First-Class Cricket Matches 1909

KENT v ESSEX Played at Private Banks Sports Ground, Catford Bridge, June 10, 11, 12, 1909. Match drawn. ESSEX 1 J.W.H.T.Douglas b Blythe 87 2 †A.E.Russell b Blythe 6 3 P.A.Perrin b Blythe 0 4 *F.L.Fane b Blythe 0 5 F.H.Gillingham b Fielder 1 6 J.R.Freeman c Huish b Blythe 18 7 W.Reeves run out 26 8 C.P.Buckenham c and b Fairservice 1 9 C.E.Benham c Woolley b Blythe 18 10 A.H.Read c Seymour b Blythe 17 11 W.Mead not out 9 Extras b 5, lb 8 13 —— 196 FoW (1): 1-8, 2-8, 3-8, 4-21, 5-63, 6-94, 7-103, 8-144, 9-167, 10-196 KENT 1 *E.W.Dillon not out 15 2 E.Humphreys not out 12 3 J.Seymour 4 K.L.Hutchings 5 F.E.Woolley 6 A.P.Day 7 H.T.W.Hardinge 8 W.J.Fairservice 9 †F.H.Huish 10 C.Blythe 11 A.Fielder —— (no wicket) 27 Kent Bowling O M R W Fielder 8 2 15 1 Blythe 31.1 6 106 7 Woolley 19 5 51 0 Fairservice 6 3 11 1 Essex Bowling O M R W Buckenham 7 2 16 0 Mead 7 4 11 0 Umpires: C.E.Dench and W.Vining. Toss: Essex Close of Play: 1st day: Essex (1) 22-4 (Douglas 12*, Freeman 1*); 2nd day: Kent (1) 27-0 (Dillon 15*, Humphreys 12*). There was no play on the final day. 110