Queensland Cricket Archive

f10758	Victoria v Queensland
	Other First-Class matches in Australia 1923/24
Venue	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 21st, 22nd, 24th December 1923 (3-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Queensland won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Victoria won by an innings and 241 runs
Umpires	HJ Alessio, J Richards
Close of play day 1	Victoria (1) 108/0 (Mayne 47, Ponsford 59)
Close of play day 2	Victoria (1) 538/2 (Woodfull 46, Love 17)

Queensland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+JK Farquhar	b Gamble	1
LE Oxenham	c Love b Hartkopf	43
JF Sheppard	c Liddicut b Gamble	8
FC Thompson	c and b Liddicut	14
*LPD O'Connor	c and b Hartkopf	16
W Rowe	st Love b Ransford	42
RK Oxenham	c Love b Liddicut	24
HRG Poon	b Ransford	2
PM Hornibrook	b Gamble	10
CB Barstow	b Gamble	0
C Griffiths	not out	1
Extras	(1 lb)	1
Total	(all out, 195 minutes, 55.6 overs)	162
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-19, 3-49, 4-77, 5-96, 6-149, 7-149, 8-155, 9-161, 10-162 (55.6 ov)

Victoria bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gamble	12.6	1	27	4	-	-
Carlton	12	5	16	0	-	-
Liddicut	10	2	27	2	-	-
Freemantle	10	1	40	0	-	-
Hartkopf	8	0	39	2	-	-
Ransford	3	0	12	2	-	-

Victoria first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*ER Mayne	b Barstow	209		378	12	-
WH Ponsford	lbw b RK Oxenham	248		359	22	-
WM Woodfull	not out	46
+HSB Love	not out	17
CB Willis	did not bat
VS Ransford	did not bat
AEV Hartkopf	did not bat
LF Freemantle	did not bat
TA Carlton	did not bat
AE Liddicut	did not bat
HS Gamble	did not bat
Extras	(14 b, 4 lb)	18
Total	(2 wickets, declared, 422 minutes, 124 overs)	538
Fall of wickets:
1-456, 2-480

Queensland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hornibrook	39	2	144	0	-	-
Barstow	24	1	110	1	-	-
Griffiths	29	4	115	0	-	-
RK Oxenham	17	0	87	1	-	-
Poon	8	0	29	0	-	-
LE Oxenham	6	1	27	0	-	-
Thompson	1	0	8	0	-	-

Queensland second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LE Oxenham	b Gamble	2
+JK Farquhar	c Carlton b Gamble	7
JF Sheppard	c sub (J Mathers) b Gamble	0
FC Thompson	b Gamble	23
*LPD O'Connor	b Liddicut	11
W Rowe	not out	55
RK Oxenham	c Love b Gamble	8
HRG Poon	b Carlton	10
PM Hornibrook	b Hartkopf	8
CB Barstow	b Carlton	0
C Griffiths	st Love b Hartkopf	3
Extras	(6 b, 1 lb, 1 nb)	8
Total	(all out, 160 minutes, 42.1 overs)	135
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-5, 3-14, 4-33, 5-86, 6-106, 7-120, 8-131, 9-132, 10-135 (42.1 ov)

Victoria bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gamble	12	2	38	5	-	1
Carlton	8	4	25	2	-	-
Freemantle	4	0	22	0	-	-
Liddicut	4	1	10	1	-	-
Hartkopf	11.1	2	22	2	-	-
Ransford	3	0	10	0	-	-

Notes
--> HRG Poon made his debut in first-class matches
--> ER Mayne (1) passed his previous highest score of 157 in first-class matches
--> ER Mayne (1) passed 6500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 14
--> WH Ponsford (1) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 197
--> HSB Love (1) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 14
--> W Rowe (2) passed his previous highest score of 54 in first-class matches
--> HS Gamble achieved his best innings bowling analysis in first-class matches in the Queensland first innings (previous best was 3-55)
--> HS Gamble achieved his best innings bowling analysis in first-class matches in the Queensland second innings (previous best was 4-27)

12th Men:J Mathers (Vic) and EC Bensted (Qld)
Crowds: 5000, 10000, 2000. Total: About 17,000. Receipts: 611 pounds