Lancashire Cricket Club

f6757	Lancashire v Australians
	Australia in British Isles 1905
Venue	Aigburth, Liverpool on 21st, 22nd August 1905 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Australians won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Australians won by an innings and 67 runs
Umpires	S Wade, JE West
Close of play day 1	Australians (1) 313 all out

Australians first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AJY Hopkins	c Sharp b Heap	14
VT Trumper	b Cook	89
C Hill	b Cook	84
MA Noble	b Cook	0
WW Armstrong	c Findlay b Cuttell	2
*J Darling	not out	61
DRA Gehrs	b Cook	11
+JJ Kelly	b Cook	0
FJ Laver	st Findlay b Sharp	34
A Cotter	c Tyldesley b Sharp	0
WP Howell	b Sharp	7
Extras	(9 b, 2 lb)	11
Total	(all out, 81.4 overs)	313
Fall of wickets:
1-22, 2-185, 3-187, 4-196, 5-198, 6-225, 7-225, 8-304, 9-304, 10-313 (81.4 ov)

Lancashire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Heap	16	2	48	1	-	-
Cook	26	2	103	5	-	-
Rowlands	3	0	26	0	-	-
Sharp	12.4	0	40	3	-	-
Harry	5	1	26	0	-	-
Cuttell	19	4	59	1	-	-

Lancashire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RH Spooner	b Armstrong	18
HG Garnett	b Noble	25
JT Tyldesley	c Cotter b Armstrong	12
J Sharp	st Kelly b Armstrong	7
J Hallows	c Howell b Laver	25
F Harry	lbw b Noble	4
W Cook	c Hopkins b Armstrong	4
WR Cuttell	c Cotter b Armstrong	5
JS Heap	not out	3
+W Findlay	c and b Laver	2
LS Rowlands	lbw b Armstrong	0
Extras	(6 b, 2 lb, 1 nb)	9
Total	(all out, 34.4 overs)	114
Fall of wickets:
1-40, 2-63, 3-67, 4-70, 5-79, 6-84, 7-97, 8-109, 9-113, 10-114 (34.4 ov)

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cotter	5	0	23	0	-	-
Howell	7	1	22	0	-	-
Armstrong	12.4	2	32	6	-	-
Noble	6	2	16	2	-	1
Laver	4	0	12	2	-	-

Lancashire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RH Spooner	b Armstrong	22
HG Garnett	c Darling b Armstrong	26
JT Tyldesley	st Kelly b Armstrong	5
J Sharp	st Kelly b Armstrong	12
J Hallows	c Hill b Laver	1
F Harry	c Gehrs b Armstrong	25
W Cook	c Kelly b Armstrong	16
WR Cuttell	b Laver	10
JS Heap	st Kelly b Laver	1
+W Findlay	c Cotter b Laver	1
LS Rowlands	not out	1
Extras	(7 b, 5 lb)	12
Total	(all out, 37 overs)	132
Fall of wickets:
1-45, 2-53, 3-58, 4-59, 5-100, 6-105, 7-128, 8-129, 9-131, 10-132 (37 ov)

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cotter	5	0	21	0	-	-
Armstrong	18	3	60	6	-	-
Laver	14	2	39	4	-	-

Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> DRA Gehrs (1) passed 1500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 9
--> F Harry (2) passed his previous highest score of 22 in first-class matches
--> WW Armstrong reached 100 wickets in first-class matches for the season when taking his 6th wicket in the Lancashire second innings
--> WW Armstrong reached 250 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Lancashire second innings