CRICKET.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume II, Issue 234, 6 September 1912, Page 6

CRICKET.

AUSTRALIA v. LORI) I.ONDFSBOROUGH'S XI. INTERESTING CRICKET AT ! SCARBOROUGH. ENGLISH TAIL WAGS ' VIGOROUSLY. (Received 6. 11.15 a.id.) ; London. Sept. 5. The weather was; fine but boiste-r- ’ Ous for the opening of the Austral-. rer. match at Scarborough against ; l/-u Londesberough’s XI. The following are the teams : AIcTRAUA. L, ’ Rl ’ BOROt'GI! S XI. S, E. Gregory Rhodes C. G. Macartney Spooner W. Bardsley Douglas G. Keileway P. Meade W. Carkeek Dcntci W. J. Whittv Ratijitsingl.i G. R. Hazliti Jessop I>. Smith Hirst J. T. Matthews Reif U. B. Minuet I Haigh E. R. Mayne Bird The attendance of spectators w-u--about 6000. The wicket was good. Ranji won the to's and derided to bat. < A bad start was made. Spooner being bowled before reaching double figures. Meade cod Rhodes added 31 for the sere-nd wicket. Rhodes and Denton added II for the third wick'”. A feature cf the innings was tbe stand made by the tail of the team. Haigh and Relf adding 130 for tl.e ninth wicket. Rhodes played a masterly innings, batting for 135 minutes. Relf gave a chance at 78, which was not taken, off Carkeck in tr.e deep field to Smith. Relf’s play was brilliant towards the finish. The 200 was hoisted after 225 minutes’ play. Mayne and Keileway opened the Australians’ innings and played out time.

Scores :--- LORD LONDESBOROUGH’S XI First Innings.

Rhodes, c Kelleway. b Hazlitt •• 51 Spooner, b Minnett 8 P. Meade, <• Carkeek, b M’hitty I'l Denton, b Matthews £4 Douglas, b Hazlitt o Ranjitsinghi, c Macartney, b Hazlitt 7 Jessop, c Carkeck. b Matthews. • 3 Hirst. C Kelleway, b Matthews 14 Relf, not out t-l Haigh, b Macartney„ 56 Bird, b Macartney ! Sundries So Total 291

Bonding analysis.—Minnett one for 52,’ Hazlitt three for 86, M’hitty one for 46, Matthews three for 61, Kelleway none for 20, Macartney two for 14. How the wickets fell: 1 23456789 10 8 39 80 103 119 125 123 142 272 294 AUSTRALIA. First Innings. Mayne, not out 3 Kelleway, not out 1 Sundries 4 Total for no wickets 8 SOUTH AFRICA v. ROBINSON’S -XI. MODERATE SCORING. PEGLER TAKES 6 WICKETS FOR 45. (Received 6. 12.15 p.m.) London. Sept. 5. The South Africans’ match against Mr. L. Rob inson’s XI. was commenced to-day. The Springboks dismissed the home team for 133 runs, and when stumps were drawn had lost seven wickets for 96. Scores :— ROBINSON’S XI. First Innings. Evans, c Strieker, b Pegler .... -ire Tarrant, b Pegler - Kidd, ran out Sharp, b Nourse 8 Rupert, c Minnett. b Nourse .... 0 Bosanquet. b Pegler p Faison, c Stricker, b Pegler .... I'9 Smith, c Campbell, b Pegler •• • - 8 Hendren. <• Mitchell, b Nourse Tufnell, b Pegler ; Dean, not out Sundries Total • b 53 Bowling analysis.Pegler six for 45. Nourse three for 43. Faulkner none for 19. Cox none for 19. SOUTH AFRICA. First Innings. Strieker, c Tufnc’l. b Fclcon .... 4 Taylor, c Kidd, b Dean 6 Noui'se. b Falcon ’ Tam-red. e Tarrant, b Falcon .. Wl.i’e. c Simms, b Falcon Faulkner, l-b.w.. b Falcon 17 Pegler, e Tarrant, b Simms .... 2t' Carter, mt rat U Sundries 1Tot.ai f r r seven wickets t ;i '