misc28489	Otago v Melbourne Cricket Club
	Melbourne Cricket Club in New Zealand 1905/06
Venue	Carisbrook, Dunedin on 16th, 17th, 19th March 1906 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Otago won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	D Smythe, J West
Scorers	AH Courtis, AE Titchener
Close of play day 1	Melbourne Cricket Club (1) 13/0 (Aitken 8*, Mailer 5*; 2 overs)
Close of play day 2	Otago (2) 36/1 (Siedeberg 23*, Graham 7*)

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Otago first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HG Siedeberg	b Armstrong	1			-	-
AA Adams	c Aitken b McLeod	0			-	-
H Graham	c Henty b Armstrong	16			2	-
GG Austin	c Ransford b McLeod	16			1	-
*CG Wilson	c Ransford b Armstrong	2			-	-
J Baker	c Ransford b Armstrong	55			3	-
CE Howden	lbw b Armstrong	0			-	-
AH Fisher	c Aitken b McLeod	2			-	-
AD Downes	b Armstrong	18			3	-
RC Torrance	c Ransford b McLeod	12			2	-
+F Williams	not out	4			1	-
Extras	(4 b)	4
Total	(all out, 68 overs)	130
Fall of wickets:
1-1 (Adams), 2-15 (Siedeberg), 3-18 (Graham), 4-22 (Wilson), 5-67 (Austin), 6-74 (Howden), 7-79 (Fisher), 8-107 (Downes), 9-124 (Baker), 10-130 (Torrance, 68 ov)

Melbourne Cricket Club bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McLeod	34	10	51	4	-	-
Armstrong	34	7	75	6	-	-

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Melbourne Cricket Club first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AA Aitken	run out (Siedeberg->Fisher)	24			2	-
D Mailer	b Graham	69			4	-
VS Ransford	b Downes	0			-	-
*WW Armstrong	c Siedeberg b Fisher	60			5	-
CE McLeod	b Downes	18			-	-
+WE Wilkinson	c Williams b Fisher	4			-	-
GC Henty	b Downes	40			4	-
H Irwin	run out (Siedeberg->Williams)	26
PG Jennings	b Downes	0			-	-
CR Laver	not out	5			-	-
C Butler	b Torrance	8			2	-
Extras		19
Total	(all out, 95 overs)	273
Fall of wickets:
1-37 (Aitken), 2-37 (Ransford), 3-144 (Armstrong), 4-164 (Mailer), 5-170 (Wilkinson), 6-221 (McLeod), 7-234 (Henty), 8-234 (Jennings), 9-261 (Irwin), 10-273 (Butler, 95 ov)

Otago bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Downes	36	9	105	4	-	-
Fisher	27	7	67	2	-	-
Torrance	13	4	21	1	-	-
Graham	12	0	47	1	-	-
Austin	7	2	14	0	-	-

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Otago second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
J Baker	run out	3			-	-
HG Siedeberg	b Armstrong	102		188	11	-
H Graham	run out (Jennings)	15			1	-
GG Austin	c Mailer b McLeod	28		94	3	-
CE Howden	st +Henty b Armstrong	14			2	-
*CG Wilson	lbw b Armstrong	0	1		-	-
AA Adams	b Wilkinson	1			-	-
AH Fisher	c sub (F Hourigan) b Armstrong	31			6	-
AD Downes	not out	19			2	-
RC Torrance	b Butler	0			-	-
+F Williams	c sub (F Vaughan) b Armstrong	10			1	-
Extras		30
Total	(all out, 236 minutes, 102 overs)	253
Fall of wickets:
1-16 (Baker), 2-46 (Graham), 3-155 (Austin), 4-184 (Howden), 5-184 (Wilson), 6-187 (Siedeberg), 7-201 (Adams), 8-237 (Fisher), 9-240 (Torrance), 10-253 (Williams, 102 ov)

Melbourne Cricket Club bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McLeod	33	13	65	1	-	-
Armstrong	40	14	66	5	-	-
Ransford	9	4	13	0	-	-
Butler	8	0	30	1	-	-
Wilkinson	9	3	37	1	-	-
Laver	3	1	12	0	-	-

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Melbourne Cricket Club second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*WW Armstrong	b Downes	0	3		-	-
D Mailer	b Fisher	0	2		-	-
GC Henty	c Wilson b Downes	0			-	-
+WE Wilkinson	b Downes	12			2	-
VS Ransford	b Austin	34			4	-
CE McLeod	b Austin	12			1	-
CR Laver	b Downes	0			-	-
PG Jennings	c Williams b Austin	0			-	-
C Butler	not out	0			-	-
AA Aitken	did not bat
H Irwin	did not bat
Extras	(1 b)	1
Total	(8 wickets, 30 overs)	59
Fall of wickets:
1-0 (Armstrong, 0.3 ov), 2-0 (Mailer, 1.2 ov), 3-4 (Henty), 4-20 (Wilkinson), 5-58 (Ransford), 6-59 (McLeod), 7-59 (Jennings), 8-59 (Laver, 30 ov)

Otago bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Downes	15	7	30	4	-	-
Fisher	11	5	14	1	-	-
Austin	4	1	14	3	-	-

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Notes
--> J Baker scored 3 fives in the Otago first innings
--> WW Armstrong scored 1 five in the Melbourne Cricket Club first innings
--> GC Henty scored 1 five in the Melbourne Cricket Club first innings
--> HG Siedeberg scored 1 five in the Otago second innings

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Heavy rain meant an early finish on the first day after only 2 overs of the Melbourne Cricket Club first innings
GC Henty took over as wicketkeeper during the Otago second innings when the score was 105/2 to enable WE Wilkinson to come on to bowl
Local practice meant hits over the boundary on the full were only scored as 5
D Mailer scored one 5 when he took a quick single and a throw at the stumps went to the boundary
WW Armstrong, with his team in danger of losing being 59-8, invoked the clause which both captains had agreed to play under, that no batsmen would have to bat with only five minutes left to play. Although both Aitken and Irwin had been unable to field in the Otago second innings due to injury, it seems that Armstrong was within his rights to invoke the clause that the captains had agreed to. Earlier, the first four batsmen had made their way to the wicket very quickly indeed, but when the scoreboard read 3 wickets for 4 runs, the remaining batsmen were very slow to take their positions, which provoked hostile reactions from the spectators.

 

 

 

 

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