First-Class Cricket Matchex 1925

NEW SOUTH WALES v AUSTRALIAN XI Played at Sydney Cricket Ground, October 17, 18, 20, 1924. New South Wales won by an innings and 193 runs. NEW SOUTH WALES 1 *H.L.Collins c V.Y.Richardson b Hornibrook 106 2 W.Bardsley c Hornibrook b Grimmett 90 3 C.G.Macartney b Hornibrook 7 4 T.J.E.Andrews b Grimmett 8 5 J.M.Taylor st Ratcliffe b A.J.Richardson 111 6 A.F.Kippax c V.Y.Richardson b Barbour 115 7 C.Kelleway b Everett 101 8 J.M.Gregory c V.Y.Richardson b A.J.Richardson 9 9 O.E.Nothling b Grimmett 5 10 †H.Carter c Gwynne b Murray 58 11 A.A.Mailey not out 25 Extras b 3, lb 7 10 —— 645 FoW (1): 1-181, 2-204, 3-215, 4-216, 5-435, 6-447, 7-466, 8-487, 9-586, 10-645 AUSTRALIAN XI 1 E.P.Barbour run out (Carter) 0 c Kelleway b Nothling 1 2 †A.T.Ratcliffe lbw b Kelleway 161 3 A.J.Richardson b Kelleway 3 (4) st Carter b Macartney 31 4 J.T.Murray c and b Mailey 14 (3) c Gregory b Mailey 24 5 V.Y.Richardson b Mailey 22 c Andrews b Mailey 25 6 *C.Hill b Mailey 40 7 F.C.Thompson c Gregory b Mailey 2 (6) st Carter b Mailey 1 8 C.S.Everett c Gregory b Mailey 9 c Gregory b Mailey 11 9 P.M.Hornibrook b Kelleway 25 not out 4 10 L.W.Gwynne not out 10 (2) b Mailey 33 11 C.V.Grimmett b Macartney 9 (7) c Collins b Macartney 7 Extras b 8, lb 4, nb 3 15 b 1, lb 3, nb 1 5 —— —— 310 (8 wickets, declared) 142 FoW (1): 1-0, 2-11, 3-44, 4-119, 5-217, 6-219, 7-229, 8-285, 9-292, 10-310 FoW (2): 1-1, 2-58, 3-67, 4-111, 5-120, 6-122, 7-138, 8-142 Australian XI Bowling O M R W Everett 19.4 1 125 1 Hornibrook 22 1 141 2 Grimmett 25 1 138 3 A.J.Richardson 21 0 113 2 Murray 8 0 51 1 Barbour 7 0 67 1 New South Wales Bowling O M R W O M R W Gregory 9 1 41 0 Kelleway 17 1 52 3 1nb (1) 4 0 11 0 Mailey 23 1 97 5 13 0 72 5 Nothling 11 0 42 0 2nb (2) 11 1 35 1 1nb Macartney 13.4 4 34 1 (4) 6 2 19 2 Andrews 5 0 29 0 Umpires: A.C.Jones and G.P.Worth. Toss: New South Wales Close of Play: 1st day: New South Wales (1) 476-7 (Kelleway 18*, Nothling 3*); 2nd day: Australian XI (1) 240-7 (Ratcliffe 132*, Hornibrook 4*). H.L.Collins’s 106 took 120 minutes and included 12 fours. J.M.Taylor’s 111 took 120 minutes and included 12 fours. A.F.Kippax’s 115 took 130 minutes and included 10 fours and 2 sixes. C.Kelleway’s 101 took 125 minutes and included 7 fours. A.T.Ratcliffe’s 161 took 252 minutes and included 17 fours. With the Australian XI facing imminent defeat it was decided to end the match in favour of an unofficial second New South Wales innings. The match was regarded as a trial for the forthcoming Test series, but was played seriously and is regarded as First-Class.