AUSTRALIA V. ESSEX.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume II, Issue 127, 14 May 1912, Page 5

AUSTRALIA V. ESSEX.

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(Received 14, 9.30 a.m.) London, May 13. The following are the teams : — ESSEX AUSTRALIA. Douglas S- E. Gregory Fane . W. Bardsley McGahey Kelleway Perrin Emery Gibson C. G. Macartney Gillingham J- T. Mathews Mead C. B. Jennings Carpenter E. R. Mayne Buekenham ‘ W. Carkeek J. Freeman W. J. Whitty A. C. Russell G. R. Hazlitt The weather was fine. The rain overnight had made the wicket excellent, but dead. Douglas won the toss and elected to bat.

Fane and Douglas opened to the bowling of Hazlitt and Macartney. With the total at 13, Fane playing forward to Macartney was caught at the wicket.-

Perrin and Douglas took the score to 26, when Emery, who had just come on, got Perrin finely caught in the §lips. The bowling was being carefully watched.

At the luncheon adjournment the score was 86 for 2 ; Douglas 41, made by steady play and including some good cuts and leg hits. McGahey 7 had made 30, showing clever driving and sound defence.

After lunch the attendance rose to 4000.

Emery and Kelleway 7 resumed the attack, and at 93, McGahey fell to a brilliant righthanded catch at shonleg. Gillingham assisted Douglas to add ten runs, when the newcomer was yorked by Emery. The century was hoisted after 135 minutes’ play. Thirty runs were added by Douglas and Freeman,, when the former, who had shown a strong defence and made some good leg strokes, was easily caught at third man from a poor stroke. Russell was the incomer, but only one run was added when Kelleway bowled Freeman with a good backbreak. At 141 Russell was out l.b.w. to Emery. At the tea adjournment Carpenter and Gibson had raised the score 166 by steady play.' There had been three bowling changes in ten minutes.

Carpenter and Gibson added six runs more when' Carpenter was easily caught by Hazlitt in the slips. Twelve runs later Perrin was yorkeeb by Whitty. < The last wicket added eight, when’ Gibson, who had been driving freely, and had scored five fourers off Emery, was bowled by that bowler. The innings lasted 230 minutes, ending at 4.50 p.m. *

AUSTRALIANS AT THE WICKET

Gregory and Mayne opened the Australians’ innings to'thf: bowling of Douglas and Buekenham, and when stumps were drawn had not been separated. Gregory, who did not play with his usual certainty, gave easy chances in the slips to Perrin off Buekenham at 10, and at the wicket to Gibson, off Douglas, at 18. Mayne made some lucky snicks, and gave a chance to Gibson, off Mead, when he had scored 9. Scores: —

ESSEX. First Innings

Bowling analysis.—Hazlitt none for 21, Macartney one for 8, Whitty t/vo for 34, Emery five for 72, Kelleway two for 29. Matthews none for 9. AUSTRALIA. First Innings. Gregory,- not out 40 Mayne, not out 22 Extras ...... 6 Total for no wickets f>B AFRICANS v. M.C.C. (Received 14, 10.15 a.m.) f London, May 13. I The Africans commenced their 'match against M.C.C. in bright I weather. M.C.C. batted first and I commenced well, the first wicket i falling at 108, of which Tarrant made 167. | At lunch the score was 162 for j three wickets, Tarrant 101. But TarI rant added only three after lunch. i Fry and Day made a good stand for the fifth wicket, which fell at 240. but the others did not offer I much resistence to Pegler and Harti- ' gan. At the drawing of stumps the Africans had scored 83 for four. i Scores M.C.C.

i Bowling analysis.—Nourse none ■ for 40. Pegler five for 75. Schwarz jtwo for 54. Carter none for 45. Hartigan three for 69. ! AFRICANS. First Innings. I Tanered, b Tarrant 9 i Strieker, b Tarrant ;> i Nourse. 1.b.w.. b Relf •k J

Snooke, b Tarrant 6 Mitchell, not out *5 Schwarz, not out Extras ’< Total for four wickets 83

Douglas, c Bardsley, b Kelleway 60 jane, c Carkeek, b Macartney ... 1 Perrin, c Kelleway, b Emery..... 3 McGahev, c Matthews, b Emery 34 Gillingham, b Emery 4 Freeman, b Kelleway • (7 Russell, Lb.w;, b Emery 0 Carpenter, c Hazlitt, b VV hitty .. 18 Gibson, b Emerx 31 Buckenham, b Whitty 4 Mead, not out 0 Extras 20 Total ' 192

First Innings. ‘ Spooner, c *and b Hartigan .... 36 Tarrant, b Pegler 104. J. W. Hearne, l.b.w.. b Pegler .. 12 j Hardstaff. b Pegler 1 i Frv, b Schwarz 30 {A. P. Dav. Ib.w., b Schwarz .... 50 [ Relf, c Nourse. b Pegler 25 i Thompson, b Hartigan 17 1 J. T. Hearne, e Nourse, b Haiti0 i Hush, not out 6 , Fielder, b Pegler 2 Extras • • 20 Total 293