TRIANGULAR CRICKET

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10676, 24 July 1912, Page 6

TRIANGULAR CRICKET

AUSTRALIA V. HAMPSHIRE

GOOD PLAY .BY HOME TEAM

(United Press An-iociation —By Electric Telegraph —Copyright.)

(Received July

LOuVTKIX, July 23

A match was commenced to-dav be- I tween the Aiu-traliaii and Hampshire j teams. I Macartney, McLaren., Webster and, Hiazlitt were omitted from tlie Aus-tralian'tc.-ui. The weather was dull, and the wicket fast. Sprat t won the to?:s for Hampshire. Minnett and ■| Emery opened tlie bowling for Aus- ' tralia. liampfi'lilrc made a good . showing. ; Bowell \wa.s bowled with a full teas fc,fter 18 .minutes' play, and Stoile was tukew by Carkec-k, wh«o was standing 'back from tlie wicket.-;.— 2 for -H). From thence the team scored .steadily. Fifty wms no in thirty minutes, antl the ccntwy in 55. Fry was 33 mauitcs at the wicketa Barrett, the fourth batsir>.:n, was out with a scoii'o of 5, and then Mead, who had started when one wicket waa down, and Jepl.-son became associated. They added 95. Jephsoti. wjs ispTcndid aM round the wicket, and gave a ifau'lt'.cus display. He was in for ail hour, and : h.:t eleven fenre. •Mead was brilliant a-H rdund, particularly in. cutting and driving. The, scores were as follow HAMPSHIRE. ' Bowell, 1.b.w., b Emery 1" Ston!e, c C'arkick, » iVki:rrtt 2-! Fay, c Carkcek. b Kol-itay 2! Barrett, c Smith, b &*ati.heivs 5 Jeplyjon, J) Wlltty 53 Brown, c Kellev.ay, b Whitty 3 Newman, c and b Emery IS (The m;rcs- and descir:j>ticii of Hampfjhire's inn:ngs are botji niconi-pk-te in the cable ineiier.ge. The County made 370 in their first ir.lringn, and Aiviraka ffiais left tl&'c-o ■wie-kete (for 47 when stumps wc-ro drawn).