CRICKET.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 54, 22 July 1912, Page 7

CRICKET.

THE TRIANGULAR TESTS. Maj' 27.—Australia v. South Africa.— Australia won by an innings and 88 runs (Australia 448, South Africa 205 and 95). June 10—Lords, England v. South Africa. England won by ail innings and 02 runs (England *337, South Africa 58 and 217). Juno 24—Lord, England v. Australia, drawn (England, 7 wickets for 310; Australia, 7 wickets for 282). .July B—England v. South Africa. England won by 177 runs (England 242 and 238, South Africa 147 and 15!)). July 15—Australia v. South Africa. Australia won by 10 wickets (Australia 390 and 48 for no wickets, South Africa 203 and 173).

REMAINING FIXTURES. July 29—Manchester, Australia v. England. August s—Nottingham,s—Nottingham, Australia v. South Africa. August 12 —Oval, England v. S. Africa. August 19 —Oval, Australia v. England. RESULTS TO DATE. AUSTRALIAN TOUR. Played 21. Won 9. Lost 4. Drawn or abandoned 8. v. Notts. —Lost by six wickets, v. Northants —Won by innings and G4 runs. 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. v. Middlesex.—Abandoned owing to

v. Cambridge University—Abandoned owing to rain, v. Yorkshire.—Drawn, v. Lanonsiiiro. —Lost liy 25 runs, v. Surrey.—Lost by 21 run?, v. Somerset, won by 10 wickets, v. England, drawn, V. Essex, drawn, v. Y'orkshire, drawn, v. Lancashire, lost by S wickets, v. Scotland, won. v. Scotland, drawn, v. South Africa, won by 10 wickets. REMAINING FIXTURES. ~. - JULY. 18 —At Leicester, v. Leicestershire. 22 —At Portsmouth, v. Hampshire. 25—At Brighton, v. Sussex. .29 —ENGLAND, at Manchester. AUGUST. I I.—At Derbv, v. Derbyshire. S—SOUTH AFRICA, at Nottingham. 12 —At Worcester, v. Worcestershire. 15 —At Cheltenham, v. Gloucestershire. 19 —ENGLAND, at the Oval. I 22—Cardiff, v. South Wales (provisional), t 20—Norwich, v. Mr. L. Robinson's Eleven. ) 29 —At Canterbury, v. Kent. SEPTEMBER. 2—At the Oval, v. Surrey ard Middlesex s—At5 —At Scarborough, v. Lord Londcsborongh's Eleven. !)—At Hastings, v. South of England. 13 —At Glasgow, v. Western Union. 10—At Inverness, v. Northern Counties. 18—At Aberdeen, v. Aberdeenshire. 20—At Dundee, v. Forfarshire.

TEST MATCH STATISTICS. ; THE RESULTS. I Played Won Drawn Lost I Australia I! 2 1 0 | England 3 2 1 0 \ South Africa ... 4 0 0 4 I AVERAGES. FOR. Runs Wk(s. Averg. England 1127 37 30.45 Australia 1108 27 43.20 Smith Africa ... 1378 80 17.22 AGAINST. England S(i3 47 18.30 Australia 1107 47 23.55South Africa ... 1703 50 31.00! INDIVIDUAL AVERAGES. I HATTING. Inn. N.O.H.S. Ag. AvV. 1!. 11. Spooner .. 4 0 11!) 223 55.75 .1. W. Ileanie ... 3 1 45 104 52 I .1, n. llobbs .... 4 0 107 1 !)3 48.25 |F. E. Woollev ... 4 0 73 154 33.5 W.R.Rhodes... 4 0 59 112 28 C. B. Fry 4 0 42 S8 22 P. F. Warner .. . 2 0 3;) 43 21.5 V. 11. Foster 4 d 30 <il 15.25 ] S. F. lianus .... 3 2 15* 15 15 E. .1. -Smith 4 1 14* 40 13.33 1 11 Dean 2 1 8 10 10 G. L. .lessop ... . 3 0 10 20 0.00 W. IJrearlcv .... I 0 0 0 AUSTRALIA. , Tlardsley 3 0 104 300 102 KelU-wav 3 0 114 277 92.33 Mavne 2 1 23 45 45 j Macartney 3 0 99 129 43 Matthews 3 1 49* 58 21) Jennings 4 1 32 78 20 Minnett 2 ft 39 51 25.5 Smith 1 1 2-1* 24 Whittv 2 0 33 3G 18 Gregory 3 0 37 42 14 Carkeek 2 1 0 s 10 10 Ilazlitt 3 I) 19 19 0.33 Emerv 1 0 1 1 1 SOUTH AFRICA. Taylor 8 1 93 103 . 20.14 T;\iicred 4 O .39 104 20 Llewellyn 0 0 75 155 25.91 Beaumont 2 0 31 48 24 Faulkner 8 1 122* 100 22.85 Pcgler 8 2 35* 128 21.33 Carter 4 1 31 03 21 Strieker 4 0 48 71 17.75 Noui>e 8 0 18 100 13.25

HOWLING. KNULANI). Wkts. Runs Av'iso S. ]•'. J',iimcs 21 21M 14.W 11. Dean 7 KM 1.1 F. li. Foster 12 K»2 10 W. K. Klioiles 3 7:i -24.3:5 F. K. Woolley 1 32 32 ,T. W. Hearue 1 3(i 30 W. l!re;irlev A 4 ' .1. 15. llobbs 0 30 AI'STKALIA. T. .1. Matthews 11 137 12.45 0. -I. Macartney 3 42 14 W. .1; Whittv 12 'MS '20.06 C.' Kellewav' !> ISti 20.00 K. I!. Miiiiii'lt 2 l»5 32.5 ] (I ]!. Ila/.iitt 0 201) 33.33 S 11. K'ui'i-y 3 110 40.00 'sui'Tll A I'll I( 'A. S. .1. Verier 20 455 15.75 A. 1). Xiiui'M 1 13 2SI 21..51 lA. l-'.iulkm r / "23 40.1 -1 {'. K. Llewellyn 2 131 05.5 H. O. Selnvarz 3 230 70.06 11. W. Taylor 0 K -- i L. St rieker " '2 ('. I'. C-.utfV 0 45 (T\ 1). Martina n ... 0 45 -- It, is -t:1 H-il !hat O. Macartney. the hero of tin- cricket season at Home, will isru 1 ?:iblv lie lo>t In Australia at the close of the "present tour. Macartney will lie married on his return to Australia, ami will settle in Colombo. Australia s loss will he Ceylon's f?iiin. .There is hiii,"i erieket phiyeil in Ceylon. so that. Maeartney will not lie lost to the <rame. Still (says an writer), lie is a very serious loss to Australia, for he had developed into one of tlie very best of the many groat bat anion Australia ] llls

! produced. Ilis cutting is j.-rolvt I>l y supi'I rior to that of any batsman now playing, » while no one, since Robert Abel and J. T. \ Tyldesley were at their best, has been I su quick on his feet,.