CRICKET.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 77, 17 August 1912, Page 7

CRICKET.

| AUSTRALIA v. GLOUCESTERSHIRE. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. London, August 15. Rain delayed the start of the match Australia v. Gloucestershire until four o'clock in the afternoon. Macartney, Webster, Matthews and McLaren weTe omitted from the Australian team. The spectators numbered .1000. The weather I was dull and the wicket soft. Gregory won the toss. Mayne and Kelleway faced Bennett and Parker. The outfield was dead and the batting lifeless. Fifty went up in 65 minutes. Play became brisker with Minnett's advent. Bardsley was careful. Bardsley and Gregory played out time. The following are the scores:— AUSTRALIA.—First Innings. Mayne, c Dennett, h Parker ...... 5 Kelleway, c Smith, b Dipper 28 Minnett, c Langdon, b Parker 33 Bardsley, not out ..«.....«,.., (Mr .... 18 Gregory, not out 5 Extras 5 Total for three wickets 94 SOUTH AFRICA v. SUSSEX. SMALL SCORING. London, August 15. In the match South Africa v. Sussex the wicket was in favor of the bowlers and the scores were small. Following are the scores:— SUSSEX.—First Innings. R. Relf, b Nourse .., „, 0 Vine, b Nourse .., £ A. Relf, c Faulkner, b Nourse ; 21 Simms, b Nourse , 0 Ranjitsinhji, c Ward, b Nourse 4 Chaplain, c Pegler, b Nourse 5 Fender, c Ward, b Pegler 2 Cox, Ibw, b Pegler 7 Jupp, not out 27 Vincent, lbw, h Pegler 0 Street, c and b Carter 8 Total 76 Bowling analysis.—Nourse, six for 33; Pegler. three for 42; Carter, one for I. SOUTH AFRICA.—First Innings. Taylor, c and b A. Relf 14 Strieker, c Street, b Albert 16 Beaumont, b -Simms 18 Nourse, b A, Relf 0 Faulkner, not out 7 Tanered, h Simms 0 White, not out 1 Total for five wickets 50 CRICKET AND FINANCE. TOURISTS' DARK PROSPECTS. The pictures of our cricketers that come out in the London illustrated papers do not show them to be looking particularly long-faced, but after all the bad weather they have had to put up with, arid the prospect that looms large now of but small cash recompense after a strenuous tour, glumness would be quite excusable (says a Sydney paper). More than half the days on which play was advertised to take place have been either absolute blanks or curtailed by rain or wet wickets, and it looks quite possible that there will be a deficit instead of a surplus when the tour is over. Mr. Syd. Smith, the secretary of the Board of Control, -was appealed to recently and said that he hardly thought the result would be quite as bad as all that. "Unless it rains solidly from now until the end of the season." he added, "I think they will be on the right side of tlie ledger." lint whether the tour clears itself or not, it is certain that Macartney and ITazlitt, who agreed to take £4oo"down and expenses, in preference to chancing a larger share at the end of their journeyings, are on a good wicket. From another source it was learned that so far the tour has hardly covered hare expenses. The fares come to over £IOOO, and the many other items that go to make up the heavy cost of a trip of this nature will bring the total expenditure te about .CHXiO by the time the 'men land back in Sydney'. So far Australia's share of the takings is said to be less than that amount.' The rest of the season can hardly be expected to produce big "gates." Even when there was big interest in the triangular tests the English crowds did not turn up as they have been wont to do. and this, no doubt, was due in great part to the bad times prevailing there, the strikes, and the increased cost of living. Now that the gani» is "dead" —excepting for the decision between England and Australia—the i:' ~ ndances are likely to be smaller, so th :t if the remainder of the tour produces another £2OOO as Australia's share the players will he lucky. From that am..nut "has to be deducted the Board of 'ontrol's expenses and the manager's :•■; kry. and that if the other 13 player- i»,at is, if no more than two accepted ' .ie £4OO get £IOO each, that is j'usl -.bout as much as they will get. rt is rather a poor oiitlo-k for the colts, some of whom gave up ■"•ituations that were, roughly, equal in ,-mrv to this amount, and they will 1> . . to find fresh situations when they c back. Probably the most pleased t■; 'h'rs in Australia to-day are the six v,.' •, did not go as a result of the. squabb;. rti'h tinboard. A hundred pounds wouid have been a very nasty pill for <or.'e of them to. swallow.