First-Class Cricket Matches 1909

SOUTH AUSTRALIA v VICTORIA Played at Adelaide Oval, November 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 1908. South Australia won by two wickets. VICTORIA 1 T.S.Warne c C.Hill b O’Connor 17 b O’Connor 58 2 C.McKenzie b O’Connor 21 c sub b Hewer 24 3 V.S.Ransford c and b O’Connor 2 lbw b Hewer 131 4 *P.A.McAlister b L.R.Hill 4 (7) b O’Connor 30 5 W.W.Armstrong c Woodford b O’Connor 13 c and b Hewer 1 6 E.V.Carroll b O’Connor 80 (4) c L.R.Hill b Hewer 0 7 F.J.Laver b L.R.Hill 5 (8) c Gehrs b O’Connor 47 8 L.P.Vernon c Gehrs b O’Connor 57 (6) st Woodford b O’Connor 67 9 †T.J.Hastings lbw b L.R.Hill 1 b Whitty 11 10 F.B.Collins c Gehrs b O’Connor 8 not out 6 11 J.V.Saunders not out 3 run out 4 Extras b 3, lb 1, nb 4 8 b 28, lb 3, nb 1 32 —— —— 219 411 FoW (1): 1-25 (2), 2-28 (3), 3-40 (4), 4-59 (5), 5-60 (1), 6-66 (7), 7-199 (8), 8-200 (9), 9-209 (6), 10-219 (10) FoW (2): 1-46 (2), 2-116 (1), 3-127 (4), 4-133 (5), 5-280 (6), 6-334 (3), 7-346 (7), 8-394 (9), 9-398 (8), 10-411 (11) SOUTH AUSTRALIA 1 E.R.Mayne b Laver 51 not out 77 2 W.A.Hewer b Vernon 0 (10) not out 5 3 N.Claxton c Armstrong b Laver 80 (2) lbw b Saunders 7 4 *C.Hill c McKenzie b Laver 141 (5) lbw b Armstrong 13 5 J.H.Pellew c Hastings b Laver 20 (3) run out 9 6 L.R.Hill b McKenzie 18 (7) c and b Armstrong 2 7 D.R.A.Gehrs c Armstrong b Saunders 70 (6) run out 15 8 W.L.Chamberlain b Laver 25 (9) b Laver 1 9 J.D.A.O’Connor not out 40 (8) b Armstrong 1 10 †J.R.H.Woodford b Laver 7 (4) lbw b Saunders 0 11 W.J.Whitty lbw b Warne 23 Extras b 12, lb 4, nb 5 21 b 4, nb 1 5 —— —— 496 (8 wickets) 135 FoW (1): 1-3 (2), 2-118 (1), 3-149 (3), 4-186 (5), 5-230 (6), 6-368 (7), 7-414 (4), 8-429 (8), 9-453 (10), 10-496 (11) FoW (2): 1-14 (2), 2-33 (3), 3-34 (4), 4-71 (5), 5-101 (6), 6-106 (7), 7-116 (8), 8-123 (9) South Australia Bowling O M R W O M R W O’Connor 29 6 92 7 2nb (2) 55 12 150 4 L.R.Hill 22 7 41 3 2nb (1) 16 2 52 0 1nb Whitty 10 2 36 0 (4) 35.4 11 75 1 Claxton 5 1 19 0 Hewer 7 0 23 0 (3) 31 3 94 4 Gehrs (5) 2 0 8 0 Victoria Bowling O M R W O M R W Vernon 26 4 75 1 1nb Saunders 30 7 113 1 2nb 16 2 42 2 1nb Collins 12 1 45 0 2nb Armstrong 19 7 31 0 (3) 21 10 26 3 Laver 46 10 128 6 (1) 33 10 62 1 McKenzie 7 0 34 1 Warne 11.2 1 49 1 Umpires: P.Argall and F.J.C.Thomas. Toss: Victoria Close of Play: 1st day: South Australia (1) 37-1 (Mayne 11*, Claxton 23*); 2nd day: South Australia (1) 394-6 (C.Hill 134*, Chamberlain 10*); 3rd day: Victoria (2) 145-4 (Ransford 48*, Vernon 3*); 4th day: South Australia (2) 34-2 (Mayne 15*). C.Hill’s 141 took 225 minutes and included 13 fours. V.S.Ransford’s 131 took 315 minutes and included 10 fours. 7