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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 209, 10 May 1912, Page 8

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AUSTRALIA v. NOTTS. A VICTORY FOR NOTTS. ] By Cable —Press Association —Copyright, London, May 8. f In the second innings of the Australians in the match against Notts, an official correction of the scores makes Carkeek's total 18 and the total of the innings 166. Riley's average was six wickets for 00 runs. Wanting 213 to win, and with twelve runs on without loss, Jones and George Gunn faced McLaren and Whitty. The weather was hot and the wicket faster. The attendance was one thousand. With 1 the score at 29, Hazlitt displaced McLaren. The batting was excellent, . though the score was composed 1 chiefly of singles. McLaren was no-balled three times for dragging over. Jones mad© : some fine cuts, while Gunn's score was i mainly made by on play. The 'half century 'was 'hoisted in 50 minutes. The bowlers were pitching the ball too far up, and the fielding was uneven. Matthews relieved ITazlitt at 85, Jones being then 47, made chiefly in singles. In Matthews' third over, with the total at 09, George Gunn, playing back, was bowled. Barring one stroke in the slips, his innings was faultless. He was par-1 ticularly strong on the leg side. Seven runs later Jones was caught at second slip by Mayne. He played' a masterly innings, lasting 05 r 'nutes, and hit four fours. The centur- !iad taken 90 minutes. W'hitty, being indisposed, retired, Emery fielding as substitute. At 144 McLaren relieved Matthews, and in his second over got ITardstaff caught at the wickets. He had made seven by wretched cricket. At lunch time, the score was 148 fo,r three wickets, John Gunn having made 38, including seven fo*rs. in half an hour. After lunch the attendance rose to 3000. Whitty resumed fielding. The wicket played excellently. McLaren and Macartney bowled. Matthews relieved Macartney at lf>7, but the batsmen without mishap took the score to 209, when Payton was bowled in playing back to Matthews. Gunn 'had .scored 07, including eleven fours, in 80 minutes by dashing cricket. Crawford joined 1 Gunn, and a bye to boundary left Notts victors by six wickets. The Australians threw 'the match away by feeble batting yesterday. Today the wicket had quite recovered, but the bowling was of poor length, and the fielding below expectations. Scores:— AUSTRALIA. First Innings 248 Second Innings 165 Total 413 NOTTS. First Innings 202 Second Innings. Jones, c Mayne, b Minnet't 50 1 G. Gunn, b Matthews 46 ; Hardstaff, c Carkeek, b McLaren.. 7 Gunn, not out 67 Payton, b Matthews 22 Craivfori, not out 0 Extras oi

Total for four wickets 213 Bowling analysis.—Whitty, none for 11; McLaren, one'for 32; Hazlitt, nbne for 20; Minnett, one for 64; Mathews, two for 48; Macartney, none for 8. McLaren bowled fire no-balls and Minnett three. AUSTRALIA v. NORTHAMPTON. Received 9, 9.55 p.m. London, May 9. The Northamptonshire team to meet the Australians will be Vials, Smith, J. Denton, W. Denton, Thompson, East, Wells, Bushwell, Woolley, Seymour and Heywood. SOUTH AFRICA v. DERBYSHIRE. London, May 8. The match Derbyshire v. South Africa was resumed in glorious weather. Nourse and Snooke, the not out men, wiped off the deficit without being separated, the Africans winning by seven wckets. Scores:— DERBYSHIRE. First Innings 143 Bowling analysis.—Snooke, one for 10; Pegler, two for 30; Faulkner, two for 40; Carter, thnee for 29; Hartigan, one for 31. SOUTH AFRICA. I First Innings 136 Bowling analysis.—Warren, none for 19; Morton, six for 52; Forester, one for 21; Blount, none for 16; Slater three for 25. ' DERBYSHIRE. Second Tnnings 129 Bowling analysis.—Faulkner, five for 4fi; Carter, four for 30; Pegler, none for 13; Snooke, none for 17; Hartigan, one for 11. SOUTH AFRICA. Second Innings. Tancred, c Slater, b Morton 0 Strieker, b Blount 26 Faulkner, c Corbett, b Sinter 4(5 Nourse, not out 31 Snooke, not out ... 90 Extras '' "j Total for three wickets 138 Bowling analysis.—Morton, one for 35; Cadman, none for 17; Slater, one for 40; Forester, none for 20; Blount one for 19. '