CAN AFRICA WIN IT?

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1024, 13 January 1911, Page 7

CAN AFRICA WIN IT?

THE THIRD TEST. -^ EXTREMELY EXCITING STAGE. .^ AUSTRALIA REQUIRES 190 RUNS, ; SIX WICKETS TO FALL. ■■":>'■'/I ■■ By Telegraph-Press Association-Copyriehfc. :, "(Wee. January 12, 10.25 p.m.) . -- ;' ; ' Adelaide, January 12. ','''■"; . The weather was gloriously line, with".. . scarcely a breath of wind/ tor the con-' • timtation of the third Test match.' The; -.-' ; wicket was apparently-good enough .."fort..'': ; any number of runs, and the at tendance '!.-- ; totalled, about- 4000. A'A*.'?.''-'; Llewellyn (44) and Pegler, (2). 6t608.;.;. : ■ block-'against the attack of Whitty and'.-; ; Cotter, and Pegler .immediately smote'':' ; two tourers off Whitty. At 260 a double, { | change of bowling was tried. Armstrong-. ; . and Kelleway went on, and quietened :, '. ; . ■ the batsmen, and presently Pegler"cut- • Kelleway plump to Cotter at point, and' - ; was held. . Sis for 273. ..'.'•. . : .:; :■ Snooke opened with a single, and then- •'. • )\\i Kelleway to leg for four, and drovef.-'t- - him to tho boundary. The batsmen were. ; still taking;no risks,.and watched every.. '■ ball closely.all the way. Macartney'arid • Whitty were now brought on at the crease' ' ,' but the score still crept along, though : , at a snail's.pace. Cotter' was presently*'; ■ put on.with the ball, and 300 was hoist- '• \ ed after 335 minutes' play., At the". luncheon adjournment the South African. . total was 305—Llewellyn 75, Snooke 17. ",- I .Whitty. and Armstrong resumed' the i bowling when play recommenced. Thifr.■■_•'" ! teen were added fit. a f?.ir rate, and'.. ; then Llewellyn ■ called for a hit, which • went straight-to" mid-off. The - call; : : proved.costly for Snooke was unable :io' f get home. He had batted 99* minutes; ■■!"• - Seven for 317.'.. t With 2 runs, added Llewellyn played:' . ■.■ "Whitty onto his w-icket..His'wondrous-.';' > ly patient innings had lasted- 218.niin-, ',-.'. I utcs, and his score included four-fours...-.,•-When Sinclair was only 1 he lifted ; Armstrong, and Gehrs caught him, buf..." ' had to step on to" the asphalt ; bicycle '" [ track in doing so, and tho hit/ instead ■ of being "out," counted for four.' At > i 327,-however, Whitty smashed through: ' ■ Hathorn's defence. ..'.r- . *• With Schwarz' in, Sinclair let go witn'v ! all his strength. When ho was 20 lie." . lifted Armstrong to-Gehrs, who, how-.'. ■ ever, dropped the chance, and the ovor :: ; yielded 14. In Whitty's' next over'/'how-.': ' ■ ever, he lifted the ball to long-on,:-where , 'Hill, fielding on the boundary, caught '■■ , .him without moving. Sinclair hadibeon: . i' in only 36 minutes, and hit five fours.: '■•' ; The innings had occupied 391' minutes. ', Whitty bowled splendidly, and secuf- '•' : ed fine figure's. The fielding was-b'ril-.: ; ■ liant-. "' ■■':;" Australia, requiring 375, 4 began withy": Bardsley and Trumper against the bowl- ] : ing of, Snooke and'Nourse. Trumper'-v; reached, 10' in. nine minutes,) four off'each bowler], while "Bardsley ; reached doubles . .by'-'- two fours -bS'-.;: Snooke, the second, "fourer". flying he-?:: tween two men in the slips. . Fifty.' ■'-.' appeared 'in 29 minutes,'2B haying neeii-v.: mado in "fourers."- At o2 Llewellyn: ' and Pegler were ordered ,on. : 'iThey. ', checked the rate of scoring, and then j : '. Llewellyil, in his fourth over, beat apd] : howled Trumper. Tho ..first, wicket bald: accounted for 63 runs in three-qua)r- j;' ters of an hour. .'.,.■■ . ■■'■ ; flKHiU's .first twd. : balis were full which.yielded six runs,land the : captain . ; . quickly ran his scorcup to 20/ At 94'■'■.■' Schwarz took the ball from Pegler, and: V Bardsley brought- up the hundred in 66 V minutes,, his own 50 following. He then banged Schwarz for 4.: '• • • ■ ." ■, ( ' ' ; At 117 Faulkner replaced Llewellyn,. J ■ in his first over,, after five runs-.: had'been scored, he got a soft return. .' from Bardsley, who had batted soundly. , fqr.JSO minutes, hitting,six fours',. ; v :' : -Kelleway was the next man!'"' and : Schwarz, not having found a length,'.-:' retired for Sinclair. ,-Kelleway soon •-, reached doubles, through a snick: off: .Faulkner, which passed, dangerously.': '■■; close- to' Schwarz's right hand invthe"',slips. A,four to Kelleway, off Faulk- -V' ner, then made 150 for 152' minutes';':"., play. Eight off Faulkner, and a.single'V' from Sinclair, carried Hill to 50; for.'.65 minutes' play; , . ■■- '. ■■''.'■ At 165 Schwarz bowled instead -of ,- .Faulkner, and, at, 170, Hill played Sin-, clair'into the hands of niid-pn, , and : .. had to retire. Ho had batted for 70' minutes, 'and during'the litter part '. of his innings, had batted with, cau-' tion.. His score included five.fours."'"" : Eansford'soon left, being caught a*,; . mid-off, Llewellyn running in,.for the'\'. ball. Four for 171. "Carter was next,;' ' and; Faulkner immediately, relieved 1 • Schwarz. In his first over Kellewayj; . who. was .then 28, touched a ball which/ .... Sherwell dropped. The batsmen werenow exceedingly wary, for Sinclair had'* developed a very good length,-,ano\i - at this stage sent.down nine overs''for" 16 runs. Llewellyn"- relieved" at the', crease i when the score was 182, but n*-\.. further wickets ; fell. The ' Africans,-.'<■;. with their field'placed, close in, fielded very smnrtly. '.'.,; ' •-''.".',.. . South Africa.. First innings .......482 ' ' Second Innings. ;.'..,'-' : Zulch, cY: Carter, b. Whitty ....' 14, Sherwell, 1.b.w., b. Whitty ~..........'■■ 1" ■'; Faulkner, c. Armstrong, b. Whitty 115 . Nourse, c. Armstrong, b. Kelleway ; 39,' Strieker,- b. Macartney ,6. Llewellyn', b. -Whitty 80:,:Pegler, c. Cotter, b. Kelleway ... 26_.';.'Snooke, run out 25Sinclair, c. Hill, b. Whitty .." -..■ 29 v .-' : Hathorn, b. Whitty ............;.. : ,2 " Schwarz, not out '. .: 11-,. .Extras ;....;........ ; 123 . .Total ..'. 360." ' Bowling Analysis. ''" Cotter, no wickets.. for 64- runs";.'. Whitty, six for 104; Kelleway, two fbr--64; Armstrong, none for 90; Macartney,.' v one;for 26. . •.'■■";. ■ : " : . Australia, '• , ; ■ First innings 465 Second Innings.' .Rirdsley, c. and b. Faulkner : ss:-'.' : Trumper. h. Llewellyn- .--211.:'' Hill, c. Schwarz, b. Sinclair 55 ' ; -.:. Kelleway, not put :.-..... 33-. Hansford, c. Llewellyn, b. Schwarz 0' Cartcr.not out 11 : Extras ;....„. '2' , Total for four wickets 187 '