First-Class Cricket Matches 1909

OXFORD UNIVERSITY v AUSTRALIANS Played at Christ Church College Ground, Oxford, May 24, 25, 26, 1909. Match drawn. AUSTRALIANS 1 W.Bardsley b Lowe 14 (2) b Lowe 34 2 A.J.Y.Hopkins c Lagden b Lowe 5 3 *M.A.Noble c and b Gilbert 107 4 V.S.Ransford c and b Gilbert 20 (3) c Leese b Hurst 58 5 S.E.Gregory c Pawson b Gilbert 51 not out 27 6 W.W.Armstrong b Gilbert 23 (4) not out 42 7 V.T.Trumper b Gilbert 2 8 C.G.Macartney b Gilbert 5 9 M.J.Hartigan b Gilbert 4 (1) b Gilbert 0 10 †W.Carkeek c Lowe b Gilbert 8 11 W.J.Whitty not out 1 Extras b 4, w 2, nb 1 7 b 5, nb 1 6 —— —— 247 (3 wickets) 167 FoW (1): 1-15, 2-40, 3-76, 4-194, 5-209, 6-211, 7-220, 8-224, 9-242, 10-247 FoW (2): 1-0, 2-73, 3-105 OXFORD UNIVERSITY 1 M.G.Salter b Whitty 33 2 A.J.Evans c Carkeek b Armstrong 12 3 C.P.Leese b Macartney 29 4 C.V.L.Hooman b Whitty 4 5 *C.S.Hurst lbw b Armstrong 20 6 R.O.Lagden b Whitty 14 7 †A.G.Pawson b Macartney 0 8 G.H.G.M.Cartwright b Macartney 3 9 H.A.Gilbert b Macartney 0 10 R.L.Robinson c and b Macartney 0 11 J.C.M.Lowe not out 3 Extras b 7, lb 7 14 —— 132 FoW (1): 1-47, 2-59, 3-65, 4-90, 5-117, 6-118, 7-129, 8-129, 9-132, 10-132 Oxford University Bowling O M R W O M R W Robinson 6 0 25 0 Lowe 19 0 62 2 11 3 33 1 1nb Gilbert 19.1 2 71 8 1nb (1) 19 3 51 1 Cartwright 16 1 39 0 2w (5) 6 1 15 0 Lagden 4 0 28 0 (6) 4 0 15 0 Evans 9 3 15 0 (3) 6 0 25 0 Hurst (4) 9 0 22 1 Australians Bowling O M R W Whitty 23 10 32 3 Hopkins 8 1 26 0 Armstrong 14 6 36 2 Macartney 11.3 1 24 5 Umpires: W.Attewell and G.Quelch. Toss: Australians Close of Play: 1st day: Oxford University (1) 24-0 (Salter 13*, Evans 3*); 2nd day: Oxford University (1) 118-6 (Leese 21*). M.A.Noble’s 107 took 140 minutes and included 13 fours. 74