A SOFT SNAP.

Evening Star, Issue 14931, 18 July 1912, Page 7

A SOFT SNAP.

AUSTRALIA WINS BY TEN WICKETS. SOUTH AFRICA'S FOURTH TEST REVERSE. Press Auo3i»tion—By Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, July 17. (Received July 18. at 8.45 a-m.) The test match between Australw. and South Africa resulted in a ten-wicket win for the former. The weather was delightful, the wicket fast, and the attendance email. When stumps w«-re drawn on Tuesday ni-ht South Africa had lost eight men in the second innings for 146. Pegler joined Taylor, who was not out 5. Matthews and Macartney wer© entrusted with the bowling. With 1? rune added to tho total Pegler wne taken low in tho slips. CTinc for 163. Hazlitt replaced Matthews at 169. Macartney lowered Ward's off-stump, and tho innings which had occupied 2h 40min, closed for 173. Requiring 47 to win, Mayr-.o and Jennings represented Australia, Strieker keepin'.; wickets. The requisite runs were hitoff in 30 minute?, the batsmen being unbeaten. The following are the scores: Sovrn Africa. First Innings 26 -> Second Innings. Tancred c Bardsley b Hazlitt 19 Strieker b Hazlitt 13 White b Matthews 18 Llewellyn b Macartney 59 bourse *lbw b Kelleway 10 Faulkner c ard b Matthews o Tavlcr net out 10 Mitchell b Matthews 5 Schwans c Macartney b Matthews ... 1 Pegier c Keller ay l>" Macartney 14 Ward b Macartney 7 Extras (bye 6 9, leg-byes 4) 13 Total 173 —Bowling Analysis.— Overs. Mdns. Runs. Wkts. Whittv 9 0 41 0 Hazlitt 14 1 39 2 Matthews 13 2 29 4 Kelleway 8 I 22 1 Macartney 14.1 5 29 3 Australians. First innings 390 Second Innings. Mayne net out 22 Jennings not out 25 Extra (leg-bye 1) 1 Total 48 —Bowling Analysis.— Overs. Mdns. Runs. Wkts. Nouree 6.1 2 22 0 Pegler 4 1 15 0 Faulkner 2 0 10 0 NOTES BY "ONLOOKER." History repeats itself. In the first South African-Australian match, played at Manchester, Bardsley and Kelleway each M-crtd centuries, as they did at Lord's this week. Matthews (who did tho hat trick in each innings at Manchester) was the most successful bowler on tho Australian eide yesterday. Tho two test matches played between two colonial nations have resulted: At Manchester.—Australia. 448 ; South Africa, 266 and 9-. Won by an innings and 83 runs. At Lord's.—South Africa. 263 and 173 ; Australia, 590 and 48. Won by ten wickets. The Australians will have holiday cricket till they meet England at Manchester on the 29th inet. Their engagements in tho interval are:—July 18, v. Leicester; July 22, v. Hampshire; July 25, v. Sussex. All thes« matches should be won by the visitors.