DIE HARDS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1339, 17 January 1912, Page 5

DIE HARDS.

AUSTRALIA'S SECOND INNINGS. HILL'S EFFORT, FIVE WICKETS DOWN FOR 360. 4 EVERY MAN SCORES, By Tcleirr&ph—Press AsKoclatiM-Copyrleh) s (Roc. January 16, 8.25 p.m.) Adelaide, January 16. ' f Play in the Third Test Match, Australia v. M.C.C., was resumed to-day in dclightful weather, and bsfore an attendance of 6000. The wicket was still in admirable order for run-getting. 0 On the preceding day the Englishmen . had completed their first innings for 501, ] and Australia had lost one wicket—that of Kelleway —for 96 runs. The two not-outs overnight—Bardsley 1 and Carter—took strike to-day, and t Barnes opened the attack for England. Four runs were hit off his first over, „ and the century appeared on the telegraph for 99 ' minutes' batting. Bardsley, whose score overnight had been 46, had also completed his half century. , ' At first the runs came steadily, good hits being a cut by Bardsley off Barnes, and a crack to square-leg by Carter, off Foster, to the boundary. Foster kept pegging away at Bardsley's legs, and at last bowled him off his pads He had batted for 128 minutes, and had hit 5 fours. Two for 122. Hill filled the vacdncy, and reached double figures off eight balls, two straight hits off Barnes travelling to the bound- ' ary. Douglas immediately replaced Barnes, and Hill at once drove him to ' the boundary also.) Foster bowled three "leg theory" overs, 1 ' which Hill allowed to pass unheeded, 1 1 but, in Foster's next over, he glanced one < ' ball to the boundary, and hit five more 1 ' off the over. ' Hitch relieved Foster, and 11 runs came I from his first over—seven of them to Hill, 1 per medium of two straight hits. At tho luucheon adjournment the total i stood at 171—Carter 28, Hill 3". ; ' On the resumption, Foster and Barnes | took up the t bowling. The batsmen ■ 1 were content with making ten singles i before Hill snicked Foster to the bound- i ary. In tho same over Hill, with 47 to , ' his credit, was nearly out in the sanio , ' way as in the first innings, viz., by ( stumping. Smith whipped the ball back splendidly, but Hill swung, his bat round in time, and beat him. Hitch now had an over which yielded two fours to Carter, while Hill got a leg-hit off Foster, and reached fifty for 80 minutes' play. Barnes had a fruitless over with a newball, and then Douglas and Hearne bowled. Carter twice cut Hearno to the pickets. tho first stroke giving him his 50 after 135 minutes' batting. When Carter was 56 and Hill 53, one should have been run put, as both were at one end, too risky a call having been mnde by Hill. For once Hobbs returned wildly; Hill got home, and Carter scrambled in at tho other end before the wicket-keeper could get the ball to dispatch to the bowler's end. If it had been thrown there in the first place, it [ must have meant a wicket. Runs still came surely, but not furiously, and chiefly off Hearne. 250 were ( hoisted after 212 minutes' play. Carter, , with a pair of twos off Hearne, passed 66—his previous record for Test' Matches. Woolley replaced Douglas, and, in his ; second over, Carter was. caught at. tho .wici ket. Ho had ' pluyed a> splendid . and-. • i resolute innings, and had batted for 176 minutes. His total included 8 fours, and. he,received a'great ovation on returning from the wicket. Ho had given a chance to Barnes, at point, off Douglas, when his score stood at 43. Three for 279. At the tea adjournment the score was 281 for three wickets—Hill 68. Armstrong 1. Barnes recommenced the bowling when operations were renewed. He was so accurate outside the off stump that the' 1 batsmen found runs hard to get. They came in singles, so few and far between, , that in 25 minutes only 15 were scored. ) Then a four was put nn by Hill off > Barnes, this stroke completing 300 :uns for 293 minutes. i In Barnes's next over Hill, in trying to force his own century, was caught at inid-on. He had played a masterly and ! chanceless innings. Ho was in for 165 minutes, and hit 11 fourers. Minnett began shakily, but Armstrong mads good forcing shots off both bowlers. At 319 Douglas replaced Barnes, and Woolley took the other end. The style of the batsmen at once changed, for, while Armstrong was closely on the defensive, Minnett bccaim aggressive. The latter got a four off each bowler, a wrist}- cut off Woolley being a particularly fine ( stroke. At 342 Armstrong was beaten by a really good ball from Douglas. He was in for SO minutes. Hordern was next man, and 350 went > up for 362 minutes' play. The pair -. stayed till stumps were drawn. Minret't was dashing and crisp. Tho English fielding began well, but grew looso towards the middle of the afternoon. Australia,-First Innings, ICelleway, b. Foster 1 Bardsley, c. Smith b. Barnes 5 Hordern, c. Rhodes, b. Foster 25 ' Armstrong, b. Foster 33 Trumper. b. Hitch 26 Hill, st. Smith, b. Foster 0 f Minnett, b. Foster 0 , Matthews, c. Mead, b. Barnes 5 ] Cotter, b. Barnes .11 Carter, c. Gunn, b. Douglas 8 Hansford, not out 8 • Sundries H : Total 133 i Bowling Analysis. ; Foster took five wickets for 36 runs; i Barnes, three for 71; Douglas, one for 7; Hearne, none for 6; Hitch, one for 2. England.—First Innings. Rhodes, 1.b.w., b. Cotter 59 Hobbs, c. Hordern, b. Minnett 187 Gunn, c. Hill. b. Cotter 20 Hearne, c. Hill, b. Kelleway 1Mead, c. and b. Hordern 46 • Foster, b. Armstrong 71 Douglas, b. Minnett 35 Woolley, b. Cotter 20 Smith, c. sub., b. Cotter '22 Barnes, not out 2 ' Hitch, c. sub., b. Hordern 0 Sundries Total 501 Bowling Analysis. Cotter took four wiekids for 125 runs; Hordern. two for 14.'!; Kelleway, one for •Hi; Matthews, none for 72; Minnett, two for 51; Armstrong, ono for 33. Australia—Second Innings. Kollewev, b. Douglas 37 Bardsley, b. Foster 63 Carter, c. Smith, b. Woolley 72 Hill. c. lliteli, b. Barnes 98 Armstrong, b. Douglas 23 M.innott. not out 33 Hordern, not out ...<• .'I Sundries 24 Total for five wickets 360 It is rumoured that Hill dfolines to accompany the team to England.