CRICKET.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIV, Issue 20, 16 September 1912, Page 3

CRICKET.

SOUTH AFRICA v, GENTLEMEN OF ENGLAND. WIN FOR SOUTH AFRICA. (By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) (United Press Association.) London, September 15. South Africa won by six wickets. The following are the scores:— GENTLEMEN. Second Innings Continued. Smith, c Ward, b Pegler ... 31 Simms, Ibtv, b Faulkner ... 5 Chaplin, run put ... ... 4 Jessop, c Strieker, b Pegler ... 0 Douglas, lbw, 1) Pegler ... 5 Tufnell, b Pegler ... ... () Leveson-Gower, not out ... 0 Extras ... ... ... 0 Total ... ... ... 164 Howling analysis.—Pegler four foils, Nourse none for 13, White none for 19, Faulkner four for ;43, Carter one for 34. SOUTH AFRICA.-Second Innings. Taylor, c Eosanquet, b Simms ... G 7 Faulkner, c Kidd, b Douglas ... 61 Nourse, b Simms ... ... 40 Strieker, not out ... ... 40 Tancred, b Simms ... ... 0 White, not out ... ... 43 Extras ... ... ... 22 Total for four wickets ... 273 Bowling analysis.—Douglas one for 71, Smith none for 34, Simms three for 89, Kidd none for 53. AUSTRALIA""FRY'S XI.

ENGLISHMEN WIN BY EIGHT WICKETS. London, September 14. The weather was fine and the wicket fast. The attendance was small. The remaining seven Australian wickets contributed 108. Hitch bowled, excellently and finished with five wickets for 84 runs. Bardsley was dismissed by a wonderful left-handed catch, low down in the slips. He batted for 85 minutes. Mayne was in fifty minutes. Minnett succumbed to his first ball. Carkeek's dismissal was <luc to brilliant fielding by Barnes at midoil'. Gregory played excellently for 80 minutes. The innings occupied 2.50 minutes. Fry's team wiped out the deficit with the loss, of two wickets. Hobbs was in for ninety minutes, and Hearne for 55 minutes. Hearne showed fine driving. The following are the scores : AUSTRALIA.—Second Innings. 1 Bardsley, c Woolley, b Barnes ... 50 Mayne," b Hitch 23 Matthews, played-on, b Hitch ... 5 Minnett, b Hitch 0 Gregory, c Stedman, b Hearne ... 48 Hazlitfc, c Woolley, b Hitch ... 0 Carkeek, run out ... ... 27 Whitty, not out ... ... 0 Extras ... ... ... 16 Total 304 Bowling analysis.—Barnes one for r)n, Relf one for 87, Hitch five for 85, Hearne two for 44, Woolley none for 17. FRY'S ELEVEN.—Second Innings. Rhodes, b Whitty ... ... » Wilkinson, e Bardsley, b Hazlitfc 2 Hobbs, not out ... ... 42 Hearne, not out ... ... 12 Extras ... ... ••• 2 Total for two wickets ... 88 Bowling analysis.—Hazlitt, one for 12, Whitty one for 24, Matthews, none for 28, Minnett none for 22, Macartney none for nine.