THIRD TEST MATCH.

Otago Witness, Issue 2810, 22 January 1908, Page 69

THIRD TEST MATCH.

-VICTORY. FOR AUSTRALIA. ' WON 6T 245 RUNS. ADELAIDE. January 13. 5 The test match was- resumed in terribly, hot weather,' with no stir m the ar. Ihe attendance was about 4000, and they gate realised ' £215. - - ' Hill, after a " great effort and 1 - under. seTere physical disability on Tuesday, passed a fair night and felt a little better thia morning. Fielder, [having a heavy, ©old,, was unable to take his place, an<J Young aoted as his substitute. Barnes and Crawford were the bowlers., Crawford's first ball was hit by /Hartiganl for 4-. ' In the aame over he drove thai. - •ball to Barnes at mid-off, but was let off. He had 'then made 110. In. Barnes's nejcfc over, when he wa« 112, the same batsman! should have easily been stumped. When at 116 the Queenslander was easily taken, at point. He was at the wickets fouc hours and 14- minute*, and played a grand! innings, sound in defence,' with fine forceful strokes all round the wicket. He hifc 12 fourers. * His wicket fell at 423, so thatt ' the .partnership produced" 243 runs, beating the .reoordiby 22 for any wicket in a 'tesfc match. "Hartigan received a great ova* tion. ' - With, Carter in several singles were; stolen. Tthodes relieved Crawford at 433* and- Hill hit his first ball for 4. BrauncJ replaced' Barnes at- 439. Off his second over Carter, hit three fours and there were] two byes, making 14' off' the over. Runs came fast. Just before luncheon Hutchirigs relieved Braund, and off hia first' over six byes and a fourer i by HUH gave the Australians a lead, of 400. - AS the adjournment/ the total, was 487— HUJi 148 and Carter. 24*

Omwford and Barnee bowled •when the .jama resumed. Hill, "with, two strokes, ■ .fiat to 150, made in 297 minutes. The JQQ was completed in 549 minutes. In the same over Hill was caught with ljhe -Tight hand High by Gunn at mid-on. Pis magnificent innings "lasted 320 ininntes Jmd included 18 fourers. It was probably She grandest effort of Ms career. He began a little on Tuesday, hut ' *fter the first Tiour he played grandly i under extreme difficulties. The crowd -rose "to greet him with a. -salvo of cheers -when ho came in. - , The ninth wioket fell for 501. -Five more inns - and Saunders was ran out. The . •Idlings lasted "549 minutes. - • The Englishmen worked grandly under fhe extreme heat. - which reached Ills in. the shade. J T3ieir .ground fielding " ,was good, hut they -made serious blunders ' ■With their chances. " England, requiring 429 to "Win, began Trxkh Hobbs and -'Fane. . O'Connor and Baunders bowled. • _ "• Hobbs got a -single off. O'Connor, hut gaunders's first ball struck him in the sxoin. He was 'in such -pain that Noble toffered to let him temporarily retire, <and -the offer was accepted. Gunn filled the fap. He got a 1 and a 4 off Sounders, Mt -the left-hatod*r in the second over teat Fane- with a breakback. One wicket Hutchings was almost ' -caught and fowled by .O'Connor, who, .falling forward, ' -just failed. The .next ball -.beat the Kent ; amateur.' Two for -9. ' ' Bratmd joined '_ Gunn for :a spelh and . ilow play followed. Gunn -got 10 in 25 - -minutes. With -the total at 15 Gunn -was ' tyjsfly caught coyer. O'-Connor $ia« then bowled -six -overs for. three jnaidens, three runs,, and - two -wickets. * ' Handstaff- was 'next. ' When' 'he was at 1 he spooned up .a hall Irom Sounders, Jwho, running itf, Just tailed- to grip at, Wfluragh it touched Tub fingers. HardWaff, when he settled down, batted vigdrjfc*nsly. He sot two four* off Saunders. , As ~ihe _ half century approached Ar-m--Strong and Macartney bowed. _ Four to flardstaff off the latter' xnade 50 in ffi .jr : hn' s. Hardstaff drove Macartney tor ; A. 77 "Noble replaced 3Saeaa-triey. '-',-amo fieely ,-off .Armstrong," and - \f oompleted''so in' '68 minutest t?entury went up in Ilo\ rminutee. ■ ±i. Saunders relieved Armstrong, ixardeiaff went at the bowler and made ' \>me fine <Lcivea. With the total at 128» , . l&azrdstaff lifted the , ball to long on. Macartney ran -nearly 40 yards, reached the hall just at the height of hie left shoulder, and held it, amid _ tumultuous - cheers. ' It was a marvellous " catch. Hardetaff batted- brilliantly for 90 minutes. He hit «even. tourers. "With Rhodes in, O'Connor relieved fible. Rhodes^ out him for 4. -At 138 ■ todes -iiit straight to O'Connor. A.rmong, running 'in a long' way, -effected a me catch knee high. Crawford jnade a jingle before -fl»e stumps were <h-awn. TJraund played a fine defensive innings }I 135 minutes. He hit "fire f oarers.. * The fielding o"f> the Australians brilO'Connor -howlea- splendidly. .He bowled 13, overs- for five maidens,, 19 runs, Jmd three"" wickets. " _- ~ - lA. ■* -shilling' ■" , subscription to provide souvenirs 'lor .Hartigan" and - Hill -yielded" *23., -_' .. ..- , /- , - - - January -16■sThe third -test" match inte concluded ;to- I .day -with the" mercury at 103 -in the" -shade. L "IJio-Trioket had a bad crack each cad, ; "BarticularJyat -the "one to *hioh O'Gonner' ' fowled. ■ ) The bowlers -irere O'Connor .and Saun'dera.. With six runs added to the Boore Crawford was easily caught and Jttowled by Sounders. Hobbs now went Jn, and straightway patted the ball -back to O'Connor, who missed it. Then Hobbs iit- Sounders lor ♦ and <Ux>re him for <6, which was the best iit of the, match. / ' -At 160 tßntund was wall caught 'by Hartiat mid-off. Braund batted two hours and 40 minutes, and -did not give a chance. He hit seven Vs. Barnes -etayed till 177, -when he was caught at short square leg .off a' tame-! stroke. Hupmhriee was bowled ut 182. -and a good ' catoh in -£he Jong "field by Baaeford -disposed of Fielder. - •' - The innings lasted three, hours and 20 J minutes, yielding 183 xxms, whioh left the ; Australians victors by 'Z45 funs. - ' Hobbs. batted >well to-day, and the Ausfe&lians Welded hrilliahtly. O^Connor bowled finely, "but the wioket -helped hhri. Immediately after the jpafccb Hartigan . and Hill were presented "with souvenirs in _ commemoration -of their record iA shilling- eubseription yielded £25. • IMlowing «re the full ior the laatch:— ' ■ -, " Attbtb.at.t* —^Piist Innings. Noble, c Hutohingis, b. 'ianies XS . • Trumper, b Fielder " .. .r .. 4 " Macsitney, "fbw, I> ' Brarond . • 75, M'AHster, -c JEutcliirige, b CxAvr- - ! fora ... .. - - -• 28 •< Aim -irong, c - Btunphries, b - j - I'.elfler ... fl7\ ' -~ Bansfora, b Barn«a ... - . 44 I Hill,' c Id Bsroes . 5 ! •-Hariigan, b Fielder 48 | Carter; Ibw, b Jlxitciiings ... 24 \ •CGonncir, not- out .. .. '. - • 10 Baunaers, b Fielder - . ,• - - • 1 Exfras •• 14 , „ Total „. .. 28S I Seoond Znnings. . Ifoble, o -Gmm, b Fielder .. j65 . Trumper, b -Baaaies , ... 0, ; -Macarto«y, b Barneß ...... 9 Jl'Alister, lbw, b Crawford -.17 I Armstrong, -c iEutchangs, "b Boraunad 34 j 'O'Connor, V, Growim-oV. '- -. . 2fl - Hanrfordj "c ißhodeß. i> Br&pnd ' . 35 - J Hartagan, c Guam, b T3axncs . 13i6 ~- i . JHiU, *..aujm; b Orawiord, .. . " 160 , . XWteR, jnoj 'Oinft .- ' .»" -• -.-,->• ■SI. „ Saunaferaj-rmivout • ' -_0- ' ' • -Extras; •.. . ..',,. ..*,... •• ,x 29 , ; -.. ,\l ."oiital ~..\. ..• ••' .'- o «0S""| - , laminge. '. - - fiobbs,.'o-C!krier,"J>.'S«mndea:s --. 26 -_- [ ■- "alane^'iun'otitj » „ .-. „.— 4? -- ■> • -&Hnn, J> -..-..*.. ■ 65 - ; -'gartdhinga, «* and b- Macartney . 53 ' Szannd, b 'Mjicßriiiey - . .... 0 Haidstaff,' b O'Connor 61 , . Jlhodss, js Carter, b O'Connor -- 38 " - Cjrawford, b Armstrong .. .. - 62 J3*rneß, b Armstrong .. .- • — 12 '^■umpliriea, ibrorwi-out . ' .. 'J fielder, jiat out 0 - Extras . . . . ' r . 21 Total - 363 Second Innings. Fane, b Saunders 0 Gunn, c Tnmvper, b O'Connor - 11 j 33/otoliHigi, "b O'-Connor .... • ;

1' Braund, c Hartigan, b O'Connor.. 47 -> Hardstaf£,'c Macartney, b Saunders 72 Knocks, c Armstrong, b O'Connor .9 Crawford, c ard b Sa-unders . " 7 Hobbs, not out 23 BaTnes. o -M'A-'rster, b Sa-nnd«rs . « Humphreys, b O'Connor .„. .1 - Fielder, c Bansf ord, b Saunders . . 1 Kxtras 4 '. Total 183 - Bowling Ana.lisis. O'Connor, 5 -wickets for 40 runs. Saunders, 5 wickets ofr 66 run*. i Amast-rong, nil fox -13 runs. Macartney, nil lor 17 runs. ; Noble, nil for 14 runs. : ENGLISH PRESS COMMENTS.LONDON, January 16. The Pail Mail Gazette cays that the test match provided a famous victory, and the better team won, but the Englishmen. aTe cricketers, jwi salamanders. The Evening Standard that the better side won, a-part from the «un. LONDON, January 17. The Tribune' says : "The public here is growing weary of the procedure of the test jnatches, which are reduced to trials of endurance. - They "ought to be limited to four daysj when there -would be an in- : centive ' to play real cricket, " and get rid' , of muck ignoble stonewalling.". . . 'THE -SECOND TEST ICAIDDH. • ECHOES "OF «A SENSATIONAL GAME. By "Observer/ in Jhe Argus. "The of a -lifetime." ' There js no other -description of it susd no other opinion of it, because the youngest iamongst us may live to be' old men and -never see such another -game -of cricket ac "the test match between England! and Australia played to so sensational -a finish upon the Melbourne Cricket Ground yesterday. A remarkable game-had a remarkable climax. The, seesaw allegory was jnaintained to the 'finish. : Winning by a wicket means that any one ball of the last four-score might have given the see-saw its final tilt i or Australia ; ' but that one <ball was :neyer bowled, though for a long time there were -some very shrewd, someyeiy experienced, bowlers try- " ing to find this particular ball. " The game was morally won by Australia ' when the eigth .wicket fell. The Enßhshroen.iiad scored 209 then ; they needed 282; what chance was there of indifferent batsmen succeeding where good ones had so lamentably iailed? But those tail-end batsmen taught us something that is worth remembering, not -only in cricket, but in moie serious ,games. TJp to the stage of 209 for . 1 eight wickets there was a striking differ-, ence - between the manner in which the . Australians played -to win, in and, the istyle in which £he JSnglishmen anet a similar crisis here. 33n.t those last three men, Barnes, ' Humphries, %nd .Fielder, saved tibeir, side from -reproach. .This was as sfine* an 'illustration yf bulldog 'tenacity, as J have..«een in cricket or any mother game. . Jt.;was. 'w.ljile the crowd watched Barnes. and. Humphries -on 34 for the ,'ninih wicket that . the. .conviction Blowly daw»ed "upon one tha=tf t&e. others had «34aSggeraied . Alie iliffienlties. ' - The' wioket j seamed toTgive -no help -the bowlers'Tbhen ; ;&e ball oame .along tra:e t »and fair, -because Lrfhe ,batfimen ■were snot labouring' over it, but ;- calmly- .and' opoUy.,pTayi»g;it<wjth •_thfi < full 1 ,daoe of -the bat ' when occasion required, ) and throwing away no chances of 'scoring when run-inaking- was reasonably 'safe. As long as -these two -stayed, the jjame was not lost, but' when -Humphries was given out lbw it eeemed -utterly gone. The -batsman -was loath to _go. "Ask the -fieldsmen round' *bout me whether jl didn't play^ the ball -first,"' ie -said, and was • almost heart-broken, -on realising that he was out. ' -Fielder is not a batsman — his warmest friends "»have never claimed .that merit for him;- but one has only to Jook at liis resolute face, and firm jaw . to read "No 'sur-render'^ in every line -of it. Jfielder ,is undoubtedly a kind of ! man to "have i>eside you at a pinch, in ' whatever '-form' that pinch may come, and! , 1 yesterday he wae in the -cricketing sense a aero. The Jiot-out men, JBraund and HardJ staff, with 17 runs apiece, faced the bowling ; of Noble and -Cotter. Hardstaff's first run was a fiuky affair, for ie tried to cut an off ball, and -brought it back -past his leg«tump. Then Har<lstaff "tried to turn one of Cotter's -to leg, and, in his anxiety to make a sure thong of it, achieved ,what seemed! to be the impossible, in sending it a tremendous height into the air. Bansford, out near file fence, picked his 'spot without a moment's hesitation, waited for it to come -down, and held the catch. With Rhodes in, two men -of nerve, -who , have been tried in^'the ordeal -of many teßt matches, were facing -a serious situation, ' _yet i± seemed to me th&t -ihey always- \ made too much of < the bowling, and diet oo\ered--^deiectß in the jjitch 'which -were ] for the most part imaginary. The -outlook became anore/gloomy when Bhodee snicked . j a ball from Cotter behind the wioket just i lon M'Alister'* left hand. The -fieldsman threw liimeelf at the tjatch, 'touched the i ball, but/did not .hold it. In the same over Cotter appealed for -lbw against Braund, , who afterwards* placed one -of • Noble's deftly between the^ Blips - for a \ couple, :and they; got four off Rhodes's pad , in the same -over. , In as Jar as they -could -avoid it, they took no aasks,' and '=were \ ■ content 4o -score by placing the ball tor } : safe single runs. - " That's not {making ' ; runs," said a schoolboy in iihe reserve. * s 111 1 : call it- pinching xuns.'' There was some i ambiguity in- the remark, "bat if he meant ; | stealing runs, -it is usually, considered .a ' ! good safe game to play. , ißraund -cot -one of Cotter's for 2, brought , the score past 280, and left the ' -with 100 ±o make. At 184 Saunders went I on in place -of "Noble, and Braunct pulled « short, one of his to long-leg* Jbr, A — aj } firet-rate stroke. - .Next over .Rhodes drove one of Cotter's on the off fox ©;„ <an 3 at^ [ 196 Armstrong -was tried; at "that end. _ 'He 7 bowled exclusively to leg,, but «ta*ngthened j hie 6S -field 1 -forward. In. io» firjst "over he ; J gave -the see-sa-w a strong- -tilt ixmansds the Southern Hemisphere Tjy : bowling v 3raund, who had 'been batting 1 an hour and three- -- ' quarters for 30 runs, but was immiatakably ' beaten "by thiß "baiL The sixth .wicket fell . for 196, and . Armstrong "had taken- two wickets for 18 runs. . . When Crawford 1 came in he seemed to have changed his game, was excessively cautious, especially against Armstrong, and painfully anxious to give it the full face of the bat. So cautious were both men j that a very short ball of Armstrong's was ■ let off for =. mild single psct

-They did not for --& moment look ' like winners at this «tage. Whether the wicket had reached its turn, or the batsmen made the bowling look more difficult than it really was, they were undoubtedly rattled. Rhodes played one down in the , slips straight to Armstrong, started for a run, though it was not his call, and slipping , like.Ransford, when he nought to get back, ' was much too late. A, fast and true re- , turn by Armstrong, cleverly gathered by Carter, ,can him out, and with seven down for 198 the game seemed practically over, tof the Englishmen were credited with a batting tail. It seemed to me that -with all his experience, Rhodes clearly lost hie head in "this crisis. Just after 200 came up Crawford let 'go at a leg ball fi»m Armstrong, and hit it over the fence at mid-on for 6 — a fine stroke. In his next < attempt he should have been caught by Saunders behind the bowler. The fieldsman had to jump a bit for the ball, but got it fairly in his hands. Crawford had then scored 10, but seemed too determined to throw away his, wicket. He tried to lift Saunders out to the on, but fluked it down the slip 6, and was easily caught by Armatrong — making eight -out for 209. _ Humphries got a cheer for a rattling_ drive off Saunders to the oft fence, but it seemed to be- merely a, matter -of marking time now. The battle had been fought and won was the general, opinion, and Barnes and Humphries played carefully up to lunch time, when^ the .score was- 221. . .■ -~ The feature of the match, -as these two " .men plodded coolly, -eteadily on, -was the intense silence — there was Tiardly a ■ sound ' between the -■applaase rfreejy -gluten' to -.each* scoring stroke. "-The cheers were loudjer than •ever when Humphries, -with a £ne-4 to long leg off .Armstrong, took the total past 24-0. This was his last stroke. In the same over 'he was given out lbw to Armstrong, but the '-general Impression was that he played the ball. Nine for -243, and 39 wanted to win. Jfieldor commenced by getting 2 through the .slips off. Armstrong, and when a soft one was tossed up to him he steped out and lifted it close to the pavilion gate- for 4-, bringing 250 up. Armstrong spread his field «fter that. At 254- Noble bowled "in place of Saunders, and Barnes back-cut one to the fence beautifully in his first over, bringing the score to 2607—0n1y 22 wanted to win, but there was still but a faint hope of getting them. . At" 261 Cotter took Armstrong's end. They scored off the first three he bowled. Indeed, the last thr.ee men, of the side — the "snipes," as they are satirically called — were the only men ,who never v , eeenxed to be in difficulties. .To them the . wicket was triie, probably -because their own nerves were true. Noble tried rapid changes, *in the hope of striding that' one ball which was" to end the match, but still these two stuck, and the excitement burned with every run. Barnes never seemed to be in difficulties ; he played safely, spundly, - and ■> with superb ..coolness ; while Fielder gave one the impression of havinjf set his teeth hard, and -saying to himself, VI can't bat, I know ; but they won't get this wicket." The cheena increased 'when. Fielder 'brought- up 270, -and, putting one of Cotter's past point, left them with only 10 wanted to tie. What was there .to -prevent- two jnen, who had already got" nearly 30 runs, JJErom getting 10 jnore? Barnes' ,. was playing^ ior, the, strike, hut luck seemed hostile, And however he sought to manege it Fielder ± got ; J>h& strike-. At ' 275, and with only seven wanted- to win. bowled instead of -Cotter, and thetendency of Macartney?©- howling 'on thiswicket was to keep low. It was. .not a bad . change to try at the moment. .Barnes hit one of ,them to long leg. lor 3, HazHtt Baying the fourth. ' The score was 279. There was electricity -as well as 'heat -in, the air. Everyone realised it. Finally came the last crisis, in an over Armstrong to SJaxnes. Barnes played him out for 1, and «core Was 2SO. Fielder hit one to- mid-on, and bolted, and a great roar announced that the Englishmen had made it a tie. I- am not quite sure -where the last bail went. It seemed to me that ■ Barnes played it on one side -of point; that iihere -was • the -faintest -chance of "a run -out and a tie ; that both men ran faster probably than "they hard ever run before; that "both looked anxiously around to make sure that they were not- out — to grasp fully the fact that 'the -miracle was really achieved — and then Fielder bolted wildly home, and Barnes came- coolly in with- the men whom ' he had robbed .of certain victory, and who, like true sportsmen, were offering him their congratulations' with "WeJI played, Sid." The greatest ,test match that has" yet been played ~was won by -England with 'a wioket to ssar-e. The Australian -captain, M. -A. JNbble, wa3 seen after the game.- In answer to inquiries hs replied, -"Well, what do you , want _me to say : I'll tell you anything you like; but I don't want to think about ■it any more Jo-night. W-e 'have "had a ■ hard fight, and I want to cool down."" What wo -want ia yonr impreesioir -of th« -game, •jl-oan reinesnber so match -which- there . were so many fluctuations without any in- " fluence of weather or -wicket, ;and in "which, there was sveh sustained' interest. Two test matches in England in 1902 at Manchester, where we won by -three runs, -sand at the Oval, where England -won by a wicket, were as exciting, but they fc were both interfered with by rain. The interest in this match centred round the last part, . like a cycle race — it was all on in the 'last lap. The The crisis tame after lunch to-day, when the supposed tail-endere commenced oper- ' ations. Regardless of the - fapt that we ', lost_ the match, it was -a pleasure" to play. , in it. In ' fact, any match as excusing as this is always a pleasure. It was fought out m the best possible sportsmanlike manner. Both sides were fighting from the com- , mencement to the finish. When we had eight of them out at lunch time, it looked &s though "we "would win, but the alleged ; tail-endere play«d a, fine game, and won" handsomely. AUSTRALIA'S JTNE JaEOOVERY. - THE FAMOUS •HILLmARTIGAN ; ' - iPARTNEBSHIP.- , . , The Australian mail just -to hand brings. •paiileulaiß of &© -fine rooovßry made by the 'Australians in ' the -ziow -historio third : test match, won by the Australians. I take the^ iollowins? ' .from , " Old Boy's >J noies "(wrrfcfcen on the fourth- day of the match to ■ the Melbourne- Argus); — The event- of the day was, however, the batting partnership -of Hartigan and Hill. >. Looking back at it- now, .after a bath -and dinner, one can sea it in all its epkndour, and -one -does not know" which' Ao admire most—the courage and determination of the «olt or of the convalaacent who joined an-d -assisted hist.

To the youth and vijarour of Hartigan -of course one is most attracted, but, after all, when one looks at what Clem. Hill , gone through- lately _;,one. .must be; full of admir.ation. ,, After' failing- in Melbourne he ' returned - to" .Adelaide feeling jnvroell... He " spent Saturday in bed, and! Sunday and Monday recuperating. He turned out to1 day feeling 1 much better, but no one thought ( him fit, either physically_x>r from, a cricket point of view, to take part in the exhibition to which we were treated. For a while the batting was. that of men who had a task to face. Then it became » gradual wearing down of opposition, and eventually a complete rout, of the enemy, in which _Hill and- Hartigan had the bowling at thei^ mercyAt 17 "minutes past 1, when this gseat partnership began, the game "was much in favour of England. Then slowly Jhe fortunes changed. The heat was intense, and gradually tht,- Englishmen felt the strain. The climax -came when in almost successive overs Hartigan and Hill ; were missed by Fielder and Barnes respectively. The game had been played at such hieh tension that - it became a question of which side would break down and whioh team would- be favoured by a little luck. The Englishmen faltered first. Then the balance of luck came in the direction of Australia. Had these two chances been accepted' the game might by now have been practically over.However, " ifs " do not win cricket matches, and ' so the chances that were missed by Fielder, .and Barnes first and 1 ' Braund later changed it all, and Australia is now in a^rong position. : •- _ ■, , 111 1 Hill at one tune bade -fair to "collapse^ but .Nature -asserted herself,- and after 1 a short period of -distw&s, in which -he suffered from vomiting, he gradually pulled himself : together, and the Englishmen were 1 never 'flattered by prospects of getting his rwioket. He was 3 hours and 40 minutes , at the - •wickets. This 217 i<s a record partnership for the eighth -wicket in iest matches, the previous best having been 154 by S, P. Jones and G. J. Bonnor, in Sydney, in 1885. Thebest eighth- wicket paftnershyo in first class orkfeet is 240, .made by Lord Hawke and. U. JPeele in 1896 in a match Yorkshire v. Warwickshire. Hartigan, by his -105 iiot out, has put himself on that select list of those -who have made 100 dn their first test match. The list is: — Australians— C. Bannermari, ■ 165 (retired),- Melbourne, in -J. 877-; .H.,. Graham, 107, Lords, 1893 JT^R: sA..; -Buff-.... Melbour.no, , 1903. , -TSnglishmen;,-? =GV" Graced 'ls2, tlle Oval, . 188CK; . Kanjitsinhji, . 154' not out, Manchester, 1896 ;.R.-.E'. Tester, , 287, Sydney. 1903; :G. , Gunn,., 119,; Sydney.1907. This is a small list, but- an -honourable one! Everyone here expected HaTtig&n to do well, "but it was the time^ati whioh - the runs were made and the method of - their making that attracted everybody- to- . day. The- performance' .galvanised tho crowd, "and for two or three hours an assemblage that ,had been apathetio was roused to enthusiasm. Of the lOnKlishmen, one can say that they, ntried all they -knew. -They had -.great beat in -whioh to field and . bowl, ;-andl,"£hev met two great batsmen prepared to fight it out *o the -end. They stuck, to it,-thoueh they were ".dog tired" when, they -^came off t -the fiefd, -and glad of the respite; which t night -has .gbren them from the stubborn defence and' resolute -attack that .they had &ad to -eacounteir. . ' \ Crawford, who js an Association football player, "in trying to check a short." run, attempted to kick th© c ball,, but .kicking too low tore up some turf and fell fiat on his face. It was a diversion,' and anything that would make one forget^.the heat. was a relief. They were, indeed, melting moments, and it did not help matters to be told' that at that- time— a quarter to one— the shade temperature -had reached' 104.5. Ttansford increased" his score to 25, .and •gave the Australians- a lead of 100 by offdriving Braund for 4, but immediately afterwards he -cocked one up to forward squaxe-leg, and was caught by Rhodes. He hit -four 4's', and- was three-quarters of an hour at the wickets. 6—25—179. Ransfordls consistency in these games has •been remarkable. His scores have -been 24,, 13, 27^ 18, '44, 25, giving him' a. total' of 151 runs^for six innings,* or ko. "^ayerage - of 25 Tuns for the series. ' ' " ' , Hartigan^began with a back-cut off Crawford, one of those strokes which! look so well, but only 'bring -singles, because 'of the fieldsman on the boundary. O'Connor, who had gone in last evening «s 'a stop-gap, -was batting soundly, ycithout much finish, perhaps, but with that determination 'whicE made it hard work for the bowlers to move him. When he" -had* reached 20, howover, Crawford broke through' his Hiefencej and /dean "bowled: iim. He had stayed there •for an hour and a quarter, and htfd -doric reaiy'well. * * * -' " ' ' r Seven wickets 1 had fallen -for 180 when ■Hffl came in, ""and he, was greeted -with sympathetic cheers. "Fielder; who clean bowled him- -twice' in- Melbourne, Tivas fit -once brought on -l<xe Jbis -T3en^.t, -aawl -JSaxiigan got -the- new bowler" away to square Jeg for 4 and drovehim f tfr -3. The-vQueenalan--der got 2 for a lyoky chop ofF Crawford,, which only just missed his leg -stump, -and later in the over he was also in trouble. Hill waß'slow in getting a start, his first scoring stroke being after ten minutes, >a-pat to mid-on, but "there was no sign of. the. sick man in -an off-drive- at- Crawford's ex-, • pense, which reached the ropes. At lun- '- oheon the eoore "was 199.- •" Hartigan- 12,. j Hill 6. ---■•' I Hill "began after lunch with a off i drive off .Fielder to the menibere'- special" stand, on -the cycle -.tcack, where his father fielded! the ball and threw it to Hobbs. The stroke brought- 200 up, the of- four hours «x* minutes' batting. -A little later" he drove -Barnes for 3. Hartigan also got 3 -off the Staffordshire man for a leg stroke, which might Tiave been 4 had "Hill been able to run them. out. They did not need 'to run at all when Hartigan: pulled Fielder -fcp the -grand-stand, :nor when he drove him past -cover toi&e other boundary. Nor did Hill move from his crease -when le drove ■> Barnes to the ropes. ! The thermometer now registered 107.3deg in the shaoe. Rhodes bowled instead of „ Fielder at 225, and. Hartigan mwl6 j a, good 'leg-Tut for ~3, and. -a. clinking off-dxrve for, 2: In his first over Hill made a desperate at--fcempt-to pull Barnes," and .as iaisgecl -the' ball the .force \>f ha stroke . turned - him Tight round. At 233 'Orawfora -came back instead .of .Barnes, and Hartigan 'idro-ve him for a. -couple: Rhodes at the other 'end was -keeping -the batsmen '<joie£, and- -they- only acored off one ball in three overs'. * When fijorthianf had made 32 he played forward to ' ■one of Orawford's, and cooked it up in front , of point. ran for the catch, and let it go right through has hands, and Harti- • «an eeeaped. The next ibail, however, he -droTO briiLUuitly ior 4, and fcsaek-cui lie fol- 3

lowing one^ for a single. His next scoring stroke, which brought him- to 40, was a , back-cut high ever Hnfijhings's''heacL at slip, the ball going "f 6 "the" ropes f'lilce lightning. Hill should have been out when ho had" ,onade 22. He -drove Rhodes- straight into Barnes's hands at mid-off. Hill felt sure he. would be caught, and made a stride or two> towards the pavilion, but^Barnes dropped the catch, and Hill went on with his in-, nings. The two fast bowlers (Fielder and Barnes) had been feeling the heat, and their fielding .suffered > ha consequence. ■ Hartigan swung Crawford away to .le? lor 4-, and 250" appeared, made - in just under five hours. Then' the Queensfe nd j r rece;Te d a cheer, as with" a cut au Rhodes's expense he passed his first inninjs total of 48, and with a similar stroke" reached 50.' Rill, batting soundly ,' drove -Braund, who had relieves .Rhodes, to theoff boundary. <=> • An iiour'e play .after lunch" had produced 67 runs, and the people we're enjoying tha comparatively ■ lively scoring. Hill exactly reproduced his previous stroke in Braund'a -next over, and wae showing some pi h^h old form. • Four byes brought the score to 280, put the ■ Australians 200 ahead, and made 100 for the partnership. The bail had -to be changed at 281, and Barnes, who swerves -with a new ball, was brought on jnstead' of Braund. Hutchings, --who had taken Crawford's place as bowler, wa3 - snicked- and driven for 4 each time off: successive* balls Jjy. Hill, who -was aov' 47, " but the snick was a ohance to Braund ' at slip. A ' - - ' The Englishmen were J>ayjng dearly for these misses, and runs came apace. -Hill •reached 50 by hitting' .Hutchings to the square-leg fenced He had then been batting .an hour and" three-quarters. - The crowi were enthusiastic about these two. men, and when Hartigan .brought 300 in, sight -there was -great applause. - "The -game was slowly, but surely, slipping away from the Englishmen; who, under the --heat and pressure, were failing _in the field, and. the spectators were delighted. " "They * bad watched the struggle in' silence, but* now' that Australia, was getting the upper hand they showed "how keen was their- partisans ship. Hill . had' all the wo<sd on in a square-leg hit oft Crawford, which rattled ' the ball up against the' jpickets^ and made his total 60. ' At the tea interval the score-iwas 309— ' Hill - 60, Hartigan., 64.^. ' The' interval was ■extended" to r 25 minutes, but rid 'one" begrudged the players the extra, rest on such "a trying day. -'On resuming, "Rhodes an 3 Crawford -were -the'bowlerS. ' Hartigan'' soon -made^ himself top scorer ' for' the. innings, and 'was applauded, ' but when. Hill, by '"driving and hooking Rhodes 'for _'4 and 3, passed ) him, the Adelaide feeling* was -so .great that everyone cheered.- Thea. "wiih a deft "flick of the wrist, Hill turned Crawford to long-leg for 4, and there waa" more -cheering. ' - ' r The spectators, who seem to have iro sympathy for bowlers, , cheered the batsmen for almost every stroke. It was the "first time in , the* three test that the bowlings had been really' oollared^ and ihe -crowd wished' to see the 'Utmost made -of ■it. Hill, with an off .drive, hit -Crawford for 3, and .reached* 76,. the top^ score for .the -match. Hartigan was "close on; Ida heels, '- though, and reached 70 by banglng-Rnodes lor & "With a fine- straight drive he caught the. Adelaide -champion, and with the "board showing -333, or a' score of 200 for .the day, each-manias 76. . The" -people • who* bad talked Mif v the -wickep ' crumbling were- -now realising' thai they had made a mistake, and some of then* will in future not hazard opinions on this subject. -■ Hartigan reached 80 -first by .putting: Rhodes to the track, and then- hit lim to square-leg "for 2 more." Melder came on. • asaih at 348, aad off -his ftnst ball HiH. reached -60.- He waß -thoroughly sat now, and had run aM his cold away. -Both men, •however, with their hundred in view, were blowing .down. ■ The, fact tha* -HilK was scoring had been posted in Adelalde,ahd - everyone -who could- made "hi» way to -the ground, and J*e attendance rapidly .increased." - The batsmen • were running short runs, and when Crawford tried a. quick— return if- slipped from bis hand and two overthrows resulted. Hill wa« feeling the great exertion -after his illness, and play had to -be suspended fpr^a lew minutes while he- lay on the £eldf, with .the played around - foim~ xirove Fielder- splendidly for 4. -and" off-driving 1 him for>4 more, xanto93. ,''i,.« Braund relieved Rhodes at 363, and Hill hit him to -square-leg- 'for 2. Haxtagan. reached 99 .by -a. -kicky stroke off Braund, for -which- they -ran -3, -and then, .after HiU had scored a single, *he -Queenslander ■ patted -Braund to raid-on, .and-.Jhad -.succeeded in plaoing-<his name amongst "eelecfc few -who have made 100 in their first test -mafceh. • When -he made the .stroke there-was a scene of -great - enthusiasm. Jji the Istands men stood up and waved their hats and cheered, an-d cheered t&gaSn- The applause -lasted-'f«r '-some minutes, smilo ladies, waved handkerchiefs , and-sun-shades. " When, ;a- few minutes^ later, isJjpble brought refreshments to flie' batsmen ana 1 shook hands' -with mrtigan, there waa more cheering. Hartigan had niade nis runs in three "hours six minute*. The 000 l drink revived HilU and he hit Braund past -cover for 4. • This -.gave the Australians «. lead of 300, and put the-part-nership account • in- credit tq_ the extent Slowly Hill approached bis Jrundred, and '' came io 97 by singles. Rhodes had-an-other try at 384,' and Hill -outting his first ball lor 4 reached 100. .Enthusiasm was manifested in a greater degree than, before, and after a -lull the occupants of the stands rose and' gave three cheers-. A oollie dog^ oatehing the atmosphere of excitement rushed out on to the ground, and when he got half-way to the moke* barked loudly, as-if to jom his tribute of praise. Crawford -went on at WZ, -ant?Hartigan hit iis first ball close tQ-Gunn aft leg, out it was not s. chance. They wetet content now to play ont'time, and runs came quietly. No one: washed the bats* meri J io" hurry* ,ndw,;> and* --the general' hope mas that- tfcey- woluM'- keep- tW' wickete till B r o'clock. -They-dja «o, «nd .as Hitt and Haitigan wajissd - in" '*he- l crow« gathered iround: them, and . •ebeeeed _ and; patted them on the -back- - - \ . -/. - . " * *j" ' ' ' - r ' i , '-<"■ _ T " •• ' The ' recent raii on fiie' Ame^Toan Tyuzki is'^^reminiscent; ol'.'tiie -comnjercial/'panio -ip. Enjrland just 60 -years aj?o, when, the tension waseo «reat that Land- John B/iisseli uutho- ' arised the Bank of Enpfland to issue notes i -far beyond its gold reserve— an expedient Tfhich, however, it was not necessary t» [ -caixv throtudu • *■ __