COLONIAL CRICKETERS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 15075, 19 August 1912, Page 8

COLONIAL CRICKETERS.

THE AUSTRALIANS' TOUR,

CENTURY IN GLOUCESTER MATCH.

ANOTHER ABANDONED GAME.

Br Telegraph .—Press Association.—Copyright

(Received Auirnst 18, 5.5 p.m.)

London*, August 17. The cricket match between tho Australian team and Gloucestershire was abandoned owing to rain. There was little play on the, first day. stumps being drawn when Australia, had three wicket.-? down for 94. runs.

'The weather was dull and the wicket slow when the mai/di was resumed on Friday. Bardsley and Oregon - continued their innings to the howling of Dennett, and Parker. The Australian captain hid only added six runs to his tola! when he ■,•■,« cleverly caught, at mid-off by Send].

The Bard.sley-JenningM partnership wan tho bast of the innings, adding 74 runs Jennings batted stylishly for 40 mi no ten, making 22. Bardsley, who was brilliant all ro=ind the wicket, reached his o>ntnry after 150 minutes' batting. Non* of the remaining batsmen made a good stand.

Gloucestershire's first innings realised 350 runs, the best partnership being that of Barnett and Dennett for the 10th wicket, the score being increased by.. 67 runs.

j Kelleway and Mayne opened the Ausj tralians' second innings, and at call of i time they wero still together, the scorei sheet reading no wickets for six. ! Owing to showery weather play was daJ laved until after lunch on tho third day. ! The attendance was small, only about 500 I being present. j On tho soft wicket Dennett proved I almost unplayable, and when rain stopped i play at fivo o'clock the Australians had. j lost seven wickets for 67 runs. Additional scores are as follow :—

Fall of wickets : One t/ckefc for 20 ! runs, two for 63, throe for/7, four for 79, ! five for 79, six for 80,, seyk for 85, eight! for 85, nine for 86. " / Bowling analysis: Jftzliti five for 93, Minnett none for 2, /titty four for. 55, Emery one for 16. ', AUSTRALIA--*"** Innings. -; : Mavno, c Dennett Parker .... ... 5 Kelleway, o Sffijft b , Dipjper 28 Minnett, o Lau,«on, b Parker ... 33 Bardsley, b D4nett , .„ 115 Gregory, o S^ ell > b Dennett... ......,11 Jennings, o /arker, b Dennett ... 22 Smith, b J-teop. » ~» ...-, *, 11 Emery, o/ Roberts, b Dennett ... 1 Whitty, c-Barnett, b Jesaop .^,-3 Hazlitt, J Wd b Dennett ' „,. ~ 6 CarkeeJ', not out... „.. ~, ►~< 11 ;3riidriea ~< >.« .., .„ 10 /[otal »..; ... 255 Fall of w.'ckets: Ono for 23. two for 56, tiree for 8, four for 106, five for 18&7 six for 197 seven for 200, eight for 207, nit.© for 29.

Bowlinganalysis : Dennett five for- 103, Parker t-vo for 82, Dipper one for 2, Jessop tio or 49. ,

Second Innings.

Kellewa. c Barnett, b Parker .... ; 5 Mayne lbw, b Dennett 6 Minuet c A. Roberts, b Dennett, ... 21 Bard^y x run out 30 Greg*T> cF. Roberts, b Dennett ... 0 Jenr°gs, c Swell, b Dennett ... ... 1 Smin, c Dipper, b Bennett ... ..*- 17 Eir»ry, not out ... .... ... „.« , 2 "Witty, not out ... >.., ..*. ' ... ■l 3 Sundries ..... ~» ~t .;£•:.• 1 Total for seven wickets .... ... 67

1 Bowling Analysis: Dennott, 5 pickets Tor 47 ; Parker, i for 19. Fall of wickets i One for 6, two for 8, three for 43, four for 43, five for 45, six for 53, seven for 64.

SOUTH AFRICA V. SUSSEX.

COUNTY TEAM DEFEATED. (Received August IS, 5.5 p.m.) London", August 17. South Africa defeated Sussex by,four wickets. Scores are as follows: , SOUTH AFRICA.— Inning.?. .

Tavlor, c and b A. E. Relf .14 Strieker, c Street, bA. E. Relf .■..-16 Beaumont, b Timins ... 18 Nourse, bA. E. Relf :. 0 Tancred, b Simms '..'.' 0 Faulkner, not out >.. 47 White, c Ranjitsinhji, bA. E. Relf ... L Carter, c Simms, bA. E. Relf ... .9 Ward, b Jupp

Cox, b Jupp 3 Sundries ... ... ... ... 6 Total 116 Bowling analysis: Simms two for 51, A. E. Relf six "for 49, Jupp two for <?. Second Innings. Strieker, c Street, bA. E. Relf ..,. 9 Taylor, b Simms ... _ ... 25 Beaumont, c Fender, b A. E. Rel?' ... .22

S T ourse, lbw, b Shams ' ..." 4 Faulkner, not out .... sii Uancred, lbw, b Simms ... ... 23 White, cA. E. Rolf, b It. Rolf ...• 21 Pegler. not out ..., ... ... ... i Sundries ... ... ... ... 10 Total for six wickets 179 Bowling analysis : Simms, three wickets 'or 96 runs; A. E. Boh', two for 28; K. Self, one for 4: Vincent, none for 10; fine, none for IS; Con. ' none for 30; Fupn, none for 13. SUSSEX.—First Innings 76 Second Innings. t'ine, lbw, 1) Faulkner ... ' ... ... 60 simms, c Ward, b Peeler ... ... 1 langitsinhji. si, b Faulkner '. : > 'ox, b Pegler : ... ' ... 0 lender, c Taylor, : > Peeler ... ... i /ineent, b Pegler • 0 Chaplin, b Faulkner ... ... ... f> street, not out ... ... ... ... . 1 t. Belf (score not given'. 0 V. K. Relf ~ ~ ' ... '> f"Pl> ... »- " ° Total ... 220 Bowline analysis: Xourse, no, wick'! J or 20 runs ; Feeler, seven for 55 ; Fanlkter, three for 71 ; Carter, none tor ': ; .'ox, none for 17 ; Taylor, none for. 15 ; Strieker, none for 6 ; White, none for 1' Full details of scores have no 1 I' en abled. 8008 FINANCIAL RESULTS. {Received August 19, 12.30 a.m.'

London*, August 18. An Australian correspondent, of the Pall Mall Gazette reports that the Australian cricketers are exceedingly sorry t!<at tie did not accept the Board of Control's offer of £400 apiece, and that they would be lucky if they received £2000 in all.

I GLOUCESTER.— Innings. J Dipper, b Hazlitt ; A ! Sewell, b Hazlitt 27. ; Langdon, c Hazlitt, b WMtty 43 ! F. Roberts, b Hazlitt ... " .... . 3 ' Jessop, b Hazlitt... ... ... 3 ! A. Roberts, c and b Whitty ... .-.•'{ ■ Salter, c Gregory, b Whitty ... ».«""~fl ! Barnett, not out ►.. ... 4l ! Smith, b Whitty C I Parker, b Haztitt , .... .„. 1 i Dennett, b Emery .... ... .-„ 12 Sundries » » ... «• ' 5 Total ... ...; ,-, -. ISO