First-Class Cricket Matches 1909

ENGLAND XI v AUSTRALIANS Played at Stanley Park, Blackpool, August 12, 13, 14, 1909. Match drawn. ENGLAND XI 1 J.W.H.T.Douglas c Gregory b O’Connor 102 2 A.E.Knight c McAlister b O’Connor 163 3 J.H.King c Carter b Hopkins 56 4 *C.P.McGahey b Noble 24 5 J.N.Crawford c Ransford b Hopkins 60 6 V.F.S.Crawford b O’Connor 35 7 S.Coe c Noble b Hopkins 8 8 W.Reeves c and b O’Connor 37 9 T.Jayes b O’Connor 36 10 C.P.Buckenham c and b O’Connor 2 11 †J.Shields not out 14 Extras b 20, lb 8, w 1, nb 1 30 —— 567 FoW (1): 1-284 (2), 2-291 (1), 3-339 (4), 4-382 (3), 5-441 (6), 6-474 (7), 7-491 (5), 8-522 (8), 9-532 (10), 10-567 (9) AUSTRALIANS 1 M.J.Hartigan st Shields b McGahey 88 b Buckenham 14 2 H.Carter lbw b King 38 c Jayes b Buckenham 37 3 P.A.McAlister c Shields b Jayes 50 b Douglas 85 4 V.S.Ransford c Shields b Buckenham 4 c Jayes b Buckenham 30 5 S.E.Gregory b Buckenham 9 c Shields b McGahey 12 6 V.T.Trumper c V.F.S.Crawford b Jayes 49 b Reeves 150 7 *M.A.Noble c Shields b Buckenham 43 c V.F.S.Crawford b Reeves 36 8 A.J.Y.Hopkins c V.F.S.Crawford b Jayes 14 not out 21 9 J.D.A.O’Connor c Reeves b Buckenham 12 10 W.J.Whitty c Buckenham b Jayes 4 11 †W.Carkeek not out 0 Extras b 8, lb 4, nb 3 15 b 2, lb 2, w 1 5 —— —— 326 (7 wickets) 390 FoW (1): 1-130 (2), 2-130 (1), 3-142 (4), 4-166 (5), 5-249 (6), 6-252 (3), 7-282 (8), 8-314 (7), 9-316 (9), 10-326 (10) FoW (2): 1-49 (2), 2-53 (1), 3-103 (4), 4-138 (5), 5-252 (3), 6-345 (7), 7-390 (6) Australians Bowling O M R W Noble 8 0 48 1 Hopkins 23 2 106 3 1w Whitty 31 10 62 0 O’Connor 46.4 9 210 6 Trumper 13 0 66 0 1nb Gregory 6 0 35 0 Ransford 1 0 10 0 England XI Bowling O M R W O M R W Buckenham 25 4 103 4 3nb 12 0 68 3 J.N.Crawford 6 0 32 0 6 0 25 0 Jayes 21.2 1 81 4 12 1 57 0 King 10 0 47 1 3 0 14 0 McGahey 7 1 36 1 9 0 60 1 1w Reeves 2 0 12 0 5.5 0 54 2 Douglas (7) 10 0 68 1 Coe (8) 7 1 37 0 V.F.S.Crawford (9) 1 0 2 0 Umpires: J.Carlin and J.E.West. Toss: England XI Close of Play: 1st day: England XI (1) 379-3 (King 24*, J.N.Crawford 10*); 2nd day: Australians (1) 312-7 (Noble 42*, O’Connor 4*). J.W.H.T.Douglas’s 102 took 230 minutes and included 14 fours. A.E.Knight’s 163 took 220 minutes and included 23 fours and 1 six. V.T.Trumper’s 150 took 115 minutes and included 20 fours, 1 five and 1 six. 225