f7704	Somerset v Australians
	Australia in British Isles 1909
Venue	Recreation Ground, Bath on 10th, 11th, 12th June 1909 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Australians won by 2 wickets
Umpires	H Baldwin, W Flowers
Close of play day 1	Australians (1) 139/9 (Macartney 25*; 60.1 overs)
Close of play day 2	Somerset (2) 33/2 (Braund 25*, Robson 0*)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LC Braund	c Armstrong b Whitty	3	23	12	-	-
FP Hardy	c Noble b Laver	9	28	25	1	-
AE Lewis	b Laver	26	37	34	4	-
KHS Narayan	st Carter b Whitty	3	21	13	-	-
BL Bisgood	st Carter b Whitty	5	13	18	-	-
E Robson	c Armstrong b Laver	4	8	6	-	-
VT Hill	c McAlister b Whitty	6	9	10	1	-
WT Greswell	lbw b Whitty	7	11	13	1	-
ESM Poyntz	b Noble	18	20	26	3	-
*J Daniell	not out	10	25	21	1	-
+H Chidgey	b Noble	0	2	1	-	-
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb)	2
Total	(all out, 32.5 overs)	93
Fall of wickets:
1-5 (Braund), 2-21 (Hardy), 3-32 (Narayan), 4-42 (Lewis), 5-50 (Robson), 6-52 (Bisgood), 7-61 (Hill), 8-71 (Greswell), 9-93 (Poyntz), 10-93 (Chidgey, 32.5 ov)

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Laver	15	4	40	3	-	-
Whitty	15	4	45	5	-	-
Noble	1.5	0	4	2	-	-
Macartney	1	0	2	0	-	-

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Australians first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PA McAlister	c Chidgey b Robson	27	70	55	2	-
+H Carter	c Poyntz b Lewis	7	40	24	-	-
MJ Hartigan	c Chidgey b Robson	2	12	12	-	-
VT Trumper	b Robson	2	8	4	-	-
*MA Noble	c Braund b Robson	14	46	45	-	-
SE Gregory	c Chidgey b Robson	6	26	19	1	-
WW Armstrong	c Greswell b Robson	7	22	22	1	-
W Bardsley	b Robson	17	61	51	1	-
CG Macartney	not out	25	70	56	1	-
FJ Laver	c Poyntz b Robson	5	12	10	-	-
WJ Whitty	absent hurt
Extras	(23 b, 4 lb)	27
Total	(all out, 60.1 overs)	139
Fall of wickets:
1-32 (Carter), 2-35 (Hartigan), 3-37 (Trumper), 4-40 (McAlister), 5-58 (Gregory), 6-77 (Noble), 7-80 (Armstrong), 8-125 (Bardsley), 9-139 (Laver, 60.1 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Greswell	25	8	43	0	-	-
Lewis	12	5	26	1	-	-
Robson	19.1	8	35	8	-	-
Hardy	4	1	8	0	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
LC Braund	c sub (W Carkeek) b Macartney	51	113	107	4	-
FP Hardy	c Carter b Laver	6	18	20	1	-
AE Lewis	c and b Laver	2	26	18	-	-
E Robson	c Bardsley b Armstrong	6	18	18	1	-
KHS Narayan	b Macartney	16	80	61	-	-
VT Hill	b Noble	0	3	3	-	-
*J Daniell	c Bardsley b Laver	8	13	21	1	-
BL Bisgood	b Macartney	3	6	4	-	-
WT Greswell	b Macartney	8	14	12	-	-
ESM Poyntz	b Laver	5	6	12	-	-
+H Chidgey	not out	2	5	4	-	-
Extras	(4 b)	4
Total	(all out, 50.2 overs)	111
Fall of wickets:
1-15 (Hardy), 2-33 (Lewis), 3-40 (Robson), 4-73 (Braund), 5-76 (Hill), 6-84 (Narayan), 7-88 (Bisgood), 8-94 (Daniell), 9-109 (Greswell), 10-111 (Poyntz, 50.2 ov)

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Laver	20.2	7	38	4	-	-
Noble	12	2	39	1	-	-
Macartney	9	2	20	4	-	-
Armstrong	9	5	10	1	-	-

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Australians second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PA McAlister	c Braund b Greswell	15	66	50	-	-
W Bardsley	lbw b Robson	0	4	8	-	-
*MA Noble	c Braund b Robson	0	6	7	-	-
VT Trumper	c Braund b Robson	0	5	2	-	-
SE Gregory	b Greswell	29	68	51	3	-
WW Armstrong	c and b Robson	5	18	23	-	-
CG Macartney	not out	6	30	24	-	-
MJ Hartigan	b Greswell	1	6	3	-	-
+H Carter	b Greswell	3	17	11	-	-
FJ Laver	not out	4	9	6	-	-
WJ Whitty	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb)	5
Total	(8 wickets, 38.1 overs)	68
Fall of wickets:
1-1 (Bardsley), 2-7 (Noble), 3-7 (Trumper), 4-35 (McAlister), 5-54 (Gregory), 6-54 (Armstrong), 7-57 (Hartigan), 8-61 (Carter)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Greswell	13	8	11	4	-	-
Lewis	7	3	7	0	-	-
Robson	18.1	6	45	4	-	-

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Notes
--> KHS Narayan made his debut in First-Class matches
--> WJ Whitty reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed LC Braund, his 1st wicket in the Somerset first innings
--> E Robson achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches when he dismissed FJ Laver in the Australians first innings (previous best was 7-60)

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