E.V.Hartkopf c sub (H.H.M.Bridgman) b Whitty 98 b Morton 1 5 R.L.Park run out (Whitty/Bennett) 0 b Williams 12 6 V.S.Ransford c Rundell b Whitty 73 run out 14 7 C.B.Willis b Morton 10 st Bennett b Williams 19 8 L.F.Freemantle b Whitty 11 (9) lbw b Whitty 23 9 A.E.Liddicut not out 37 (8) c sub (H.H.M.Bridgman) b Morton 71 10 †J.L.Ellis b Whitty 0 b Williams 18 11 P.H.Wallace st Bennett b Williams 6 not out 0 Extras b 4, lb 6, w 1 11 b 6, lb 2, nb 3 11 —— —— 328 287 FoW (1): 1-2 (2), 2-62 (1), 3-98 (3), 4-101 (5), 5-247 (4), 6-270 (7), 7-270 (6), 8-289 (8), 9-289 (10), 10-328 (11) FoW (2): 1-3 (1), 2-6 (3), 3-9 (4), 4-35 (5), 5-59 (6), 6-84 (7), 7-239 (8), 8-250 (2), 9-285 (9), 10-287 (10) SOUTH AUSTRALIA 1 A.J.Richardson b Ryder 30 b Wallace 0 2 *V.Y.Richardson c Woodfull b Hartkopf 50 st Ellis b Hartkopf 34 3 L.V.Pellew lbw b Hartkopf 8 b Wallace 1 4 P.D.Rundell c Freemantle b Liddicut 44 b Liddicut 15 5 J.W.Rymill st Ellis b Hartkopf 12 (7) st Ellis b Hartkopf 1 6 R.J.B.Townsend c Liddicut b Freemantle 10 b Hartkopf 16 7 N.L.Williams lbw b Freemantle 11 (8) c Ryder b Hartkopf 3 8 F.K.Gould c Ellis b Liddicut 44 (5) c Mayne b Ryder 6 9 W.J.Whitty c Hartkopf b Freemantle 2 (10) b Liddicut 2 10 †R.L.Bennett not out 28 (9) not out 2 11 F.L.Morton lbw b Liddicut 6 hit wkt b Hartkopf 0 Extras b 6, lb 6 12 b 2, lb 7, w 1 10 —— —— 257 90 FoW (1): 1-70 (1), 2-91 (3), 3-94 (2), 4-118 (5), 5-137 (6), 6-158 (7), 7-180 (4), 8-189 (9), 9-242 (8), 10-257 (11) FoW (2): 1-0 (1), 2-8 (3), 3-47 (2), 4-54 (5), 5-75 (6), 6-77 (7), 7-83 (8), 8-83 (4), 9-89 (10), 10-90 (11) South Australia Bowling O M R W O M R W Whitty 28 7 82 5 19 6 41 2 Morton 16 2 69 2 11 2 52 3 A.J.Richardson 15 3 63 0 (4) 13 3 36 0 Townsend 10 0 40 0 (5) 4 0 17 0 Williams 8.1 0 58 1 1w (3) 20.3 1 111 4 3nb Rundell 1 0 5 0 4 0 19 0 Victoria Bowling O M R W O M R W Wallace 16 2 72 0 5 0 24 2 1w Liddicut 11 2 31 3 8 3 9 2 Ryder 7 0 25 1 (4) 4 0 23 1 Freemantle 15 3 51 3 Hartkopf 20 3 66 3 (3) 8.3 1 24 5 Umpires: R.M.Crockett and D.A.Elder. Toss: Victoria Close of Play: 1st day: No play; 2nd day: Victoria (1) 289-7 (Freemantle 11*, Liddicut 6*); 3rd day: South Australia (1) 232-8 (Gould 39*, Bennett 20*); 4th day: Victoria (2) 287 all out. W.M.Woodfull’s 115 took 249 minutes and included 4 fours. 29