THE TRIANGULAR TESTS

West Coast Times, 27 June 1912, Page 4

THE TRIANGULAR TESTS

AUSTRALIA v. ENGLAND. LAIN INTERFERES WITH PLAY. 'PEP. PRESS ASSOCIATIOS.,—CO.PYBJ(jpj J LONDON, June 25. The weather was cloudy and niisty for the resumption of the third of the scri.es of trinnguar test matches in which Australia met England. There worn six thousand people present and the wicket was very toft when play was resumed at 11.34 a.m THE TEAMS, Following arc the teams:— England. Australia, C. B. Fry leapt). S. Gregory (c.apt.) J. B Hobbs W Bards ley IV. 1L Rhodes 0. G, Macartney It. H. Spooner C Ivellcw.sy I*. F. Warner C. ii. .rmni igs F. W. Woolley G. R. Hazlitt J l '. E. Foster D. Smith S. F. Barnes S 11. Emery E. Smith 'l'. Matthews IT. Dean W. .!. Whitty .). W. Hearuo W. Carkcck ONLY THIRTY RUNS SCORED. Fry, tho English captain, vho ".as the not out of the previous night with twenty-four to his credit was accompr.er.J |o (lie. wickets by Wodley. The Au-.lraimn attack was entrusted to Emery and lladilt. h'ry carried his score !o II and showed weak defence. Woolley made eight in twenty minutes, \\ it!; the score of 241 for four wickets, it was decided to stop play on account of the rain. There was sunshine at live o'clock, but after tho wicket had been inspected, stumps wore drawn fur tin; day at 5.45 p.nj. Following are tho scores:— ENGLAND. First Innings. Hobbs, b Emery 107 Rhodes, c Carkcek, b Holloway :m Spooner c Ihmisley, b Ivellc"■“.V 1 Fry. not out 41, Warner, b Emery 4 Woolley, not out 8 Sundries 21

Total for four wickets 241 MATCH RESUMED. LONDON, Juno 26. The weather was pleasant and hieoay for to-day’s play in the test match. The wicket was soft. Only I’ve runs were added to the total when Fry was run out: Fry. run out .(2 Woolley, not out 11 Total for live wickets 246 S3IITH mm'i TOP. MATCH AGAINST SCOTLAND. LONDON, Juno 23. In the South Africans’ match the wicket was saturated and no play took place before lunch. LONDON, June 23. Africa’s nine wickets went down for 326, declared their innings dosed. .Faulkner not out 145, Ward 43, Mitchell 27, Cox not out 8. ’ Scotland in their second innings have lost six wickets for 74.