AUSTRALIA V. SURREY
ANOTHER SOFT WICKET. MODERATE SCORING. BY HOME TEAM. [per press association—copyright.] ■ ’ LONDON, June 17.’ The following, players . will represent Surrey in the match against the Australians on the Oval, which began to-day Bird, Major, Bush, Hayward, Hobbs, Hayes, Strudwick, Hitch, Rush by, Smith, WJ. Abel, Ducat, Platt, Harrison. Whitty, Webster, MacLaren and Minnett were omitted from the Australian team. . The weather was threatening and the attendance moderate. The wicket -was soft. Bird won the toss and elected to bat. Hayward and Hobbs opened to Hazlitt and Emery. •Hayward after 55 minutes’ play was caught at mid-on. Fifty appeared in 65 minutes. Ten runs later, Hobbs, playing forward, was smartly stumped by Carkeek. Hayes and Ducat saw the centuir hoisted in 115 minutes.
' At the luncheon adjournment two Wickets were down for 110. Hayes had scored 34. When he had reached eight he was badly missed by Bardsley at point off Matthews. Ducat scored 21 by watchful play and good og driving. The gowling lacked length. On resuming the attendance was 3000. Emery and Hazlitt bowled. In the latter’s second over,. Ducat’s middle stumps werri uprooted. He had batted fifty. minutes, . Hayes in Emery’s third over got Ins leg before. . ’Abel adde da single and then his middle stump went down. Five for 131. The remaining five added 59. During the latter portion of the innings the wicket was faster. Hitch," running out to meet a ball, was easily stumped. Strudwick batted soundly and confit dently. The innings lasted 210 minutes. Kelleway and Jennings'opened to Hitch and Smith; The last ball of the latter’s second over Kelleway skied and was caught. Macartney was caught at'the wickets by Strudwick standing back. ■ Jennings and Bardsley were associated when rain stopped play at 5.15 p.m .and stumps were drawn at 6 p.m. The following are the scores: — SURREY—First Innings. Hayward, c Emery b Matthews .;. 21 Hobbs, st Carkeek b.Matthews ... 30 Hayes, 1.b.w., b "Emery ... ... 38 Ducat, b Hazlitt ... 21 Bird, c Emery h Hazlitt ... ... 17 Abel, b , Hazlitt 1 Meyers, b Hazlitt ... ••• 2 Hitch ,st Carkeek b Hazlitt ... ... 6 Strudwick, hot out ... ... 25 Smith, h Matthews 16 Rushby, h Matthews 2 Sundries ... ... H Total 120 The wickets fell as follows: —One for 43, two for 60. three for 114, four, for 118, five for 135,. six for 139, seven for 140, eight for 151, nine for 188. Bowling analysis.—Hazlitt five for 59, Emery one for 49, Matthews four for 50, Kellewav 0 for 17, Macartney 0 for 4. AUSTRALIA—First Innings. Kelleway, c Strudwick b Smith ... 8 Jennings, not out ... 11 Macartney, c Strudwick b Hitch ... 15 Bardsley, not out ... ... ... 2 Sundries 2 Total for two wickets 37 The wickets fell as follows: —One for 8. two-for 35. ENGLISH TEAM AGAINST AUSTRALIA.
Received this dav at 12.15 p.m. Fry, Spooner, Warner, F. B. Foster, Hobbs, Rhodes, Barnes, E. J. Smith (Warwickshire), Woolley and Dean have been invited to play agajnst Australia.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 18 June 1912, Page 2
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