First-Class Cricket Matches 1909

ESSEX v AUSTRALIANS Played at County Ground, Leyton, May 13, 14, 15, 1909. Match drawn. AUSTRALIANS 1 M.J.Hartigan c Freeman b Buckenham 4 2 W.Bardsley run out 219 3 *M.A.Noble b Buckenham 0 4 V.S.Ransford c Young b Buckenham 174 5 V.T.Trumper c Fane b Reeves 74 6 W.W.Armstrong not out 59 7 A.J.Y.Hopkins b Mead 15 8 C.G.Macartney not out 48 9 †H.Carter 10 A.Cotter 11 W.J.Whitty Extras b 10, lb 3, nb 3 16 —— (6 wickets, declared) 609 FoW (1): 1-4, 2-8, 3-363, 4-483, 5-489, 6-513 ESSEX 1 F.L.Fane b Cotter 7 (4) c Ransford b Hopkins 115 2 J.W.H.T.Douglas b Cotter 1 (3) c Carter b Cotter 18 3 P.A.Perrin run out 22 (5) c Cotter b Armstrong 53 4 *C.P.McGahey b Whitty 42 (6) c Ransford b Hopkins 55 5 F.H.Gillingham b Cotter 4 (7) b Hopkins 33 6 †J.R.Freeman b Whitty 2 (8) not out 4 7 W.Reeves b Whitty 6 (9) c Hartigan b Cotter 13 8 C.P.Buckenham not out 15 (1) b Cotter 13 9 A.H.Read c Bardsley b Armstrong 26 (10) c Trumper b Whitty 6 10 H.I.Young c Hartigan b Macartney 4 (2) b Cotter 22 11 W.Mead c Bardsley b Macartney 3 not out 2 Extras b 5, lb 6, nb 5 16 b 1, lb 2, w 2, nb 5 10 —— —— 148 (9 wickets) 344 FoW (1): 1-8, 2-18, 3-49, 4-63, 5-66, 6-94, 7-95, 8-130, 9-142, 10-148 FoW (2): 1-31, 2-44, 3-60, 4-172, 5-213, 6-291, 7-320, 8-333, 9-342 Essex Bowling O M R W Buckenham 30 0 154 3 Young 17 0 80 0 3nb Douglas 24 2 125 0 Mead 11 2 59 1 Read 10 0 47 0 Reeves 10 1 58 1 McGahey 14 4 70 0 Australians Bowling O M R W O M R W Cotter 15 0 62 3 5nb 24 3 80 4 2w,5nb Whitty 17 6 28 3 (3) 19 4 46 1 Macartney 7.1 2 15 2 (5) 14 4 34 0 Noble 3 1 4 0 (6) 10 0 49 0 Armstrong 5 0 23 1 (4) 20 9 49 1 Hopkins (2) 21 3 76 3 Umpires: W.A.J.West and A.White. Toss: Australians Close of Play: 1st day: Australians (1) 525-6 (Armstrong 17*, Macartney 6*); 2nd day: Essex (2) 15-0 (Young 10*, Buckenham 5*). W.Bardsley’s 219 took 260 minutes and included 22 fours. V.S.Ransford’s 174 took 195 minutes and included 17 fours and 1 five. F.L.Fane’s 115 took 180 minutes and included 15 fours. 50