TRIANGULAR CRICKET

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10673, 1 July 1912, Page 6

TRIANGULAR CRICKET

AUSTRALIANS' POOR SHOWING. COLONIALS REQUIRE 204 TO SAVE INNINGS DEFEAT. (United Press Association — By Electric Telegraph — Copyright.) (Received June 29, 10 a.m.) LONDON, June 28. At tho conclusion of to-day's play tlie Australians required 204 runs to save an innings defeat. Showers fell early in the morning, but the weather was bright when play was resumed. The wicket was in good order. Douglas (96) and Fane (61) were opposed to the howling of Hazlitt and !l McLaren. The pair added 66 runs be- | fore a separation was effected. Dougj) las reached his centure after 285 miu- || utes' play. Fane was smartly run out by Hazlitt at. short leg. J lis innings of 98 occupied 2i hours, and was notable for brilliant cutting. His score included a five and fourteen fours. Douglas at this time was 116.—Three for 337. Tho-seven batsmen remaining added only 44, Hazlitfc proving very destructive. Emery was resting, owing to « strained knee, Matthews fielding as substitute. Hazlitt bowled unchanged. He was turning the ball considerably. Douglas was taken in the slips by Smith off Macartney, afior an exceedingly patient innings lasting 350 minutes. His score of 12!) included a five and twelve 4's. Essex occupied the wickets for 380 minutes. The last five wickets fell in half an hour. Generally tho visitors made a poor showing againsL Mead and Hills. The latter war, making his debut in firstclass cricket. He is a slow to medium- J pace bowler, with a leg-break and a | good length. Macartney (62), avlio made the best stand, saw 102 runs added before he was dismissed. He had played a resolute and chanceless innings, scoring all I round the wicket. He was caught in the slips in trying to drive-Hills. He had been at tho wickets eighty-five minutes. : Bardsley mis-hit a full pitcher, and •was taken in the slips, Gregory played Hills on, and Webster played pluckily for forty minutes for 25. The century was hoisted in 95 minutes, the whole innings lasting 150 minutes. The Australians followed on. Mayne and Jennings played out time. The j attendance numbered 2000. I Details : j ESSEX.— First Innings. J Russell;, c! EinOry, 1) McLaren 16 | Douglas, c Smith, b Macartney ... 129 I Pcrrin, c Webster, b Minnett 104 Fane, run out 98 •' Gillingham, b Hazlitt 1 Freeman, b Hazlitt 3 McGahey, b Hazlitt 7 Reeves, lbw, b Hazlitt 0 a Buckenham, not out 6 Hills, c Webster, b Hazlitt 0 Mead, c Mayne, b Hazlitt 10 Sundries 47 Total 421 Bowling analysis:—Emery 0 for 63, McLaren '1 for 103, Hazlitt 6 for 105, Minnett i for 36, Mayne 0 for 26, Macartney 1 for 41. How tho wickots foil:—34, 194, 337, 378, SO4, 400, 100, 411, 411, 421. j AUSTRALIA. —First innings. Jennings, c and b Mead 16 Mayne, c Freeman, b Hills 12 Bardsley, c sub., b Hills 2 Gregory, b Hills 9 Macartney, c sub, b Hills 62 Smith, c Gillingham, b Hills 2 Minnett, b Mead 20 McLaren, lbw, b Mead 3 Emery, lbw, b Mead 9 Webster, c Freeman b Buckenham 25 Hazlitt, not out 13 Extras 5 Total 178 Bowling analysis—Douglas 0 for 13,

Buckenham 1 for 25, Mead 4 for 63, Hills 5 for 63, McGahey 0 for 9. How the wickets fell—23, 53, 57 } 67, 83, 102, 125, 128, 150, 178. Second innings. Mayne, not out 21 j Jennings, not out •••• 18 Total for no wickets 39 A DRAWN GAME. AUSTRALIANS RECOVER SOMEWHAT. FIVE FOR 320. . (Received Last Night, 5.5 o'clock.) LONDON, Juno 29. The match Australia v. Essex was drawn. The Australians in their follow- on, had lost five wickets for 320. Gregory made the best showing, reaching 103, and remained unconquered. Details : AUSTRALIA.—Second Innings. Mayne, c Hills, b Douglas 23 Jennings, c Hills, b Mead 62 Macartney, c Douglas, b Hills ... 32 Bardsley, b Douglas 43 Gregory, not out 103 Smith, b Buckenham 27 Minnett, not out 16 Sundries 14 Total for five wickets 320 Bowling analysis—Douglas 2 for 68, Buckenham 1 for 64, Mead 1 -for 61, Hills I'for 78, McGahey 0 for 26. In the previous match with Essex—the third of the present tour —the Australians declared their first innings closed with three wickqts down for 564 (Macartney 208, Bardsley 184 not out), and won by an innings and 132 runs. (The Australians play their next match with Yorkshire, commencing today). SOUTH AFRICA v. SCOTLAND. (Received Last Night, 5.5 o'clock.) LONDON, June 29. The South x\f ricans mado 263 in the fist innings. Scotland in their second innings made 72. Carter captured fivo wickets for 37, Faulkner 5 for 32. i (The South Africans next meet Midj dlescx.)