ENGLISH CRICKET.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1528, 26 August 1912, Page 5

ENGLISH CRICKET.

CLEM HILL ON THE SITUATION. ' I '

By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright Adelaide, August 24.

Clem Hill, in an interview after tlie result of .the Test match was received, said that on paper England was far tlio strongest, and to have been beaten must have had the worst of the wicket. No doubt if the best available Australian team had been'sent it would have had a really'good chance. Tho English team was certainly no better than ,the one that was last here. The Australians were too weak in batting, and depended throughout on four or iivo batsmen. As tho wickets were dead Against Foster's fast bowling, ho had not Leen half as dangerous as ho would have been in a line summer.

MORE ABANDONED MATCHES. I London, August 23. Stumps were drawn' in the' match South Africa v. Lancashire at noon to-day, owing to the pitch, being flooded. The 6cores stand thus: Lancashire, first innings, 370; South Africans, one for 60. (Rec. August 25, 5.5 p.m.) London, August 24. The South Africa v. Lancashire match has been abandoned, thirty hours rain having fallen. The bowling analysis in tho South Africans' first innings was as follows:—Huddleston, no wickets for 31 runs; Fairclough, one wicket for 2a runs; Heap, no wickets for 10 runs. London, August 23. Rain stopped all cricket to-day. The "Pall Mall Gazette" says the attendance of matches is a sufficient comment on latter-day nonsense that criokot is losing in popularity. London, August 24. The match between the Australians and .South Wales has been abandoned, as it is still raining.

ENGLAND ELEVEN V. AUSTRALIA. (Rec. August 25, 5.5 p.m.) Lenrion, August 24. The England eleven to meet the Australians at Norwich on Monday will be as follows.—Bosanquet (Middlesex), Brearley (Lancashire); Evans (Hants), G. Foster (Worcestershire), Hutohings (Kent), Tuffnell and Falcon (Cambridge), Rev. G. B. Raikes (Norfolk), Thompson, Smith, and Morris (Durham).