First-Class Cricket Matches 1909

AUSTRALIAN XI v REST OF AUSTRALIA Played at Melbourne Cricket Ground, February 12, 13, 15, 1909. Australian XI won by an innings and 158 runs. AUSTRALIAN XI 1 P.A.McAlister c Whitty b Saunders 2 2 W.Bardsley c Gorry b Hopkins 264 3 *M.A.Noble c and b Kelleway 62 4 V.S.Ransford c Hopkins b Gehrs 75 5 S.E.Gregory lbw b Whitty 17 6 W.W.Armstrong c Parker b Whitty 3 7 C.G.Macartney b Simpson 72 8 G.R.Hazlitt c Simpson b Saunders 0 9 A.Cotter c Barnes b Whitty 43 10 †N.Dodds not out 80 11 J.D.A.O’Connor b Saunders 12 Extras b 18 18 —— 648 FoW (1): 1-4, 2-123, 3-271, 4-294, 5-310, 6-431, 7-434, 8-510, 9-595, 10-648 REST OF AUSTRALIA 1 E.R.Mayne b Hazlitt 101 (4) c Noble b Armstrong 43 2 E.F.Parker b Hazlitt 65 (3) c Hazlitt b Armstrong 8 3 D.R.A.Gehrs b Armstrong 7 (2) st Dodds b O’Connor 62 4 *A.J.Y.Hopkins b Armstrong 3 (1) b Cotter 0 5 E.V.Carroll c Noble b Armstrong 69 c Macartney b O’Connor 9 6 J.C.Barnes c Dodds b Hazlitt 11 b Hazlitt 28 7 C.E.Simpson b Armstrong 0 b O’Connor 19 8 C.Kelleway c Dodds b Armstrong 14 c McAlister b O’Connor 1 9 W.J.Whitty b Cotter 8 b Armstrong 12 10 †C.R.Gorry not out 0 c Dodds b O’Connor 0 11 J.V.Saunders c Cotter b Armstrong 2 not out 0 Extras b 18, lb 5, nb 2 25 lb 1, w 2 3 —— —— 305 185 FoW (1): 1-119, 2-132, 3-143, 4-249, 5-261, 6-262, 7-286, 8-303, 9-303, 10-305 FoW (2): 1-0, 2-20, 3-85, 4-97, 5-134, 6-167, 7-168, 8-183, 9-183, 10-185 Rest of Australia Bowling O M R W Saunders 25 1 131 3 Kelleway 19 3 97 1 Hopkins 20 2 79 1 Whitty 34 10 123 3 Barnes 16 0 106 0 Simpson 16 1 64 1 Gehrs 7 0 30 1 Australian XI Bowling O M R W O M R W Cotter 21 2 66 1 1nb 8 0 53 1 2w Armstrong 30.5 6 59 6 11.2 1 38 3 O’Connor 10 1 39 0 (4) 15 3 41 5 Hazlitt 29 5 80 3 1nb (3) 11 0 37 1 Noble 7 2 30 0 Macartney 2 0 6 0 (5) 5 1 13 0 Umpires: W.Hannah and W.A.Young. Toss: Australian XI Close of Play: 1st day: Australian XI (1) 417-5 (Bardsley 180*, Macartney 65*); 2nd day: Rest of Australia (1) 178-3 (Mayne 68*, Carroll 17*). W.Bardsley’s 264 took 373 minutes and included 29 fours. E.R.Mayne’s 101 took 199 minutes and included 9 fours. 22