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Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 139, 12 June 1912, Page 7

ENGLAND 337

TAIL BREAKS DOWN AFRICA'S UPHILL BATTLE SPOONER GETS A CENTURY SPLENDID BOWLING BY PEGLER, By Telegraph.— Prew Association.— Copyright. (Received June 12, 11.45 a.m.) LONDON. 11th June. At the <»nchision of play in the Second Test to-day England had maae 337 .in the first innings, and South Africa had lost four for 114. The match was resumed in bright and breezy ■weather conditions. The wicket was still soft. When play- began there was an' attendance of 3000. Rhodes (36) and Spooner (67) were opposed by Faulkner and Nourse. The partnership was soon terminated, for with six runs added, Rhodes was -clean bowled by the fifth ball of Nourse's first over, without having added to his score. Two for 128. The partnership had put on 124 runs. Spooner was now 73, made in one hundred minutes. He reached that total with a> drive for four off Faulkner Fry (the captain) followed. The rate of run-getting showed no abatement, and 150 was hoisted for one hundred and twenty-five minutes' play. Schwarz replaced Nourse at 153. Faulkner, at the other end, was keeping an excellent length, and was troubling Fry. As Spooner approached his century he steadied down. At 93 he gave an easy chance to Mitchell at mid-on, off Schwarz, and with only two short of the hundred he was beaten, but not bowled, by the same bowler. Pegler, who relieved -Faulkner, effected a separation, Fry playing him on. Three for 183. The English captain had made 29 in forty-five minutes. The partnership had added 55. ' Spooner was joined by Warner, and reached the century with a single off Schwarz. The Lancastrian had batted one hundred and sixty-five minutes. T3oth batsmen scored steadily, and after three hours' play 200 was signalled. Nourse bowled vice Schwarz at 201, and he almost immediately got rid of Spooner, Llewellyn catching that batsman low at mid-off in the newcomer's first over. Four for 207. Spooner had made 119 in an innings characterised by brilliant driving and cutting. His score included a sis and thirteen foors. Besides the chances mentioned, Spooner was missed by Schwarz off Llewellyn when 50. Warner and Spooner had put on 24. WOOLLEY HAYING A DASH. Woolley was next. Warner was playing patchily, and had given several chances, and was repeatedly beaten. The Kent representative got to work, and started to smash the bowling straight away. "Hitting hard and often, he reached £0 in fifty -five minutes, and with a pull for 6 off Llewellyn made his individual score 60. He hit 15 off one over, mainly by brilliant driving, and sent the third century up with another 6 off Llewellyn. The runs had been got in four hours and ten minutes. The luncheon adjournment was taken with the score 303 for four. Cloudy weather prevailed on resumption. The attendance numbered 10,000. SIX FOE 7 OFF FIVE OVERS. Faulkner and Pegler were the bowlers. Once again the latter dissolved the partnership, getting Warner stumped in the fourth over. Five* for 320. Warner had made 39 in ninety minutes, and 113 runs had been added for the partnership. Jessop followed, and with only 3 runs added Pegler yorked Woolley, who had hit up 73 in eighty minutes. Six for 323. Woolley's innings was chancelefis, and included two 6's and seven 4's. Foster and Jessop were now associated, and with but 1 run added Jessop hit across one from Pegler and was clean bowled. Seven for 324. Pegler had taken three wickets in successive overs.' Smith was next, and, opposed to Pegler, the tail continued to go down. After 'making a couple Smith lost his wicket in trying to turn a ball of Pegier's. .Eight for 330. Barnes followed, only to see Foster get Ibw to Pegler the next over. Nine for 337. Brearley, .the last man, was clean bowled first ball by Pegler — ten for 337 — and the innings concluded after two hundred and ninety minutes' duration. Since lunch Pegler had . bowled six over, of which two were maidens, for 16 runs and six wickets. In the last five overs he took six for 7." SPRINGBOKS FOUR FOR 114. With a deficiency of 279, the South Africans started again with Hartigan and Taylor. As in the first innings, Foster and Barnes bowled. The visitors made another bad start, the bowlers threatening to repeat the slaughter' of the 'first innings. Hartigan succumbed to a "shooter" from Foster in the latter* third over. One for 5. When Noorse, who was, next, joined Taylor the weather was bright again. The attendance had risen to 12,000. The bowling continued to worry the batsmen, Nourse twice nearly playing Foster on. At 17 he lost Taylor, the latter playing forward to a fine ball from Barnes, and failing to stop it. Two for 17. Llewellyn joined Nourse, and a promising partnership was broken by a piece of bad hick. Nourse first started to run, and then made an effort to get back. Rhodes returned smartly to Smith, and Nourse was run out — a close thing. Three for 36. Llewellyn was set. He survived a general appeal for a catch at the wickets off Foster before he had scored. Nourse was batthig forty-five minutes for 17 rune, the partnership adding 19. A VALUABLE PARTNERSHIP. Faulkner succeeded, and he and Llewellyn put up an excellent stand. Llewellyn was responsible for the bulk of the scoring. Faulkner had -had a narrow escape before he scored of being caught and Dowled by Foster. The batting was steady and the fielding keen. Neither he nor Llewellyn was able to do much with Brearley, ivho bowled six overs for four singles. Woolley replaced Foster with 55 up, after the hitter had been bowling an hour and a half, and Barnes relieved Brearley one run later. Refreshments were dispensed in the field at this stage. When play was resumed Hobbs went on in place of Barnes, the score being 76, and the latter replaced Woolley at 77. The century came i'rom an off-drive by Faulkner off Barnes. Th© runs were made as the result of two hours' batting. Four runs later Faulkner was out Ibw to Barnes. He had played a watchful innings, and showed a strong defence. It took him fifty minutes to get his first 5. Faulkner was nearly bowled by Hobbs with the total at 52, the ball going for 4 byes. The next ball the batsman received a severe knock on the knee. Foster had bowled but one over after tea when slight rain fell. On an appeal being made on account of failing light stumps were drawn. Llewellyn's 60 mnt> n-eie made in one hundred and five miuiiLes, the- lirst iil'ty in eighty-five riiinul.es. He combined strong driving with good defence.

' 114 the pitch was soft and very bare. Spectators to the number of 13,368 paid for admission. Details are as follow: — SOUTH AFRICA* First innings — « ».« 58 Second Innings. G. P. D. Hartigan, b Foster f « 1 H. W. Taylor, b Barnes w »- 5 A. D. Nouree, run out 17 G. C. B. Llewellyn, not out 60 G. A. Faulkner, lbw, b Barnex ... 15 S. J. Snooke, not out , 5 Sundries ... ... 11 Total for four wickets „. 114 How til* Wickets Fell. 12 3 4 n " 5 17 36 104 1 ENGLAND.— FirBt Innings. J. K. Hobbs, b Nourse 4 W. R. Rhodes, b Nourse 36 R. H. Spooner, c Llewellyn, b Nourse 119 C. B. Fry, b P«gler 29 P. F. Warner, st Campbell, b Pegler 39 F. E. Woolloy, b Pegler 73 G. L. Jessop, b Pegler ... „. 3 F. R. Foster, lbw', b Pegler ... n» 11 E. J. Smith, b Pegler ... • ... ... 2 S. F. Barnes, not out ... ..« 0 W. Brearley, b Pegler ... j... 0 Sundries „. „.. 21 Total .., ... . ... „. 337 How th« Wickets Fell. 123456789 10 4 128 183 207 320 323 324 330 337 337 Bowling Analysis.

Overs. Mdns. I Touree ... ... 16 5 •egler 31 8 ... 29 6 krter 4 • 0 Jewellyn ... 9 * 0 Icbwarz ... 20 >3 laa-tigan ... 10 2 , Faulkner bowled a wide. Rons. V 46 65 72 15 60 44 14 3 7 0 0 0 0 0 ■s.