f7700	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) 159/9 (Macartney 25*)
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
FP Hardy	c Noble b Laver	9
AE Lewis	b Laver	26
KHS Narayan	st Carter b Whitty	3
BL Bisgood	st Carter b Whitty	5
E Robson	c Armstrong b Laver	4
VT Hill	c McAlister b Whitty	6
WT Greswell	lbw b Whitty	7
ESM Poyntz	b Noble	18
*J Daniell	not out	10
+H Chidgey	b Noble	0
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb)	2
Total	(all out, 32.5 overs)	93
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-21, 3-32, 4-42, 5-50, 6-52, 7-61, 8-71, 9-93, 10-93 (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
+H Carter	c Poyntz b Lewis	7
MJ Hartigan	c Chidgey b Robson	2
VT Trumper	b Robson	2
*MA Noble	c Braund b Robson	14
SE Gregory	c Chidgey b Robson	6
WW Armstrong	c Greswell b Robson	7
W Bardsley	b Robson	17
CG Macartney	not out	25
FJ Laver	c Poyntz b Robson	5
WJ Whitty	absent ill
Extras	(23 b, 4 lb)	27
Total	(all out, 60.1 overs)	139
Fall of wickets:
1-32, 2-35, 3-37, 4-40, 5-58, 6-77, 7-80, 8-125, 9-139 (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 b Macartney	51
FP Hardy	c Carter b Laver	6
AE Lewis	c and b Laver	2
E Robson	c Bardsley b Armstrong	6
KHS Narayan	b Macartney	16
VT Hill	b Noble	0
*J Daniell	c Bardsley b Laver	8
BL Bisgood	b Macartney	3
WT Greswell	b Macartney	8
ESM Poyntz	b Laver	5
+H Chidgey	not out	2
Extras	(4 b)	4
Total	(all out, 50.2 overs)	111
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-33, 3-40, 4-73, 5-76, 6-84, 7-88, 8-94, 9-109, 10-111 (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
W Bardsley	lbw b Robson	0
*MA Noble	c Braund b Robson	0
VT Trumper	c Braund b Robson	0
SE Gregory	b Greswell	29
WW Armstrong	c and b Robson	5
CG Macartney	not out	6
MJ Hartigan	b Greswell	1
+H Carter	b Greswell	3
FJ Laver	not out	4
WJ Whitty	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb)	5
Total	(8 wickets, 38.1 overs)	68
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-7, 3-7, 4-35, 5-54, 6-54, 7-57, 8-61

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 taking his 1st wicket in the Somerset first innings
--> E Robson achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Australians first innings (previous best was 7-60)

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