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Test No. 101

Australia tour of England 1909
1909 season
England vs Australia - 1st Test
27-29 May, 1909 (3-day match)

England led the 5-match series 1-0

Venue : Edgbaston, Birmingham
Toss : Australia won the toss and elected to bat first
Result : England won by 10 wickets


Australia 1st Innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Tibby Cotter c Hirst b Blythe
2 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Warren Bardsley c MacLaren b Hirst
2 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Warwick Armstrong b Hirst
24 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Victor Trumper c Hirst b Blythe
10 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Monty Noble c Jessop b Blythe
15 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Syd Gregory c Rhodes b Blythe
0 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Vernon Ransford b Hirst
1 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Charles Macartney c MacLaren b Blythe
10 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Sammy Carter lbw b Hirst
0 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Jack O'Connor lbw b Blythe
8 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Bill Whitty Not Out
0 
0 
0 
0
- 
Extras LB 1, N 1
2
Total : (all out in 46.0 overs)
74
 RR : 1.61

Fall of wickets : 1-5 (Tibby Cotter), 2-7 (Warren Bardsley), 3-30 (Victor Trumper), 4-46 (Warwick Armstrong), 5-47 (Syd Gregory), 6-52 (Vernon Ransford), 7-58 (Monty Noble), 8-59 (Sammy Carter), 9-71 (Jack O'Connor), 10-74 (Charles Macartney, 45.6 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 George Hirst
23
8 
28 
4
1.22
0
0
»
 Colin Blythe
23
6 
44 
6
1.91
0
0

England 1st Innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Archie MacLaren b Macartney
5 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Sir Jack Hobbs lbw b Macartney
0 
1 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Johnny Tyldesley b O'Connor
24 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 C.B. Fry b Macartney
0 
1 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Arthur Jones c Carter b Armstrong
28 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 George Hirst lbw b Armstrong
15 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Gilbert Jessop b Armstrong
22 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Wilfred Rhodes Not Out
15 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Dick Lilley c Ransford b Armstrong
0 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 George Thompson run out
6 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Colin Blythe c Macartney b Armstrong
1 
0 
0 
0
- 
Extras B 4, LB 1
5
Total : (all out in 55.3 overs)
121
 RR : 2.18

Fall of wickets : 1-0 (Sir Jack Hobbs, 1.1 ov), 2-13 (Archie MacLaren), 3-13 (C. B. Fry), 4-61 (Arthur Jones), 5-61 (Johnny Tyldesley), 6-90 (Gilbert Jessop), 7-103 (George Hirst), 8-107 (Dick Lilley), 9-116 (George Thompson), 10-121 (Colin Blythe, 55.3 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Bill Whitty
17
5 
43 
0
2.53
0
0
»
 Charles Macartney
17
6 
21 
3
1.24
0
0
»
 Monty Noble
1
0 
2 
0
2.00
0
0
»
 Jack O'Connor
5
2 
23 
1
4.60
0
0
»
 Warwick Armstrong
15
 .3
7 
27 
5
1.74
0
0

Australia 2nd Innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Monty Noble c Jones b Hirst
11 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Charles Macartney lbw b Blythe
1 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Syd Gregory c Thompson b Blythe
43 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Vernon Ransford b Blythe
43 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Victor Trumper c Rhodes b Hirst
1 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Warren Bardsley c Thompson b Blythe
6 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Warwick Armstrong c Jessop b Blythe
0 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Sammy Carter c Hobbs b Hirst
1 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Tibby Cotter c Tyldesley b Hirst
15 
0 
0 
1
- 
»
 Jack O'Connor c Lilley b Hirst
13 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Bill Whitty Not Out
9 
0 
0 
0
- 
Extras B 7, LB 1
8
Total : (all out in 52.5 overs)
151
 RR : 2.86

Fall of wickets : 1-4 (Charles Macartney), 2-16 (Monty Noble), 3-97 (Syd Gregory), 4-99 (Victor Trumper), 5-103 (Vernon Ransford), 6-103 (Warwick Armstrong), 7-106 (Sammy Carter), 8-123 (Warren Bardsley), 9-125 (Tibby Cotter), 10-151 (Jack O'Connor, 52.5 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 George Hirst
23
 .5
4 
58 
5
2.43
0
0
»
 Colin Blythe
24
3 
58 
5
2.42
0
0
»
 George Thompson
4
0 
19 
0
4.75
0
0
»
 Wilfred Rhodes
1
0 
8 
0
8.00
0
0

England 2nd Innings
(Target: 105 runs)
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Sir Jack Hobbs Not Out
62 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 C.B. Fry Not Out
35 
0 
0 
0
- 
Extras B 5, LB 3
8
Total : (0 wickets in 32.2 overs)
105
 RR : 3.25

did not bat: Archie MacLaren, Arthur Jones, Colin Blythe, Dick Lilley, George Hirst, George Thompson, Gilbert Jessop, Johnny Tyldesley, Wilfred Rhodes


Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Bill Whitty
5
1 
18 
0
3.60
0
0
»
 Charles Macartney
11
2 
35 
0
3.18
0
0
»
 Jack O'Connor
3
 .2
1 
17 
0
5.10
0
0
»
 Warwick Armstrong
13
5 
27 
0
2.08
0
0

Match details
Debuts: George Thompson (England); Warren Bardsley and Bill Whitty (Australia)
Umpires : John Carlin (England) and Frederick Parris (England)
Close of Play
Day 1 : Thu, 27 May - Australia 1st innings 22/2 (WW Armstrong 10*, VT Trumper 7*)
Day 2 : Fri, 28 May - Australia 2nd innings 67/2 (SE Gregory 26*, VS Ransford 28*)
Day 3 : Sat, 29 May - England 2nd innings 105/0 (32.2 ov) - end of match

Teams:
England Archie MacLaren (Capt.), Arthur Jones, C.B. Fry, Colin Blythe, Dick Lilley (wk), George Hirst, George Thompson, Gilbert Jessop, Johnny Tyldesley, Sir Jack Hobbs, Wilfred Rhodes
Australia Bill Whitty, Charles Macartney, Jack O'Connor, Monty Noble (Capt.), Sammy Carter (wk), Syd Gregory, Tibby Cotter, Vernon Ransford, Victor Trumper, Warren Bardsley, Warwick Armstrong
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