First-Class Cricket Matches 1908

J.BAMFORD’S XI v M.C.C. AUSTRALIAN TOURING TEAM Played at Oldfields Ground, Uttoxeter, September 10, 11, 12, 1908. M.C.C. Australian Touring Team won by nine wickets. J.BAMFORD’S XI 1 R.Whitehead b Blythe 5 ( ) st Young b Blythe 2 2 C.H.Hardisty lbw b Blythe 3 ( ) b Blythe 4 3 H.A.W.Bowell c Crawford b Blythe 9 ( ) hit wkt b Blythe 0 4 J.Vine b Blythe 0 (1) lbw b Rhodes 6 5 A.Marshal c Rhodes b Blythe 36 (2) c Hardstaff b Rhodes 11 6 F.A.Tarrant b Blythe 2 (3) lbw b Crawford 17 7 J.W.Rothery c Gunn b Rhodes 0 c Hobbs b Blythe 5 8 J.H.King not out 60 b Blythe 11 9 V.F.S.Crawford c Hobbs b Crawford 19 lbw b Crawford 5 10 E.G.Arnold c Crawford b Blythe 42 st Young b Blythe 1 11 †A.F.A.Lilley lbw b Rhodes 0 not out 5 Extras b 2, lb 2 4 b 8, lb 5 13 —— —— 180 80 FoW (1): 1-5, 2-12, 3-12, 4- , 5- , 6- , 7- , 8- , 9- , 10-180 FoW (2): 1- , 2-28, 3- , 4-52, 5-54, 6- , 7- , 8- , 9- , 10-80 M.C.C. AUSTRALIAN TOURING TEAM 1 J.B.Hobbs c and b King 29 not out 25 2 G.Gunn b Tarrant 35 3 J.Hardstaff c Bowell b Tarrant 6 4 K.L.Hutchings b Arnold 47 5 W.Rhodes lbw b Marshal 33 (3) not out 23 6 R.A.Young st Lilley b Tarrant 7 7 J.N.Crawford b Tarrant 9 8 L.C.Braund not out 17 (2) st Lilley b Tarrant 8 9 *A.O.Jones c Hardisty b Tarrant 1 10 †J.Humphries c Vine b Tarrant 14 11 C.Blythe c Hardisty b Tarrant 0 Extras b 1, w 1, nb 1 3 b 1, lb 3 4 —— —— 201 (1 wicket) 60 FoW (1): 1-53, 2- , 3- , 4- , 5- , 6- , 7- , 8-177, 9-201, 10-201 FoW (2): 1-9 M.C.C. Australian Touring Team Bowling O M R W O M R W Rhodes 23.5 7 63 2 9 1 14 2 Blythe 36 14 75 7 18 3 39 6 Crawford 13 3 38 1 8 2 14 2 J.Bamford’s XI Bowling O M R W O M R W Tarrant 35 8 82 7 1w,1nb 9 2 33 1 Arnold 23 2 67 1 3.2 0 15 0 Marshal 4 2 8 1 King 13 2 41 1 (3) 5 2 8 0 Umpires: A.Millward and W.A.J.West. Toss: M.C.C. Australian Touring Team Close of Play: 1st day: M.C.C. Australian Touring Team (1) 30-0 (Hobbs 17*, Gunn 12*); 2nd day: J.Bamford’s XI (2) 25-1 (Marshal 7*, Tarrant 8*). J.Bamford’s XI added 70 runs for the 9th wicket in the first innings. M.C.C. Australian Touring Team added 65 runs for the 4th wicket in the first innings. 270