ESSEX v. AUSTRALIA.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLVI, Issue 116, 14 May 1912, Page 5

ESSEX v. AUSTRALIA.

[rutss association,! ,: • (Receive*! May 14,-9.30 a.m.) •; LONDON,. May 13. '-For the miateh between Essex ivnd. -Australia.-the weather was fine. Rain foil overnight arKl. made the wicket a trifle • dead.' !Hie following are the teams:— Essex: Douglas, Fane, McGahi>y } Perrin, ■ Gibson., Gillingbarn,, Mead Carpenter, JBuekenham, J. Freeman, iand A. G. Russell. Australia.: (Ga-egory, Carkeek, Bardsley, Hazlitt, Jennings, . Kelleway. Matthews., "3£mery, Mayne, Whitty a,nd Macartney. ■ iDo-u^las.^TCOii the toss, and elected to bat. Bane, and Douglas opened-to the bowling of Hazlitt and Macr ■ai-tney. With the total at 13 Fane, j playing forward to Macartney, wa> j caught at ttho wicket. . , Perrin atnd Douglas took the score to. 26, when Emery, who had ji*st come on, .got Perrin'.finely caught -it slip. Tlre^ bowling was being car-?- \ •fully watched, ■ and at" the luncheon ; adjournment the score was 86 for: 2 j wickets. (Douglas made 41 by steady | phiy, including some good cuts and I leg hits- MciGahey had made 80, j showing ((Sever driving and sound de- : fence. After lunch' the attendance rose: to 4000. Emery aikl Kelleway resume.!' the attack,' and at 93 McGahey fell to .a brilliant high right-handed'catch-jat;shoiri>4e;g. ' ■' j Giiungham assisted, Douglas to add ten runs when the newcomer was yorked ijy Emery. The century v.ns hoisted after 135 minutes' ; pfc.y.: Thirty iains \ were added by Douglas and Freeman,, when the. former, who had shown.-. strong defence and :hi±a made some ./rood leg strokes, was easily caught'at third ..man from a t poor.staifike. s , ' Russell was. the ■' incomer, but only one run was. sklded : wken Kelleway bowled .'F'reenn',n. with.-a: good- breakvback., ~ . ■■."'-. • ,-',/. At 141; -Russell .was >.-aut: iegTbeioie :to Emery. ■ ■ ■• ■ .'•■,.' At the lea adjournmentl Carpenter and 'Gibsonhad raised the score to 166' by steady i play. There had beon; /three bowling changes..in;ten minntos*: After the :tea adjournment, C;xr/penter ixnd (4"ibsbn aefd^d ; six '-runs' more,.. when Carpenter' , was easily ;caught by B>izlitt in the. slips. : Twelvein,un»\laterlPerrin wasvyorkod iby Whitty. ' : . The. last wicket added -..eight, when Gibson, Vho^ hnd; been deriving finely and had .scored >s;'fourer.sf6S Eme':y, w,as bowled' by; that ••bowler. The innings lasted :.230 : minutes,! ending m 4.50. ■■■ ' " •'■ ■'■ ■ ' r'"' . :. , ■ -Gregory .ana rMayne opened, tnoAustralians' /innings to the bowlmtj; of .Douglas aiid;Btteikerihfi.m,; and when stumps were i "drawn 'had not been separated. who did not; play with; Shis: usual, certainty, gav^ easy c"hiancesi in the slips to Perrin off Buckenham at 10,: and at the •wicket to Gibson off l>ouglas,at 1.8. Mayne :malcle some lutfky snicks, and gave a cha,noe to Gibson; off Mead- when h<had scored 9, Scores: — . , ;aSSa^X;-4lst 'Innings. ■' ■• Douglas, eßardsley b Ivellcw^y <C 0 iEane, c Gaa-kcek.ib Macartney ... I Perrin, c Jvelleway !b Emery ... 3 MeGahey, c .Matthews !b iEmei'y .^1 'Gil'lingham, !b vjEmer.y ~.. ... ... •! Fi^ema,ii.. :b Ivelleway ... '17 "Russell,'lbw ;b Emery ... :0 C^arpenteir., c H.iziitt'ib 'W-liitby ... j 8 :b jKinesny ..... ~„ :£'i .puckemiam.,^ . t\> \Vsbiibty 4 Mecid, not ,oti.t ..... ... 01 ..-./■^cac;-;■....,■.*....:,... •;....:,.,...-...... .".-aoj Total . ..!.... ...... ..;' Wl Bowling aaaaiiysis:: H?tzli;tt ;0 for 91, Sflacivrtney 1 iar;B, Whitty -2 for 'M.,l Emery 5 i;or -72,- KieMeivva-y >2> ioi' 'H% ; Matthews .0 i'or. 9.. ■'.■''. ' . AUSTRALIA;.—Ast Ixwings. . ] Gregory, not out ..... ;„ „ :. 4£> Miijne, not out ... ......;. ... i.2 ; t Extras . . ~... , • ...... ..... ..;;.. ;6; I ' ..' Total for ji.o wickets ... ..... i( 8 i