f7663 t101	England v Australia
	Australia in British Isles 1909 (1st Test)
Venue	Edgbaston, Birmingham on 27th, 28th, 29th May 1909 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Australia won the toss and decided to bat
Result	England won by 10 wickets
Umpires	J Carlin, F Parris
Close of play day 1	Australia (1) 22/2 (Armstrong 10*, Trumper 7*)
Close of play day 2	Australia (2) 67/2 (Gregory 26*, Ransford 28*)

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Australia first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
A Cotter	c Hirst b Blythe	2			-	-
W Bardsley	c MacLaren b Hirst	2			-	-
WW Armstrong	b Hirst	24
VT Trumper	c Hirst b Blythe	10
*MA Noble	c Jessop b Blythe	15
SE Gregory	c Rhodes b Blythe	0			-	-
VS Ransford	b Hirst	1			-	-
CG Macartney	c MacLaren b Blythe	10
+H Carter	lbw b Hirst	0			-	-
JDA O'Connor	lbw b Blythe	8
WJ Whitty	not out	0			-	-
Extras	(1 lb, 1 nb)	2
Total	(all out, 46 overs)	74
Fall of wickets:
1-5 (Cotter), 2-7 (Bardsley), 3-30 (Trumper), 4-46 (Armstrong), 5-47 (Gregory), 6-52 (Ransford), 7-58 (Noble), 8-59 (Carter), 9-71 (O'Connor), 10-74 (Macartney, 46 ov)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hirst	23	8	28	4	-	1
Blythe	23	6	44	6	-	-

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England first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*AC MacLaren	b Macartney	5
JB Hobbs	lbw b Macartney	0	1		-	-
JT Tyldesley	b O'Connor	24
CB Fry	b Macartney	0	1		-	-
AO Jones	c Carter b Armstrong	28
GH Hirst	lbw b Armstrong	15
GL Jessop	b Armstrong	22
W Rhodes	not out	15
+AFA Lilley	c Ransford b Armstrong	0
GJ Thompson	run out	6
C Blythe	c Macartney b Armstrong	1
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb)	5
Total	(all out, 55.3 overs)	121
Fall of wickets:
1-0 (Hobbs), 2-13 (MacLaren), 3-13 (Fry), 4-61 (Jones), 5-61 (Tyldesley), 6-90 (Jessop), 7-103 (Hirst), 8-107 (Lilley), 9-116 (Thompson), 10-121 (Blythe, 55.3 ov)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Whitty	17	5	43	0	-	-
Macartney	17	6	21	3	-	-
Noble	1	0	2	0	-	-
O'Connor	5	2	23	1	-	-
Armstrong	15.3	7	27	5	-	-

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Australia second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*MA Noble	c Jones b Hirst	11
CG Macartney	lbw b Blythe	1			-	-
SE Gregory	c Thompson b Blythe	43
VS Ransford	b Blythe	43
VT Trumper	c Rhodes b Hirst	1			-	-
W Bardsley	c Thompson b Blythe	6
WW Armstrong	c Jessop b Blythe	0			-	-
+H Carter	c Hobbs b Hirst	1			-	-
A Cotter	c Tyldesley b Hirst	15				1
JDA O'Connor	c Lilley b Hirst	13
WJ Whitty	not out	9
Extras	(7 b, 1 lb)	8
Total	(all out, 52.5 overs)	151
Fall of wickets:
1-4 (Macartney), 2-16 (Noble), 3-97 (Gregory), 4-99 (Trumper), 5-103 (Ransford), 6-103 (Armstrong), 7-106 (Carter), 8-123 (Bardsley), 9-125 (Cotter), 10-151 (O'Connor, 52.5 ov)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hirst	23.5	4	58	5	-	-
Blythe	24	3	58	5	-	-
Thompson	4	0	19	0	-	-
Rhodes	1	0	8	0	-	-

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England second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JB Hobbs	not out	62
CB Fry	not out	35
*AC MacLaren	did not bat
JT Tyldesley	did not bat
AO Jones	did not bat
GH Hirst	did not bat
GL Jessop	did not bat
W Rhodes	did not bat
+AFA Lilley	did not bat
GJ Thompson	did not bat
C Blythe	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 3 lb)	8
Total	(no wicket, 32.2 overs)	105

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Armstrong	13	5	27	0	-	-
Macartney	11	2	35	0	-	-
Whitty	5	1	18	0	-	-
O'Connor	3.2	1	17	0	-	-

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Notes
--> W Bardsley made his debut in Test matches
--> WJ Whitty made his debut in Test matches
--> GJ Thompson made his debut in Test matches
--> GH Hirst reached 2050 wickets in first-class matches when he dismissed H Carter, his 4th wicket in the Australia first innings
--> CG Macartney achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches in the England first innings (previous best was 3-44)
--> WW Armstrong achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches in the England first innings (previous best was 5-122)
--> CG Macartney reached 100 wickets in first-class matches when he dismissed CB Fry, his 3rd wicket in the England first innings
--> C Blythe reached 50 wickets in first-class matches for the season when he dismissed CG Macartney, his 1st wicket in the Australia second innings
--> GH Hirst reached 50 wickets in Test matches when he dismissed H Carter, his 3rd wicket in the Australia second innings

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