TEST MATCH.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1507, 1 August 1912, Page 5

TEST MATCH.

WET AND BOISTEROUS DAY. AUSTRALIANS OPEN. Dy Tcloaranli—Press Association—CoDyrieW London, July 30. 1 iitin fell all night and this morning iit iliinclu'-iliT. There was 110 play in flit' 'IV-t Match between England anil A 11sIralin until 5 o'clock. Windy weather and a very soft wicket were tlio prevailing conditions. There was an aitendanee of 3000, of whom 2821 paid for admission. M J.aren iicldot snl)~titulo for Macartney. llhod'.s (92) anil Smith (0) resumed (0 the bowling of llnzlitt and AVhilty. The former yponeil with 11. maidei. In Whitty's second over Rhodes, w'jo liail not added to his score, played on. Seven for 385. The retiring batsman had got his runs with fine judgment, and cutling and driving Jlis score included eight fours. Haigh filled the vacancy, only to see Smith cleverly caujlit iu Hazlitt's next over by Emeiy. Eight fo: 189. Barnes succeeded. When 7, Haigh narrowly escaped being run out, Carkeek failing to hamllo tile ball. Haigh added 2, mill was then taken by Kelleway off llnsslitt. Nine for Hitch, the hist man, succumbed to a slow yorker from tile same bowler. Jiazlitt's record to-day was: C.5 overs, 1 maiden, 18 runs, 3 wickets. Jennings and Kelleway opened for the Australians, Fester and Ilaigli bowling. Foster, after bowling on over, was replaced by Woollov, who tent down four consecutive maidens. The pair were not separated wlion stumps were dTmvn, with 14 on the board. The following are the details:— ENGLAND. First Innings. llobbs, b. Whitty 10 lihodes, not out (12 Spooner, b. Whitty 1 Fry, c. M'Luren, b. Matthews 19 J. W. Hearne, lj. ilazlitt !) Wool ley, c. Kelleway, b. Whitty 13 Foster, c. and b. Matthews 13 I-!. .1. Smith, c. Emery, b. Ilazlitt I llaigli, t\ Kelleway, b. llazlilt II Barnes, not out 1 flitch, b. iiazlitt 4 .Sundries ig Total 203 Hpw the Wickets Fell. ■ 12315G 7 8 3 10 37 30 S3 110 155 175 185 180 193 203 1 Bowling Analysis. O Jr. ft W. ITazlitt .]0.5 12 77 4 Whitty 27 15 43 4 Kelleway U 1 1!) 0 Matthews 12 4 23 2 Emery i 7 1 22 0 Kelleway bowled a no-ball. • AUSTRALIA. First Innings. Jennings, not out fl Kelleway, not out 3 Sundries 2 Total for no wickets 11 A WET'iJIOKN-ING. (Rec. August 1, 1 a.m.) London, July 31. After a fine night rain fell again this morning. Tho pitch was rolled and tlio bell rung to start at 11.30 a.m., i:ut a drizzle commenced again. SOUTH AFRICA V. MINOR COUNTIES. London, July 30. Tho match between the .South Africans and the Minor Counties was delayed through rain. Scores 'are as follow :— Minor Counties. First innings 127 Bowling -Analysis.—Faulkner, five wifckets for. 59 runs; l'egler, threo for 27; Taylor, 110110 for 9; Cox,' none for 12; Carter, none for 13. South Africa. First Innings.—Tancred, 8; Taylor (not out), 12; Ward, 9; Snooko, 0; sundries, 3. Total for three wickets, 23 runs.