CRICKET

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 306, 22 June 1912, Page 7

CRICKET

\ THE TRIANGULAR TESTS. May 27.—Australia v. South Africa.— Australia won by an innings and 88 runs (Australia 448, South Africa 265 and 95). June 10—Lords, England v. South Africa. England won by an innings and 62 runs (England 337, South Africa 58 and 217). REMAINING FIXTURES. June 24—Lords, England v. Australia. July B—Leeds, England v. South Africa. July 15—Lords, Australia v. S. Africa. July 29—Manchester, Australia v. England. August s—Nottingham,s—Nottingham, Australia v. South Africa. August 12—Oval, England v. S. Africa. J August 19 —Oval, Australia v. England.! AUSTRALIAN TOUR. j RESULTS TO DATE. ) Played 13, won 0, lost 3, abandoned or drawn 4. t. Notts.—Lost by six wickets. v. Northants—Won by innings and 64 runi. v. Essex.—Won by innings and 132 runs. v. Surrey.—Won by seven wickets. v. M.C.C.—Won by five wickets. v. Oxford University.—Won by ten wickets. v. South Africa.—Won by innings and 88 runs. v. Warwickshire.—Abandoned owing to rain. t. Middlesex.—Abandoned owing to rain. v. Cambridge University.—Abandoned owing to rain. v. Yorkshire.—Drawn. v. Lancawiire.—Lost by 25 runs. v. Surrey.—Lost by 21 runs. REMAINING FIXTURES. JUNE. 20—At Bath, v. Somerset. 24—ENGLAND, at Lord's. 27—At Leytoo, t. Essex. JULY. I—At Sheffield, t. Yorkshire. 4—At Liverpool, v. Lancashire. B—At Edinburgh, v. Scotland. 15-SOUTH AFRICA, at Lord's. 18—At Leicester, v. Leicestershire. 22—At Portsmouth, v. Hampshire. M—At Brighton, t. Sussex. Bfr-ENGLAND, at Manchester. ' AUGUST. I.—At Derby, t, Derbyshire. i S—SOUTH AFRICA, at Nottingham. 12—At Worcester, v. Worcestershire. 15—At Cheltenham, ▼. Gloucestershire. 19—ENGLAND, at the Oval. 22—Cardiff, v. South Wales (provisional). : 2ft—Norwich, v. Mr. L. Robinson's Eleven. 28—At Canterburv, v. Kent, SEPTEMBER. 2—At the Oval, v. Surrey a»d Middlesex 6—At Scarborough, v. Lord Londesborough'e Eleven. 9—At Hastings, v. South of England. 13—At Glasgow, v. Western Union. 16—At Inverness, v. Northern Counties. ; 18—At Aberdeen, v. Aberdeenshire. 20—At Dundee, v. Forfarshire. The South Africans have rlbo played thirteen matches, winning lour and losing three, whilst six have been drawn or abandoned. ; The rani hut considerably interfered ■ with trinket in England lately, and as a : result averages have ibeen much af- : fectcd, Macartney, who has passed the ■ 1000 runs mrfrk, with about a third of the tour completed, heads both the batting and bowling averages among the visitprs. The last three matches have been dis- ( astrous to the Australians, who evidently do not appreciate a wet wicket. It was | only the intervention of time that prevented Yorkshire defeating them, whilst Lancashire and Surrey have each gained narrow victories. The latter match was very exciting. Australia were over 300 runs behind in the second innings, but worthily upheld Australian traditions, in ' that someone came to light when wanted On this occasion it was Smith, with 100, and Jennings, with 82, both of whom put up their highest score for the tour, and with only 24 runs to get and three wick- ' ets to fall victory seemed assured. Once again, however, the uncertainty of cricket was demonstrated, and the three wickets fell for two runs. Surrey thus avenged the defeat the Australians inflicted on them last month. ' . The third triangular match commences on Monday, and it is safe to say that , the eyes of all cricketers 'here will be turned towards England. The Home ' country is putting in a good team to defend tlie ashes. Nine of those who de- ! - feated South Africa have been chosen. ,: Dean (Lancashire) replaces Brearley, whilst Jessop may be replaced by J. W. ■ Hearne. On a good wicket the match should prove interesting. Subjoined are the averages of both teams up to the matches so far completed. SOUTH AFRICAN AVERAGES.

BOWLING. Wickets. Runs. Aver. Pegler 66 1014 15.36 Carter 33 536 16.24 Snooke 3 63 21 Faulkner 37 793 21.56 White 4 94 23.5 Cox 8 197 24.6 Noursc 20 510 25.8 Ilartigan 14 441 31.5 .Schwartz 18 628 34.8S Taylor 1 57 57 'Llewellyn 0 60 AUSTRALIAN AVERAGES. BATTING. Macartney 19 1 208 1026 57 Bardsley 19 3 184* 744 46.5 Smith ... 5 1 100 140 35 'Jennings 13 2 82 517 34.47! (Gregory 19 1 150 481 26.72 Webster 3 2 23* 25 25 Matthews 13 2 58 234 21.27 Kelleway 14 2 114 244 20.33 Whitty .. 10 3 33 121 17.43 Minnett 10 0 64 142 14.2 Emery 14 4 37* 124 12.4 Mayne 14 0 58 165 11.78 Hazlitt -12 2 35* 86 8.6 McLaren 6 1 21 32 0.4 Carkeek 11 2 17 50 5.55 BOWLING. Macartney 20 188 9.4 Whitty .' '. 36 519 14.44 Hazlitt 40 614 15.35 Matthews .... 31 480 15.48 McLaren 10 174 17.4 Kelleway 31 547 17.64 Emery . : 46 8)77 19 Minnett 5 212 40.24 (Mayne also bowled.) This bowling does not include the Middlesex match, in which the averages were not forwarded, only two wickets Slaving fallen.

BATTING 60 3 O « .0 s o EC s <D A W « < Llewellyn . 2 — n 82 41 Nourse .... ... 20 2 137 681 37.83 Tancrcd ... ...11 1 100* 325 ■32.5 Snooke ... ...18 2 86 460 28.75 Taylor .... ... 17 1 83 453 28.33 Strieker ... ... 10 — 79 232 23.2 Hartigan .. ...17 2 103 346 23 Beaumont . ...12 —• 75 201 22.33 Schwartz .. ... 12 — 70 248 20.68 1 White . ... 7 1 49 122 20.33 Faulkner .. ...14 1 122* 260 20 Pegler .... ... 16 2 52* 195 13.9 Mitchell ... ...19 1 91* 242 13.44 Campbell .. ...10 3 27* 94 13.43 Ward ... C 2 21 50 12.5 1 Carter .... ...14 1 29* 99 7.55 ! Cox ... 4 2 6* 8 4