First-Class Cricket Matches 1909

SOMERSET v AUSTRALIANS Played at Recreation Ground, Bath, June 10, 11, 12, 1909. Australians won by two wickets. SOMERSET 1 L.C.Braund c Armstrong b Whitty 3 c sub b Macartney 51 2 F.P.Hardy c Noble b Laver 9 c Carter b Laver 6 3 A.E.Lewis b Laver 26 c and b Laver 2 4 K.H.S.Narayan st Carter b Whitty 3 (5) b Macartney 16 5 B.L.Bisgood st Carter b Whitty 5 (8) b Macartney 3 6 E.Robson c Armstrong b Laver 4 (4) c Bardsley b Armstrong 6 7 V.T.Hill c McAlister b Whitty 6 (6) b Noble 0 8 W.T.Greswell lbw b Whitty 7 (9) b Macartney 8 9 E.S.M.Poyntz b Noble 18 (10) b Laver 5 10 *J.Daniell not out 10 (7) c Bardsley b Laver 8 11 †H.Chidgey b Noble 0 not out 2 Extras b 1, lb 1 2 b 4 4 —— —— 93 111 FoW (1): 1-5, 2-21, 3-32, 4-42, 5-50, 6-52, 7-61, 8-71, 9-93, 10-93 FoW (2): 1-15, 2-33, 3-40, 4-73, 5-76, 6-84, 7-88, 8-94, 9-109, 10-111 AUSTRALIANS 1 P.A.McAlister c Chidgey b Robson 27 c Braund b Greswell 15 2 †H.Carter c Poyntz b Lewis 7 (9) b Greswell 3 3 M.J.Hartigan c Chidgey b Robson 2 (8) b Greswell 1 4 V.T.Trumper b Robson 2 c Braund b Robson 0 5 *M.A.Noble c Braund b Robson 14 (3) c Braund b Robson 0 6 S.E.Gregory c Chidgey b Robson 6 (5) b Greswell 29 7 W.W.Armstrong c Greswell b Robson 7 (6) c and b Robson 5 8 W.Bardsley b Robson 17 (2) lbw b Robson 0 9 C.G.Macartney not out 25 (7) not out 6 10 F.J.Laver c Poyntz b Robson 5 not out 4 11 W.J.Whitty absent ill 0 Extras b 23, lb 4 27 b 4, lb 1 5 —— —— 139 (8 wickets) 68 FoW (1): 1-32, 2-35, 3-37, 4-40, 5-58, 6-77, 7-80, 8-125, 9-139 FoW (2): 1-1, 2-7, 3-7, 4-35, 5-54, 6-54, 7-57, 8-61 Australians Bowling O M R W O M R W Laver 15 4 40 3 20.2 7 38 4 Whitty 15 4 45 5 Noble 1.5 0 4 2 (2) 12 2 39 1 Macartney 1 0 2 0 (3) 9 2 20 4 Armstrong (4) 9 5 10 1 Somerset Bowling O M R W O M R W Greswell 25 8 43 0 13 8 11 4 Lewis 12 5 26 1 7 3 7 0 Robson 19.1 8 35 8 18.1 6 45 4 Hardy 4 1 8 0 Umpires: H.Baldwin and W.Flowers. Toss: Somerset Close of Play: 1st day: Australians (1) 159-9 (Macartney 25*); 2nd day: Somerset (2) 33-2 (Braund 25*, Robson 0*). 115