First-Class Cricket Matches 1909

LEICESTERSHIRE v AUSTRALIANS Played at Aylestone Road, Leicester, May 31, June 1, 2, 1909. Match drawn. LEICESTERSHIRE 1 C.J.B.Wood b Whitty 1 2 A.E.Knight c Carter b Laver 78 (1) c Trumper b Whitty 14 3 J.H.King b Cotter 60 c Hartigan b Laver 10 4 T.Jayes hit wkt b Laver 9 (6) not out 4 5 S.Coe lbw b Laver 1 (4) c Laver b Whitty 24 6 V.F.S.Crawford c Macartney b Whitty 74 (5) b Macartney 32 7 H.Whitehead lbw b Laver 6 (2) c McAlister b Whitty 0 8 W.E.Astill c Cotter b Whitty 8 9 *A.G.Hazlerigg c McAlister b Laver 0 10 W.W.Odell c Ransford b Laver 14 11 †J.Shields not out 2 Extras b 5, lb 8, w 1, nb 5 19 lb 1 1 —— —— 272 (5 wickets, declared) 85 FoW (1): 1-11, 2-136, 3-153, 4-160, 5-186, 6-208, 7-247, 8-250, 9-264, 10-272 FoW (2): 1-2, 2-22, 3-24, 4-75, 5-85 AUSTRALIANS 1 C.G.Macartney c Whitehead b Astill 8 2 V.T.Trumper run out 23 (1) not out 26 3 V.S.Ransford c Astill b King 13 4 S.E.Gregory c Crawford b King 11 5 *P.A.McAlister hit wkt b Odell 16 6 A.Cotter c Jayes b Astill 35 (3) c Jayes b Odell 3 7 M.J.Hartigan not out 45 (2) c Jayes b Astill 16 8 J.D.A.O’Connor st Shields b Odell 2 (4) not out 0 9 F.J.Laver c Astill b King 5 10 †H.Carter b Odell 3 11 W.J.Whitty b Jayes 10 Extras b 9, nb 2 11 b 1, w 1 2 —— —— 182 (2 wickets) 47 FoW (1): 1-32, 2-51, 3-51, 4-72, 5-107, 6-116, 7-123, 8-126, 9-128, 10-182 FoW (2): 1-36, 2-42 Australians Bowling O M R W O M R W Cotter 19 2 62 1 1w,5nb Whitty 21 5 59 3 (1) 14 3 40 3 O’Connor 5 0 27 0 Macartney 8 2 25 0 (2) 4.1 1 13 1 Laver 26.2 4 80 6 (3) 10 1 31 1 Leicestershire Bowling O M R W O M R W Jayes 10 3 29 1 Odell 22 7 49 3 (1) 7 0 26 1 1w Astill 14 4 40 2 (2) 7 1 16 1 King 21 10 53 3 2nb Crawford (3) 1 0 3 0 Umpires: J.Moss and F.Parris. Toss: Leicestershire Close of Play: 1st day: Australians (1) 46-1 (Trumper 23*, Ransford 9*); 2nd day: Australians (1) 116-5 (McAlister 16*, Hartigan 2*). 86