First-Class Cricket Matches 1908

AUSTRALIA v ENGLAND Played at Melbourne Cricket Ground, January 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 1908. England won by one wicket. AUSTRALIA 1 V.T.Trumper c Humphries b Crawford 49 (2) lbw b Crawford 63 2 C.G.Macartney b Crawford 37 (6) c Humphries b Barnes 54 3 C.Hill b Fielder 16 b Fielder 3 4 *M.A.Noble c Braund b Rhodes 61 (1) b Crawford 64 5 W.W.Armstrong c Hutchings b Crawford 31 b Barnes 77 6 P.A.McAlister run out 10 (4) run out 15 7 V.S.Ransford run out 27 c Hutchings b Barnes 18 8 A.Cotter b Crawford 17 (9) lbw b Crawford 27 9 †H.Carter not out 15 (8) c Fane b Barnes 53 10 G.R.Hazlitt b Crawford 1 b Barnes 3 11 J.V.Saunders b Fielder 0 not out 0 Extras lb 1, w 1 2 b 12, lb 8 20 —— —— 266 397 FoW (1): 1-84 (1), 2-93 (2), 3-111 (3), 4-168 (5), 5-197 (6), 6-214 (4), 7-240 (8), 8-261 (7), 9-265 (10), 10-266 (11) FoW (2): 1-126 (2), 2-131 (1), 3-135 (3), 4-162 (4), 5-268 (5), 6-303 (6), 7-312 (7), 8-361 (9), 9-392 (10), 10-397 (8) ENGLAND 1 *F.L.Fane b Armstrong 13 b Armstrong 50 2 J.B.Hobbs b Cotter 83 b Noble 28 3 G.Gunn lbw b Cotter 15 lbw b Noble 0 4 K.L.Hutchings b Cotter 126 c Cotter b Macartney 39 5 L.C.Braund b Cotter 49 b Armstrong 30 6 J.Hardstaff b Saunders 12 c Ransford b Cotter 19 7 W.Rhodes b Saunders 32 run out 15 8 J.N.Crawford c Ransford b Saunders 16 c Armstrong b Saunders 10 9 S.F.Barnes c Hill b Armstrong 14 not out 38 10 †J.Humphries b Cotter 6 lbw b Armstrong 16 11 A.Fielder not out 6 not out 18 Extras b 3, lb 3, w 1, nb 3 10 b 9, lb 7, w 1, nb 2 19 —— —— 382 (9 wickets) 282 FoW (1): 1-27 (1), 2-61 (3), 3-160 (2), 4-268 (4), 5-287 (6), 6-325 (5), 7-353 (8), 8-360 (7), 9-369 (10), 10-382 (9) FoW (2): 1-54 (2), 2-54 (3), 3-121 (1), 4-131 (4), 5-162 (6), 6-196 (5), 7-198 (7), 8-209 (8), 9-243 (10) England Bowling O M R W O M R W Fielder 27.5 4 77 2 27 6 74 1 Barnes 17 7 30 0 27.4 4 72 5 Rhodes 11 0 37 1 16 6 38 0 Braund 16 5 41 0 18 2 68 0 Crawford 29 1 79 5 33 6 125 3 Australia Bowling O M R W O M R W Cotter 33 4 142 5 28 3 82 1 Saunders 34 7 100 3 30 9 58 1 Noble 9 3 26 0 22 7 41 2 Armstrong 34.2 15 36 2 30.4 10 53 3 Hazlitt 13 1 34 0 2 1 8 0 Macartney 12 2 34 0 9 3 21 1 Umpires: P.Argall and R.M.Crockett. Toss: Australia Close of Play: 1st day: Australia (1) 255-7 (Ransford 22*, Carter 10*); 2nd day: England (1) 246-3 (Hutchings 117*, Braund 15*); 3rd day: Australia (2) 96-0 (Noble 50*, Trumper 46*); 4th day: Australia (2) 360-7 (Carter 22*, Cotter 27*); 5th day: England (2) 159-4 (Braund 17*, Hardstaff 17*). K.L.Hutchings’s 126 took 163 minutes and included 21 fours and 1 six. 23