First-Class Cricket Matches 1909

KENT v AUSTRALIANS Played at St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury, August 19, 20, 21, 1909. Match drawn. KENT 1 E.Humphreys c Ransford b Whitty 22 2 J.Seymour b Hopkins 14 3 S.H.Day c Carter b Cotter 74 4 K.L.Hutchings b Whitty 9 5 F.E.Woolley c Whitty b Hopkins 68 6 *J.R.Mason c Armstrong b Noble 39 7 H.E.W.Prest c Bardsley b Whitty 43 8 †F.H.Huish b Whitty 4 9 D.W.Carr c Whitty b Hopkins 9 10 A.Fielder not out 10 11 C.Blythe b Whitty 16 Extras b 3, lb 3, w 1, nb 4 11 —— 319 FoW (1): 1-18, 2-67, 3-82, 4-163, 5-201, 6-264, 7-282, 8-282, 9-302, 10-319 AUSTRALIANS 1 M.J.Hartigan b Fielder 25 2 W.J.Whitty c Huish b Fielder 3 3 W.Bardsley b Fielder 48 4 V.S.Ransford c Mason b Humphreys 189 5 W.W.Armstrong c and b Woolley 107 6 V.T.Trumper c Humphreys b Woolley 20 7 *M.A.Noble c Blythe b Mason 13 8 A.J.Y.Hopkins b Mason 27 9 P.A.McAlister not out 43 10 A.Cotter st Huish b Seymour 1 11 †H.Carter not out 35 Extras b 5, lb 1, w 3, nb 2 11 —— (9 wickets) 522 FoW (1): 1-5, 2-41, 3-162, 4-354, 5-381, 6-410, 7-420, 8-445, 9-450 Australians Bowling O M R W Cotter 18 1 69 1 4nb Hopkins 18 4 66 3 Armstrong 20 1 81 0 Whitty 19.3 4 55 5 Noble 10 1 37 1 1w Kent Bowling O M R W Fielder 20 1 93 3 1w,2nb Carr 12 0 62 0 Blythe 17 1 56 0 1w Mason 22 5 75 2 Woolley 26 4 80 2 Humphreys 16 2 70 1 1w Seymour 9 0 45 1 Day 5 0 30 0 Hutchings 1 1 0 0 Umpires: B.W.Mason and F.G.Roberts. Toss: Kent Close of Play: 1st day: Australians (1) 5-1 (Hartigan 2*); 2nd day: Australians (1) 332-3 (Ransford 175*, Armstrong 74*). V.S.Ransford’s 189 took 215 minutes and included 24 fours. 242