First-Class Cricket Matches 1909

AUSTRALIAN XI v REST OF AUSTRALIA Played at Sydney Cricket Ground, February 5, 6, 8, 9, 1909. Australian XI won by eight wickets. REST OF AUSTRALIA 1 *A.J.Y.Hopkins b O’Connor 55 (4) not out 91 2 W.Bardsley c Carkeek b O’Connor 48 b Cotter 6 3 D.R.A.Gehrs c Ransford b O’Connor 37 c Carkeek b O’Connor 13 4 E.R.Mayne b Macartney 3 (1) b Armstrong 12 5 E.F.Parker b Macartney 6 c Carkeek b O’Connor 0 6 G.R.Hazlitt c Cotter b O’Connor 62 b Armstrong 10 7 C.E.Simpson c Ransford b O’Connor 13 b Armstrong 0 8 J.C.Barnes b Cotter 34 b Cotter 12 9 C.Kelleway not out 12 lbw b Armstrong 7 10 †C.R.Gorry b Cotter 15 b O’Connor 4 11 J.V.Saunders b O’Connor 8 b Armstrong 0 Extras b 6, lb 8, nb 4 18 b 1, lb 1, nb 2 4 —— —— 311 159 FoW (1): 1-104, 2-111, 3-130, 4-138, 5-174, 6-203, 7-268, 8-271, 9-295, 10-311 FoW (2): 1-16, 2-25, 3-50, 4-50, 5-89, 6-89, 7-109, 8-127, 9-158, 10-159 AUSTRALIAN XI 1 *M.A.Noble run out (Simpson/Gorry) 9 (3) b Barnes 125 2 V.T.Trumper c Gorry b Saunders 0 3 V.S.Ransford b Saunders 21 (4) not out 9 4 W.W.Armstrong b Saunders 19 5 S.E.Gregory c Gehrs b Kelleway 41 (2) not out 126 6 P.A.McAlister st Gorry b Barnes 30 (1) run out 0 7 C.G.Macartney lbw b Kelleway 28 8 H.Carter c Mayne b Simpson 10 9 A.Cotter st Gorry b Barnes 22 10 J.D.A.O’Connor c Parker b Barnes 5 11 †W.Carkeek not out 3 Extras b 8, lb 3, w 2, nb 1 14 b 4, lb 2, w 3 9 —— —— 202 (2 wickets) 269 FoW (1): 1-3, 2-31, 3-55, 4-55, 5-123, 6-150, 7-167, 8-173, 9-199, 10-202 FoW (2): 1-0, 2-246 Australian XI Bowling O M R W O M R W Macartney 20 7 54 2 (4) 7 2 17 0 Noble 7 0 29 0 O’Connor 34.2 8 106 6 17 4 49 3 Cotter 19 1 58 2 4nb (1) 15 1 52 2 2nb Armstrong 15 2 34 0 (2) 23.4 10 37 5 Ransford 4 0 12 0 Rest of Australia Bowling O M R W O M R W Saunders 17 2 54 3 1w,1nb 6 0 30 0 Kelleway 15 2 49 2 1w (4) 10 1 45 0 1w Hazlitt 5 0 26 0 10 0 45 0 1w Hopkins 4 0 10 0 (6) 12 3 34 0 Barnes 6.5 0 35 3 (2) 17 0 68 1 1w Simpson 6 1 14 1 (5) 15.2 2 38 0 Umpires: W.G.Curran and R.M.Wallace. Toss: Rest of Australia Close of Play: 1st day: Rest of Australia (1) 174-5 (Hazlitt 17*); 2nd day: Australian XI (1) 177-8 (Cotter 4*, O’Connor 2*); 3rd day: Australian XI (2) 95-1 (Gregory 38*, Noble 56*). S.E.Gregory’s 126 took 190 minutes and included 13 fours. M.A.Noble’s 125 took 166 minutes and included 15 fours. 21