CRICKET.

Gisborne Times, Volume VII, Issue 320, 22 January 1902, Page 2

CRICKET.

THE THIRD TEST MATCH.

A UNIQUE EXPERIENCE,

DUST STORM STOPS PLAY

ENGLISHMEN FIVE WICKETS FOR 204.

By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright

Adelaide, Jan. 21

The cricket match was continued in sultry, threatening weather. One end of the wicket was still perfect, but at the other an extensive oblong patch was worn through, making anything rather short of a good length difficult «o play. The attendance was about 5000.

Hayward and Tyldesley faced Trumblo and Howell.

Tyldesley hit Trumble to square leg to the boundary. Two balls later he gave Hill a short leg sharp right-handed chance, which was not held.

In Trumble’s next over he boat Hay ward with a beautiful ball.

Hayward was batting an hour and fifty-four minutes, his innings beiug faultless, except for a difficult chance of stumping late last night. Two wickets for 113.

Tyldesley and Quaife added 13 slowly, and then the former was run out through over eagerness to run off a hard cut, which Trumper returned smartly. Jessop, in eighteen minutes, knocked up 16, including two fours and one five, before being clean-bowled by Trumble. The fourth wicket fell for 144.

Braund played a lively innings for seventeen. At 165 he was bowled by Howell, who had relieved Noble. Quaife and Lilley stayed till luncheon, when the total was 167.

Quaife was batting sixty-five minutes for 10, Lilley 1. When play continued the wind was blowing a gale, xvith the air full of dust. Howell and Trumble bowled, but the former was not troubling the batsmen, and at 194 McLeod relieved him, and in his second over just failed to reach a low return from Lilley, whose score stood at 21.

At 3 o’clock a tremendous gust of wind snapped the main fiag-pole in the Members’ Reserve, and the upper half falling, narrowly missed striking several people. The dust was so thick that the scoringboard was unreadable, and play had to be suspended. The dust never ceased, and at 5.20 the umpires, after going out to see what it was like, drew stumps. The experience was absolutely unique in cricket. The scores are :

England—2nd innings. Maclareu, b Trumble... ... ... 44 Hayward, b Trutuble ... 47 Tyidesley, run out 25 Quaife, not out ... ... ... 27 Jessop, b Trumble 16 Braund, b Howell 17 Lilley, not out... ... ... ... 21 Extras ... ... ... ... 7 Total for five wickets ... 204 Trumble took three wickets for 60. Howell one for 60, and Noble none for 63-