First-Class Cricket Matches 1912

M.C.C. AUSTRALIAN TOURING TEAM v REST OF ENGLAND Played at Lord’s Cricket Ground, May 23, 24, 25, 1912. M.C.C. Australian Touring Team won by an innings and 10 runs. M.C.C. AUSTRALIAN TOURING TEAM 1 W.Rhodes c Strudwick b Humphreys 55 2 J.B.Hobbs c Thompson b Dean 3 3 G.Gunn c Strudwick b Dean 36 4 *P.F.Warner st Strudwick b Day 126 5 J.W.Hearne b Humphreys 26 6 F.E.Woolley b Dean 101 7 J.W.H.T.Douglas b Dean 41 8 F.R.Foster c Strudwick b Brearley 43 9 †E.J.Smith b Brearley 38 10 S.F.Barnes lbw b Brearley 0 11 J.W.Hitch not out 11 Extras b 15, lb 6, nb 8 29 —— 509 FoW (1): 1-3, 2-92, 3-112, 4-170, 5-363, 6-363, 7-432, 8-479, 9-479, 10-509 REST OF ENGLAND 1 E.Humphreys lbw b Barnes 2 (3) c Foster b Hitch 58 2 G.J.Thompson b Barnes 6 (4) c Woolley b Barnes 11 3 R.H.Spooner lbw b Foster 1 (1) b Barnes 60 4 *C.B.Fry b Douglas 30 (2) c Barnes b Foster 46 5 C.P.Mead st Smith b Foster 4 b Foster 2 6 A.P.Day b Hitch 52 c Rhodes b Foster 12 7 G.L.Jessop c Barnes b Foster 88 c and b Hitch 55 8 †H.Strudwick b Hitch 5 b Hitch 5 9 D.W.Carr b Barnes 17 b Hitch 0 10 H.Dean not out 8 b Hitch 0 11 W.Brearley c and b Barnes 4 not out 3 Extras b 11, lb 7, nb 2 20 b 6, lb 1, nb 3 10 —— —— 237 262 FoW (1): 1-3, 2-10, 3-15, 4-26, 5-72, 6-171, 7- , 8-203, 9- , 10-237 FoW (2): 1-108, 2-110, 3-130, 4-138, 5-237, 6- , 7- , 8- , 9- , 10-262 Rest of England Bowling O M R W Brearley 37 0 173 3 3nb Dean 39.5 11 118 4 Carr 25 3 91 0 Humphreys 11 1 40 2 5nb Thompson 6 0 27 0 Day 5 0 31 1 M.C.C. Australian Touring Team Bowling O M R W O M R W Foster 24 5 71 3 2nb 23 7 67 3 2nb Barnes 21.3 11 38 4 29 8 65 2 Douglas 8 2 44 1 9 0 52 0 Hearne 4 0 30 0 3 0 23 0 1nb Hitch 6 1 34 2 12.4 2 41 5 Woolley (6) 2 1 4 0 Umpires: G.Webb and W.A.J.West. Toss: M.C.C. Australian Touring Team Close of Play: 1st day: M.C.C. Australian Touring Team (1) 452-7 (Douglas 25*, Smith 14*); 2nd day: Rest of England (2) 96-0 (Spooner 51*, Fry 42*). P.F.Warner’s 126 took 180 minutes and included 12 fours and 1 five. F.E.Woolley’s 101 took 95 minutes and included 13 fours and 2 sixes. Thompson started the match as substitute for E.F.Field who “failed to materialise”. Thompson took over as a full member of the team. 82