First-Class Cricket Matches 1909

ESSEX v GLOUCESTERSHIRE Played at County Ground, Leyton, July 19, 20, 21, 1909. Match drawn. ESSEX 1 F.L.Fane c Merrick b Parker 42 c Salter b Dennett 46 2 J.W.H.T.Douglas b Dennett 51 b Dennett 1 3 P.A.Perrin c Salter b Parker 6 c Brown b Dennett 73 4 *C.P.McGahey b Parker 77 c Brown b Parker 1 5 F.H.Gillingham c Dennett b Mills 33 b Huggins 42 6 †J.R.Freeman b Brown 32 c Board b Huggins 6 7 T.G.Grinter c Board b Parker 35 st Board b Dennett 31 8 W.Reeves c Mills b Parker 14 b Parker 20 9 C.P.Buckenham b Huggins 18 10 C.E.Benham c Dennett b Huggins 8 11 A.H.Read not out 0 (9) not out 33 Extras b 9, lb 3, w 4 16 lb 1, w 4, nb 1 6 —— —— 332 (8 wickets, declared) 259 FoW (1): 1-77, 2-99, 3-112, 4-160, 5-226, 6-268, 7-292, 8-320, 9-327, 10-332 FoW (2): 1-1, 2-106, 3-107, 4-153, 5-171, 6-174, 7-213, 8-259 GLOUCESTERSHIRE 1 †J.H.Board c Buckenham b Reeves 66 not out 150 2 A.E.Dipper b Buckenham 2 (3) b Reeves 46 3 M.G.Salter b Buckenham 3 (2) b Buckenham 8 4 T.Langdon b Buckenham 0 c and b Benham 59 5 G.J.W.S.Holloway not out 34 b Buckenham 10 6 H.Merrick c Douglas b Buckenham 58 b Reeves 23 7 *W.S.A.Brown c Gillingham b Buckenham 0 c Reeves b McGahey 1 8 H.J.Huggins b Buckenham 5 c Fane b McGahey 30 9 C.W.L.Parker c Freeman b Buckenham 20 not out 2 10 E.G.Dennett b Douglas 11 11 P.T.Mills b Buckenham 1 Extras b 11, lb 10 21 b 9, lb 8 17 —— —— 221 (7 wickets) 346 FoW (1): 1-15, 2-33, 3-33, 4-137, 5-138, 6-142, 7-147, 8-185, 9-218, 10-221 FoW (2): 1-21, 2-108, 3-205, 4-234, 5-271, 6-272, 7-340 Gloucestershire Bowling O M R W O M R W Huggins 18.2 4 42 2 19 4 46 2 1w,1nb Dennett 40 9 101 1 30 7 105 4 2w Parker 35 7 88 5 4w 21 3 64 2 Mills 17 3 55 1 7 2 21 0 1w Brown 10 0 30 1 2 0 17 0 Essex Bowling O M R W O M R W Buckenham 24.4 6 59 8 22 3 87 2 Douglas 15 1 38 1 14 1 53 0 Benham 2 0 14 0 (5) 17 5 56 1 Read 4 0 29 0 (6) 1 0 4 0 McGahey 6 0 41 0 (4) 28 8 48 2 Reeves 6 0 19 1 (3) 26 1 81 2 Umpires: C.E.Dench and W.A.J.West. Toss: Essex Close of Play: 1st day: Gloucestershire (1) 10-0 (Board 6*, Dipper 0*); 2nd day: Essex (2) 171-5 (Freeman 4*). G.J.W.S.Holloway retired hurt in the Gloucestershire first innings having scored 1 (team had lost 3 wickets) - he returned when the score was 137-4. 180