First-Class Cricket Matches 1909

ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA Played at Edgbaston, Birmingham, May 27, 28, 29, 1909. England won by ten wickets. AUSTRALIA 1 A.Cotter c Hirst b Blythe 2 (9) c Tyldesley b Hirst 15 2 W.Bardsley c MacLaren b Hirst 2 (6) c Thompson b Blythe 6 3 W.W.Armstrong b Hirst 24 (7) c Jessop b Blythe 0 4 V.T.Trumper c Hirst b Blythe 10 (5) c Rhodes b Hirst 1 5 *M.A.Noble c Jessop b Blythe 15 (1) c Jones b Hirst 11 6 S.E.Gregory c Rhodes b Blythe 0 (3) c Thompson b Blythe 43 7 V.S.Ransford b Hirst 1 (4) b Blythe 43 8 C.G.Macartney c MacLaren b Blythe 10 (2) lbw b Blythe 1 9 †H.Carter lbw b Hirst 0 (8) c Hobbs b Hirst 1 10 J.D.A.O’Connor lbw b Blythe 8 c Lilley b Hirst 13 11 W.J.Whitty not out 0 not out 9 Extras lb 1, nb 1 2 b 7, lb 1 8 —— —— 74 151 FoW (1): 1-5 (1), 2-7 (2), 3-30 (4), 4-46 (3), 5-47 (6), 6-52 (7), 7-58 (5), 8-59 (9), 9-71 (10), 10-74 (8) FoW (2): 1-4 (2), 2-16 (1), 3-97 (3), 4-99 (5), 5-103 (4), 6-103 (7), 7-106 (8), 8-123 (6), 9-125 (9), 10-151 (10) ENGLAND 1 *A.C.MacLaren b Macartney 5 2 J.B.Hobbs lbw b Macartney 0 (1) not out 62 3 J.T.Tyldesley b O’Connor 24 4 C.B.Fry b Macartney 0 (2) not out 35 5 A.O.Jones c Carter b Armstrong 28 6 G.H.Hirst lbw b Armstrong 15 7 G.L.Jessop b Armstrong 22 8 W.Rhodes not out 15 9 †A.F.A.Lilley c Ransford b Armstrong 0 10 G.J.Thompson run out 6 11 C.Blythe c Macartney b Armstrong 1 Extras b 4, lb 1 5 b 5, lb 3 8 —— —— 121 (no wicket) 105 FoW (1): 1-0 (2), 2-13 (1), 3-13 (4), 4-61 (5), 5-61 (3), 6-90 (7), 7-103 (6), 8-107 (9), 9-116 (10), 10-121 (11) England Bowling O M R W O M R W Hirst 23 8 28 4 1nb 23.5 4 58 5 Blythe 23 6 44 6 24 3 58 5 Thompson (3) 4 0 19 0 Rhodes (4) 1 0 8 0 Australia Bowling O M R W O M R W Whitty 17 5 43 0 5 1 18 0 Macartney 17 6 21 3 11 2 35 0 Noble 1 0 2 0 O’Connor 5 2 23 1 (3) 3.2 1 17 0 Armstrong 15.3 7 27 5 (4) 13 5 27 0 Umpires: J.Carlin and F.Parris. Toss: Australia Close of Play: 1st day: Australia (1) 22-2 (Armstrong 10*, Trumper 7*); 2nd day: Australia (2) 67-2 (Gregory 26*, Ransford 28*). 78