OUR CRICKETERS IN AUSTRALIA.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1961, 19 January 1914, Page 5

OUR CRICKETERS IN AUSTRALIA.

!SiiBISTRALIA : SCORES 433? -' : '•%*':'■'tfitiJ'JiZ-is ! •Z^-' , -, ',-':■■■■■. . , .-' • .■ -'-/.j--'- .:- ■?'&■ I' l '.". a ;.yV. >r~'-;'; .. .*■.■ : ,: .j-J. \ ' ■■■ ■".' \ ..£ ■■■: - LACKS ■' \ ' *'»»WittioiH3Bp wight. Jaiiuai-v 17/5.5 ; p.w.r:€- : '00BS01 Adelaide,' JamiaW' 17? . :•■ ■<> lorioiis. ■■ weather prevailed lor ■ the «).nlin H tttioiiV- o f ■ tlje/ match between •Sou h." Australia and .New Zealand at ; -Wriaido..- JVie wicket, was perfect. liiMo was an attendance, of three thousand Th.e bowling of tiro ~'T /ealaiKlors, (whose first innings ■Iwd-rioldod 3G2) Jacked stifle Bennett unci- Sandman wore, tlio reost troiAieKoiUD.;. JJjo fielding was sure, generally, out thei men wore slow in gottin K to tt'io i)aJl.',;fSmidmn», Boose, .and Ttickweli wore tlm smartest, while HoxsljaU was excellent as wicketkeciMti'. ■ "'.Molsiiison and Sandman opened the bowling.' Tho latter was expensive, although he just failed to reach a return irem hnnih: .. Itennett was tlion tried' with the bull, and Smith was smartly ■ taken, low down at point. Two lor 113. Woclo hatted freely. ■■ Sawdmwi replaced Bennett, and 'his first ball beat Mayno. ■ Jhreo for 130. Two wore rtms wore' added, , 'and tbcrt Steele was oaught off n skier at. squaroJeg. , Ho had batted , 90 minutes, and had hit one siscr end seven fours;,. Oooden played a straight slow Jsall with his pads, and was out leg before wieirel. Five for IBS. At tiro luncheon interval the total was 175— Pcllew 15, and Willsmore 11 Hebiiismt:- aud Sandman resumed bowling after tlio interval, and despite frequent subsequent changes the scoring was rapid. Tlio sixth wicket added ifi in fifty minutes. Sandman was tried again, and in his first over 'Willeinore was potted- by a hall at iiudnoff. Ho' liad played a hard, driving innings. Sis for 27C. Hill, the next man. quickly got busy." IVllew, who was playing n steadier game, ivas cosily caught at point, lie hatted fla miiiiit-os, and hit a sixer and nine fours. Seven for 312. With Crawford in, the scoring slowly ■mounted, but Beiinctt was troublinj; Hill, At the tea adjournment tie total was 337—Hi1l 48, and Crawford 17, . ■ The New Zealand score was passed iii 3 hours 45 minutes. Hil! rondiwl 50. in 68 nvinv-tes. Four hundred went up in four hours, Somervel:!, in t-ho second over, niis;cd an easy retiirn from Crawford, who was then 35. Hill was'caucht at mid-0n—429. He liad hatted 10R minutes, hitting ant foreihl.v, aiul takins; risks. His Strokes, hon-wcf, -lacked uorac of their old certainty.. Camphcll Was easily caught at squarp-les, aud the first ball, a bailor, heat Howard. Tlio innings tastotl 4 hours and 25 minutes. In the New ZeaLimlers , second innings, Sonierycir was causlit at third jiian in the first over. Sneddon was : cood. H.ennis ivas *aught in the slips. Two for 23. Scores:— South Australia. : First Innings. Steele, c. Taylor, h. Eoese : *3: Smith, c. Saiidniaii, b. Bennett 37 Ihindell, 1.b.w., b. Bennett 12 Maylie, b, .Sandman. 3 I'ellew, c. Sandman, h. Bennett ... 84; Goodeii, lii.w., h. Sandman 8 Willsihore, c. Reese, b. Sandman ... ;u Hill, c. Hccso, I*. Uolmwon 92 Crawford, not out 48. Campbell, c. Sneddon, b. Kobinson 0 Howard, J). Robinson 0 Extras- ;.-.. :'.:.: 8 ~;' -'■ Totals ■ i :}^2:^.:..::.!;..:.... 433 Bowling Analysis—Hobinson, three for 72; Bennett, three for 101; Sandman, tlireo for 125; Keesc, one for 57; Honnis, none for 13; Sneddon, none for 33; Hicknioit, none for 14; Sfimcrvell, Hone for 8. ■'■;..., ; . ■ . ■ , ■ ■ New Zealand. First Innings 302 .'.,. ■.. : .. Second Innings. Heiijns, c. : Crawford, h. Willsmoro (5 So-mcrvcll, c. IVllevr, b. Crawford... . () Sneddon, not out 19 Tuckwcll, not out ; 2 Extra 1 ■Two wickets for ~C. 23 ■