CRICKET.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVI, Issue 11657, 12 June 1912, Page 4

CRICKET.

ENGLAND v. SOUTH AFRICA. j SPOONER SCORES A CENTURY. FINE BOWLING BY PEGLER. £By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.] ; (Per Tress Association.) Received June 12, at 9.30 a.m. London, June .11. The weather was bright and- breezy but the wicket soft. Faulkner and Nourse opened the attack and the partnership soou terminated for with six added Rhodes went olf the fifth ball of Ncurse's first over. Ho was steadv, but was often beaten. The. partnership realised 124. Spooner was then 73 made in 100 minutes. — 2 for 128. Fry followed' and runs continued, 150 coming in 125 minutes. Schwaiz replaced Nourse at 153. 1 aitlkner was keeping a good length and troubling Fry. On approaching his cm- . tury Spooner was quieter. At JS he iravo« an easy chance, to Mitchell at mid-on off Schwarz, and at 98 was beaten bv Schwaiz. Fry, in the. next over plaved Pegler on, the latter having relieved Faulkner. Fry was batting 4o minutes and the partnership added 00. —3 for 183. Warner filled the vacancy, and Spooner, with a single off Schwarz, "ot his centurv in 105 minutes. Both scored-steadily." and the 200 came up in 175 minutes. Nourse went on for bcUwarz. at 201. and the change was eftec- : tive Spooner being caught low down at mid-off by Llewellyn in Nourse s first over. He made 119 by brilliant driving and cutting. He hit a sixer and 13 fours. Besides the chances mentioned he favo one to Schwarz, off Llewellyn, when 50. "Warner was three _ when Spooner left, and the partnership had added 24.-4 for 207. Woolley was the incomer. Warner gave several chances in his 34, and was repeatedly beaten. Woollev smashed the bowling straight away-, with big hits, gettiuguO in oo minutes, including a pull for six ott Llewellvn. He reached 60 by making lo in one'over by brilliant; driving. Another six off Llewellyn brought 300 up in 250 minutes. At lunch the score was four for 303. The weather was cloudy and patchy. On resuming 1< aulkner and J. egler bowled, the latter being destructive, tor in his fourth over Warner was stumped after batting 90 minutes.—s for 320. The partnership added 113. Jessopwas next, and when three runs had been added Wootley was yorked by Pegler. He batted 80 minutes for 73 and his innings was chanceless. He hit two sixes amfseven fours.—6 for 323. Foster was the incomer, and with one added Jessop hit across Pegler and was bowled, 1 egler having taken three wickets in successive ovors _7 for 324. Smith was next, and 'the downfall of the tail continued, the incomer, in trying to turn a ball m Pegler's' next over was bowled.—b tor 330. Barnes filled the vacancy, but,in Peeler's next over Foster got his degbefore.—9 for 357. Brearley was last, and was bowled by Pegler first nail. The innings lasted 290 minutes- Since lunch Pegler's analysis was: 6 overs, I maidens, 16 runs, (3 wickets. In the last live overs he took 6 wickets for 7 runs. The Africans, 279 behind, sent in Harti«au and Tavlor to face Foster and Barnes. A bad start was made, the bowlers threatening to repeat the firstinnings' slaughter. In Foster's third over Hartigan succumbed to a shooter. ' —1 for o. Nourse was the incomer. Jhe bowling continued to worry the batsmen, and Nourse twice nearly played. Foster on. Tavlor, in playing forward, was beaten by'a fine ball from Barnes, Nourse being then 6.^2-for 17. Llewellvn partnered Nourse-Vand, a promising partnership was broken, by bad luck. NoUrse started to . returned, >and W'as'-tinable to get back, Rhodes re- . to Smith. It was a close" tn-in'g::-'Llewellyn was six. Before -hfStiHd survived a. general appeal'for at the wickets oil *os-tQP*.--iKourseLwas batting 45 minutes. '■■ an! tiie partnership added 19.—3 lor 3G. ■ Wafllk'ner: followed, and a fine stand was doing most of the 'scwriiig."' Faulkner, when 15, was beaten by Barnes, Llewellyn being then Go. The 'partnership added 68. —4 for 104. Brearlev relieved Barnes at 36. before he scored was nearly :caught-and bowled by Foster.' The bat- - ting was steady and the fielding keen. ' -so 'that the batsmen were unable to do much with Brearley, who bowled six fivers for four singles. Woolley replaced Foster at 56, the latter having .'bowled for 90 minutes. Barnes' went on again in place of Brearley. Refreshments were dispensed on the field, llobbs relieved Barnes at and' ■Barnes replaced Woolley at 77. Faulkner by off-driving Barnes hoisted the r.miurv in 120 minutes. Four runs later Faulkner got his leg before to Barnes. Ho was watchful and strong in defence. His first five runs took 50 minutes. Snooke was the incomer and Foster bowled one over after tea. Then slight rain fell, and on an appeal for failing light stumps were drawn. Llewellyn made 60 in 105 minutes bystrong driving and a good defence. When 52 he. was nearly honied by ITobbs, four bves resulting. Next ball liit his knee hard. The pitch was soft and very bare. Thirteen thousand three hundred and sixty-eight paid for admission. Scores: . ENGLAND.—Ist Innings. - ;

Hobbsf b Nourse >-• f, Rhodes, b Nourse ... °« Spooner, c Llewellyn, b Nourse *.. ll» Fry, b Pegler ,• 2 » Warner, st Campbell, b Pegler ... 3D Woolley, b Pegler <Q Jessop, b Pegler ... ' « Foster, lbw, b Pegler Ll Smith, b Pegler £ Barnes, not out « Brearley, b Pegler ••• 0 Extras 21 Total ... ... ... —Bowling Analysis.— 0. M. Rns. Wkts. : Nourse ... ~. J? o ££ ~~ - Peeler ... ... 31 8 **> ' Faulkner ... 29 0 72-0 Carter ... ... 4 0 lo 0 Llewellyn ... 9 0 60 0 Schwarz ... 20 3 44 0 • Hartigan ... 10 2 14-0 SOUTH AFRICA. First Innings u " —Second Innings. — Jlartisan, b Foster 1 Taylor, b Barnes jj Nourse, rim out y Lie welly n, not out 60 •.Faulkuc-, lbw, b Barnes- lo Snooke, not out ~5 Extras ... "• Total for 1 wickets ... 114 AUSTRALIA v. YORKSHIRE. MACARTNEY AND BARDSLEY | FAIL TO SCORE. I [By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.] (Per Press Association.)

Received June 12, fit 11.30 a.m. \ London, June H-~"" The weather was dull and the wicket' soft when play started at- two o'clock. White von the. toss and Whitty and Keileway opened the attack. The umpire, Carlin, twice no-balled .Whitty for slipping over the crease, and he refused to continue until Gregory gave him the hall. Both howlers kept a good length. Dates mishit Keileway and Macartney took a clever running catch. Macartney removed Denton's 'teg stump. Drake was caught at inid-on. Macartney displaced Whitty at 13/ and Hazlitt cjeverly caught Wilson in the slips He batted 130 minutes and gave an awkward chance to Bardsley at 26. Play was slow, 100 taking 135 minutes. Tasker liveried things up, making 15 in 12 minutes, including, a" sixer and a- fourer. Booth succumbed second ball. At the tea adjournment the score was C for; 120. On resuming Macartney and Hazlitt were the bowlers. Firth departed in the first over and Hirst in attempting a big hit was caught aVlong-on. He was in 95 minutes; and played faultless cricket. White was yorked by Hazlitt. The Australians made .a poor start. Drake and Hirst were, entrusted with, the bowling. At 10 Keileway was caught at short-leg in. playing forward. Macartney's leg "stump was removed second ball ho received. Bardsley in playing forward to his first, ball was smartly taken low down atshort-leg by Denton. Jennings and Gregory played out time. The attendance was 5000,

YORKSHIRE—Ist Innings.— Bates, c Macartney, b Kelloway ... G Denton, b Macartney ... ... 12 Drake, c Jennings, b Hazlitt ... 5 Wilson, r Hazlitt. b Macartney ... 49 ir«t, c Bardsley, b Hazlitt ... 45 Tasker, b Macartney ... ... ... 15 Booth, b Macartney 0 Firth, lbw, b Macartney 0 Haigh, c Carkeek b Macartney ... 9 White, b Hazlitt' ... ... ... 6 Dolphin, not,.out ~._,,. ,;,..„.. ...... P Sundries ...L ''.'..'" -• 6 Total ... ... ... 155 Bowling analysis,—Whitty 0 for 4, ICellewav 1 for 42, Macartney 6 for 54, Hazlitt '3 for 47. The wickets fell—--1 for 13, 2 for 43, 3 for 54, 4 for 94, r, for 120, 0 for 120, 7 for 120, 8 for 137, 9 for 153. 'AUSTRALIA—Ist Innings. Kclleway, o Benton, b Hirst ... 2 Jennings, not out ... '9 Macartney, b Hirst ... ... -"•• ' 0 Bardsley, c Benton, b Hirst ... 0 Gregory, not out ... , 5. Total for 3 wickets ... 23 The wickets fell—l for 10, 2 for 10,1 3 for 10.