First-Class Cricket Matches 1909

CANTERBURY v WELLINGTON Played at Hagley Oval, Christchurch, December 25, 26, 28, 1908. Canterbury won by 212 runs. CANTERBURY 1 B.B.Wood b Connelly 13 c Cate b Connelly 10 2 W.R.Patrick c Cobcroft b Connelly 32 b Monaghan 2 3 E.Humphreys b Monaghan 9 (5) st Cate b Connelly 35 4 *D.Reese b Connelly 51 c Cobcroft b Monaghan 74 5 A.E.Ridley c Cobcroft b Connelly 82 (3) c Blacklock b Monaghan 26 6 A.Anthony st Cate b Cobcroft 104 (10) not out 0 7 S.A.Orchard c Cobcroft b Hickson 33 (6) c Brice b Cobcroft 2 8 A.D.Norman not out 18 (9) not out 4 9 J.H.Bennett b Connelly 16 (8) b Monaghan 0 10 †C.Boxshall c Cate b Cobcroft 8 (7) c Midlane b Connelly 6 11 T.J.Malone c Hickson b Connelly 0 Extras b 18, lb 3, w 1 22 b 5 5 —— —— 388 (8 wickets, declared) 164 FoW (1): 1-17 (1), 2-28 (3), 3-105 (4), 4-114 (2), 5-255 (5), 6-333 (7), 7-346 (6), 8-373 (9), 9-388 (10), 10-388 (11) FoW (2): 1-4 (2), 2-20 (1), 3-50 (3), 4-138 (5), 5-149 (6), 6-162 (4), 7-162 (7), 8-164 (8) WELLINGTON 1 H.C.Hickson b Malone 2 c Bennett b Humphreys 21 2 H.W.Monaghan b Humphreys 19 (5) c Patrick b Malone 15 3 J.J.Mahoney b Bennett 19 hit wkt b Malone 19 4 J.P.Blacklock lbw b Bennett 13 c Reese b Malone 6 5 A.W.S.Brice b Bennett 11 (8) b Reese 16 6 F.A.Midlane c Patrick b Humphreys 21 (9) not out 0 7 *L.T.Cobcroft c Wood b Orchard 32 c Reese b Anthony 19 8 J.A.Bruce not out 65 (2) b Humphreys 4 9 F.G.Alpe b Bennett 4 (10) b Anthony 2 10 †W.A.Cate c Boxshall b Bennett 10 (6) c and b Humphreys 7 11 T.Connelly b Humphreys 16 b Anthony 0 Extras b 7, lb 1 8 b 8, nb 3 11 —— —— 220 120 FoW (1): 1-1 (1), 2-37 (2), 3-58 (3), 4-63 (4), 5-84 (5), 6-90 (6), 7-137 (7), 8-146 (9), 9-172 (10), 10-220 (11) FoW (2): 1-12 (2), 2-44 (1), 3-44 (3), 4-54 (4), 5-70 (5), 6-83 (6), 7-104 (8), 8-117 (7), 9-120 (10), 10-120 (11) Wellington Bowling O M R W O M R W Monaghan 21 2 73 1 17 1 54 4 Connelly 30.5 5 103 6 20 4 52 3 Brice 11 2 39 0 2 0 17 0 Hickson 9 0 35 1 2 0 17 0 Alpe 8 0 46 0 2 0 14 0 Cobcroft 10 1 64 2 1 0 5 1 Bruce 2 0 6 0 1w Canterbury Bowling O M R W O M R W Malone 20 4 62 1 19 6 29 3 Humphreys 28 12 59 3 28 9 52 3 3nb Reese 6 0 32 0 5 3 6 1 Bennett 20 7 38 5 11 5 9 0 Orchard 2 1 11 1 6 3 11 0 Anthony 2 0 10 0 1.4 0 2 3 Umpires: C.Hardy and A.D.Hart. Toss: Canterbury Close of Play: 1st day: Canterbury (1) 361-7 (Norman 7*, Bennett 9*); 2nd day: Canterbury (2) 149-5 (Reese 69*). A.Anthony’s 104 included 13 fours and 1 six. 10