First-Class Cricket Matches 1908

AUSTRALIA v ENGLAND Played at Melbourne Cricket Ground, February 7, 8, 10, 11, 1908. Australia won by 308 runs. AUSTRALIA 1 *M.A.Noble b Crawford 48 b Crawford 10 2 V.T.Trumper c Crawford b Fielder 0 b Crawford 0 3 C.Hill b Barnes 7 run out 25 4 P.A.McAlister c Jones b Fielder 37 c Humphries b Fielder 4 5 S.E.Gregory c Fielder b Crawford 10 lbw b Fielder 29 6 W.W.Armstrong b Crawford 32 not out 133 7 V.S.Ransford c Braund b Fielder 51 c Humphries b Rhodes 54 8 C.G.Macartney c Hardstaff b Fielder 12 c Gunn b Crawford 29 9 †H.Carter c and b Crawford 2 c Braund b Fielder 66 10 J.D.A.O’Connor c Fielder b Crawford 2 c Humphries b Barnes 18 11 J.V.Saunders not out 1 c Jones b Fielder 2 Extras b 1, lb 10, nb 1 12 b 7, lb 2, nb 6 15 —— —— 214 385 FoW (1): 1-1 (2), 2-14 (3), 3-89 (1), 4-103 (4), 5-105 (5), 6-196 (7), 7-196 (6), 8-198 (9), 9-212 (8), 10-214 (10) FoW (2): 1-4 (2), 2-21 (1), 3-28 (4), 4-65 (3), 5-77 (5), 6-162 (7), 7-217 (8), 8-329 (9), 9-374 (10), 10-385 (11) ENGLAND 1 J.B.Hobbs b Noble 57 c and b Saunders 0 2 G.Gunn c and b Saunders 13 b Saunders 43 3 J.Hardstaff c Carter b O’Connor 8 c Carter b Saunders 39 4 K.L.Hutchings b Saunders 8 b Noble 3 5 L.C.Braund run out 4 b Macartney 10 6 W.Rhodes c McAlister b Saunders 0 c Carter b O’Connor 2 7 J.N.Crawford b Saunders 1 c Carter b O’Connor 0 8 *A.O.Jones b Noble 3 c Saunders b O’Connor 31 9 S.F.Barnes c O’Connor b Noble 3 not out 22 10 †J.Humphries not out 3 c Carter b Saunders 11 11 A.Fielder st Carter b Saunders 1 b Armstrong 20 Extras b 1, lb 2, nb 1 4 lb 4, nb 1 5 —— —— 105 186 FoW (1): 1-58 (2), 2-69 (3), 3-88 (1), 4-90 (4), 5-90 (6), 6-92 (7), 7-96 (5), 8-100 (8), 9-103 (9), 10-105 (11) FoW (2): 1-0 (1), 2-61 (3), 3-64 (4), 4-79 (5), 5-88 (6), 6-88 (7), 7-128 (2), 8-132 (8), 9-146 (10), 10-186 (11) England Bowling O M R W O M R W Fielder 22 3 54 4 31 2 91 4 Barnes 23 11 37 1 35 13 69 1 Braund 12 3 42 0 7 0 48 0 Crawford 23.5 3 48 5 25 5 72 3 Rhodes 5 0 21 0 24 5 66 1 Hutchings (6) 2 0 24 0 Australia Bowling O M R W O M R W O’Connor 6 1 40 1 21 3 58 3 Armstrong 1 0 4 0 3.1 0 18 1 Macartney 6 1 18 0 6 1 15 1 Saunders 15.2 8 28 5 26 2 76 4 Noble 6 0 11 3 12 6 14 1 Umpires: P.Argall and R.M.Crockett. Toss: Australia Close of Play: 1st day: England (1) 9-0 (Hobbs 9*, Gunn 0*); 2nd day: Australia (2) 49-3 (Hill 18*, Gregory 13*); 3rd day: Australia (2) 358-8 (Armstrong 114*, O’Connor 12*). W.W.Armstrong’s 133 took 289 minutes and included 14 fours and 2 sixes. 33