First-Class Cricket Matches 1909

GLOUCESTERSHIRE v AUSTRALIANS Played at College Ground, Cheltenham, August 16, 17, 18, 1909. Match drawn. AUSTRALIANS 1 W.Bardsley c Board b Huggins 23 c Dennett b Brownlee 66 2 M.J.Hartigan hit wkt b Dennett 23 c Board b Huggins 13 3 V.S.Ransford c Board b Huggins 13 lbw b Dennett 121 4 C.G.Macartney c Dennett b Huggins 2 (7) b Dennett 0 5 S.E.Gregory c Brownlee b Huggins 16 (4) lbw b Dennett 30 6 *V.T.Trumper c Board b Dennett 48 7 A.J.Y.Hopkins not out 56 (5) c Townsend b Dennett 4 8 A.Cotter b Dennett 10 st Imlay b Dennett 0 9 †H.Carter b Dennett 13 10 J.D.A.O’Connor c Huggins b Brownlee 9 (9) not out 1 11 W.J.Whitty c Townsend b Brownlee 0 (6) c Townsend b Dennett 3 Extras lb 2 2 b 5, lb 3, nb 1 9 —— —— 215 (8 wickets) 247 FoW (1): 1-32, 2-57, 3-60, 4-62, 5-111, 6-127, 7-139, 8-155, 9-213, 10-215 FoW (2): 1-26, 2-180, 3-220, 4-225, 5-230, 6-230, 7-240, 8-247 GLOUCESTERSHIRE 1 C.S.Barnett c Trumper b Cotter 60 2 †J.H.Board b Hopkins 23 3 *C.L.Townsend c Macartney b Hopkins 129 4 T.Langdon c Hopkins b O’Connor 11 5 A.D.Imlay b O’Connor 14 6 F.B.Roberts c Ransford b O’Connor 80 7 C.N.Woolley c Ransford b O’Connor 22 8 A.W.Roberts c Hopkins b Cotter 20 9 W.M.Brownlee not out 21 10 H.J.Huggins not out 1 11 E.G.Dennett Extras b 13, lb 9, w 2, nb 6 30 —— (8 wickets, declared) 411 FoW (1): 1-69, 2-186, 3-233, 4-250, 5-275, 6-352, 7-382, 8-404 Gloucestershire Bowling O M R W O M R W Dennett 19 0 95 4 19.2 5 40 6 Woolley 4 0 20 0 4 0 25 0 Huggins 20 4 73 4 15 1 65 1 1nb Brownlee 6.3 1 25 2 13 0 51 1 A.W.Roberts 1 1 0 0 5 0 25 0 F.B.Roberts (6) 8 0 32 0 Australians Bowling O M R W Cotter 37 4 119 2 2w,6nb Whitty 24 7 69 0 O’Connor 26 4 88 4 Hopkins 20 4 76 2 Macartney 6 1 13 0 Gregory 4 0 16 0 Umpires: O.Firth and J.Moss. Toss: Australians Close of Play: 1st day: Gloucestershire (1) 120-1 (Barnett 47*, Townsend 35*); 2nd day: Gloucestershire (1) 407-8 (Brownlee 21*, Huggins 1*). C.L.Townsend’s 129 took 120 minutes and included 22 fours. 234