First-Class Cricket Matches 1909

YORKSHIRE v AUSTRALIANS Played at Park Avenue Cricket Ground, Bradford, June 21, 22, 23, 1909. Match drawn. YORKSHIRE 1 B.B.Wilson st Carter b Macartney 17 2 W.Rhodes c and b Laver 42 3 D.Denton c Macartney b Laver 106 4 W.H.Wilkinson b Laver 0 5 G.H.Hirst c Armstrong b Cotter 14 6 J.W.Rothery b Cotter 2 7 H.Myers b Noble 53 8 *E.J.R.H.Radcliffe c Macartney b Laver 5 9 J.T.Newstead c Carter b Laver 19 10 S.Haigh not out 10 11 †D.Hunter b Macartney 14 Extras b 9, lb 7, w 1 17 —— 299 FoW (1): 1-49, 2-71, 3-71, 4-100, 5-108, 6-245, 7-255, 8-270, 9-275, 10-299 AUSTRALIANS 1 P.A.McAlister c Myers b Hirst 0 2 W.Bardsley b Rhodes 5 3 *M.A.Noble c Rothery b Rhodes 27 4 V.S.Ransford not out 32 5 W.W.Armstrong not out 12 6 V.T.Trumper 7 S.E.Gregory 8 †H.Carter 9 A.Cotter 10 F.J.Laver 11 C.G.Macartney Extras lb 1 1 —— (3 wickets) 77 FoW (1): 1-0, 2-12, 3-40 Australians Bowling O M R W Laver 34 11 75 5 Armstrong 31 1 65 0 Noble 18 3 54 1 Macartney 8.3 4 20 2 Cotter 15 2 68 2 1w Yorkshire Bowling O M R W Hirst 7 2 19 1 Rhodes 12 3 45 2 Haigh 6.2 1 12 0 Umpires: O.Firth and W.A.J.West. Toss: Yorkshire Close of Play: 1st day: Yorkshire (1) 299 all out; 2nd day: No play. D.Denton’s 106 took 195 minutes and included 12 fours. ESSEX v LEICESTERSHIRE Played at County Ground, Leyton, June 24, 25, 26, 1909. Match abandoned. 135