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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1000, 15 December 1910, Page 5

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SOUTH AFRICANS. BEATEN! BY AN INNINGS AT.vD lli lUJNS, ByTcle£rapSi—Press Assentation—Copyright, (Rec. December '14,■5.25 p.m.) Sydney, December 14. Play in the first -test match between South Africa and Ajurtralia, which liaci been much interfered with by stormy weathor, was resumed to-day. The wicket was bumpy at the start, but gradually improved. Tho weather was perfect, and the attendance numbered about two thoufand. Australia. won by an innings and 114 runs. Mao-irtney opened tlicv ' bowling .to Schwirz, who continued bis first innings. I The batsman wasted no ti'jio in starting; tbcae coming oft' the second ball.' £V.ilk•jer was content to play a straight bat, buing afraid of tho wicket bumiiing. Whitty bowled-at tho other «nd. The wicket at his end was -rery bumpy, and the batsmen were continually patting it with tho bat. His second bali.'Schwarz hit out at, but tipped it to Ihrumper in. the slips, who brought eff a beautiful catch, having to run arid take -the ball almost oil the ground. Schwarz :had batted altogether for 87 minutes, and his score included sis fours. Nest over Faulkner jumped, out to Macartney, and Carter missed a. good ophS l t; J Qi? f st ™ l l )in =- Whites second pall to Sherwell Dumped . tov.-ards his su ;ung his bat at it, "but tipped it high to niid-orf. The fieldsmian "was un-* able to reach it, however. Tho batting was ! slow at iirst, aud of nine overs'seven Arero niwdous. Then Faulkner brought his 50, two hours awuty minKelleway relieved Maczfrtewy, and 1 iaulkner hit three consecutivo- fours. Iu thei next over, however, ho nvas caught hv JielLeway m tho slips. He had batted tnree hours thirteen minictos, and his seore included tea fours. Voder -was bowled by Whith- first ball. . Australia, now leading by 35£ inns, sent the bouth. Africans in again. Sherwell 3-ucl Sinclair opened, tho innineiw and with tho scoro at 12 Slierwell hit Whitty into tho pa'rilion for sis, at which tho small crowc present heartily cheered. Sinclair was again uncomfortable to Cotter, and gavo no ?if?i °r. bcill S " 10 '"S hitter that he is. Uith his score at C, Cotter clean bowled hull. This was Cotter's first over to-day, and he sent them down very fast, keening an excellent length. Snooko snicked' his first ball through the slips to the boundary, but, next over, Cotter bowled him; Snooke was apparently not able to sight the ball. Zuleh looked liko settling down, but when, he had scored one he was given run out. irom the pavilion, however,'he appeared to bo well in, and the umpire's decision caused a' lot of comment, no other subject being discussed at luncheon. ' Sherwell played excellent cricket. He was careful, but pasted the loose balls. .The wicket appeared to have been greaU.y improved by a thorough rolling' betweth the innings. A great, difference iwas noticeable as ■ to the respective methods ot placing tho field. Even for Armstrong's bowling, which is slow, there were only tw-o men in tho deep field. The South Africans, however, placed three, and some-*, times four on the boundary. In this way, although they, saved, maiiy. fours, they nevertheless allowed many singles and twos to bo run. The Australians' fielding was generally„cleansr. than .that. . of their opponents. With Faulkner in tho game ceased -to ' be quite a procession. Sherwell was still playing soundly.' and scored 50 in'fiftyI nine minutes. 'The total was then 801 ■ Hill then the bowling, Arm.strong and Kelleway going on in place of Cotter and - Macartney. Armstrong was not much of a success at bowling. Ho sent down straight-pitched ones with n. leg break, and many, of these : were allowed • to pass untonchedi. Kelleway bowled me-, dium-paco ofT-breaks of good length.' At sixty Sherwell hit Kelleway straight to Whitty at cover-point, who 'held the catch. He had batted .78 minutes and had'hit seven'fours, and one six. This was Kelleway's first' wicket in a test match. . • Faulkner got out in trying to pull ■Whitty who had just replaced Kelleway— a stroke which lie is generally successful with. He hit the ball very higji, and Bardslc-y caught him at mid-on. • Strieker followed, and again failed to get going. Standing in front to a fall-toss from Whitty, he was out leg beforeAfter the tea adjournment Cotter i and Whitty bowled to' Llewellyn' and Noijrse.; Cotter appeared to be, tiring. • Ho had lost his pace, and was. pitching them t short. Pour twos, and two threes wore hit off one over. Llewellyn shaped well, punishing anything on tho leg side, but at nineteen, he hit Whitty too near the end of the bat and was caught by Macartney at mi.d-off. Schwarz, who had a good reception, was caught by' Carter behind the wiekats bo-, fore scoring. This was Whitty's-. fourth wicket. He was bowling medium-paco off-breaks, with tho fieli vet} close, thus making scoring difficult. The second century was hoisted after 169 minutes' batting and then. Trumtier missed Pcarse in the,slips at IV off Kelleway. Nourse, who was now 50, hr.d been batting for 96 minutes. Pearse'was flukey, and raised several. At 31 he- was run out through .his own fault—hesitating when half-Tay. Vngler, was bowled by Kelleway first ball. Scores:— AUSTRALIA. First Innings ' 528 SOUTH AFRICA.

First Innings. Strieker, b. Cotter 2 Zulch, b. Cotter : •! Poarse, c. Trumper, b. Cotter 1G Nourse, c. Kelleway, b. Cotter 5 Llewellyn, b. Cotter 0 Snooke, b. Whitty ....' : 3 Sinclair, b. Cotter 1 Faulkner, c. Kelleway, b. Whitty ... 02 Snhwarz, c. Trumper, b. Whitty (il Sherwell, not out 8 Vogler, b. Whitty 0 Sundries 12 Total . 174 Bowling Analysis. M'Carlney, no wickets for 11 Tuns; Kelleway, none for 33; Whitty, four for 33; Armstrong, none for 16; Cotter, six for 09. Second Innings, i Sinclair, b. Cotter 6 Snooke, b. Cotter" : 4 Slierwell, c. Whitty, b. Kelleway ... CO Zulch, run out 1 Faulkner, e. Bardsley, b. Whitty ... 43 Strieker, 1.b.w,, b.' Whitty ........4 Llewellyn, c. Macartney, b. Whitty ... 19 Schwarz, c. Carter, bl Whitty ......... 0 Poarse, run out 31 Vogler,' b. Kelleway 1...., 0 Nourse, not out 64 ■ ■ Sundries /. .... S Total ! . 240 Bowling Analysis. Whitty, four wickets for 75 runs; .Macartney, none for 12; Cotter, two for 73; Armstrong, nono for 35; Kelleway, two for 37.