First-Class Cricket Matches 1909

GLOUCESTERSHIRE v AUSTRALIANS Played at County Ground, Bristol, July 12, 13, 14, 1909. Australians won by an innings and 5 runs. GLOUCESTERSHIRE 1 †J.H.Board c McAlister b Hopkins 57 (2) lbw b Armstrong 18 2 M.G.Salter c and b Armstrong 30 (1) b Cotter 12 3 T.Langdon lbw b Armstrong 61 b Noble 90 4 C.O.H.Sewell c Carkeek b Hopkins 4 c Bardsley b Whitty 12 5 G.L.Rattenbury b Hopkins 0 b Whitty 0 6 H.Merrick b Armstrong 0 b Whitty 0 7 *W.S.A.Brown c and b Noble 31 b Armstrong 16 8 W.E.Meyer c Armstrong b Noble 1 c Noble b Armstrong 10 9 E.G.Dennett b Armstrong 5 (11) b Armstrong 5 10 P.T.Mills not out 10 not out 3 11 C.W.L.Parker run out 26 (9) c Hartigan b Armstrong 32 Extras b 1, lb 2, nb 2 5 b 2, lb 6, nb 4 12 —— —— 230 210 FoW (1): 1-49, 2-114, 3-118, 4-124, 5-129, 6-170, 7-180, 8-185, 9-194, 10-230 FoW (2): 1-13, 2-61, 3-80, 4-100, 5-120, 6-130, 7-132, 8-200, 9-205, 10-210 AUSTRALIANS 1 W.Bardsley c Brown b Parker 211 2 P.A.McAlister c Dennett b Mills 43 3 M.J.Hartigan c Brown b Dennett 4 4 V.T.Trumper b Rattenbury 25 5 S.E.Gregory st Board b Dennett 31 6 W.W.Armstrong lbw b Dennett 29 7 *M.A.Noble not out 51 8 A.J.Y.Hopkins lbw b Parker 5 9 A.Cotter st Board b Parker 17 10 †W.Carkeek not out 15 11 W.J.Whitty Extras b 12, w 2 14 —— (8 wickets, declared) 445 FoW (1): 1-82, 2-93, 3-162, 4-230, 5-300, 6-371, 7-380, 8-399 Australians Bowling O M R W O M R W Whitty 13 1 35 0 24 7 68 3 Hopkins 29 6 84 3 9 1 42 0 Armstrong 33 10 64 4 2nb 23.1 8 35 5 Noble 19 7 30 2 8 4 14 1 Cotter 4.1 0 12 0 12 2 39 1 4nb Gloucestershire Bowling O M R W Dennett 42 9 124 3 Parker 34 3 135 3 1w Mills 23 3 98 1 Rattenbury 18 3 54 1 1w Brown 4 0 20 0 Umpires: J.Carlin and F.Parris. Toss: Australians Close of Play: 1st day: Australians (1) 56-0 (Bardsley 18*, McAlister 37*); 2nd day: Australians (1) 445-8 (Noble 51*, Carkeek 15*). W.Bardsley’s 211 took 280 minutes and included 26 fours. 169