CRICKET

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 121, 13 November 1911, Page 8

CRICKET

ENGLAND v. SOUTH AUSTRALIA. ENGLISHMEN'S BIG SCORE. Rv Cable—Press Association—Copyright, Received 12, 7.25 p.m. Adelaide, November 12. The match between the English team and the South Australians was resumed m glorious weather, the attendance being nearly five thousand. The wicket was m perfect order. Warner (112) and Foster (34) faced the bowling of Whitty and Crawford.. Runs came at the rate of one per minute. Foster began quietly, but when he settled down he scored rapidly with charming wrist strokes, scoring at the rate of 50 an hour. Rees and stilling were put on to bowl, and the rate of scoring increased. Four hundred was up for 33f> minutes. When in the eighties Foster was missed three times—at 80 off a skier behind the wicket-keeper, which Rees -misjudged; at S2 a long one by Mayne; and at 87 at square leg by Down. Warner got 152 in 93 minutes. Later lie was bowled. He played extremely sound and watchful cricket, and hit' 12 fours. Five for 435.

Foster, when at 09, should have been run out. Me got his century as the result of 107 minutes' play. Crawford and Whitty then resumed bowling. Foster again played in a dashing way. When he was 151 he skied a ball from Whitty at mid-on, but Crawford lost it in the sun. Douglas was bowled at 495, after 50 minutes at the wickets. At 508 Foster was bowled. He hit with great wrist power, and made 18 fours, but was lucky. He batted 102 minutes.

At 525 Woolley was smartly caught after securing seven runs. Later Vine was caught at point. Strndwick hit lively, but was caught at mid-ofT. The innings lasted 4(53 minutes. Received 12, 5.5 p.m. Adelaide, November 12. The feature of the Englishmen's innings in the match against South Australia, played on the Adelaide Oval, was the fine batting of Warner and Foster. Warner, after the. tea adjornment, reached his century, and Foster was piling up runs at the rate of one per minute. Following are the scores:— ENGLISHMEN—FIRST INNINGS. Warner, after the tea adjournment, Hobbs, c Kirkwood, b Rees 3(5. Rhodes, b Whitty 7 Gunn, c Badcman/ b Whitty 100 Mead, st Webster, b Rees 20 i Warner, lb Backman 151 Foster, b Crawford 158 Douglas, c and b Crawford 10 Woolley, c Stirling, b Backman .... 15 Vine, c Mayne, b Backman 5 Barnes, not out 16 Strudwiek, o Whitty, b Stirling .... 20 Extras 19 Total 563 Bowling analysis: Whitty, two for 116; Crawford, two for 132; Rees, two for 154; Stirling, one for 66; Backman, three for 53; Kirkwood, none for 15; Down, none for 5; Mayne, none for 3. SOUTH AUSTRALIA—FIRST INNING'S. Mayne, b Foster '. 0 Stirling, run out 1 Clem Hill, not out 40 8. Hill, b Barnes 9 Crawford, run out 14 Down, not out 4 Total for four wickets 85 Mayne and Stirling .began the local innings, Foster and Barnes bowling. With only two run up Stirling 'was run out through a smart return from Hobbs. Foster (bowled Mayne one run later with a swerver. Barnes bowled the younger Hill at 21, 'and Crawford next. The scoring was then quiet. In the forties Douglas replaced Foster. The first fifty occupied an hour. Then the runs came steadily. Vino relieved Barnes at 75, and with the score unaltered' Crawford was run out while trying to steal a run. Hill was batting soundly and with Down played out time. UNITED SERVICE v. LAW.

The local season was started yesterday with this match. Law, winning the toss, went in to bat on a very soft wicket, opening with Lash and Paton, who carried the score to 63 before they were parted, of which the latter made 34. With four wickets down for 103, Lash, with 53 to his credit, marred by only one chance, and to give Service a reasonable chance of an innings, retired. Hill, with a hard-hit 18, was the only other batsman to reach double figures, and the innings closed with a total of 133. Bain, with four wickets for 38, was Service's best bowler. Service opended with Osborne and MacKay, but the hitter was bowled by Hill without any score being registered. Bain then joined Osborne, and started hitting out merrily, and with the aid of other players carried the score to within a few of Law's total before being finally caught on (he boundary by Bewley. off Lash (n good catch), after making' SO, but not without several chances. Sullivan (10) and lioid (15 not out) were the only other Service batsmen to make double figures. Service won the match by two wickets. Hill, with three wickets for 44, and Elliot, two for 21). were the best bowlers for Law. Following are the scores:— LAW. Lash (retired) 53 Paton. c Goodie, h Bain 34 Bewley, b Mackie 9 Clapham. b Bain 0 Elliott, run out 0 Hill, b Osborne is Quilliani. b Bain 5 Reid. not out g Harding, c Napier, b Osborne 2 Webster, b Bain 1 Johnson, b Goudie 0 Extras ~ 9 Total 133 Bowling analysis: Osborne, two for 2S; Bain, four for 3S; Goudie, one for 15; Mackie, one for 13. UNITED SERVICE. Osborne, b Rill 4 .Mackie. b Hill 0 Bain, e Bewley. b Lash 80 Blenkinsopp. 0 lipid, b Paton 0 Oirling. b Hill 4 Napier, b Elliott..' 4 Goudie. b Elliott. 9 Sullivan, c Paton,' b Lash 10 Weller, not out 3 I

ReiJ. not out 15 Extras 8 Total W3 Bowling analysis: Hill, three for 44; Lash, two for 3!); Pa ton, one for 17; Elliott, two for 29. The Carrington Road Club will hold a practice every evening this week at Pukekura Park. i