THE TEST MATCH

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10693, 14 August 1912, Page 6

THE TEST MATCH

ENGLAND v. SOUTH AFRICA.

SOITH AFRICA »r», ENGLAND 176

(Received Tuesday, 0.20 a.m.)

LONDON, August 12. The Third Test match between- theEnglish and South African teams was commenced to-day, before an attendance of 3000. The weather was dull, and the wicket soft. Tancred won the toss, and elected to bat. Taylor and Tancred faced Foster and Barnes. A bad start was made, Tancred bein.r bowled in playing forward to the fourth ball from Barnes. The score was then 12. ' i Noursc tilled the vacancy, and A> was hoisted iu 30 minutes, eleven being scored off ono of Foster's overs Wool ley replaced Foster at 31, and the change was effective, Noursc being out leg before wicket from the third b'lM' Taylor was now 17. When he had' scored two he had a narrow escape in the slips oif a hall from Barnes.—Two for 31. Faulkner was next man, and after scoring a single he was nearly caught in Woollev's second over. Smith (the Finish wicket-keeper) was hit m the mouth hv a rising ball from Barnes •it 3"> and retired, there being a ten minutes' stoppage of play. Mead fiold- .-<] as a substitute- for. Smith, and Spooner went on as wicket-keeper. Three runs had been added to the score when Taylor was easily caught in the slips off.Woolley's third over. He had been fifty minutes at the wickets—Three ku- 38. Strieker was the incomer, and was bowled bv Barnes for live. Faulkner, who was now three, gave a fharp chance when he had scored one, in the slips.—Four for 47. Llewellvn filled the vacancy. I'itty was hoisixd for 70 minut-s' nlav. Lle.wellvn. in the same -over, skied a hall to tnid-on. He had failed to score.—Five for 50. White, the incomer, lost Faulkner three runs later. The outgoing hatsman had batted for -1-5 minutes.—Six for 53. . Snooke was next. A better stand was now made, Snooke doing all the scoring. White was howled for four. —Seven for 7(5. Beaumont filled the vacancy. At the luncheon adjournment the score was seven for 83.

On resuming, there was an attendance of 0000. The was gloomy and the wicket difficult. Smith resumed keeping wickets. . Siinnko. off WnoiW's fourth hall, was cleverly caught in the slips sin-gle-handid. He equalled Taylor's score. —Eight for SB.

Pegler filled the vacancy, and lost Beaumont in the next over. —Nine for BG.

Ward, the next man, had scored-six. when Pegler was brilliantly caught by Hitcli running to long on. The innings lasted 13i minutes. The South Africans gave a poor performance. Barnes was- awkward at times. The fielding was of the smartest.

Rhodes and Hobbs faced Pegler and Faulkner. A had start was made, Rhodes playing the first ball of the over on to his wicket. —One for 4.

Spoonor was the incomer, and a good stand ensued. Hobhs hit a six. He was nearly stumped off Pegler. Spoonor survived two appeals of leg heforo to Faulkner. The, scores were as follows: —

! I SOUTH AFRICA—Ist Tunings. Taylor,-!) Woollcy ••• 23 Tattered, b Barnes ■■• 0 Xcurso, Ibvr, b Woollcy ... 8 Falkner, c: Hayes, b Barne.-i ... $) Strieker, b Barnes ■•• (5 Llewellyn, c Rhodes, b Wool ley ... 0 White, h Barnes ••• 4 Snooke, c Foster ~h Woollcy ... 23 Beaumont, v Hearne, b Barnes .... 3 Pegler, e Hitch, b Woollcy ... 3 Ward, not out ••• 6 Sundries ... 11 Total • 95 Bowling analysis. —Foster 0 for 15, Barnes 5 for 28, Woollcy 5 for 41. ENGLAND—Ist Innings. Rhodes, b Faulkner - ... 0 Hobbs, c and b Faulkner ... 68 Spooner, c Nourse. b Llewellyn ... 26 Fry, c Snooke, b Faulkner ... 9 Haves, b Faulkner ... 4 Woolley, b Pegler ... 13

J. W. Hearne, Unv, 1) Faulkner ... 20 V. R. Foster, st Ward. I> Faulkner 8 E. J. Smith, b Faulkner ... 9 Barnes, c Taylor, 1> Pegler ... S Tfitt-h, not out ... 0 Sundries ... 11 Total 176 Bowling analvsis. —Pegler 2 for 53, Faulkner 7 for 84, Llewellyn 1 for 28. AUSTRALIA v; WORCESTERSHIRE. HOME TEAM ALL OUT 113. GOOD HOWLING BY WHIITV.

WORCESTERSHIRE—Ist Inning?. Bowley, b Whity ~-. , ... 2 { F. Pearson, c Bazlitt, I) Matthews 26 Arnold, v. Minnett, 1) Ha/litt ... 3 H. Foster, b Whitty ... 0 Burns, b Whitty ... 0 R. Foster, b Macartney ... 26 Cuffe, 1) Whitty * ... 12 G. Foster, not out ... ti'2 Simpson,Hay ward, b Whitty ... Jl Burrows, c Webster , b Whitty ... 0 Chester, run out •■• 0 Extra .. . : 1 Total 1-J3 Bowling analysis.—"Whitty 6 for 57, Kazlitt 1 for 35, Macartney 1 for ■'!.", Kelleway 0 for 10, Matthews 1 for 23. AUSTRALIA—Ist Innings. Jennings, b CufFo ... 8 Kelleway, not out ... 4-1 Macartney, o Foster, b Arnold ... 31 Bardsley, not out , ... 22 Total for two wickets 105