First-Class Cricket Matches 1909

VICTORIA v SOUTH AUSTRALIA Played at Melbourne Cricket Ground, January 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 1909. South Australia won by 15 runs. SOUTH AUSTRALIA 1 E.R.Mayne b Laver 8 b Armstrong 142 2 C.E.Dolling b Vernon 5 (4) c Laver b Saunders 0 3 *C.Hill b Vernon 1 b Hazlitt 12 4 N.Claxton b Vernon 4 (5) c Laver b Hazlitt 35 5 J.H.Pellew b Saunders 21 (6) b Hazlitt 0 6 D.R.A.Gehrs b Hazlitt 18 (7) b McKenzie 75 7 L.R.Hill st Hastings b Hazlitt 5 (2) c Vernon b Hazlitt 26 8 J.D.A.O’Connor b Vernon 16 c and b Hazlitt 5 9 W.J.Whitty c Saunders b Hazlitt 0 (10) b Vernon 2 10 †J.R.H.Woodford b Vernon 32 (9) lbw b Armstrong 21 11 A.W.Wright not out 1 not out 4 Extras b 13, lb 3 16 b 23, lb 4, nb 2 29 —— —— 127 351 FoW (1): 1-11 (2), 2-19 (3), 3-23 (4), 4-23 (1), 5-58 (5), 6-67 (7), 7-74 (6), 8-80 (9), 9-124 (8), 10-127 (10) FoW (2): 1-41 (2), 2-60 (3), 3-63 (4), 4-135 (5), 5-135 (6), 6-265 (7), 7-289 (8), 8-340 (9), 9-343 (10), 10-351 (1) VICTORIA 1 T.S.Warne b O’Connor 14 b O’Connor 3 2 C.McKenzie c Woodford b O’Connor 4 run out 9 3 V.S.Ransford not out 171 c Gehrs b O’Connor 30 4 W.W.Armstrong run out (Gehrs) 7 b O’Connor 19 5 *P.A.McAlister c and b L.R.Hill 50 c Woodford b O’Connor 5 6 E.V.Carroll c Woodford b Claxton 7 b O’Connor 0 7 G.R.Hazlitt c Mayne b Claxton 10 c Gehrs b Whitty 14 8 L.P.Vernon b Whitty 25 st Woodford b O’Connor 8 9 F.J.Laver b Whitty 23 not out 10 10 †T.J.Hastings b Whitty 9 c Gehrs b O’Connor 0 11 J.V.Saunders c C.Hill b Wright 17 run out 0 Extras b 7, lb 2 9 b 14, lb 2, nb 3 19 —— —— 346 117 FoW (1): 1-10 (2), 2-35 (1), 3-55 (4), 4-134 (5), 5-155 (6), 6-183 (7), 7-253 (8), 8-311 (9), 9-321 (10), 10-346 (11) FoW (2): 1-20 (2), 2-22 (1), 3-50 (4), 4-56 (5), 5-56 (6), 6-80 (7), 7-101 (3), 8-106 (8), 9-108 (10), 10-117 (11) Victoria Bowling O M R W O M R W Vernon 12.4 4 24 5 22 2 67 1 Laver 8 2 26 1 18 6 36 0 Hazlitt 12 3 19 3 28 5 80 5 Saunders 10 4 21 1 (5) 24 7 48 1 1nb Armstrong 6 0 21 0 (6) 19.4 7 36 2 1nb Warne (4) 3 0 20 0 McKenzie (7) 7 0 35 1 South Australia Bowling O M R W O M R W L.R.Hill 19 5 52 1 13 4 27 0 3nb O’Connor 38 8 121 2 (3) 24 14 36 7 Whitty 33 10 71 3 (2) 20 6 35 1 Wright 15 2 32 1 Claxton 13 3 46 2 Pellew 1 0 8 0 Gehrs 4 0 7 0 Umpires: R.M.Crockett and W.A.Young. Toss: South Australia Close of Play: 1st day: Victoria (1) 113-3 (Ransford 42*, McAlister 42*); 2nd day: South Australia (2) 34-0 (Mayne 9*, L.R.Hill 25*); 3rd day: No play; 4th day: No play; 5th day: South Australia (2) 351-9 (Mayne 142*, Wright 4*). V.S.Ransford’s 171 took 342 minutes and included 17 fours. E.R.Mayne’s 142 took 326 minutes and included 5 fours. 15