CW 1905/06 (S14), Game 4: victoria vs South Australia

Victoria 11/11 vs South Australia 10/10
Melbourne Cricket Ground
30th December, 1st-4th January 1905

Lineups:
Victoria- AH Christian, TS Warne, PA McAlister, WW Armstrong, VS Ranford, EV Carroll, FJ Laver, JF Horan, W Carkeek, GR Hazlitt, JV Saunders

South Australia- FT Hack, N Claxton, J Darling, JH Pellew, CE Dolling, JC Reedman, RF Cowan, JPF Travers, HSC Jarvis, HG Hutton, AW Wright

First Innings
A tricky innings, on an equally tricky pitch, had South Australia start out by losing their opening batsmen for a run each. Bowling pressure was good throughout, bu a pair of good scores in the middle order pushed the away side on passed 250.

SA 258
JC Reedman 79; CE Dolling 50
WW Armstrong 4-56; JV Saunders 4-71

The Victorian reply was good, but it needed a highly impressive tenth wicket partnership (101) to get within touching distance let alone overtake their opponents tally. The star of the show though was bowler JC Reedman with a career-best performance.

SA 258
VIC 292
W Carkeek 58; VS Ranford 54; GR Hazlitt 53*
JC Reedman 7-76

Second Innings
South Australia looked like they were heading down a similar path to the first innings but, like previously, were able to kick on in the middle order. With the pitch turning even more, South Australia looked good for the double against Victoria.

SA 258 + 369
VIC 292
RF Cowan 138; JC Reedman 98
FJ Laver 5-96

The South Australian bowlers were left dumbfounded a little over twenty-four hours later as they walked away with a loss. Consistent batting from the host side handily dealt with much of what their opponents had to offer, especially their unbeaten seventh wicket partnership of 146.

SA 258 + 369
VIC 292 + 336-6
EV Carroll 113*; JF Horan 64*; PA McAlister 55
RF Cowan 2-62

Victoria wins by four wickets.