First-Class Cricket Matches 1924

TASMANIA v VICTORIA Played at Tasmania Cricket Association Ground, Hobart, February 21, 22, 23, 1924. Victoria won by five wickets. TASMANIA 1 *A.W.Rushforth st Wootton b Johnson 14 b Ebeling 31 2 G.H.Allan c Richardson b Ebeling 24 b Ebeling 31 3 F.Butler b Wilkinson 43 c Carroll b de Gruchy 3 4 A.C.Newton b Richardson 9 (5) b de Gruchy 0 5 A.K.E.Watt st Wootton b Wilkinson 13 (6) c Richardson b de Gruchy 7 6 N.W.Davis c de Gruchy b Richardson 0 (7) b Ebeling 39 7 A.Limb b Richardson 0 (8) c Herring b Richardson 10 8 G.W.Martin c Ebeling b Wilkinson 40 (4) c Herring b Ebeling 42 9 †P.G.Henty b Richardson 9 b Ebeling 6 10 A.O.Burrows c Wootton b Ebeling 8 run out 3 11 C.E.Lucas not out 14 not out 0 Extras b 3, lb 3, nb 1 7 b 15, lb 4, w 1, nb 7 27 —— —— 181 199 FoW (1): 1-37, 2-51, 3-78, 4-106, 5-107, 6-107, 7-111, 8-130, 9-159, 10-181 FoW (2): 1-74, 2-75, 3-77, 4-77, 5-87, 6-171, 7-189, 8-189, 9-198, 10-199 VICTORIA 1 W.J.Johnson b Newton 24 c Rushforth b Lucas 43 2 C.A.H.Sindrey c Rushforth b Newton 4 c Rushforth b Burrows 13 3 H.I.Ebeling b Burrows 5 4 R.W.Herring c Rushforth b Burrows 0 (3) c Henty b Newton 1 5 *E.V.Carroll c Henty b Lucas 53 (4) c Lucas b Burrows 2 6 L.D.Ferguson st Henty b Watt 10 (5) b Newton 15 7 †S.E.Wootton c Rushforth b Watt 105 8 H.J.Richardson c and b Lucas 2 (6) not out 29 9 H.C.Lansdown b Watt 47 (7) not out 18 10 H.W.de Gruchy st Henty b Watt 1 11 W.A.Wilkinson not out 1 Extras b 2, lb 1, w 1 4 b 3, w 1 4 —— —— 256 (5 wickets) 125 FoW (1): 1-8, 2-17, 3-17, 4-61, 5-96, 6-106, 7-121, 8-254, 9-255, 10-256 FoW (2): 1-21, 2-22, 3-25, 4-52, 5-104 Victoria Bowling O M R W O M R W Ebeling 17.2 1 57 2 20 3 59 5 1w,1nb Wilkinson 16 2 52 3 5 0 17 0 Johnson 9 3 27 1 3 0 8 0 de Gruchy 3 1 4 0 1nb (5) 14 1 52 3 6nb Richardson 13 2 34 4 (4) 13.6 5 36 1 Tasmania Bowling O M R W O M R W Newton 18 0 67 2 14 0 36 2 Burrows 11 0 57 2 1w 8 0 28 2 1w Lucas 8 0 38 2 (4) 4.5 1 17 1 Watt 8.5 0 45 4 (3) 5 0 18 0 Allan 6 0 45 0 4 0 22 0 Umpires: W.M.McHugo and A.M.O’Leary. Toss: Victoria Close of Play: 1st day: Victoria (1) 10-1 (Johnson 3*, Ebeling 2*); 2nd day: Tasmania (2) 65-0 (Rushforth 28*, Allan 28*). S.E.Wootton’s 105 took 90 minutes and included 16 fours. 12th Men: G.S.Loney (Tas) and K.J.Millar (Vic).