THE FOURTH TEST.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1056, 20 February 1911, Page 5

THE FOURTH TEST.

' ■ -j AFRICA <BEHIND V STAND BY NOURSE AND SHERWELL;. j- HORDERN INJURED, l ; • —— / Bs Tcleeraph—Press Association—Copyrleht.' }" • Melbourne, February 18. : There was superb weather aild a fine B " wicket for the continuation of the Fourth 111 Test match; South Africa v. Australia, v Comaille fielded in place of Llewellyn, in f consequence of the latter's injury jesterday. Carter and Hordern were opposed by -• s ' Schwarz and Pegler, and . Carter lost his - wicket in' attempting a second run. : Hordern was caught at mid-on shortly : ; afterwards. The innings lasted 236' minutes. . v:;, Zulch and Strieker opened the batting for South Africa, Cotter and ■ Whitty bowling. Off the latter's last ball in. tha :- v first'over Zulch was run out through j smart fielding at point by Gehrs.. -, Faulkner was next man • in. but,- after. . a scoring one, 1 Strieker gave a chance at - ■ : to slip to Armstrong off Cotter. The st at 11, was relieved by Hordern, who 1- clean bowled Strieker. The ball, in ..- cannoning off the wicket, struck Carter m'.. the eye. ■ When 1 he was two, Nourso was missed : 5 at slip by .Hordern off Whitty. Faulkner, v was batting attractively when ;he ;-was T'i '* .well caught at cover." Snooke., had only ( - a short life, being yorked when tho total stood at 37, while one run later Sinclair ..- fell to a full : toss. Horderh's . average ;.: at this stage was three wickets for 14 runs. • The Australians .were naturally - de- <-: n lighted with the morning's work. :On tho j : resumption, Schwarz joined Nourse,. and,- v w;hen he was seven,;Schwarz lifted Whitty deep to. mid-off, where Armstrong a magnificent and successful attempt, ; ' the catch being cheered. The 50 had been-- put on occupied 81'-^. n minutes/ , ■ 1- . Sherwell was iautaons, and batted ■ : 1 lr minutes before scoring'at all. j At 90' fj, Armstrong relieved Whitty, who j. taken two wickets for ,51 runs. Sherwell' i.. ■pulled Hordern for four, bringing up .; hundred' for 107 minutes' play.-" ~Nourf«.' ' 'sent a powerful straight' drive -back to. the bowler, and , Hordern ' n - to catch it, but missed and- damaged;aiii' j finger, of his bowling hand; and retired s temporarily, Matthews .fielding as isubsti- 5 j*' tute. Kelleway took IlorclernV place at - the crease. The latter had bowled 15' overs,;, one maiden, and had taken tlires;,': wickets for 39;rnr.5. , The batting now improved : steadily.' i-i When, he had scored 45 Noursp gave a • = chance to Trnmpe'r in the slips off Kellee way," but escaped. -Ho gained liis : _SO ' i) after 110 minutes' play.' At 132-Cotter;re-,Vj c ; f lieved Armstrong' and,; when 37, Sherwellwas missed at slip by-Armstrong off leway. It was, however, a difScult cha'nce.v ;' Nourso -and. Sherwell- nciw made : an at-." ••• I- tractive stand,' and showed'some stylish" r batting. Tho. partnership was '■ broken"-by 'Whitty.. Sherwell skied him to mid-off jj... where Matthews held the chance. ( - >Hordern's two. bowling fingers are dis. ' ' I located.Sherwell-was 89 minutes at ths • > . wickets and he hit G fonrers—7 for 156." ■ '■} t ; Llewellyn was short-lived 'being clean "' -' bowled for 7.. Whitty, at this stage, hadi- 2 r taken four wickets for *67-runs. . Pegler ; i ® arid Nourse livened , matters," and the 200 * ' occupied 195 minutes. Cotter - relieved j ! ' Whitty and nt 295, off his second ball,' ' Pegler, was caught at point. Vogler sue- f : cumbed to his third ball. Nourse had' ] played a stolid and effective innings and was cheercd at tho conclusion. Ho batted' ,176,:miniltos and hit 6 footers.. The in- -H 0 riings lasted 20! liunutes. ' ' - > j v The batting generally was disappointing i - for a perfect wicket. '■ > ' -i .: The attendance totalled 21,897, and thr - ' takings i£B42. : ' ' The following are the scores:— 1 / : Australia. Innings. . . I Trumper, b. Faulkner t y, .:•] Bardsley, c. Schwarz, b. Pegler .... ■ 82 i■ ■ • ■') Hill, b. Llewellyn ,11 - ; ' " Armstrong, run out V4B' - j'J ' Gehrs, st. Sherwell, b. V0g1er*..'....... *9 :>.=] Kelleway, run out ................r. --50 " 1 Ransford, 1.b.w., b. Schwarz "75' ' t ] ' Cotter, ,b. Pegler 5 Hordern, c. Vogler, b. Pegler 7}. 1 ' Carter, run out ;. .V...i .5. •.1 [ Whitty, not out 0Extras 15 > - i . • * . - •-j Total :32J^ ; j Bowling Analysis. , i r ■ :! >/ ' Llewellyn took one wicket for-• 65 > 1 Faulkner, 1 for 82; Schwarz, I.for 34; ' j Vogler, l .for 30; Sinclair, none, for 40; Pegler, 3 for 40; Strieker, none for 18j\ ' Nourse, none for 4. .■> ■ ' j South Africa.—First Innings. ' . Zulch,' run out j .........ii.i.:-13 • Strieker, b. Hordern ..." • ■ Faulkner, c. Gehrs, b. Hordern 20 y : Nourse, not out /.v- ---' Snooke, b. Whitty 1 1 i - ; Sinclair, b. Hordern 0 - Schwarz, b. Whitty 18-• - Sherwell, c. Matthews, b. Whitty ..:... 4: v: Llcwellynjab. Whitty 7 * Pegler, b. Cotter --15Vogler, b. Cotter ...., -. -0 ' : _Extras 5 . ,v; ■ 'Total : 205':-- • - v Bowling Analysis; Cotter took two wickets for 16 runs; Whitty, four for 78; Hordern, three for 39; .Armstrong, none'for 23; Kelleway, none-, for 42. . . .^ ; How the Wickets Fell. - - y , X 2 3 4 5 R-:'-7 :8 fl'lO ". 7 11 36 37 38 65 156 171 205 205 . i > : !. Australia.—Second Innings. ; ■ Kelleway, run out ,11 : - Gehrs, not out .... '. TotaMor one wicket ...... *s ' S J L "•'■ *