THE THIRD TEST.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 546, 29 June 1909, Page 5

THE THIRD TEST.

. (By Telegraph.—Press .■Aeaodatio'nl-^Oopyriittat.) /' :'''; '■-, ■"■.1,". , .''. ,;■":'■■.■':■' ■O* i London, < Juno 'i\'.- '■,'■■■■:. \ ■■ .The.' team';■' to represent England-against. : Australia in the Thir^ Test.Matoh' wilLbe:.; ; |, .MacLaren,; fry,: Jcs'sop, Brearley; :;• Hay-' Vardi,Hobbs,:- Tyldesley,'.';Hirst,^:■;Rhodes,?' ! LillejV'and Relf.:;^/' ; ;::::^: : j''':'■:'.'■'/: ■,';,/;,:?' v;V.' - ; : " r : ;' ] '',' (Reo^-June".'?B,■o.2o''p',ta.)^ '):■]<■'■;■!.:. f ( ; .:,':;- : i-^['':.% ..A;';;.^ :' ; . : 'l r ohildhj;.'Junc ,!2B.'- : .- i '< /The papers generaSy.are fully''satisfied; with '[■: tho team,.which".they'regard as ■beihg,' ui( .-nearly as-possible,'thel'strongost"obtainable. ■.•;!.:'■ ■ .Several, however, •requires/strengthening',', arid- thoro '{& ""("BOBie"-,■' criticism.' over I the lot.-Fry and''.the,-.! omission- of .Jones.'.. : t-'V.vl''':V •: :: -- \ ';■' '■ ;':i-[To-day -■ is the'' -tenth''endivetsary: l of ■ the •" .first.-Tjeet.nmtphi playod, on •'■ the Leeds "wicket. '■■' aiiegamo' was not completed,'owing to rain, ' but: this match,. of all the Tesfe pUycd on English, wickets,' saw. for the first' -time the ;,i perforniiinoG of. the ;"hat.trick. V-The incident-' ocouned, in , tho: Australians' eeoohd 'innings, when -J. -T: Hearne disposed:of,--C: : Hill,;S. \ " Gregory, imd-;M.- , A.':Noble-'witU'',t,htwi' sueces.;'' sive balls. -This, , game, was the last; Tost that' J. ■'Briggs,: the.ever-popular-/Lancashire : player, V took part in.•„ He eecured-three :wickots for'SJ in .Australia/s' first Innings,.-' but .was ; unable ■ to ; take.any further', part game,'-as he was,seized; with: an , epileptic fit on the'night' ;of his- last Test;•' performance::-,-Tho •'.:second' Tost on the' Leeds' wicket, was played on July 3;: 4, .and 5,11905, -and resulted ;in "a ■ draw. : England 'Bcorcd 301 ; (E.' S. Jackson 144 not out), ' and' 205' for 5' Wickets (j:-T. Tyldesloy.' i00)i ■ Australia 195' (W. W; : Armstrong. 06 .and '221 '■"' ior.7.' wickets :(M. ,'AV Noblo 1 , oa,~'StaoLaren, : - Fry, Hayward, ; and :Lilley played for.England : on this wioket in 1893, and' 1905. ?.:■ Of the Bug-. .lish; sido 'in:: the'; recent" SocondVvTestVttiatch, Jones, Gunni King;land'Haigh; are missing:in favour, of I'ry,' Jcsspp; Kliodes) iaiid Brearley. ~ Tlid.-.last-namedj player.. hlid''; a.-.-,preliniiiiary.., canter li\sti Saturday,. but: the*:'coming' battU:: • is "his first , ; appbnvance in .Test crjcKct' .this , : summcr.'Tlid'earned'English oleyonis'.a strong v batting combinatioil,; -..- and .'for . bowHng " th< "; .brant.Of the attack', will; fall on Uirst, Brearley, Keif, vund Rhodes, .with' Jessop..: as %'. change:] -.'';' ?; '■■■■■:. '■■['.";".':'■.} '..'■■■•■- 1 -.-.-"■'• •:■-'• i-'-:--V-