IMPERIAL CRICKET.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXX, Issue 3551, 15 June 1912, Page 7

IMPERIAL CRICKET.

AUSTRALIANS v. LANCASHIRE. LOW SCORING ON A SOFT WICKET. MACARTNEY IN BRILLIANT FORM. RESENTMENT OVER PRICES OF. ADMISSION. [UNITED PEESS ASSOCIATION-—COPYEIGEI] LONDON, June 13. The match Australia v. Lancashire was commenced at Manchester to-day .From the Australian team SmitJg Webster, Mayne, and Minnett fV T omitted. The weather was threatening, with sunshine at intervals. The attendance was small. Tho pitch was soffish.

Hornby won the toss for Lancashire and decided to bat.

Makepeace and Spooner opened to Hazhtt and Matthews. There wan a strong cross-wind- Makepeace played outside one from Matthews in the fifth over and was bowled.

,1. T. Tyldesley was taken bv a goodt catch in the slips by Hazlitt off Matthews. Ho batted for 30 minutes. Spooner made a bad stroke, and was caught at the wicket wide oi> the off side, his total being 27. He halted for 70 minutes. He gave a chance at 15 to Whittv at mid-on off Hazlitt.

A total of 50 appeared in an Jour. Sharp was taken at short-leg by Bardsley, who fell. Heap and E. Tyldesley played carefully. The bowling was steadv. The century was reached in 3)5 minutes. At lunch there were four wickets down for 100.

On resuming there were 2000 spectators, the small attendance being duo to the resentment manifest on tho Australians insisting on a shiJh’na gateMaclaren and Hazlitt were -bowling. Heap soon played on to Maclaren. Ho had batted for 53 minutes. - E. Tyldesley gave a chance when seven at second slip, to Kelleway off Maclaren. ,

Hornby was then howled by H Sir* litt.c E. Tyldesley was got rid of leg before wicket to Matthews for 1-3- He batted for 7-5 minutes.

Brooke, before scoring, was missed: in the slips by Hazlitt off Maclaren, and when at 14 he was missed in tho slips by Matthews off Kelleway. In the next over he played on to Kelleway. The partnership yielded nil, arc i-io last three wickets added four. The innings lasted 180 minute?, and closed for 146. Jennings and Kelleway opened for Australia, facing the bowling of Ziean and Whitehead. Jennings was bowled by a beautiful break-back from Dean, the ball going off the batsman’s pads. Dean "was swervingMaacrtney batted 13 mintues without scoring. Fifty were put up in 55 minutes, when Bardsley went. Macartney then had 30, his play being good on the leg side. He gave a chance at 24 to Huddlestone, at- short leg, off Dean. The century occupied 100 minute*.'. Matthews ‘was taken left-handed brilliantly at mid-off by Huddlestone. Then stumps were drawn, the score standing at 130 for five wickets. Macartney was in for 105 minutes. He played a stylish all-round innings. He had a total of fifty in 70 mint:16S.

It has been arranged that the admission on Friday and Saturday be 61 after 4 p.m. The following are the scores;

LANCASHIRE.—First -Innings. Makepeace, b Matthews 17 Spooner, c Carkeek. b Hazlitt . 27 J. T. Tvldeslev. c Hazlitt b Mat-

thews 6 Sharp, c Bardsley, b Matthews ... 14 Heap, b McLaren 22 E. Tvldeslev. lbw, 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 143 The wickets fell as follow: 1 fcr 29, 2 for 47, 3 for 65, 4 for 71. 5 for 102, 6 for 115, 7 for 142, S for 142, 2- £c r 146, 10 for 146. Bowling analysis: Hazlitt two for 44, Matthews five for 4S, Emery non o for 12, Maclaren one for 12, Kelkway two for 7. AUSTRALIA. —First Innings.

Jennings, b Dean 13 Kelleway, lbw, b Huddlestone ... II Macartney, not out <3

Bardsley, lbw, b 'Dean 7 Gregory, b Heap Id Matthews, c Huddlestone, b Heap i Extras • > 5

Total, for five wickets lc-0 The wickets fell as follow : 1 for 13, 2 for 36, 3 for 71, 4 for 128.

-SOUTH AFRICANS V. NGTTINO-

HAM.

LACE MEN MAKE A FINE START

GREAT GUNNS BOOMING

LONDON, June 13. The South Africans commenced: their match against Nottingham V:day.

The County eleven batted first-, and made a, good' start, occupying the wickets for the whole of the day.

When stumps were drawn, they Led lost six wickets for 224. The following are the scores:— ' NOTTINGHAM.—First Innings. Jones, c Nourse b Hartigan ... 26 George Gunn, b Taylor ... ... 73 Ailetson, b Pegler 0 Crawford, c Beaumont b Hartigan. 31 John Gunn, not out ... 74 Hardstaff, lbw, b Faulkner ... 29 Extras 11

Total for six -wickets

A GOOD SCORE

Playing for Surrey against Essex Hayes made 143 (not- out).