CRICKET.

Wanganui Chronicle, Issue 12856, 18 May 1912, Page 7

CRICKET.

AUSTRALIA v. SURREY

COUNTY'S WEAK PLAY

(United Press Association LONDON^ May 16.

The match between "the Australians and Surrey has commenced. Minnett, Webster, MacLaren and Smith were the Ar.strialian non-players. The Surrey team was comoosed of Bird, Bush, Hayward, Harrison, Hayes, Hobbs, Ducat, Stni<iwick, Hitch, Rushby, Platt and AVTighc. The weather was bright and onilly. and the wicket firm. There was ori!y a small attendance.

! Bird won the toss and sent his own hi en in. Hobbs and Haywaird opened !to tho ..bowling of Whitty and Emery. Tbo latter bowled Hobbs''middle stump with a full pitch in the third over. In the iuxfc over. Hayward was smartly c iiight Ly Macartney off Whitty. Two for 10. Ducat added one, and playing la to i,o Whitty, 'was clean bowled. In the following over Emery knocked Bush's leg stump. A shower interrup- ' t«'d r l'iy tor a Quarter of an hour.' On , rtsum/ng Hayes skied Whitty to Bardslpy at third man and was caught. 5— 14—-3' J. Bird arid Harrison stopped the rot.. the : . former putting iii vigorous "■ j•lay and the latter carefiil strokes. Bia-d o.r-drove Hazlitt for a sisrer; and later hit^ Emery to the top of the pavilion. This brought the total to the century, which had'taken 120 minutes to compile. Bird, at 76, which he had mad© m 110 minutes, was smartly stumped. He had put up two sixers and ten foufers. The partnership produced 98, and had lasted one hundred minutes. The last four men .added only eight' runs, Whitty taking one "wicket and' Emery' three wickets,, two in the last over. The. /Aiiistraliana have five wickets down for 116. They opened badly, Gregory and Mayne being put out,for six. Macartney a-nd Bardsley played careful cricket. When the score was at 46 rain stopped play for 35 minutes. : After.the partnership had lasted an hour it 'had added 53. Bardsley was bowled, by Rushby tat -42. Jennings partnei:©d iMacaHney, and through.the latter's fault j %vas run out at 11. Keileway was bowl!ed by Hayes "after failing to increase the score. ' Macartney was noifticeabie for skilful cricket .arid attractive leg strokes. Following are the scores :-rSURREY—First Innings. Hobbs, b Emery 3 Ha y ward, c Macartney, b VVhitty... 4 1 Raves, c Bardsley, b Whitty 14 I Ducat, b Whitty* 1 j Bush, b Emory 0 ' Bird, st Carkeek, b Emory 76 I Harrison, b Emory 25 Stnidwick, lbw, b Whitty 2 ! Platt, b Emery f) Hitch, not out .- ... .' 2 i Rushby, b Emery 0 Extras 12 ! Total ]39 Bowling analysis.-^Whitty 4 for 43. Emery 6 for 54, Haz/litt 0 for 11, Mat- . thews 0 for 13, Kelleway 0 for 6. 1 The fall of wickets were as :— 8, 10, 11, 19, 33, 131, 136, 136, 139. 139 AUSTRALIA.—First Innings. Gregory, b Rushby 2 Mayne, c Stnidwick, b PJatt 4 Macartney, not out , 57 Bardsley, b Rushby 42' Jennings, ruai out \\ Kelleway, b Hayes ... 0 Total for five wickets ... 116