FORLORN HOPE FAILS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXX, Issue 3573, 12 July 1912, Page 6

FORLORN HOPE FAILS.

JOHN BULL VICTORIOUS AGAIN AFRICANS DEFEATED BY 174 RUNS.

THE LAST DAY’S PLAY

[UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT LONDON, July 10. There was hut a small attendanc for the concluding day of the fours] test of tlie triangular series—Engl am v. South Africa. The weather was dull and' the wic ket was easy. Requiring 239 to enable SoutJ Africa to win and with but three wi-e kets left Barnes and Foster openei the attack upon the forlorn hope. The fifth ball of the .first over ac counted for Tancred —sight down foi 110. Pegler and Carter, who came mt( -partnership, made a plucky stand. At 148 Hearne replaced Foster witl: tlie hall and the newcomers’ secont over finished off Pegler after an innings lasting 55 minutes —nine wickets for 159. Carter was bowled in the next over. His batting was vigorous and liis score included 9 fours. He was badly missed at 19. England won the match by 174 runs, The South Africans throughout the match displayed much better bowling than at Manchester or Lords, but their batting was weak. Following were the scores: — ENGLAND.—First Innings. Rhodes, c and b Pegler 7 Hobbs, c Ward, b Nourse ... 27 Spooner, c Strieker, b Nourse ... 21 Fry, Ibw, b Pegler 10 Woolley, b Nourse 57 Hearne, b Pegler ... 45 Jessop, b Faulkner 16 Foster, c Pegler, b Nourse ... 30 Smith, run out ... 13 Barnes, b Faulkner 0 Dean, not out ...; 2 Extras ... 14 Total 242

Second Innings. Rhodes, b Pegler 10 Hobbs, c Nourse, b Faulkner ... oo Spooner, b Faulkner 82 Fry, c Nourse, b Pegler 7 Hearne, b Nourse 35 Woolley, c Nourse, b Pegler ... 4 Jessop, b Nourse 1 Foster, b Nourse 0 Smith, c Ward, b Faulkner 11 Barnes, not out lo Dean, b Faulkner 8 Extras 10 Total ... 238 SOUTH AFRICA—First Innings. The following are the scores: — Tancred, o Spooner, b Barnes ... 15 Taylor, c Hobbs, b Dean 31 Nourse, b Barnes 5 Llewellyn, c Smith, b Barnes ... 0 Faulkner, c and b Barnes 5 Strieker, b Dean ...... 10 White, c Barnes, b Woolley ... 6 Snooke, b Barnes ••• 23 Pegler, not out 35 Carter, e Dean, b Barnes ... ... 5 Ward, b Dean 0 Extras 12 Total 147

Foster bowled four no-balls. Woolley bowled one no-ball. Byes 4, leg-byes 3Second Innings. Taylor, c Smith, b Foster 2 White, c and b Foster ... 17 Llewellyn, b Barnes ’• 4 Faulkner, b Barnes C Nouree, c Foster, b Dean Is Strieker, run out ../ ... C Snooke. b Dean ... c Tancred, b Barnes Pegler, c Hearne 32 Carter, b Barnes 31 Waixl, not out f Extras Total 161

THE BAGPIPERS BEATEN. AUSTRALIA SECURES A,N EASY VICTORY. LONDON, July IG. In the match against Scotland, Australia, having lost four wickets for 22b runs in the second innings, declared it closed. Additional scores were : Minnett (not out) 65, Bardsley 45, Kolleway (not out) 9. _ : Scotland’s second innings closed for 52 runs. Bowling: Whitty six for 22, Hazan three for 17, Minnett one for 17-

INTEREST ING RESULTS. LONDON, July 10. Cambridge beat Oxford by three wickets. . • Northampton beat Oxford by three wickets. . Northampton beat Surrey by nine wickets, and is now leading for the County' cricket championship.

Bowlin g Analysis Nourse 26.1 8 52 4 Pegler 25 6 112 3 Faulkner ... 13 2 50 2 Carter ... 4 0 14 0

Bowling Analysis: Foster 16 7 29 0 Barnes 22 7 52 6 Dean 12.3 1 41 3 Woolley 6 2 13 1

Bowling Analysis. Barnes ... 21.2 5 63 ,_4 Foster ... 23 4 51 2 Bean ... 8 3 15 2 [Rhodes ... 4 1 14 0 Hearne ... 2 0 5 Foster sent 3 no-halls. 1 Byes, o. Leg-byes, 3.