THE FIRST TEST.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10645, 29 May 1912, Page 3

THE FIRST TEST.

AUSTRALIA V. SOUTH AFRIGA

GOOD SCORE BY AUSTKAIIANS.

CENTURIES BY KELLEWAY A\l> BABDSLEY.

(Received May 2. ; , 5).5 a in.)

LO'.:>." ON, .May 27. The 'irsfc of i! e 'i'as'u •iiruches l*>tv.een the 4int-:.iiia':s and tin* Sot.th. Airicans was ccnirrMiici-cl :o-,lu\ [ Campbell, Carter, Cox, Llewellyn, : Stricket and Tancred we.ro omitt-vj > from tlie South Africans, and May tie, , Smith, McLaren, and Webster from i tlia Australians. ' I The weather was fine, and the wicket i good. I Gregory won the toss, and elected to ' bat. ' ) Jennings and Kolleway opened to I the bowling of Faulkner a,nd bourse. j r llhe batsmen made -a good start, ,=0 , appearing for 35 minutes' play. , ! Shortly afterwards Jennings attemp(ted to pull a Jball from Pegter, and was well taken at midon by Schwarz. He 1 had made 32 by..attractive cricket. In,. the second over ho survived an appeal for leg before to .Nouirse. Kelleway i had made 21. When he had scored i five, and again at 10, ho was badly beaten by Pegler, the iball jnst missing , the wicket on each occasion—l for 02. i Faulkner was bowling steadily. Nourse was unable to find a, lengr-h, and was replaced. Schwarz relieved i ' Faulkner .at 53. I Macartney joined Kelleway, and was cheered on going to the wicket. He survived .an appeal for legibefore off Pegler,. when he had scored 2. Macartney immediately .go£ to' ..| work and knocked 1,1 off one over of , Schwarz's.' Shortly afterwards ho hit ' across a. slow ball from Pegler and lost I his wicket. I I 'had been 'batting twenty minutes, and gave a bright display. ] ' —2Jov 92. | Kelleway was now 27, compiled in moderate style. The bowling was uncertain, hut the fielding was clean. Bardsley was next in. Kelleway, with > a couple off Schwarz, ibrought the century up after seventy-two minutes' play. | At 106 Faulkner resumed bowling id placo c! Schwarz, j The first ball was cut lor 4 through i the slips by Kelleway, who was i?n- \ .' proving in his play. i Bardsley opened cautiously. Play now becamo quieter, occasional singles j being scored. ] At 134 Hartigan replaced.Schwarz, who had been again tried at the | bowling crease. At 134 White replaced Pegler. One hundred and fifty appeared for 110 minutes' play. Kelleway had put together 61, having scored 50 in I'D minutes. Bardsley was now 29. When , lie had made four he was nearly rim j out, a bad return by Snooke allowing him to escape. Ho was beaten in the ' same over by Pegler, the ball just missing tho wicket. At the luncheon adjournment the scoro stood at 2 for 159. On resuming the attendance increased to 90.00. Pegler and Hartigan took up the attack. The bowling was only moderate, j and the batsmen scored steadily. I Bardsley hit Hartigan to square-'cg j for six. j At 198, Hartigan was displaced by Schwarz, off whose first over Bardsley hit 15, consisting of a 2, 6, 4, and 3.

When Kelleway was 81, Ward badly missed a chance of stumping liim off Schwarz. The second century was Dioisted as. the result of 155 minutes' play, and 150 came in 170 minutes. The bowling was completely mastered. At 252 Faulkner went on in place of Schwarz. At this stage Kelleway was 98 and Bardsley 100. The latter took 115 minutes to compile his" century, which was made in a masterly fashion. The score now stood at 269 for ir.vo wickets, and runs came fast. At 293, Nourse who had been put on again gave way to Pegler. The change was effective ; Pegler's

first over saw Kelleway taken low at the wickets by Ward. He had compiled 114 in 195 minutes. Kelleway's score included five fourers. He showed good defence and fine driving powers. His .century was com. piled in 185 minutes. Bardsley was now 108. The score stood at 3 for 294, the partnership 'having added 140. Gregory was next in. White replaced Faulkner,"' and the change had the desired effect, White cleverly catdhing Bardsley low down right-handed, off his own bowling. Bardsley had scored 121 in 155 minutes. When 111 ho gave <a chance to Ward at the wickets off Pegler. The Australian's 'innings was a grand allround display, and he was always master of the bowling. He hit two sixes and eleven fours.—4 for 314. Gregory had not .as yet scored. Minnett was the incomer. Minnett almost immediately returned a hard drive to Schwarz, who held the ball. Tho outgoing ibatsmaiii 'had made 12. 5 for 325. Matthews was the next batsman. Gregory, when he had made 12, was nearly caught by Sdliwarz, off the hitter's own bowling. Matthews, when 5, was missed at mid-off by Whito off Pegler. At the tea adjournment, Gregory had scored 26 and Matthews 10, the total reading 5 for 35G. On resuming, Pegler and Schwarz took up the bowling, and at 375 Gregory was stumped off the former. He made 37 in 70 minutes. Matthews was now 15. Six for 375. The next batsman was Emery, .but he did not last long, being bowled by Schwarz .after scoring 1.—7 for 376.

•Hazlitt succeeded Emery, but svccumbed to Schwarz, lbw, before lie had scored. —8 for 376. Carkcek followed, but fell a victim to Pegler after having made I. —9 for 385. Matthews had 20 to his credit when Whitty, the last man, came in.. The latter'made a good, stand, and the last wicket added 02 runs. Whitty, when 33, was stumped off Pegler. The innings closed for 4.48. The scores were as follow : AUSTRALIA.—First Innings. C. 13. Jennings, c Schwarz b Pegler 32 0. Kelleway, c Ward, b Pegler ... 114 C. G. Maoartucv, b Pegler 21 W. Bardsley, c and b White 121 S. E. Gregory, st Ward, b Pegler 37 R. B. iMinnctt, c and b Schwarz 12 G. J. Matthews, not out 49 S. H. Emery, b Schwarz 1 G. R. Hazlitt, lbw, b Schwarz ... 0 W. Carkcek, .b egler 4 W. J. Whitty, st Ward, b Pegler 33 Extras 24 Total 44S Bowling analysis-.—Faulkner 0 fori 55, Nourse 0 for 162, Pegler 6 for 105, ' Schwarz 3 for 142, Hartigan 0 for 31, White 1 for 29. SOUTH AFRICA AT THE WICKETS ONE DOWN FOR 16. (Received May 28, 10.30 a.m.) LONDON, May 27. Taylor and Hartigan faced the bow-ling of Hazlitt and Whitty. In the hitter's first over Taylor was caught. Hartigan and Nourso played out time. The wicket is exceptionally easy. The fielding was excellent. Tilio score when stumps were drawn was 1 for 16. '