ESSEX CRICKET

f7635	Essex v Australians
	Australia in British Isles 1909
Venue	County Ground, Leyton on 13th, 14th, 15th May 1909 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Australians won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	WAJ West, A White
Close of play day 1	Australians (1) 525/6 (Armstrong 17, Macartney 6)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 15/0 (Young 10, Buckenham 5)

Australians first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MJ Hartigan	c Freeman b Buckenham	4
W Bardsley	run out	219		260	22	-
*MA Noble	b Buckenham	0
VS Ransford	c Young b Buckenham	174		195	17	-
VT Trumper	c Fane b Reeves	74
WW Armstrong	not out	59
AJY Hopkins	b Mead	15
CG Macartney	not out	48
+H Carter	did not bat
A Cotter	did not bat
WJ Whitty	did not bat
Extras	(10 b, 3 lb, 3 nb)	16
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 116 overs)	609
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-8, 3-363, 4-483, 5-489, 6-513

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Buckenham	30	0	154	3	-	-
Young	17	0	80	0	-	3
Douglas	24	2	125	0	-	-
Mead	11	2	59	1	-	-
Read	10	0	47	0	-	-
Reeves	10	1	58	1	-	-
McGahey	14	4	70	0	-	-

Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
FL Fane	b Cotter	7
JWHT Douglas	b Cotter	1
PA Perrin	run out	22
*CP McGahey	b Whitty	42
FH Gillingham	b Cotter	4
+JR Freeman	b Whitty	2
W Reeves	b Whitty	6
CP Buckenham	not out	15
AH Read	c Bardsley b Armstrong	26
HI Young	c Hartigan b Macartney	4
W Mead	c Bardsley b Macartney	3
Extras	(5 b, 6 lb, 5 nb)	16
Total	(all out, 47.1 overs)	148
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-18, 3-49, 4-63, 5-66, 6-94, 7-95, 8-130, 9-142, 10-148 (47.1 ov)

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cotter	15	0	62	3	-	5
Whitty	17	6	28	3	-	-
Macartney	7.1	2	15	2	-	-
Noble	3	1	4	0	-	-
Armstrong	5	0	23	1	-	-

Essex second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CP Buckenham	b Cotter	13
HI Young	b Cotter	22
JWHT Douglas	c Carter b Cotter	18
FL Fane	c Ransford b Hopkins	115		180	15	-
PA Perrin	c Cotter b Armstrong	53
*CP McGahey	c Ransford b Hopkins	55
FH Gillingham	b Hopkins	33
+JR Freeman	not out	4
W Reeves	c Hartigan b Cotter	13
AH Read	c Trumper b Whitty	6
W Mead	not out	2
Extras	(1 b, 2 lb, 5 nb, 2 w)	10
Total	(9 wickets, 108 overs)	344
Fall of wickets:
1-31, 2-44, 3-60, 4-172, 5-213, 6-291, 7-320, 8-333, 9-342

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cotter	24	3	80	4	2	5
Hopkins	21	3	76	3	-	-
Whitty	19	4	46	1	-	-
Armstrong	20	9	49	1	-	-
Macartney	14	4	34	0	-	-
Noble	10	0	49	0	-	-

Notes
--> VS Ransford (1) passed 2500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 90
--> FL Fane (2) passed 13500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 106
--> FH Gillingham (2) passed 3500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 31
--> WJ Whitty achieved his best innings bowling analysis in first-class matches in the Essex first innings (previous best was 3-71)