First-Class Cricket Matches 1909

ESSEX v AUSTRALIANS Played at County Ground, Leyton, September 2, 3, 4, 1909. Match drawn. ESSEX 1 F.L.Fane c Cotter b O’Connor 19 b O’Connor 0 2 J.W.H.T.Douglas b O’Connor 33 not out 15 3 A.J.Turner c Carter b O’Connor 0 not out 32 4 *C.P.McGahey b Macartney 46 5 F.H.Gillingham c Cotter b O’Connor 73 6 H.A.Carpenter c Cotter b Macartney 22 7 W.Reeves b O’Connor 20 8 †K.L.Gibson not out 15 9 C.P.Buckenham c Carter b O’Connor 10 10 H.I.Young lbw b O’Connor 0 11 W.Mead b Cotter 0 Extras b 9, lb 10, w 1, nb 5 25 b 1, lb 4, w 1, nb 4 10 —— —— 263 (1 wicket) 57 FoW (1): 1-50, 2-50, 3-81, 4-160, 5-192, 6-219, 7-249, 8-260, 9-260, 10-263 FoW (2): 1-2 AUSTRALIANS 1 W.J.Whitty b Young 2 2 †H.Carter c Gibson b Buckenham 32 3 W.Bardsley c Douglas b Buckenham 66 4 V.T.Trumper c Carpenter b Young 71 5 V.S.Ransford lbw b Reeves 40 6 S.E.Gregory c Gibson b Buckenham 0 7 C.G.Macartney b Young 2 8 *P.A.McAlister not out 27 9 A.J.Y.Hopkins c Gibson b Douglas 22 10 A.Cotter b Douglas 1 11 J.D.A.O’Connor b Douglas 1 Extras b 12, lb 2 14 —— 278 FoW (1): 1-8, 2-46, 3-175, 4-205, 5-205, 6-218, 7-228, 8-262, 9-272, 10-278 Australians Bowling O M R W O M R W Cotter 24.5 5 77 1 1w,5nb 9 1 31 0 4nb Macartney 22 10 38 2 Whitty 23 4 52 0 O’Connor 29 9 71 7 (2) 9 2 16 1 1w Essex Bowling O M R W Buckenham 22 1 67 3 Young 28 3 83 3 Mead 10 1 45 0 Douglas 9 2 29 3 Reeves 8 0 40 1 Umpires: W.Richards and F.G.Roberts. Toss: Close of Play: 1st day: Australians (1) 8-1 (Carter 6*); 2nd day: Essex (2) 25-1 (Douglas 3*, Turner 16*). 267