First-Class Cricket Matches 1908

AUSTRALIA v ENGLAND Played at Adelaide Oval, January 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 1908. Australia won by 245 runs. AUSTRALIA 1 V.T.Trumper b Fielder 4 b Barnes 0 2 *M.A.Noble c Hutchings b Barnes 15 c Gunn b Fielder 65 3 C.G.Macartney lbw b Braund 75 b Barnes 9 4 P.A.McAlister c Hutchings b Crawford 28 c Hutchings b Crawford 17 5 W.W.Armstrong c Humphries b Fielder 17 c Hutchings b Braund 34 6 V.S.Ransford b Barnes 44 (7) c Rhodes b Braund 25 7 C.Hill c Humphries b Barnes 5 (9) c Gunn b Crawford 160 8 M.J.Hartigan b Fielder 48 c sub (B.A.Young) b Barnes 116 9 †H.Carter lbw b Hutchings 24 (10) not out 31 10 J.D.A.O’Connor not out 10 (6) b Crawford 20 11 J.V.Saunders b Fielder 1 run out 0 Extras b 3, lb 5, w 3, nb 3 14 b 20, lb 7, w 2 29 —— —— 285 506 FoW (1): 1-11 (1), 2-35 (2), 3-114 (4), 4-140 (3), 5-160 (5), 6-191 (7), 7-215 (6), 8-273 (9), 9-275 (8), 10-285 (11) FoW (2): 1-7 (1), 2-35 (3), 3-71 (4), 4-127 (5), 5-135 (2), 6-179 (7), 7-180 (6), 8-423 (8), 9-501 (9), 10-506 (11) ENGLAND 1 J.B.Hobbs c Carter b Saunders 26 not out 23 2 *F.L.Fane run out 48 b Saunders 0 3 G.Gunn b O’Connor 65 c Trumper b O’Connor 11 4 K.L.Hutchings c and b Macartney 23 b O’Connor 0 5 L.C.Braund b Macartney 0 c Hartigan b O’Connor 47 6 J.Hardstaff b O’Connor 61 c Macartney b Saunders 72 7 W.Rhodes c Carter b O’Connor 38 c Armstrong b O’Connor 9 8 J.N.Crawford b Armstrong 62 c and b Saunders 7 9 S.F.Barnes c and b Armstrong 12 c McAlister b Saunders 8 10 †J.Humphries run out 7 b O’Connor 1 11 A.Fielder not out 0 c Ransford b Saunders 1 Extras b 12, lb 2, w 2, nb 5 21 b 3, nb 1 4 —— —— 363 183 FoW (1): 1-58 (1), 2-98 (2), 3-138 (4), 4-138 (5), 5-194 (3), 6-277 (6), 7-282 (7), 8-320 (9), 9-363 (8), 10-363 (10) FoW (2): 1-8 (2), 2-9 (4), 3-15 (3), 4-128 (6), 5-138 (7), 6-146 (8), 7-162 (5), 8-177 (9), 9-182 (10), 10-183 (11) England Bowling O M R W O M R W Barnes 27 8 60 3 42 9 83 3 Fielder 27.5 5 80 4 23 3 81 1 Rhodes 15 5 35 0 27 9 81 0 Crawford 14 0 65 1 45.5 4 113 3 Braund 9 1 26 1 23 3 85 2 Hutchings 2 1 5 1 7 0 34 0 Australia Bowling O M R W O M R W Saunders 36 6 83 1 21.4 4 65 5 Macartney 18 3 49 2 4 1 17 0 O’Connor 40 8 110 3 21 6 40 5 Noble 18 4 38 0 7 1 14 0 Armstrong 18 4 55 2 10 1 43 0 Hartigan 2 0 7 0 Umpires: R.M.Crockett and J.Laing. Toss: Australia Close of Play: 1st day: Australia (1) 279-9 (O’Connor 5*, Saunders 1*); 2nd day: England (1) 259-5 (Hardstaff 51*, Rhodes 34*); 3rd day: Australia (2) 133-4 (Noble 63*, O’Connor 4*); 4th day: Australia (2) 397-7 (Hartigan 105*, Hill 106*); 5th day: England (2) 139-5 (Braund 41*, Crawford 1*). M.J.Hartigan’s 116 took 254 minutes and included 12 fours. C.Hill’s 160 took 319 minutes and included 18 fours. J.B.Hobbs retired hurt in the England second innings having scored 1 (team score 1-0). 28