TRIANGULAR CRICKET.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10660, 15 June 1912, Page 6

TRIANGULAR CRICKET.

AUSTRALIA V. LANCASHIRE. POOR SCORING. (Received Juno 14, 9 a.m.) LONDON, Juno 13. The Australian and Lancashire teams commenced a match to-day. The weather was threatening, with intervals of sunshine. Lancashire won the toss, and batted. Makepeace and Spooner opened to Hazlitt and Matthews. A strong cross wind was blowing. Makepeace played on a hall -from Matthews. In the fifth over J. TyldsJey gia.ve a good catch in the slips to I Hazlitt, oft' Matthews. He batted for thirty minutes. Spooner, by a had stroke, was caiHit at the- wickets wide on the off- ! s .ide7 He compiled 27 in seventy minutes, and gave a chance at 15 to Whitty at-mid-on, oil .Hazlitt. Sharp AM.vs taken at short-leg by Rardsley, who fell over taking the catch. The bowling was steady, and the century appeared after 115 minutes' play. At lunch, the score stood at 4 for 100. On resuming thero were 2000 people present, the small attendance being due to resentment in Manchester _ at tho Australians .insisting on a shilling gate. McLaren and Hazlitt resumed bowling. Heap soon played McLaren on to his wickets. He was 53 minutes at the wickets. Tho last three wickets added four .runs, and the innings lasted 180 minutes. 1 When stumps had boon drawn for the day, Australia had lost five wickets for* 130. Jennings and Keltewar fceed' the ) bowling of Dean and Jennings was hatting 1 op the off-side, and was jomifcd off his i pads by Dean, who v JtW rving. Macartney had hmx *0 thirteen minutes without scoring. j Fifty was up in 55 minutes, when j Bardsley went. Macartney was thirty, I mnd was good on the leg side. He gave I a chance at 24 to Huddjostone at j short-leg, off Dean. The century was I hoisted in 100 minutes. Matthews was caught left-handed I brilliantly, at mid-off, by Huddlostone. I Macartney was 105 minutes at the I wickets, and was stylish all round. He 1 made fifty in seventy minutes. 1 It lhas been, arranged that the price I of admission on Friday and Saturday | shall be sixpence after four o'clock. | Following are tho scores: —•

LANCASHIRE.—First Innings. Makepeace, 1) Matthews 17 Spooner, o Oarkeek, b HazHtt 27 J. Tyldesley, c Hazlitt, b Matthews 6 Sharp, c Ba.rdsley, b Matthews 14 Heap, b McLaren 22 E. Tyldesley, Ibw, b Matthews 13 Hornby, b Hazlitt 5 Brooke, b Kelleway .15 Whitehead, b Matthews 3 Huddlestone, b Kelleway 1 Dean, not out 0 Extras 23 Total ~ 146 (Bowling analysis—not cabled.) AUSTRALA.—First Innings. Jennings, b Dean 18 Kelleway, Ibw,- h Huddlestone 11 Macartney, not out 72 Bardsley, Ibw, b Dean 7 Gregory, b Heap 16 Matthews, c Huddlestone, b Heap 1 Extras 5 Total for five wickets 130 'SOUTH AFRICA v. NOTTS. GOOD STAND BY HOME TEAM. (Received June* 14, 9 a.m.) LONDON, June 13. The match between South Africa and.Notts was commenced to-day, and ait the drawing of stumps tihe home team, which' batted firsts had lost six wickets for 224. The scores were as follow: — NOTTS—First Innings. Jones, c Nourse, b Hartigan 26 George Gunn, b Taylor • 73 Alliston, b Pegler '' Crawford, c Beaumont, b Hartigan 11 John Gunn, not out 74 Hardstaff, Ibw, b Faulkner 29 , Extras 11 Total for six wickets .......... 224