SPORTS AND PASTIMES.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 17 June 1924, Page 11

SPORTS AND PASTIMES.

CRICKET. SOUTH AFRICAN TEAM. MATCH AGAINST ENGLAND. BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT Received June 17, 11.55 a.m. LONDON, June 16. England in their first innings made 438. Kilner, c Pegler, 59; Gilligan, b Pegler, 13; Wood, b Parker, 1; Parker, not out, 8; extras, 16. The bowling analysis is incomplete. South Africa in their first innings made 30. Catterall, b Gilligan, 0; Sus kind, e Kilner, b Tate, 3; Taylor, b Tate, 7; Nourse, 1.b.w., b Gilligan ’ 1 • Blanckenberg, b Tate, 4; Commalle, not out, 1; Dean, 1.b.w., h Gilligan, 2Nupeii, b Gilligan, 0; Pegler b Tate' 0; Ward, b Gilligan, 1; Parke, l.b.w ’ b Gilligan, 0; extras, 11. Bowling—Gilligan six for 7, Tate four for 12.

The Aveather was fine and warm and the attendance was 3000. -England’s score was made in 323 minutes. The South Africans innings lasted only 49 minutes, and the first three wickets were doAvn after seventeen balls. Gilligan and Tate were the most destructive. The former yorked Nupen and got Parker leg before, each with the first ball. Tate’s first ball in test cricket disposed of Suskind, whom Kilner took at short leg. Both bowlers were enthusiastically cheered. A possible explanation of the South Africans’ failure is that they Avere batting on a hard and fast wicket after a month of Avet wickets.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. The scores for South Africa in their second innings were: Taylor, c Tate, 34; Commaille, e Hendren. b Tate, 29; Suskind. b Gilligan, 51;' Nourse, c b" Gilligan, 34; Catterall, not out, 52; Blanckenberg, not out, 56 — total, four for 274. Stumps were drawn.

Bowling analysis.—England, first innings : Parker six for 152, Pegler two for 106, Blanckenberg two for 95. Nupen and Nourse also bowled, but their averages are not shown—Aus.-N.Z Cable Assn. Received June 17, 12.30 n.m. LONDON. June 16. . lhe afternoon was hot and occasionally cloudy, and the attendance increased to 10,000. Tate and Gilligan opened the bowling. The former dismissed Taylor with a low left-handed catch after batting fifty minutes. The second century appeared as a result of 223 minutes’ play. England’s score is a record against the South Africans in this country, and the South Africans’ score is the loAvest total ever made in in any test. Commaille fell to a smart catch by Hendren in the slips, the ball flying oft the batsman’s glove. DEATH OF WOOTTON.

Received June 17, 1.25 p.m. LONDON, June 16. The death is recorded of George Wootton, the crieketer. [George Wootton <as born in 1834, and represented Nottinghamshire during the fifties and sixties of last century. He was perhaps better known as one of the stock borders at Lords, where lie did great service in conjunction with James Grundy, another Notts bowler., His greatest feat was to take, all ten Aviekets in an innings in the All England XI v. Yorkshire match in 1865.] RUGBBY FOOTBALL. KAPONGA-TUKAPA GAME. Owing to a printer’s error which occurred in the commentary notes preceding our Monday’s report of the Ka-ponga-Tukapa game, the phrase “Kaponga’s formidable backs seldom appeared in the picture except in defence” Avas included. This should have read: “Tukapa’s formidable backs.” A Avrong impression was com T eyed by the error, as the Kaponga backs were conspicuous throughout. The comment Avas intended to imply that the dash of the Kaponga forwards prevented the development of those movements which in previous games ha\ T e made the Tukapa hacks so formidable.

The City Fodtball Club to play TaAvhiti to-morrow at the Showgrounds at 1.30 will he: Purser, Hammond, Townsend, Smith, Champion, Stone, Hall, Roberts, Fraser, Moeller, Buchanan, Rosewarne, Hardley, Hoddinott and Foster. Emergencies: Hook, McKenna, Kururangi.