First-Class Cricket Matches 1908

AUSTRALIA v ENGLAND Played at Sydney Cricket Ground, December 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 1907. Australia won by two wickets. ENGLAND 1 *F.L.Fane c Trumper b Cotter 2 (2) c Noble b Saunders 33 2 †R.A.Young c Carter b Cotter 13 (7) b Noble 3 3 G.Gunn c Hazlitt b Cotter 119 c Noble b Cotter 74 4 K.L.Hutchings c and b Armstrong 42 c Armstrong b Saunders 17 5 L.C.Braund b Cotter 30 (6) not out 32 6 J.Hardstaff b Armstrong 12 (5) b Noble 63 7 W.Rhodes run out 1 (1) c McAlister b Macartney 29 8 J.N.Crawford b Armstrong 31 c Hazlitt b Cotter 5 9 S.F.Barnes b Cotter 1 b Saunders 11 10 C.Blythe b Cotter 5 c Noble b Saunders 15 11 A.Fielder not out 1 lbw b Armstrong 6 Extras b 7, lb 6, w 1, nb 2 16 b 2, w 3, nb 7 12 —— —— 273 300 FoW (1): 1-11 (1), 2-18 (2), 3-91 (4), 4-208 (3), 5-221 (6), 6-223 (7), 7-246 (5), 8-253 (9), 9-271 (8), 10-273 (10) FoW (2): 1-56 (1), 2-82 (2), 3-105 (4), 4-218 (5), 5-223 (3), 6-227 (7), 7-241 (8), 8-262 (9), 9-293 (10), 10-300 (11) AUSTRALIA 1 V.T.Trumper b Fielder 43 b Barnes 3 2 P.A.McAlister c Hutchings b Barnes 3 (7) b Crawford 41 3 C.Hill c Gunn b Fielder 87 b Fielder 1 4 *M.A.Noble c Braund b Fielder 37 b Barnes 27 5 W.W.Armstrong c Braund b Fielder 7 b Crawford 44 6 V.S.Ransford c Braund b Rhodes 24 c and b Blythe 13 7 C.G.Macartney c Young b Fielder 35 (2) c Crawford b Fielder 9 8 †H.Carter b Braund 25 c Young b Fielder 61 9 G.R.Hazlitt not out 18 (10) not out 34 10 A.Cotter b Braund 2 (9) not out 33 11 J.V.Saunders c Braund b Fielder 9 Extras b 4, lb 2, w 2, nb 2 10 b 6, nb 3 9 —— —— 300 (8 wickets) 275 FoW (1): 1-4 (2), 2-72 (1), 3-164 (4), 4-177 (3), 5-184 (5), 6-222 (6), 7-253 (7), 8-277 (8), 9-281 (10), 10-300 (11) FoW (2): 1-7 (1), 2-12 (3), 3-27 (2), 4-75 (4), 5-95 (6), 6-124 (5), 7-185 (7), 8-219 (8) Australia Bowling O M R W O M R W Cotter 21.5 0 101 6 26 1 101 2 Saunders 11 0 42 0 23 6 68 4 Hazlitt 9 2 32 0 4 2 24 0 Armstrong 26 10 63 3 27 14 33 1 Macartney 3 0 5 0 14 2 39 1 Noble 6 1 14 0 15 5 23 2 England Bowling O M R W O M R W Fielder 30.2 4 82 6 27.3 4 88 3 Barnes 22 3 74 1 30 7 63 2 Blythe 12 1 33 0 19 5 55 1 Braund 17 2 74 2 7 2 14 0 Crawford 5 1 14 0 8 2 33 2 Rhodes 5 2 13 1 7 3 13 0 Umpires: R.M.Crockett and W.Hannah. Toss: England Close of Play: 1st day: Australia (1) 50-1 (Trumper 31*, Hill 16*); 2nd day: England (2) 19-0 (Rhodes 10*, Fane 8*); 3rd day: England (2) 293-9 (Braund 31*); 4th day: Australia (2) 63-3 (Noble 27*, Armstrong 17*); 5th day: No play. G.Gunn’s 119 took 150 minutes and included 20 fours. 16