South Australia v New South Wales at Adelaide, 19-22 Dec 1997

Sheffield Shield, 1997/98
South Australia v New South Wales
Adelaide Oval
19,20,21,22 December 1997 (4-day match)

Result: New South Wales won by 10 wickets
Points: New South Wales 6, South Australia 0

Toss: South Australia
Umpires: RG Kinnear and AJ McQuillan.
First-Class Debut: MD Kelton (South Australia).

Close of play:

Day 1: South Australia 323/7 (Young 16*, Gillespie 2*) Day 2: South Australia 366, New South Wales 229/3 (Davison 113*, Richards 0*) Day 3: New South Wales 519, South Australia 54/5 (Gillespie 0*, Webber 0*) South Australia 1st innings R M B 4 6 DA Fitzgerald c SR Waugh b Cook 57 155 87 8 0 MD Kelton b Stuart 6 21 15 1 0 GS Blewett b Cook 9 24 19 1 0 *JD Siddons c Lee b Cook 0 1 2 0 0 BA Johnson lbw b Robertson 33 76 69 3 0 DS Webber c & b Robertson 145 233 197 18 1 +TJ Nielsen c Taylor b Cook 40 159 128 4 0 BE Young c ME Waugh b Freedman 46 117 102 6 0 JN Gillespie c Taylor b Stuart 8 42 37 1 0 SP George c Richards b Freedman 6 47 25 0 0 MA Harrity not out 1 16 10 0 0 Extras (lb 11, nb 4) 15 Total (all out, 116.3 overs, 450 mins) 366 FoW: 1-10 (Kelton), 2-25 (Blewett), 3-25 (Siddons), 4-98 (Johnson), 5-138 (Fitzgerald), 6-276 (Nielsen), 7-316 (Webber), 8-333 (Gillespie), 9-360 (Young), 10-366 (George). Bowling O M R W Cook 26 6 86 4 (1nb) Stuart 32 9 96 2 Lee 16 4 51 0 Freedman 20.3 3 55 2 Robertson 19 7 55 2 SR Waugh 3 1 12 0 (1nb) New South Wales 1st innings R M B 4 6 *MA Taylor c Siddons b Young 50 144 101 4 0 RJ Davison c Nielsen b Young 137 373 323 13 0 SR Waugh lbw b Young 2 29 23 0 0 ME Waugh run out (Harrity) 47 117 104 5 0 CJ Richards c sub (MJP Minagall) b Harrity 4 18 12 0 0 S Lee not out 183 259 206 20 3 +PA Emery c Young b Blewett 42 121 104 7 0 GR Robertson c sub (MJP Minagall) b George 5 12 10 1 0 DA Freedman c Young b Blewett 1 19 11 0 0 AM Stuart lbw b Blewett 10 13 17 2 0 SH Cook b Harrity 3 27 20 0 0 Extras (b 2, lb 19, nb 14) 35 Total (all out, 154 overs) 519 FoW: 1-104 (Taylor), 2-122 (SR Waugh), 3-228 (ME Waugh), 4-233 (Richards), 5-290 (Davison), 6-410 (Emery), 7-425 (Robertson), 8-456 (Freedman), 9-476 (Stuart), 10-519 (Cook). Bowling O M R W Gillespie 11 5 22 0 Harrity 30 5 97 2 Blewett 27 6 85 3 (1nb) George 23 3 97 1 (6nb) Young 53 13 173 3 Johnson 10 2 24 0 South Australia 2nd innings R M B 4 6 DA Fitzgerald c Emery b Cook 2 19 15 0 0 MD Kelton run out (Richards) 6 42 30 1 0 GS Blewett c Emery b Robertson 11 27 21 2 0 *JD Siddons c Emery b Robertson 27 48 42 5 0 BA Johnson c Davison b Robertson 6 34 23 0 0 JN Gillespie b Stuart 25 196 172 0 0 DS Webber b Robertson 30 74 71 5 0 +TJ Nielsen b Robertson 12 26 21 2 0 BE Young not out 41 113 110 7 0 SP George b Stuart 6 18 12 1 0 MA Harrity b Cook 0 8 5 0 0 Extras (b 2) 2 Total (all out, 87 overs, 307 mins) 168 FoW: 1-3, 2-19, 3-21, 4-53, 5-54, 6-91, 7-111, 8-151, 9-163, 10-168. Bowling O M R W Cook 18 4 40 2 Stuart 14 5 46 2 Robertson 32 16 37 5 Freedman 20 11 29 0 Lee 3 0 14 0 New South Wales 2nd innings (target: 16 runs) R M B 4 6 GR Robertson not out 7 12 5 1 0 RJ Davison not out 7 12 15 1 0 Extras (nb 2) 2 Total (0 wickets, 3.1 overs, 12 mins) 16 DNB: *MA Taylor, SR Waugh, ME Waugh, CJ Richards, S Lee, +PA Emery, DA Freedman, AM Stuart, SH Cook. Bowling O M R W Harrity 2 0 13 0 Johnson 1.1 1 3 0 Twelfth Men: MJP Minagall (South Australia) and SR Clark (New South Wales). South Australia 1st Innings: Fitzgerald 50 133 mins 89 balls 8 fours Webber 50 67 mins 60 balls 6x4 1x6; 100 160 mins 140 balls 10x4 1x6 6th wkt partnership: 138 159 mins 264 balls Webber/Nielsen New South Wales 1st Innings: Taylor 50 141 mins 97 balls 4x4 Davison 137 (50 149 mins 125 balls 4x4; 100 252 mins 223 balls 9x4) Second consecutive first-class century, highest fc score (prev. 133* on debut, NSW v Tasmania at Sydney, 1993-94) S Lee 183*: 50 103 mins 85 balls 6x4 100 167 mins 141 balls 13x4 150 236 mins 185 balls 18x4 3x6 54* to 183* between lunch and tea (149 minute session) Highest first-class score (prev, 167* Somerset v Worcestershire at Bath, 1996) Emery appeared to be out caught behind when 6* (5-303) off Blewett. The umpire was Tony McQuillan. JN Gillespie did not take the field after tea on the second day or for the remainder of the NSW innings on the third day due to leg cramps. South Australia 2nd Innings: New Ball taken at 7-151 after 81 overs Day 1 Lunch: SA 3-90 Fitzgerald 38 Johnson 33 30 overs Tea: 5-204 Webber 75 Nielsen 17 61 overs Day 2 Lunch: NSW 0-15 Taylor 4 Davison 11 11 overs Tea 1-114 Davison 53 S Waugh 1 42 overs Day 3 NSW 5-328 Lee 54 Emery 14 115 overs Tea taken at close of NSW innings at 4.09pm Day 4 ** Lunch: SA (2) 7-120 Gillespie 22, Young 2 64 overs Chances put down in the match: SA 1st Innings: Fitzgerald 52* Lee 2nd slip at 4-128 NSW 1st Innings: Davison 16* Webber (1st slip)/George at 0-23 Taylor 10* Young (gully)/Harrity at 0-41 Davison 91* Neilsen/Young at 2-183 Lee 34* George (mid on)/Blewett at 4-296 Attendance: Day 1 - 1924. Day 2 - 1855. Day 3 - 2243. Day 4 - approx 200. Total: 6022 + day 4.