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Nervous nineties is the period of batsman's innings when his or her score is between 90 and 99. During this phase many players bat extremely cautiously in order to avoid being out before they obtain a century.

Monday, February 11, 1974

New South Wales v Queensland at Sydney Cricket Ground, 8-11 Feb 1974

Sheffield Shield, 1973/74
New South Wales v Queensland
Sydney Cricket Ground
8,9,10,11 February 1974 (4-day match)

Result: New South Wales won by 167 runs
Points: New South Wales 18, Queensland 7

Toss: Queensland
Umpires: TF Brooks and RR Ledwidge
Balls per over: 8

Close of play:

  • Day 1: New South Wales 249, Queensland 52/2 (Trimble 29*, Maclean 0*)
  • Day 2: Queensland 205, New South Wales 115/3 (Walters 5*, Davis 0*)
  • Day 3: New South Wales 314/9d
    New South Wales 1st innings
    RJ Crippin c Trimble b Dell 2
    MF Rosen b Francke 94
    A Turner lbw b Dell 1
    *KD Walters lbw b Dymock 0
    IC Davis c Maclean b Dell 13
    RB McCosker b Albury 54
    KJ O'Keeffe b Francke 25
    GJ Gilmour st Maclean b Francke 0
    DJ Colley c Albury b Francke 41
    +HB Taber b Francke 12
    JR Thomson not out 0
    Extras (b 2, lb 5) 7
    Total (all out, 55.6 overs, 252 mins) 249

    FoW: 1-2, 2-4, 3-5, 4-24, 5-132,
    6-178, 7-178, 8-219, 9-244, 10-249.

    Bowling O M R W
    Dell 11 2 49 3
    Dymock 10 0 64 1
    Chappell 3 1 5 0
    Albury 13 1 43 1
    Francke 18.6 5 81 5

    Queensland 1st innings
    SC Trimble b Thomson 45
    IM Seib c Turner b Thomson 10
    AR Jones c Taber b Thomson 6
    *GS Chappell c Taber b Thomson 31
    Majid Khan c Gilmour b O'Keeffe 38
    PH Carlson c Taber b Thomson 27
    +JA Maclean c Rosen b O'Keeffe 13
    FM Francke c Turner b Thomson 5
    G Dymock run out (Thomson) 7
    WD Albury c Gilmour b Thomson 6
    AR Dell not out 1
    Extras (b 2, lb 9, w 1, nb 4) 16
    Total (all out, 50.5 overs, 255 mins) 205

    FoW: 1-35, 2-52, 3-102, 4-107, 5-155,
    6-184, 7-184, 8-196, 9-199, 10-205.

    Bowling O M R W
    Thomson 20.5 4 85 7 (1nb)
    Gilmour 11 0 54 0 (1nb,1w)
    Colley 11 2 38 0 (2nb)
    Walters 2 2 0 0
    O'Keeffe 6 4 12 2

    New South Wales 2nd innings
    RJ Crippin c Trimble b Francke 53
    MF Rosen c Dell b Dymock 50
    A Turner c Majid Khan b Dymock 2
    *KD Walters c Seib b Francke 16
    IC Davis b Majid Khan 84
    RB McCosker b Dymock 50
    KJ O'Keeffe c Majid Khan b Dell 13
    GJ Gilmour c & b Dell 1
    DJ Colley not out 21
    +HB Taber b Dymock 7
    JR Thomson not out 2
    Extras (b 7, lb 5, nb 3) 15
    Total (9 wickets dec, 81.6 overs, 373 mins) 314

    FoW: 1-98, 2-103, 3-111, 4-156, 5-245,
    6-280, 7-282, 8-283, 9-305.

    Bowling O M R W
    Dell 20 1 83 2 (3nb)
    Dymock 27.6 5 92 4
    Carlson 1 0 9 0
    Albury 3 0 20 0
    Francke 22 5 59 2
    Chappell 5 0 23 0
    Majid Khan 3 0 13 1

    Queensland 2nd innings (target: 359 runs)
    IM Seib b Thomson 5
    SC Trimble c Taber b Gilmour 43
    AR Jones b Colley 21
    *GS Chappell c McCosker b Colley 44
    Majid Khan lbw b Colley 5
    PH Carlson c Taber b Colley 0
    +JA Maclean c Gilmour b Colley 35
    FM Francke c Taber b Thomson 0
    G Dymock st Taber b O'Keeffe 27
    WD Albury c Turner b O'Keeffe 4
    AR Dell not out 0
    Extras (lb 1, w 2, nb 4) 7
    Total (all out, 46.6 overs, 231 mins) 191

    FoW: 1-19, 2-66, 3-98, 4-113, 5-115,
    6-128, 7-128, 8-176, 9-187, 10-191.

    Bowling O M R W
    Thomson 10 1 40 2 (1w)
    Gilmour 12 2 32 1 (1w)
    O'Keeffe 13.6 1 66 2
    Colley 11 2 46 5 (4nb)

    • 12th Men: SR Bernard (NSW) and TV Hohns (Qld)
    • Crowds: 3165, 9562, 6623, 3721. Total: 23,071. Receipts: $6,734
  • Sunday, February 10, 1974

    Western Australia v South Australia at Perth, 8-10 Feb 1974

    Sheffield Shield, 1973/74
    Western Australia v South Australia
    W.A.C.A. Ground, Perth
    8,9,10 February 1974 (4-day match)

    Result: Western Australia won by an innings and 96 runs
    Points: Western Australia 23, South Australia 1

    Toss: South Australia
    Umpires: WI Carter and MG McClean
    Balls per over: 8

    Close of play:

  • Day 1: South Australia 151, Western Australia 152/1 (WJ Edwards 81*, R Edwards 34*)
  • Day 2: Western Australia 413/4d, South Australia 34/4 (Nash 0*, Jenner 0*)
    South Australia 1st innings
    AJ Woodcock b Watson 20
    BL Causby c Brayshaw b Baker 4
    *IM Chappell c Paulsen b Baker 6
    BG Curtin c Baker b McKenzie 45
    JE Nash c WJ Edwards b McKenzie 8
    +JS Donaldson st Marsh b Paulsen 1
    TJ Jenner b Watson 29
    JR Barnes b Paulsen 1
    EW Freeman lbw b McKenzie 0
    AA Mallett c Inverarity b Baker 27
    BN Hiern not out 3
    Extras (lb 2, nb 5) 7
    Total (all out, 39 overs, 191 mins) 151

    FoW: 1-11, 2-19, 3-57, 4-71, 5-88,
    6-89, 7-91, 8-100, 9-128, 10-151.

    Bowling O M R W
    McKenzie 10 0 41 3 (3nb)
    Baker 9 1 35 3
    Watson 8 1 38 2 (2nb)
    Paulsen 12 3 30 2

    Western Australia 1st innings
    IJ Brayshaw c Jenner b Barnes 30
    WJ Edwards c sub (RJ Parker) b Freeman 122
    R Edwards c Donaldson b Hiern 147
    *RJ Inverarity c Donaldson b Barnes 91
    +RW Marsh not out 9
    Extras (b 4, lb 6, nb 4) 14
    Total (4 wickets dec, 73 overs, 331 mins) 413

    DNB: RS Langer, GD Watson, RG Paulsen, GD McKenzie, B Yardley,
    DJ Baker.

    FoW: 1-85, 2-218, 3-375, 4-413.

    Bowling O M R W
    Hiern 16 1 98 1 (3nb)
    Freeman 20 0 96 1 (1nb)
    Barnes 15 0 90 2
    Jenner 15 0 84 0
    Chappell 7 0 31 0

    South Australia 2nd innings
    AJ Woodcock c Marsh b Baker 2
    BL Causby run out 17
    *IM Chappell c Inverarity b McKenzie 6
    BG Curtin c Marsh b Watson 5
    JE Nash c Marsh b McKenzie 59
    TJ Jenner c Baker b Watson 44
    +JS Donaldson b Watson 1
    JR Barnes c R Edwards b Watson 5
    EW Freeman b Watson 0
    AA Mallett st Marsh b Paulsen 7
    BN Hiern not out 16
    Extras (nb 4) 4
    Total (all out, 37 overs, 188 mins) 166

    FoW: 1-3, 2-23, 3-34, 4-34, 5-90,
    6-97, 7-103, 8-103, 9-116, 10-166.

    Bowling O M R W
    McKenzie 6 1 18 2 (1nb)
    Baker 8 2 30 1 (3nb)
    Watson 13 2 69 5
    Paulsen 9 1 35 1
    Yardley 1 0 10 0

    • 12th Men: WM Clark (WA) and RJ Parker (SA)
    • Crowds: 2621, 4320, 2088. Total: 9,029. Receipts: $4,098
  • Sunday, February 3, 1974

    Final: New Zealand v Western Australia at Melbourne, 3 Feb 1974

    Gillette Cup (Australia), 1973/74, Final
    New Zealand v Western Australia
    Melbourne Cricket Ground
    3 February 1974 (40-over match)

    Result: Western Australia won by 7 wickets
    Series: Western Australia wins the 1973/74 Gillette Cup (Australia)

    Toss: Western Australia
    Umpires: JR Collins and WJ Copeland
    Man of the match: GD McKenzie

    Balls per over: 8

    New Zealand innings (40 overs maximum)                          R   M   B  4 6
    JM Parker c Yardley b Baker 11 55 0 0
    GM Turner c Watson b McKenzie 0 1 1 0 0
    MJF Shrimpton lbw b McKenzie 2 30 0 0
    BF Hastings c & b Clark 2 7 0 0
    *BE Congdon c Marsh b Clark 7 28 0 0
    JFM Morrison b Clark 50 131 3 0
    +KJ Wadsworth c R Edwards b Baker 21 17 3 0
    RJ Hadlee c WJ Edwards b McKenzie 30 64 2 0
    DR Hadlee run out (McKenzie/Marsh) 7 18 0 0
    DR O'Sullivan c Marsh b Yardley 0 1 0 0
    BL Cairns not out 11 13 1 0
    Extras (lb 6, w 1, nb 2) 9
    Total (all out, 36.3 overs, 187 mins) 150

    FoW: 1-1 (Turner), 2-12 (Shrimpton), 3-15 (Hastings),
    4-21 (Parker), 5-35 (Congdon), 6-60 (Wadsworth),
    7-116 (RJ Hadlee), 8-130 (DR Hadlee), 9-130 (O'Sullivan),
    10-150 (Morrison).

    Bowling O M R W
    McKenzie 8 1 20 3 (1nb)
    Baker 8 0 22 2
    Clark 6.3 0 38 3
    Yardley 8 1 28 1 (1nb, 1w)
    Watson 5 0 25 0
    Brayshaw 1 0 8 0

    Western Australia innings (target: 151 runs from 40 overs) R M B 4 6
    GD Watson b Cairns 15 28 1 0
    WJ Edwards lbw b Congdon 54 56 5 0
    *RJ Inverarity not out 31 94 2 0
    R Edwards b Congdon 18 42 1 0
    RS Langer not out 27 23 4 1
    Extras (b 1, lb 1, nb 4) 6
    Total (3 wickets, 26.6 overs, 123 mins) 151

    DNB: +RW Marsh, IJ Brayshaw, B Yardley, GD McKenzie, DJ Baker,
    WM Clark.

    FoW: 1-39 (Watson), 2-74 (WJ Edwards), 3-112 (R Edwards).

    Bowling O M R W
    RJ Hadlee 5 0 37 0 (3nb)
    Cairns 4 0 19 1 (1nb)
    DR Hadlee 6 0 36 0
    Congdon 8 3 31 2
    O'Sullivan 3.6 0 22 0

    Note: Wides count as Balls Faced in the batsmens' analyses

    Scorers: BW Bright (Western Australia) and MP Ringham (New Zealand)

    Saturday, February 2, 1974

    Semi Final: New South Wales v Western Australia at Sydney, Feb 2, 1974

    List A match
    Gillette Cup (Australia) - Semi Final
    New South Wales v Western Australia
    1973/74 season

    Played at Sydney Cricket Ground on 2 February 1974 (40-over match)

    Result Western Australia won by 4 wickets (with 21 balls remaining)

    New South Wales innings (40 overs maximum) R M 4s 6s

    RJ Crippin b McKenzie 112 188 13 0

    MF Rosen b Inverarity 34 48 3 0

    A Turner c Inverarity b Baker 6 26 1 0
    captain KD Walters c & b Inverarity 20 28 1 1

    IC Davis b Watson 3 11 0 0

    RB McCosker c wicketkeeperMarsh b Watson 10 18 1 0

    KJ O'Keeffe b Brayshaw 10 15 0 0

    DJ Colley c Langer b McKenzie 40 30 5 0
    wicketkeeper HB Taber c Clark b Baker 7 6 1 0

    JR Thomson not out 1 4 0 0

    Extras (lb 10, w 3, nb 6) 19









    Total (9 wickets; 40 overs; 194 mins) 262 (4.91 runs per 6 balls)

    Did not bat SR Bernard

    Fall of wickets1-65 (Rosen), 2-101 (Turner), 3-141 (Walters), 4-153 (Davis), 5-171 (McCosker), 6-192 (O'Keeffe), 7-254 (Colley), 8-254 (Crippin), 9-262 (Taber)

    Bowling O M R W Econ

    GD McKenzie 8 0 42 2 3.93 (2nb, 1w)

    WM Clark 4 0 38 0 7.12 (3nb)

    DJ Baker 6 0 44 2 5.50 (1nb, 1w)

    RJ Inverarity 8 0 42 2 3.93

    GD Watson 8 1 38 2 3.56 (1w)

    IJ Brayshaw 6 0 39 1 4.87

    Western Australia innings (target: 263 runs from 40 overs) R M 4s 6s

    GD Watson run out 27 56 4 0

    WJ Edwards lbw b Colley 28 39 3 0
    captain RJ Inverarity c McCosker b Colley 0 2 0 0

    R Edwards c wicketkeeperTaber b Colley 13 28 0 0
    wicketkeeper RW Marsh not out 99 128 9 3

    IJ Brayshaw b Thomson 21 44 1 0

    RS Langer c wicketkeeperTaber b Bernard 3 7 0 0

    B Yardley not out 59 59 9 0

    Extras (b 6, lb 7) 13









    Total (6 wickets; 37.3 overs; 186 mins) 263 (5.27 runs per 6 balls)

    Did not bat GD McKenzie, DJ Baker, WM Clark

    Fall of wickets1-58 (WJ Edwards), 2-58 (Inverarity), 3-67 (Watson), 4-87 (R Edwards), 5-147 (Brayshaw), 6-152 (Langer)

    Bowling O M R W Econ

    SR Bernard 7 0 55 1 5.89

    JR Thomson 7 0 49 1 5.25

    KD Walters 8 0 48 0 4.50

    DJ Colley 8 0 37 3 3.46

    KJ O'Keeffe 7.3 1 61 0 6.20

    Balls per over 8

    Toss Western Australia, who chose to field first

    Player of the match RJ Crippin (New South Wales)

    Umpires TF Brooks and KT Killey

    Match notes

    • Scorers: R Brown (Western Australia) and DK Sherwood (New South Wales)
    • 12th Men: SE Webster (New South Wales) and RG Paulsen (Western Australia)
    • Attendance: 2,800

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