First-Class Cricket Matches 1909

ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA Played at Old Trafford, Manchester, July 26, 27, 28, 1909. Match drawn. AUSTRALIA 1 S.E.Gregory b Blythe 21 b Hirst 5 2 W.Bardsley b Barnes 9 c MacLaren b Blythe 35 3 V.S.Ransford lbw b Barnes 4 (7) not out 54 4 *M.A.Noble b Blythe 17 b Blythe 13 5 V.T.Trumper c Hutchings b Barnes 2 (6) c Tyldesley b Rhodes 48 6 W.W.Armstrong not out 32 (5) lbw b Rhodes 30 7 A.J.Y.Hopkins b Blythe 3 (8) c Barnes b Rhodes 9 8 C.G.Macartney b Barnes 5 (3) b Rhodes 51 9 A.Cotter c Tyldesley b Blythe 17 c MacLaren b Rhodes 4 10 †H.Carter lbw b Barnes 13 lbw b Barnes 12 11 F.J.Laver b Blythe 11 Extras b 6, lb 7 13 b 9, lb 8, nb 1 18 —— —— 147 (9 wickets, declared) 279 FoW (1): 1-13 (2), 2-21 (3), 3-45 (1), 4-48 (5), 5-58 (4), 6-66 (7), 7-86 (8), 8-110 (9), 9-128 (10), 10-147 (11) FoW (2): 1-16 (1), 2-77 (2), 3-106 (4), 4-126 (3), 5-148 (5), 6-237 (6), 7-256 (8), 8-262 (9), 9-279 (10) ENGLAND 1 P.F.Warner b Macartney 9 b Hopkins 25 2 R.H.Spooner c and b Cotter 25 b Laver 58 3 J.T.Tyldesley c Armstrong b Laver 15 b Hopkins 11 4 J.Sharp c Armstrong b Laver 3 not out 8 5 W.Rhodes c Carter b Laver 5 not out 0 6 K.L.Hutchings b Laver 9 7 *A.C.MacLaren lbw b Laver 16 8 †A.F.A.Lilley not out 26 9 G.H.Hirst c Hopkins b Laver 1 10 S.F.Barnes b Laver 0 11 C.Blythe b Laver 1 Extras b 2, lb 3, nb 4 9 b 2, lb 4 6 —— —— 119 (3 wickets) 108 FoW (1): 1-24 (1), 2-39 (2), 3-44 (4), 4-50 (5), 5-63 (3), 6-72 (6), 7-99 (7), 8-103 (9), 9-103 (10), 10-119 (11) FoW (2): 1-78 (1), 2-90 (3), 3-102 (2) England Bowling O M R W O M R W Hirst 7 0 15 0 12 3 32 1 Barnes 27 9 56 5 22.3 5 66 1 1nb Blythe 20.3 5 63 5 24 5 77 2 Sharp (4) 1 0 3 0 Rhodes (5) 25 0 83 5 Australia Bowling O M R W O M R W Noble 8 2 11 0 Macartney 18 6 31 1 (1) 7 2 16 0 Laver 18.2 7 31 8 (2) 21 12 25 1 Cotter 8 1 37 1 4nb (3) 5 0 14 0 Armstrong (4) 10 6 16 0 Hopkins (5) 12 4 31 2 Umpires: W.Richards and W.A.J.West. Toss: Australia Close of Play: 1st day: England (1) 119 all out; 2nd day: Australia (2) 77-2 (Macartney 33*). 195