First-Class Cricket Matches 1909

M.C.C. v AUSTRALIANS Played at Lord’s Cricket Ground, August 30, 31, September 1, 1909. Match drawn. M.C.C. 1 †L.J.Moon b Cotter 20 2 F.A.Tarrant c Laver b Cotter 10 not out 65 3 J.Hardstaff b Armstrong 34 not out 22 4 C.B.Llewellyn b Cotter 5 5 F.H.Gillingham b Cotter 7 6 *H.K.Foster c Armstrong b Noble 23 (1) c Macartney b Laver 84 7 H.B.G.Austin c Trumper b Cotter 24 8 A.E.Relf not out 34 9 G.J.Thompson lbw b Armstrong 14 10 C.P.Buckenham b Armstrong 6 11 A.Fielder b Armstrong 4 Extras b 2, lb 3, nb 2 7 b 7, lb 5, nb 4 16 —— —— 188 (1 wicket) 187 FoW (1): 1-22, 2-41, 3-51, 4-61, 5-97, 6-108, 7-141, 8-164, 9-178, 10-188 FoW (2): 1-157 AUSTRALIANS 1 *M.A.Noble c Moon b Llewellyn 63 2 W.Bardsley lbw b Buckenham 0 3 V.S.Ransford b Buckenham 190 4 V.T.Trumper b Fielder 80 5 S.E.Gregory c Foster b Fielder 6 6 W.W.Armstrong b Tarrant 9 7 C.G.Macartney c Austin b Buckenham 34 8 A.Cotter c Austin b Buckenham 6 9 †H.Carter c Austin b Buckenham 8 10 F.J.Laver b Buckenham 12 11 J.D.A.O’Connor not out 3 Extras b 6, lb 14, w 2, nb 1 23 —— 434 FoW (1): 1-1, 2-118, 3-285, 4-291, 5-306, 6-388, 7-396, 8-408, 9-425, 10-434 Australians Bowling O M R W O M R W Cotter 24 3 80 5 2nb 19 3 62 0 4nb O’Connor 5 1 12 0 6 1 16 0 Armstrong 20.3 5 41 4 27 15 38 0 Macartney 5 0 17 0 6 2 14 0 Noble 2 0 3 1 Laver 9 2 28 0 (5) 15 5 41 1 M.C.C. Bowling O M R W Buckenham 28 5 98 6 Relf 27 4 82 0 Thompson 11 0 57 0 Fielder 21 2 109 2 1nb Tarrant 14 1 50 1 1w Llewellyn 5 2 15 1 1w Umpires: N.Brown and A.D.Pougher. Toss: M.C.C. Close of Play: 1st day: Australians (1) 118-1 (Noble 63*, Ransford 50*); 2nd day: M.C.C. (2) 105-0 (Tarrant 37*, Foster 50*). V.S.Ransford’s 190 took 290 minutes and included 24 fours. 263