TRIANGULAR TESTS.

King Country Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue 473, 12 June 1912, Page 5

TRIANGULAR TESTS.

ENGLAND v. SOUTH AFRICA. SPRINGBOKS OUTCLASSED. ! By Telegraph— I'ress Association.— Copyright London, Monday. The second test match of the Triangular season was started at Lord's to-day, England meeting Africa. Rain fell through the night and during the morning, and it wbb quite impossible to play on the pitch which had been prepared for the game. Another was accordingly got ready, and was protected by tarpaulins. The match could not be commenced at the hour fixed, 11 o'clock, but at noon the gates were opened, and a thousand spectators were admitted on signing an undertaking to quietly accept the decision of the umpires as to whether play should proceed, while thousands remained outside.

Fitful bursts of sunshine helped to dry the pitch a little, and the match was commenced at 3 The attendance totalled eight thousand. Mitchell won the toss, and decided to < bat, Hartigan and Taylor facing Barnes and Foster. The bowling WBB deadly, and was unchanged throughout the Africans' innings, which was a procession right through. The fielding was smart, and the men close in.

The batsmen were always in difficulties, and the bowlers, who got great assistance from the wicket, were masters of the situation.

The total of 58 runs was compiled in 85 imnutes, Nourse being the only batsmen to reach double figures. The Englishmen started confidently, Hobbs off-driving Nourse'B firet ball to the boundary. It was his only score, and the same over the bowler beat him.

Spooner filled the vacancy. In Nourse's second over he survived two appeals from leg-before. Spooner relished the bowling, and in hitting hard, split his bat. He retired to get a new one. Pegler bowling splendidly, beat Spooner twice with leg breaks, hut the ball missed the wicket.

The batsmen were run-stealing, and Rhodes' wicket was thrown down by Taylor, but he reached the crease just in time.

Both batsmen, Rhodes and Spooner, were unbeaten when stumps were drawn the score being—-122 for one wicket. Scores:—

SOUTH AFRICA, first innings.Hartigan 0, Taylor 1, Nourse 13, Llewellyn 9. Faulkner 7, Snooke 2, Mitchell 1, Schwarz 4, Pegler 4, Carter 0, Campbell 0, sundries 17—total 58. Bowling analysis: Foster five wickets tor 16 runs, Barnes five for 25.

ENGLAND, first innings.—Hobbs 4, Rhodes not out 36, Spooner not cut 67. sundries s—total for one wicket 122. AUSTRALIA v. YORSKHIRE. NO PLAY—WICKET UNDER WATER. London, Monday. The match btetweon the Australians and Yorkshire, which was to have been commenced at Bradford to-day could not be opened, owing to the wicket being under water in the morning.

Matthews, Webster, Smith and MacLaren stand out of the Australian team. The game will start to-morrow should the weather conditions bo favourable. THE COUNTY BATTING. Received June 12, 9.5 a.m. London, Tuesday. Yorkshire has scored 88 for three wickets—Bates 6, Wilson nut out 48, Denton 12,; Drake 5. The weather is dull and the wicket Boft. Play started at 2 o'clock. Whitty and Kelleway bowled a good length. Bates mishit and Macartney took a catch cleverly while running. Macartney removed Denton's leg stump, and Drake was caught at mid

Received Jane 12, 9.25 a.m. London, Tuesday. England are all out for 837 rune. Africa, in/their second innings, have lost four wickets for 114 runs.