First-Class Cricket Matches 1909

WORCESTERSHIRE v AUSTRALIANS Played at County Ground, New Road, Worcester, July 8, 9, 10, 1909. Australians won by an innings and 112 runs. AUSTRALIANS 1 P.A.McAlister c H.K.Foster b Arnold 29 2 W.Bardsley c Bale b Pearson 41 3 V.S.Ransford st Bale b Simpson-Hayward 138 4 V.T.Trumper b Cuffe 7 5 S.E.Gregory b Simpson-Hayward 17 6 W.W.Armstrong st Bale b Simpson-Hayward 38 7 *M.A.Noble st Bale b Simpson-Hayward 38 8 A.J.Y.Hopkins c Bale b Cuffe 39 9 †H.Carter not out 7 10 A.Cotter st Bale b Simpson-Hayward 5 11 J.D.A.O’Connor b Simpson-Hayward 15 Extras b 6, lb 8, w 1 15 —— 389 FoW (1): 1-62, 2-88, 3-98, 4-157, 5-263, 6-286, 7-351, 8-363, 9-369, 10-389 WORCESTERSHIRE 1 H.G.Bache b Armstrong 4 (6) b Hopkins 0 2 F.L.Bowley b Armstrong 0 b Hopkins 42 3 F.A.Pearson c Carter b Cotter 26 c Carter b Armstrong 5 4 E.G.Arnold c Carter b Cotter 1 (5) b Hopkins 0 5 *H.K.Foster b Armstrong 2 (1) b Armstrong 0 6 W.L.Foster b Armstrong 12 (4) b Hopkins 41 7 J.A.Cuffe c and b O’Connor 44 b Hopkins 15 8 W.B.Burns b Cotter 0 (9) b Hopkins 3 9 G.H.T.Simpson-Hayward c O’Connor b Cotter 51 (8) c Noble b Armstrong 8 10 W.H.Taylor not out 2 not out 5 11 †E.W.Bale b Armstrong 1 c and b Armstrong 0 Extras lb 5, nb 3 8 b 5, lb 1, w 1 7 —— —— 151 126 FoW (1): 1-2, 2-6, 3-13, 4-18, 5-44, 6-59, 7-59, 8-143, 9-150, 10-151 FoW (2): 1-0, 2-22, 3-82, 4-82, 5-82, 6-103, 7-114, 8-120, 9-122, 10-126 Worcestershire Bowling O M R W Burns 12 0 41 0 Cuffe 33 5 81 2 1w Simpson-Hayward 38.3 2 132 6 Pearson 16 0 56 1 Arnold 5 0 19 1 Taylor 9 0 45 0 Australians Bowling O M R W O M R W Cotter 19 4 50 4 1nb 9 3 35 0 Armstrong 20.4 7 49 5 1nb 17.5 4 37 4 O’Connor 5 0 36 1 7 4 11 0 Noble 3 0 8 0 1nb Hopkins (4) 15 3 36 6 1w Umpires: W.Flowers and B.W.Mason. Toss: Australians Close of Play: 1st day: Australians (1) 312-6 (Noble 14*, Hopkins 15*); 2nd day: Worcestershire (2) 73-2 (Bowley 37*, W.L.Foster 31*). V.S.Ransford’s 138 took 215 minutes and included 15 fours. 167